Growth: The Lost Diadem (Book 7, Chapter 29)
Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman
4.7 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 6 November 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
This week, Casper and Jolie Doggett explore the theme of Growth in Chapter 29 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! They discuss Neville’s growth, the last relatively peaceful moments, and the DA’s resistance! Throughout the episode we consider the question: what is the difference between growth and change?
Thank you to Meghan for this week’s voicemail! Next week we're reading Chapter 29, The Lost Diadem, through the theme of Mercy.
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| 0:00.0 | Chapter 29, The Lost Diadem. |
| 0:03.4 | Neville, but the, how? |
| 0:06.1 | But Neville had spotted Ron and Hermione, and with yells of delight, was hugging them too. |
| 0:12.2 | I'm Casper Tercyle. |
| 0:13.5 | And I'm Jolie Dogget. |
| 0:15.3 | And this is Harry Potter and The Sacred Text. |
| 0:19.1 | Today I'm so delighted to welcome in our dear Vanessa's absence, our long-time friend and |
| 0:24.4 | contributor Jolie Doggart. Welcome, Jolie. |
| 0:27.2 | Hi, Casper. It's been a while. |
| 0:29.7 | It has been a little while, and we just realized that I think you're going to be like one of |
| 0:33.3 | the last guests ever on Harry Potter and the Sacred Text. |
| 0:37.8 | It makes me sad, but also happy. |
| 0:41.7 | It's great. |
| 0:43.0 | I'm honored to be one of the last new voices you all will hear. |
| 0:46.9 | But see, now I'm getting sad again, just thinking about that. |
| 0:51.0 | I'm not honored. |
| 0:52.0 | I'm upset. |
| 0:55.1 | Jolie, as listeners will know, as a longtime friend of Harry Potter in the Sacred |
| 0:59.0 | Text and runs a beautiful newsletter and podcast dedicated to exploring the benefits of journaling |
| 1:04.5 | for mental wellness and self-discovery. And you can find her Substack on Jolie Doggett-G-G-T |
| 1:10.2 | dot substack.com. And we're glad to have you with us, Jolie. And you can find her substack on Jolie dogged, WG-G-T dot substack.com. And we're glad to have you with us, Jolie. And you are sharing a story this week on the theme that we're going to read this chapter through, which is the theme of growth. Yes, I am. So what have you got for us? So every year, at the beginning of the year, I usually choose like a new theme for my life |
| 1:29.3 | that I want to embody throughout the year, like one word that I want to try to embody the characteristics |
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