Closure: The Missing Mirror (Book 7, Chapter 28)
Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman
4.7 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
This week, Casper and Vanessa explore the theme of Closure in Chapter 28 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! They discuss Aberforth’s advice, the real story of the Dumbledore family, and the portrait! Throughout the episode we consider the question: when do we gain a sense of closure?
Thank you to Elizabeth for this week’s voicemail! Next week we're reading Chapter 29, The Lost Diadem, through the theme of Growth with Jolie Doggett.
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| 0:00.0 | Chapter 28. The Missing Mirror. Harry's feet touched road. He saw the achingly familiar |
| 0:07.1 | Hogsmead High Street, dark shop fronts and the outline of Black Mountains beyond the village, |
| 0:12.3 | and the curve in the road ahead that led off towards Hogwarts. I'm Casper Terkeyele. |
| 0:17.4 | And I'm Vanessa Zoltan. And this is Harry Potter in The Sacred Text. |
| 0:23.3 | So, Casper, there are just a few weeks left for people to get tickets for our last in-person |
| 0:29.6 | live show with the two of us and for our sacred practice full Saturday together. They can find out more about both of those at notsariworks.com. |
| 0:41.4 | It's in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It's not just our last live show with the two of us. It's the last time |
| 0:46.2 | you and I are going to hang out as friends. I did get an official notification by Al saying that |
| 0:51.8 | our friendship would be over. I just feel like now is as good a time as anything. |
| 0:57.2 | You're like a decade in, I've heard every joke. |
| 1:00.2 | And there weren't that many to begin with. |
| 1:02.4 | I've heard every joke several times. |
| 1:06.4 | But come join us, Cambridge Mass, for our live show on Friday, November 7th, and our sacred Saturday, all of Saturday, the 8th of November. |
| 1:14.4 | We'd love to see you. |
| 1:15.7 | And for our Every Flavored Bean conversation this week, Vanessa, we're going to be talking about what's the best cover that you've come up with when you've broken a rule? |
| 1:24.5 | What's the best excuse? |
| 1:25.9 | What's the best deception? |
| 1:28.3 | You know, how did you get out of a scrape? I've never broken a rule. What's the best excuse? What's the best deception? You know, |
| 1:34.1 | how did you get out of a scrape? I've never broken a rule in my life. Just as Abberforth helps the trio in this chapter. So support us on Patreon to listen to all of those extras. There's blooper |
| 1:39.2 | reels and a lot of fun happening on Patreon. We're so glad for everyone who supports the show. Thank you. |
| 1:44.9 | So Vanessa, this week's theme is closure. And I'm curious what story you've prepared for us today. |
| 1:50.6 | So I feel like I've been talking about this with our audience for like nine years. I have a |
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