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Of course, the obligatory links. An unbelieveable resource for Middle English Arthurian texts. This contains the first two volume of the Carmina Gadelica. A landmark collection of prayer-spells from Scotland, many of which are a barely-Christianized version of earlier beliefs. CELT: The Corpus of Electronic Texts. Where you can find all sorts of Irish texts- annals, epics, and so on. Some are translated, others are not. The Celtic Christianity e-Library. And Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. A fantastic s...
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Through My Spectrespecs: Horcrux Essay
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Harry Potter in Retrospect -. In 2006, while all we Harry Potter fans were waiting impatiently for the seventh and last book in the series, and speculating on internet forums about how the story would end. I was asked to write an essay for the online magazine Scribbulus. Part of the Harry Potter website The Leaky Cauldron. My essay was published in Scribbulus Issue 2. It is still available for online reading:. To Seize or to Receive Power. The Horcruxes in the Light of Regalia and Arthurian Legend. I als...
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Through My Spectrespecs: Surnames, Coats of Arms and Family Crests
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Harry Potter in Retrospect -. Wednesday, 20 May 2009. Surnames, Coats of Arms and Family Crests. Potter coat of arms. I found this picture through Google picture search). In the sixth book,. Is mentioned in connection with a ring that belonged to Tom Riddle's=Lord Voldemort's mother's family (i.e. the Wizard side of his family). His mother's family name was Gaunt, but the ring (which Voldemort turns into a Horcrux) bears the Peverell family crest. (Or so they believe.). Know what it is? Is a great land s...
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Through My Spectrespecs: O for Occlumency (ABC Wednesday)
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Harry Potter in Retrospect -. Tuesday, 26 April 2011. O for Occlumency (ABC Wednesday). 8220;The magical defence of the mind against external penetration. An obscure branch of magic, but a highly useful one.”. Severus Snape to Harry Potter in. The Order of the Phoenix,. 8216;Dumbledore wants to stop you having those dreams about Voldemort,’ said Hermione at once. ‘Well, you won’t be sorry not to have them any more, will you? 8216;Extra lessons with Snape? Since Harry has a rather emotional personality, h...
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Through My Spectrespecs: February 2010
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Harry Potter in Retrospect -. Friday, 12 February 2010. Valentine's Day and Alchemy. In my post Christmas in the Wizarding World (1). I pointed out how J.K. Rowling in. Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone. Makes a kind of under-the-surface connection between the "Father Christmas" St Nicholas and the Alchemist Nicolas Flamel. Another holiday celebrated in Rowling's Wizarding World is Valentine's Day. Lockhart shouted. 'And may I thank the forty-six people who have so far sent me cards! JK Rowling doe...
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Through My Spectrespecs: Q for Quidditch (ABC Wednesday)
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Harry Potter in Retrospect -. Wednesday, 11 May 2011. Q for Quidditch (ABC Wednesday). The favourite sports game in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding world is Quidditch. When Harry is first introduced to it (in the first book,. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. He tries to sum up his first impression:. 8216;So – that’s sort of like basketball on broomsticks with six hoops, isn’t it? Harry’s position, however, is to be that of Seeker. In the first book, a book called. Quidditch Through the Ages. And here: ...
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Through My Spectrespecs: November 2010
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Harry Potter in Retrospect -. Thursday, 25 November 2010. Worth Reading More Than Once. Http:/ btt2.wordpress.com/2010/11/25/thankful-2/. Deb @ 1:39 am:. It’s Thanksgiving here in the U.S. of A. so …. What authors and books are you most thankful for? I've been taking part in the Booking Through Thursdays. For quite a while now, usually from my The Island of the Voices. Over the past decade, I've been especially thankful for J.K. Rowling. And the Harry Potter. His Chronicles of Narnia. In particular, but ...
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Through My Spectrespecs: Q for Quills
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Harry Potter in Retrospect -. Wednesday, 9 November 2011. As far as the use of Quills is concerned, I think I could have been accepted as a Hogwarts student. … B. Ack in my childhood or teens (long before Harry Potter first popped up in J.K. Rowling’s mind), I used to practice writing with quills made out of crow-feathers. (Just for fun. I’m not quite so old that I did not have access to pens and pencils.). The Order of the Phoenix. The Goblet of Fire. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). One aim in this ...
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Through My Spectrespecs: The White Stag
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Harry Potter in Retrospect -. Saturday, 12 March 2011. Can you see the white stag? If not, I suggest you put your. The Celts saw white stags as messengers from the Otherworld. In Arthurian legend, the pursuit of the white stag represents mankind’s spiritual quest. 8216;The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’. By CS Lewis,. At the end of the book, it is a White Stag that guides the children (then Kings and Queens of Narnia) back to their own world. If you read the books, you also know that Harry’s. March 20...
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peregrinations with st. chad: the troubles of abundance
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Peregrinations with st. chad. Thursday, June 20, 2013. The troubles of abundance. Why do I call this a problem? Because we still think politically and morally as if we live in the times of the famine in the land of Canaan, when the Egyptians have all the food. People who have gracious plenty are jealous of those who have even more. We still think we need to rob Peter to feed Paul. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Links: the celtic resurgence. Sisterhood of the holy martyr grand duchess elizabeth.