From: EMAILSeekingHarryPotter@rocketmail.comHERE   
      
   On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:24:23 -0400, Sirius Black wrote:   
      
   > On Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:10:18 -0400, Chan Welbourne wrote:   
   >   
   >> Wilford Dumont presented the following explanation :   
   >>> On Sun, 7 Aug 2011 13:58:01 -0400, VD wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> Not as in "fat" although he does get there by the Epilogue ;)   
   >>>>   
   >>>> We have Harry as the Soul (transfiguring, transforming, changing,   
   >>>> seeking, learning), Hermione as the Mind and now Ron as the slat of   
   >>>> the Earth, the non-cosmic, regular guy; one of many in a family;   
   >>>> Harry's sidekick and foil; a true follower.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I'm not going to go into detail, feel free to, regarding Ron's   
   >>>> literary position among the trio because it all appears so   
   >>>> obvious...to me at least.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> He's obtuse, lives within Harry's celebrity, and if not for the others   
   >>>> complete inexperience with chess, he would have nothing to be puffy   
   >>>> about.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> How could it be any other way? Ms. Rowling wants us to concentrate on   
   >>>> Harry, the Soul, and his Seeker's journey and having competition from   
   >>>> one of the Trio is not conducive to her  purposes.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Which are to teach with a moral compass that points to selflessness,   
   >>>> choices, responsibility for them and, ultimately, the results of being   
   >>>> a successful, seeking journeyman.   
   >>   
   >>> Nothing to add. RW is what he is and there isn't much there after all.   
   >>   
   >> Ditto. I found Ron superficially necessary...and boring. ^^   
   >   
   > I siriously disliked his character, not much of a fan of the Canon Ron   
   > or Movie Ron. It wasn't until I took into account the "quarreling   
   > couple" symbology and the Soul-Mind-Abdomen symbology did it make any   
   > sense why he was portrayed the way he is.   
      
   I don't remember if it was John Granger or Hans Andrea that first   
   published the alchemical symbolism tied to the "quarreling couple"   
   concept. Doesn't matter, it works like this.   
      
   Ron (stable/fixed sulphur) + Hermione (Hermes/Mercury) Hg--> HgS   
      
   This combination is the fixation step by the alchemist in making the   
   Philosopher's Stone - the perfected soul - Harry (the base metal).   
   Taking the volatile (quicksilver or Hg or HG or Hermione Granger) with   
   the fixed (Ron is always Ron). The two opposites quarrel and how well   
   they do! ;)   
      
      
      
   Note that the combination produces red and gold - the Gryffindor   
   colors. :) and a stable mineral.   
      
   Which, btw, as I pointed out before, is why H/H never, ever had a   
   chance. ;0)   
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