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 Sams 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 childrens 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 ...
“Did you happen to notice I very specifically said: “Harry Potter magic is fiction”?”
“I have an idea for a wonderful series of children’s books. I’m imagining a delightful fantasy world. In my world, there is a secret: tucked away on the upper shelves of every home is a product that, when used the right way, can make children’s dreams come true: common rat poison, when mixed with orange soda, turns into an elixir that’s out of this world. When you drink it in one big gulp, not only does it taste heavenly, it also makes you happy, beautifuland for 24 hours, it gives you the power to accomplish one wish. One shy, picked-on, but highly intelligent boy has discovered the secret, and he intends to use his new power to help the world. These books will be exciting adventureseasy enough for 8-year-olds but compelling enough to keep teenagers entertained.
What? Parents would worry that this “innocent fantasy” might spill over into the real world? Someone might actually try mixing rat poison and orange soda in real life?”
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2000/october23/34.113.html
I’m disappointed in you.
“Hey look, it’s yet another outdated website written by someone else.”
I thought you would like the illustration better than the male-prostitute.
I think I saw it move. Hit it again!
Oh don’t know, that was a pretty good straw man. Now I can see that by liking HP I just want to poison all 8 yearolds. Makes perfect sense now.
“No he’s talking about Heliography”
No, I’m talking about mirrors as used in the occult - a very common practice.
“In PM world, the mirrors might talk back, leading the 8-year olds into an eternity of hellfire.”
These things only work as part of occult magic. Their use in HP is a special-effects version, but MIRRORS are actually used by occultists.
Our point is that Harry Potter magic is not “real” occultism. So it would be like a story where you mix Fizzing Wangdoodle Powder with orange juice. And then you’re complaining that kids are going to mix rat poison with orange juice and die and we say no, Fizzing Wangdoodle Powder is imaginary and not rat poison.
I'd settle for a mirror that shows me with a full head of hair and washboard abs.
That does it, I am smashing every mirror in our house. I had better stop brushing my teeth just to be sure I don’t catch a reflection of myself in the sink faucet. I hope my husband doesn’t mind.
Please don’t tell PM about the Skiving Snackboxes.
“Of course, most houses have deadly chemicals, and no house I know of has magic wands and broomsticks lying around. “
The point is not what’s in your house but the idea of mixing a little poison with something fun and exciting.
I’ve already give you a list of things in HP that are REAL occultic practices. The way HP portrays them is a Hollywood version - but the practices that underly the hollywood version are real practices.
“And by billions of (relatively) normal people worldwide.”
Not for SPIRITUALISTIC purposes.
Do you apply these standards to Narnia, Wizard of Oz and Lord of he Rings?
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