Humility: The Elder Wand (Book 7, Chapter 32)

Harry Potter and the Sacred Text

Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman

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

4.7 • 6.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

This week, Casper and Vanessa explore the theme of Humility in Chapter 32 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! They discuss Snape’s final words, Hermione’s plea, and Luna’s words of encouragement! Throughout the episode we consider the question: when is humility a hindrance and when is it necessary?

Thank you to Robyn for this week’s voicemail! Next week we're reading Chapter 33, The Prince’s Tale, through the theme of Imagination.

Harry Potter and the Sacred Text is a Not Sorry Production

Find us at our website | Follow us on Instagram

It’s two sickles to join S.P.E.W., and only five dollars to join our Patreon for extra content every week! Please consider helping us fill our Gringotts vault so we can continue to make this show.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Chapter 32. The Elder Wand. The world had ended. So why had the battle not ceased? The castle
0:08.4	fallen silent in horror, and every combatant laid down their arms. Harry's mind was in freefall,
0:16.1	spinning out of control, unable to grasp the impossibility, because Fred Weasley could not be dead.
0:24.3	The evidence of all his senses must be lying.
0:28.8	I'm Vanessa Zoltan.
0:30.5	And I'm Caspar Tha Kyle.
0:32.3	And this is Harry Potter and the Sacred Text.
0:36.6	Before we dive into this week's show,
0:38.3	just a quick announcement that our patron bonus this week,
0:42.3	our Every Flavored Bean Conversation,
0:44.3	is very much inspired by Voldemore and his Nagini.
0:48.3	So my question for us is going to be,
0:51.3	who or what would you want to magically protect in a cage and always have
0:55.2	floating around with you. I'm very curious what will both answer to that question. I can't believe
1:00.5	you don't just have that question at the ready. I mean, I think about that all the time.
1:05.7	Okay. You're being serious for a second. No, like I really don't.
1:17.0	So if you want to listen to that bonus, come join us on Patreon at patreon.com slash harry potter sacred text.
1:19.6	Casper, you are telling the story this week on the theme of humility.
1:24.0	What story do you have?
1:25.7	So in my day job, I work with a lot of people who are creating really beautiful projects.
1:32.3	It might be a new community initiative to gather people in small groups.
1:37.3	It might be a project that helps them sing together.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.