[the_old_crowd] HP Deeper Meanings for JKR

[Randy Estes]

 Since JKR refers to her Christian beliefs being a
possible giveaway, I started doing an internet search
which led me down the rabbit hole.  I think I found
something important.

Regarding the attempt by Voldemort to kill baby
Harry which backfired:

"PLOTINUS."
"Plotinus was born at Lykopolis in Egypt in the year
205 A.D. He received his education at Alexandria."
 
"Porphyry, another one of the disciples of Saccas,
having become envious of the renown of Plotinus,
attempted to use black magic against him, but without
success; and finally said that the soul of Plotinus
was so strong that the most powerful Will directed
against his soul could not penetrate it, and rebounded
upon the sender. Plotinus, however, felt that magic
influence, and expressed himself to that effect."

Then there was another reference that seems to refer
to the effect of Lilly's eyes:

"MAGIC, ACCORDING TO CORNELIUS AGRIPPA."
"Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim was born of a noble
family at Coeln (Cologne) on September 14, in the year
1486."

"In each man there is such a power, which is the
inherent property of his soul by right of the divine
origin of the latter; but this power is not equally
developed in all men, but stronger in some, weaker in
others, and according to the state of its development
the possibility to use it differs in different
individuals."
"By this power two persons being bodily far distant
from each other may exchange their thoughts, or one
may impress his thoughts upon another, and such a
power may be used for good or for evil purposes.
Weak-minded persons may thus be fascinated by stronger
minds, or be made to fall in love with the person by
whom they are thus fascinated. The instrument of
fascination is the spirit, and the organ, by which it
eminently expresses itself is the eye. Thus the spirit
of one person may enter the heart of another by way of
the eyes, and kindle a fire therein which may burn and
communicate itself to the whole body. If two persons
look into the eyes of each other, their spirits come
in contact, and mix and amalgamate with each other.
Thus love may be caused by a look in a moment of time,
like a wound caused suddenly by an arrow. The spirit
and the blood of a person thus affected then turn
towards him who fascinated it, like the avenging
spirit and the blood of a murdered person turns
against the murderer."

I found a couple of more that refer to Death Eaters
which I will post later.

Randy


--- Sean Dwyer <ewe2 at ...> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 10:07:30PM -0500,
> susiequsie23 wrote:
> 
> >   Is she a Christian?
> > 
> >   ``Yes, I am,'' she says. ``Which seems to offend
> the religious 
> >   right far worse than if I said I thought there
> was no God. Every 
> >   time I've been asked if I believe in God, I've
> said yes, because I 
> >   do, but no one ever really has gone any more
> deeply into it than 
> >   that, and I have to say that does suit me,
> because if I talk too 
> >   freely about that I think the intelligent
> reader, whether 10 or 60, 
> >   will be able to guess what's coming in the
> books.''
> 
> This is a quote I fear encourages many an HPfGU fan
> to avoid the wider view of
> the books; I don't blame them since it's a very
> disappointing gaffe by JKR
> IMHO, although not without a certain irony. If Harry
> goes off into the
> figurative desert, I shall have to write to the
> Times.
> 
snip


		
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