Helplessness: The Lightning Struck Tower (Book 6, Chapter 27)

Harry Potter and the Sacred Text

Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman

Religion & Spirituality, Books, Jk Rowling, Sprituality, Sacred, Sacred Reading, Philosophy, Harry Potter, Arts, Reading, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 30 January 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week, Vanessa and special guest Daniel Schroeder explore the theme of Helplessness in Chapter 27 of Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince! They discuss Harry’s immobilization, Dumbledore’s master plan, and Draco’s task! Throughout the episode we consider the question: when can a feeling of helplessness actually help force us to act?

Thank you to Jerrica for this week’s voicemail! Next week we're reading Chapter 28, Flight of the Prince, through the theme of Apocalypse with special guest Hannah McGregor.

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0:43.8	Chapter 27, the lightning struck tower. Once back under the starry sky, Harry heaved Dumbledore
0:52.7	onto the top of the nearest boulder, and then to his feet.
0:57.2	Sodden and shivering, Dumbledore's weight still upon him, Harry concentrated harder than he had
1:03.5	ever done upon his destination.
1:06.8	Hogsmead.
1:08.4	I'm Vanessa Zoltan.
1:10.5	I'm Daniel Schrader.
1:12.2	And this is Harry Potter and the Sacred Text with a special guest.
1:19.1	Woohoo. I'm so happy to be here, Vanessa.
1:21.3	Hi, Daniel. Do you like how different I look when I'm recording Harry Potter and the Sacred
1:25.8	Text versus Let's Ask Taylor Swift. It's
1:28.2	night and day. Yeah, I don't see any friendship bracelets on or anything like that. Nope, just
1:33.0	witch hats. Of course. So Daniel, you are my new co-host on our new podcast, Let's Ask Taylor Swift.
1:41.2	And so we thought that we would have you hop over and do a Harry Potter and Sacred
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