From: bleablah@mume.invalid   
      
   After serious thinking VD wrote :   
   > On Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:40:31 -0400, Chan Welbourne wrote:   
      
   >> 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?   
      
   > Sort of, maybe, kind of... ;)   
      
   > Harry matured and learned to trust his instincts (important alchemical   
   > requirement) but he was unaware that he was a Christian Rosycross   
   > spinoff.   
      
   Neither did Jesus. l-)   
      
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