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Harry Potter and the Sacred Text is a weekly podcast co-hosted by Vanessa Zoltan and Matt Potts, who met during their time together at Harvard Divinity School.

And before I say anything further, I just want to point out that this podcast does condemn the transphobia of J.K. Rowling and holds space for the people, the listeners who are affected by it.

That is really important.

On this podcast, Matt and Vanessa ask, what if we read the books we love as if they were sacred texts?

Each week, Matt and Vanessa relive the magic by exploring a chapter of the Harry Potter series through themes like commitment, revenge, forgiveness, and more.

And realizing traditional forms of sacred reading to one earth hit in lessons within even the most mundane sentences.

Many scholars of religion believe that what makes a text sacred is not the text itself, but rather the community of readers around it.

Harry Potter and the Sacred Text applies a critical lens to both the text and its author, and holds space for readers and listeners who have been negatively impacted by the author's actions, but still care about the books.

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Oh, hi, hello, welcome nerds, too. Let's talk about myths, baby. Where I am your host, Liv, reading you the final part of my new favorite, masterpiece, the life changing utterly thrilling and incredible novel by Lucien.

Full of intentional bullshit, the silliest, and most over the top stuff that he could come up with.

Because remember, that's what's intended with this. He's satirizing straight up, making fun of the people of his time and those that came before him.

People like whoever came up with homer's odyssey. Any who told stories of myths and histories featuring unlikely or straight up unbelievable occurrences.

That is who Lucien is taking aim at in this work of utter art that is the true history, and I could into love it more.

I imagine it's only about to get better. Because where we last left off are straight reading of Lucien. He and his men had landed on the island of the blessed Elysium.

Literally where dead people are, and what, these guys are living? Lots happening here, but we've already had brief mentions of some mythological and historical characters that they've met with or witnessed in Elysium.

And today's episode, we're only gonna get more today's to say that I am excited to read all of this for you is a true understatement. I am having so much fun.

This is Lucien's true history, translated by Francis Hicks, part three.

They keep their feast without the city in a field called Elysium, which is a most pleasant meadow and virand with woods of all sorts, so thick that they surfer a shade to all that are invited, who sit upon beds of flowers and are weighted upon and have everything brought unto them by the winds, unless it be to have the wind filled.

And that there is no need of for about the bank-witting place are mighty great trees growing of clear and pure glass. And the fruits of those trees are drinking cups and any other kind of vessel of what fashion or greatness you will.

And every man that comes to the feast gathers one or two of those cups and sends them before him, which will be full of wine presently, and then they drink.

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