Posted on 08/01/2007 6:59:32 AM PDT by ParsifalCA
I am warning those who have not finished the series . . . and there must be still a few of them by now. . . that there are spoilers ahead. I have just finished the last book . . . having spent an enjoyable evening with it thanks to Sam’s Club and an indulgent wife.
I am done with Harry Potter and enjoying the literary aftertaste the way one enjoys a fine meal almost as much after it is done as when it is being consumed . . . though it is a bit sad that the series is finished.
And it is really finished . . .
Will one be able to re-read the books with pleasure?
I think the answer is only a tentative “yes.” If one knows the “puzzles” and “the secrets” of the book, it will not take away the charm of the characters or the fun of a good Quidditch match, but the first read will always be the best.
The strength of these books is in the plot and the second read, when everything is known, will be satisfying for finding all the clues to what happens . . . but I am hard pressed to know if I will want to re-read them a third or fourth time.
A really great book is as good on the fourth read . . . and some children’s books (Little White Horse) are better.
I deeply enjoyed the last book and thought the ending satisfying. For those who found them quite Christian, they will find much in this last book to give strength to their idea.
(Excerpt) Read more at exilestreet.com ...
Good luck with that. I don’t think he’s teachable.
He has learned to flee from certain things, things that prove him wrong of course. Maybe if we put enough things in that corner him and force him to flee he’ll bail on the whole thread.
You’d think being on a thread with all of us occult apologists would cause him to flee...
I was reading the thread while I though up a snappy riposte to the post you are responding to. Since your comment says it all, you've saved me the trouble. Thanks.
I was reading the thread while I though up a snappy riposte to the post you are responding to. Since your comment says it all, you've saved me the trouble. Thanks.
:)
You know full well that JKR turned the topic to magic. That was the context of her 1/3rd statement.
And don’t forget the steaming pile in 372.
Ah yes, the chart full of lies.
No she didn’t that’s your BIG LIE. Read the whole quote, and read it WITHOUT inserting your ASSumptions:
“Is there a certain amount of very sophisticated mythology that you’re trying to work in here?
There’s - I’m not trying to work it in, but... If you’re writing a book that, I mean, I do do a certain amount of research, and folklore is quite important in the books, so where I’m mentioning a creature or a spell, that people used to believe genuinely worked - of course it didn’t [PM: in her opinion]- but, you know, it’s still a very picturesque and a very comical world in some ways - then I will find out exactly what the words were, and I will find out exactly what the characteristics of that creature or ghost was supposed to be. But I hope that that appears seamlessly. Children often, often ask me how much of the magic is in inverted commas “real” in the books in the sense that did anyone ever believe in this? I would say - a rough proportion - about a third of the stuff that crops up is stuff that people genuinely used to believe in Britain. Two thirds of it, though, is my invention.”
She just gives a thorough answer to the question, the topic isn’t “turned” to magic, the topic is mythology and folklore in the stories. Magic is part of mythology and folklore as well as the occult, in fact that’s why cultists like to wrap themselves in mythological trappings, it gives them the appearance of antiquity which helps them hide their BS. But since the question is about mythology then the magic in the answer would, logically, follow that context and be mythical magic not occult magic.
*snort*
That’s just perfect.
“Children often, often ask me how much of the ***magic*** is in inverted commas “real” in the books in the sense that did anyone ever believe in this? I would say - a rough proportion - about a third of the stuff that crops up is stuff that people genuinely used to believe in Britain.
Read and learn: She just gives a thorough answer to the question, the topic isn’t “turned” to magic, the topic is mythology and folklore in the stories. Magic is part of mythology and folklore as well as the occult, in fact that’s why cultists like to wrap themselves in mythological trappings, it gives them the appearance of antiquity which helps them hide their BS. But since the question is about mythology then the magic in the answer would, logically, follow that context and be mythical magic not occult magic.
I have to go sacrifice some chickens, or more accurately chicken wings, to the pagan lord of Friday. Have fun.
Are there owls involved?
If they get too close to the fryer, there very well may be.
Stay well.
You know, the wings really are that good...
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