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Hogwarts, Hogwarts,
Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,
Teach us something please,
Whether we be old and bald,
Or young with scabby knees,
Our heads could do with filling,
With some interesting stuff,
For now they're bare
And full of air,
Dead flies and bits of fluff.
So teach us stuff worth knowing,
Bring back what we forgot,
Just do your best
We'll do the rest,
And learn until our brains all rot!



1: The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
2: Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
3: There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
4: Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
5: Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
6: His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
7: The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
8: The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
9: The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
10: More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11: Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
12: Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
13: Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
14: Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

Monday, November 28, 2005

Music

I had said in regard to Snape being good and mystical that one of the big things that changed my mind was the healing incantation that was "like a song," and had noted that Rowling uses music sparingly, so I thought I would point out something that came to mind recently as a result of seeing this lates movie.

That is that the golden egg is a place she does use music. I'm not sure that this use of music is as high symbolically as the Pheonix song and Snape's Incantation (although I'm not completelty sure of the opposite either) but I do think there is some good pointed symbolism here. Particularly, it is only when heard in it's proper context that the music even sounds like music, and so there is a good focus on the need for context in understanding and communication.

Of course there is also the fact that that context in this situation is the element of water. I'm not sure there is a strong significance to that fact, except for that it does fit in with the fact that while the music is beautiful and I think definitely on the good side, it is mysterious in that one cannot assume that the mer-people being on the side of the good will take the form one thinks. Sometimes it is mischievious and a bit dark etc.

Just an observation.
posted by Merlin at 1:59 PM


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