Happy Golden Birthday to the Philosopher’s Stone
This editorial takes another look at some of the alchemical symbolism of the “Harry Potter” series.
Bathilda's Notebook / The Quibbler
by MuggleNet · Published June 26, 2023 · Last modified June 23, 2023
This editorial takes another look at some of the alchemical symbolism of the “Harry Potter” series.
Bathilda's Notebook / The Quibbler
by MuggleNet · Published March 21, 2022 · Last modified March 20, 2022
An analysis of the term “blood troth” reveals how Dumbledore’s love for Grindelwald was foreshadowed in the previous movie.
From “Potter” panic to J.K. Rowling’s Christian beliefs, Ernie Rea discusses the Christian allegory and religious themes in the “Harry Potter” books.
Bathilda's Notebook / The Quibbler
by MuggleNet · Published June 24, 2021 · Last modified June 17, 2021
Through literary clues, Dr. Beatrice Groves reveals how Diagon Alley may have been inspired by Oxford’s High Street.
Bathilda's Notebook / The Quibbler
by MuggleNet · Published October 13, 2020 · Last modified February 13, 2023
Were you surprised by the murderer in “Troubled Blood”? A closer look at “The Faerie Queene” epigraphs reveals extra clues that lead you in the direction of the proper suspect…
Bathilda's Notebook / The Quibbler
by MuggleNet · Published August 29, 2020 · Last modified September 21, 2021
Dr. Beatrice Groves argues that the unnamed poem Lula Landry recites in “The Cuckoo’s Calling” is Walt Whitman’s “Of the Terrible Doubt of Appearances” – a poem that connects to the theme of handfasting in both “The Cuckoo’s Calling” and “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”.
by Sophia Jenkins · Published May 27, 2020 · Last modified February 28, 2023
J.K. Rowling has a wide knowledge of children’s books, many of which have influenced the “Harry Potter” series. How many of these classic stories have you read?
Bathilda's Notebook / The Quibbler
by MuggleNet · Published May 24, 2020 · Last modified September 22, 2021
Dr. Beatrice Groves looks further into the origins of the phrase “solve et coagula” and the way in which it encapsulates Rowling’s own metaphors for her “process.”
Bathilda's Notebook / The Quibbler
by MuggleNet · Published May 23, 2020 · Last modified September 22, 2021
Last year, J.K. Rowling got a tattoo of the alchemical Latin phrase “solve et coagula.” Read about how the phrase has an intimate connection with everything she writes.