From: bleablah@mume.invalid   
      
   Sirius Black laid this down on his screen :   
   > On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:10:50 -0400, VD wrote:   
      
   >> On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:04:44 -0400, Sirius Black wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:02:27 -0400, VD wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:14:50 -0700 (PDT), Wilford Dumont wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Is there anything from JKR that acknowledges that she read or was   
   >>>>> directly influenced by The Chymical Wedding?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> One thing that we might keep in mind is that the allegorical author is   
   >>>> often inspired to be secretive. If Ms. Rowling had out and out   
   >>>> admitted to the multitude of uses and similarities between HP and The   
   >>>> Chymical Wedding much of the mystery might have been removed.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> There are those who strongly believe that Ms. Rowling, known or   
   >>>> unknown to her, was on a Godly mission. That because of this mission,   
   >>>> she is using code to write about a hidden layer of meaning   
   >>>   
   >>> I don't see how she couldn't know. You said yourself Rowling must have   
   >>> read The Chymical Wedding. There are too many similarities for her not   
   >>> to have. TCW was considered a Godly inspired mission.   
   >>   
   >> I have read very extensively about the alchemical process and I can   
   >> assure you that it was obvious that some writers on the subject didn't   
   >> have a clue - and I mean obvious even to someone like me who also   
   >> hardly had a clue. ;)   
   >>   
   >> For a long time - years, in fact - I have assumed that Ms Rowling used   
   >> symbolism deliberately, with a commanding grasp of its meaning, and   
   >> that it refers to a hidden theme.   
   >>   
   >> Book five, 'Order of Phoenix', has many parallels to Day 5 of 'The   
   >> Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz'.  Not only is it Book 5 of   
   >> 7 in 'Harry Potter' and day 5 out of 7 in The Chymical Wedding, but   
   >> the symbolism within the two sequences is also similar.   
   >>   
   >> I read The Chymical Wedding in hopes of understanding Harry Potter   
   >> better, but The Chymical Wedding is not easy to read or to understand.   
   >> I can't imagine Ms Rowling using the symbolism from the 5th Day   
   >> *without* understanding what it is about.   
   >>   
   >> Since the parallels are so strong and extensive, I conclude that Ms.   
   >> Rowling is using the symbolism with the **same intent as the writer*   
   >> of The Chymical Wedding and referring to a similar hidden subject.   
   >>   
   >> She knew. ;)   
      
   > Yeah, she knew but I see nothing that indicates that Harry knew what   
   > he was accomplishing. All I see is Harry trying to keep himself and   
   > friends and the remainder of the non Satanic world from being killed   
   > or dominated by Voldemort.   
      
   He was young? :D  No, really, does the protagonist ever know what he is   
   doing?   
      
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