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The Alchemical End-Game: The Rubedo in "Deathly Hallows"
Program Code:
550
Date:
Saturday, August 4, 2007
Time:
2:00 PM to 2:50 PM
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John Granger holds honors degrees from Phillips Exeter Academy and the University of Chicago, where he studied classical languages and literature. John was initially resistant to letting the oldest of his seven children read the Harry Potter books but was won over after reading the first book himself one night after work. He is the author of Unlocking Harry Potter: Five Keys for the Serious Reader and has been interviewed on radio stations and television (CNN’s Paula Zahn Now). John uses Harry Potter to teach English literature online at HogwarsProfessor.com and in his 9th grade English classes at the Valley Forge Military Academy. John has been a featured speaker at Lumos 2006 and Nimbus 2003, where his talk on literary alchemy was chosen as “Best Presentation” of the 65 lectures and panels over four days. He, his wife Mary, and their seven children live in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
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Description
Ms. Rowling has said that her study of alchemy set the magical parameters and internal logic of her Harry Potter novels. John Granger, author of Unlocking Harry Potter: Five Keys for the Serious Reader, is the leading authority on Literary Alchemy in Fandom. He has explained at www.HogwartsProfessor.com how *Phoenix* and * Prince* were each a step in the alchemical work and featured images, themes, and the death of a character with a name specific to that stage. *Hallows*, consequently, is expected to be the final, red stage or Rubedo, complete with the Alchemical Wedding, the resolution of contraries, and perhaps even the death of the red character or characters (Rubeus, Rufus, and the Weasleys.). Granger's talk on Alchemy at Nimbus 2003 was chosen "Best Presentation" of the 65 talks and panels in Orlando. His talk on the alchemical meaning of *Deathly Hallows* promises to be at least as good.