Those of us who cannot afford iPhones are putting even more of our
emotional stock in this attainable goal.
I should have posted this many years ago, when it first occurred to
me. But . . . I've been quite busy, and, somehow, this has taken a
back seat. All the same, I wanted to post it before the publication
of Book Seven so that I can be vindicated as being the first to
predict this in print (or electronic media, at any rate).
Actually, I'm posting an extract from an e-mail I sent to a former
colleague who has thought deeply about Harry Potter and _Harry
Potter_. If you happen upon this, former colleague, please forgive
the repetition. I'm sure you understand the necessity of saving time
in this manner!
The only theory I have (and am willing to make public) about the last
book in the series concerns Horcruxes. It's actually an etymological
theory, and it may not be directly addressed, but I feel certain in
my own mind that it must be so. Just as the horrible curse "avada
cadavra" has a Muggle-English equivalent that has suffered, over many
years, from metathesis and B-V substitution, in the comical stage
magician's "abracadabra," we will learn that the making of Horcruxes
involves an incantation containing another ME (not, note, Middle
English, but Muggle-English) equivalent: "Hocus-Pocus."
That's all! It may not seem like much, but it shows the detail and
depth of the world that Rowling has so generously created for us to
romp around in.
Thanks!
ds
