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Outline of Masonic Rosicurian Philosophy 1928 1st Ed

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Episode #85: Free Will and Choice in Harry Potter

One of the over-arching meta-themes of the Harry Potter books is, without a doubt, choice. From early on the books the theme of choice is empasised, when the Sorting Hat defers to Harry’s wish to be in Gryffindor, or when Dumbledore makes it clear to Harry that it is his choices, far more than abilities [...]

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Episode #79: Harry Potter and Gödel’s Theorem

This week, we finish up our Patterns in Potter discussion for Book 5, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.  This time, we focus on Harry’s visions (courtesy of Lord Voldemort) and his driving urge to understand the truth of these visions, and what knowledge they can bring in aiding in the fight against evil.  It’s quite [...]

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Back from LaSalle

by Travis
After 12 hours of driving to do 2 lectures at LaSalle University - one for Joel Garver’s “Harry Potter and Philosophy” class (”Race, Class, and Gender in Harry Potter”) and one for the Philosophy Department (”Wizards at War: Harry Potter as a Commentary on Terrorism”), I’m home. I got in last night and [...]

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Episode #66: Introducing Patterns in Potter

It’s finally time.  It’s been several months since Deathly Hallows came out, we’ve discussed most of what there is to discuss relating to the characters, the themes, the news that came out after the book was released.  It’s time to move on.  But don’t worry, by move on, we don’t mean stop talking about Harry Potter!  [...]

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Episode #63: Harry Potter and the End of Innocence

There comes a time in a person’s life when they realize, for the first time, that the world is not actually the way they thought it was.  That the picture they had in their mind about how the world works, the rules of the game, are suddenly gone.  It is the end of innocence.  When does this end of [...]

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Episode #60: Harry Potter and The Golden Compass

J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series has reinvigorated a generation and turned them on to reading. But what to read when the battle against Lord Voldemort is at an end? One of the more popular answers is Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy; the first installment, The Golden Compass, has been adapted to film [...]

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