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   From: tgiarmo@sandata.com   
      
   On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 14:30:32 -0400, VD wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 3 Sep 2011 13:30:04 -0400, Thomas J. Giarmo wrote:   
   >   
   >>> Just so save you the time to skim it until the key instructions, the   
   >>> procedure consists basically of boiling down urine.   
   >>   
   >> this is the symbolic mercury and sulphur.   
   >   
   > One of Ms. Rowling's interesting use of chemical symbology occurs in   
   > the selection of Hermione Granger as a name. I have often wondered if   
   > she first utilized this symbology as you have mentioned, Thomas, and   
   > backed into *H*ermione *G*ranger or if she simply liked the name   
   > which also fit the Periodic Table's abbreviation (Hg).   
   >   
   > Probably the former imo. I have always felt she needed a "quarreling   
   > couple" to complement the alchemical theme (Hg and S; Hermione and   
   > Ron).   
   >   
   > John Granger made shipping points regarding HRH - alchemists tried to   
   > use sulfur and mercury to make gold.   
   >   
   > Granger sees Ron as representing sulfur and Hermione mercury turning a   
   > base metal or lead (Harry) into gold:   
   >   
   > The first is the analogy of the roles of sulfur and mercury in alchemy   
   > with the roles of Harry¡¦s friends Ron and Hermione in the books. The   
   > alchemical work purifies a base metal by dissolving and recongealing   
   > the metal using two principal reagents or catalysts.   
   >   
   > These reagents reflect the masculine and feminine polarities of   
   > existence. ¡§Alchemical sulfur¡¨ represents the masculine, impulsive,   
   > and red pole, while ¡§quicksilver¡¨ or ¡§alchemical mercury¡¨ represents   
   > the feminine and cool complement. Together and separately these   
   > reagents advance the base metal to gold.   
   >   
   > Harry¡¦s two closest friends are Ron, the redheaded, passionate boy,   
   > and Hermione, the brilliant, cool young woman. They are also living   
   > symbols of alchemical sulfur (Ron) and mercury (Hermione).   
   >   
   > Together, and more obviously, in their disagreements and separation,   
   > Harry¡¦s friendships with Ron and Hermione transform him from lead to   
   > gold. Sulfur and quicksilver are frequently called ¡§the quarreling   
   > couple,¡¨ an apt name for Ron and Hermione.   
      
   wow, thx!   
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