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To: Exigence
Yes. It's called "folklore." In fact, did you know most Arthurian retellings use the names of characters from folklore too? *tongue in cheek* And, some nursey rhymes talk about dead people and the plaque. Shall we ban "Ring Round the Rosie"? Did folks get so excited about naming the space capsules after mythological figures?

" One character is named Vablatsky (a play on the name of Madame Blavatsky, a theosophist of the 19th century). A class in "Transfiguration" (regardless of its sacrilegious context for us Muggles) also hints at familiarity with the "New Age" belief in stages of enlightenment, including that of "transfiguration". A closer reading might also reveal a woman author plagued by the perpetual adolescence of the rest of her generation and with very probable extracurricular interests in the occult. "

237 posted on 11/26/2001 2:26:22 PM PST by RnMomof7
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To: RnMomof7
" One character is named Vablatsky (a play on the name of Madame Blavatsky, a theosophist of the 19th century). A class in "Transfiguration" (regardless of its sacrilegious context for us Muggles) also hints at familiarity with the "New Age" belief in stages of enlightenment, including that of "transfiguration". A closer reading might also reveal a woman author plagued by the perpetual adolescence of the rest of her generation and with very probable extracurricular interests in the occult. "

Whom are you quoting? You have quotes but aren't attributing the words to another speaker.

280 posted on 11/26/2001 5:31:52 PM PST by Exigence
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