From: Emailaaronainsley@countermail.invalid   
      
   On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 19:01:12 -0400, Chan Welbourne wrote:   
      
   > After serious thinking John M. wrote :   
   >> On Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:20:22 +0100, Igenlode Wordsmith wrote:   
   >   
   >>> On 1 Aug 2011 Sky Rider  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> [snip]   
   >>>   
   >>>> I was quite pleased when I saw the new name, but it seems you'll fit   
   >>>> in quite well with the current group members. Enjoy.   
   >>>   
   >>> To be fair, he did arrive here explicitly looking for "religious   
   >>> symbolism" so that would be the way he would graduate...   
   >   
   >> To be truthful, I wrote: "I found this newsgroup bassakwards through a   
   >> Google search for Harry Potter & 'religious symbolism'. I am a former   
   >> Episcopalian priest and presently lecture on child fantasy books and   
   >> their religious references".   
   >   
   >> I was searching around because I was bored and was being inundated   
   >> with all sorts of Harry Potter references. I read the newsgroup   
   >> extensively then posted ..."thanks to all for the previous discussions   
   >> and I admit I am lost in the world of alchemy, its symbology and its   
   >> relevance to JKRs books."   
   >   
   >> I had no concept of HP and any religious symbolism other than the   
   >> obvious Harry-->Christ, death-->resurrection analogies.   
   >   
   >> It is not either my fault or doing that the past members of this   
   >> newsgroup rarely touched in any depth of research on the most   
   >> important contributions for JKR, her Christian intent, content and   
   >> alchemical delivery.   
   >   
   >> I would ask this. How in the world could you miss it even if you do   
   >> not understand it?   
   >   
   > http://snipurl.com/w5vyk    :D   
      
   rofl   
      
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