Peace: Godric’s Hollow (Book 7, Chapter 16)

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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🗓️ 3 September 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

CW: Because of the plot of this chapter, Vanessa and Casper spend a lot of time talking about grief, death, and trauma. The chapter includes some suicidal ideation and Casper and Vanessa very briefly touch on that as well.

Vanessa and Casper explore the theme of Peace in chapter sixteen of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. This week we discuss Harry’s visit to Lily and James’ graves, why Dumbledore is so frustrating, and the joy (and disappointment) of Christmas. Throughout the episode we consider the question: How can we define ‘peace’ outside of the context of war?

Thanks to Tristan for this week's voicemail! Next week Matt and Casper are reading Chapter 17, Bathilda’s Secret, through the theme of Faith.

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, before we start today's episode, we want to let you know about a Harry Potter-themed pilgrimage
0:06.0	that we are going to be doing in the north of England and Matt.
0:09.0	Can I tell you the most exciting thing about this pilgrimage in my opinion?
0:13.0	That it's a Harry Potter pilgrimage in the north of England?
0:15.0	I can't imagine what more exciting thing there could be than the things you've already said.
0:19.0	Well, there's going to be a hike where we hike all day.
0:23.0	And at the end of the hike, we will take a steam engine train back to our hotel.
0:29.0	Oh my gosh, you're taking the Hogwarts Express?
0:31.0	Yes, we are going to be boarding it in a place that looks a lot like Scotland, near Hogwarts.
0:36.0	It's going to look more, I think, like Hogsmeade station than it is going to look like Platform 93-quarters.
0:42.0	Okay.
0:43.0	But it is going to be great fun.
0:44.0	We are going to be talking about Deathly Hallows, carrying the book around in our backpacks
0:49.0	as we go on these amazing hikes and talk about what it means to be a person who wanders around the world.
0:55.0	My co-faculty on this trip is the incredible Colette Pots you might have heard of her, Matt.
0:59.0	Everyone, this pilgrimage is August 31st through September 3rd.
1:03.0	Go to readingandwalkingwith.com to learn more.
1:11.0	Chapter 16, Godrick's Hollow
1:14.0	When Harry woke the following day, it was several seconds before he remembered what had happened.
1:21.0	Then he hoped, childlessly, that it had been a dream that Ron was still there and he had never left.
1:29.0	I'm Vanessa Zoltan.
1:30.0	And I'm Casper Terkyle.
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