March 05, 2005

The witchcraft in Harry Potter is real! Please note that most of these spells are CHRISTIAN in origin.

Probably not what you expect. No matter what you expect.

posted by Nickdanger 19 years ago
  • What planet is this?
  • Come, thee, by the right arm of the mighty Metatron! Yay!
  • Where am I going to find a tuft of hyena hair?
  • Cabingirl just ruined my keyboardddddddddd
  • Take the hand of a dead hanged man, wrap it in a mortual piece of fabric and press it to squeeze the remaining blood out, and put it in an earth vase with powdered zimort [cinnamon], saltpeter, salt and pepper-corns, all pounded. It should remain in this vessel for 15 days; then expose the hand to the Sun [during the Dog Days] till it dries completely. If is has to be dried more, put in an oven with vervain and fern. Make out a candle from the fat in the hanged man, virgin wax and sesame of Lapland. Use the hand as a candle holder. [There is another version that says that the hand itself should be turned into a candle, with the dead man's hair as a wick, and each finger should be lit. The thumb will not light if someone in the house is still awake.] I believe Nigella Lawson discusses something similar in How To Be A Domestic Goddess.
  • cabingirl completely wins!
  • Anyone who seems to think that the historical record reflects a search for a Sorceror's Stone and not a Philosopher's Stone is clearly not someone I would trust as an authority on mythological research, no matter how much they claim that they know how to use flying broomsticks.
  • The historical record reveals that the original title of Harry Potter book one is Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
  • See, american kids hate philosophers, but will really shell out the cash for sorcerors.
  • It's an American conspriracy against academia.
  • It's an American conspriracy against academia. Led by Scholastic, no less! Where is the shame? Without shame, I cannot sleep!
  • In the actual article the author states that it should be known as the Philosopher's Stone. I mean, it's still mental, but at least he does point this out...
  • And the cover illustrations aren't as good too. Actually, I'm buying my next HP book in the UK, because Raincoast Books lost the Canadian contract over some stupid bookstore letting out the last a few days early. In other sad news, I can't buy the Region 1 DVDs of The Prisoner, one of the greatest weird British series about retired spies taken prisoner, EVAR!, because it's being release by A&E. I'm boycotting A&E DVDs to protest their butchering of historical smut. I want all four hours of my costumed smut!
  • Wouldn't you just love to kick 'em in the hexhole?
  • The real reason, as everybody knows, is that JKR came a little too close to showing what is going on at Area 51.