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Harry Potter and the Sacred Text

Transformation: The Unforgiveable Curses (Book 4, Chapter 14)

Harry Potter and the Sacred Text

Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman

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

4.76.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Vanessa and Casper explore the theme of transformation in chapter fourteen of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This week, our opening story is told by Mike McHargue, host of Ask Science Mike and The Liturgists. We discuss the ways that Neville as like Christ, Moody is like the Buddha, and Snape is maybe, possibly pitiable. Our question this week is: Can transformation ever be complete?


Our voicemail this week is thanks to Bethy Crowe. Next week we're reading chapter fifteen, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, through the theme of trauma. 


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0:00.0

Hi Harry Potter and Sega Tech listeners. We're here to tell you what a podcast we think you should check out.

0:04.5

So Mike Schubert, a good friend who used to make the Potter List podcast, is now making the podcast the newest Olympian.

0:12.2

It is about the Percy Jackson series, and he is bringing the same humor and intelligence and empathy to the Percy Jackson series that he brought to the Harry Potter series.

0:22.2

Join Mike as he reads through the books for the first time with the help of longtime Percy Jackson and the Limpens fans to cover the plot, attempt to predict what happens next, and nerd out over Greek mythology.

0:31.4

And between each book, the newest Olympian will have special episodes covering topics that come up across a series such as Greek mythology, living with ADHD, asexuality, and more.

0:40.5

The newest Olympian welcomes in established fans and newcomers alike, so whether you're looking for an excuse to finally read the Percy Jackson books, or want to reread an old favorite with a digital book club, the newest Olympian is the podcast for you.

0:51.6

Mike is already on book five of the first series, so you'll have over 80 episodes to marathon through if you're in search of a new podcast to devour.

0:58.4

You might recognize Mike because he has been on Harry Potter and the Secret Text and the women of Harry Potter multiple times, and we love his new podcast.

1:06.8

New episodes release on Mondays, wherever you get your podcast, just search for the newest Olympian in your favorite podcasting app, or go to www.thenewistillumbian.com.

1:17.5

Chapter 14. The Unforgivable Curses

1:24.6

The next two days passed without great incident, unless you counted Neville melting his sixth cauldron in potions.

1:31.0

Professor Snape, who seemed to have attained new levels of indictiveness over the summer, gave Neville detention.

1:37.3

I'm Casper Terkyle. And I'm Vanessa Zoltan.

1:40.4

And this is Harry Potter and the Secret Text.

1:44.4

Today, we're joined by Mike McCarg, better known as Science Mike, who is an amazing author,

1:50.1

podcaster and speaker who wrote a fabulous book, Finding God in the Waves, and hosts a show called Ask Science Mike,

1:56.8

and the fabulous litigious podcast of which I'm a big fan. So welcome to the show, Mike.

2:02.3

Oh, it's really awesome to be here. I literally, I'm so into Harry Potter that when we do liturgies in churches,

2:10.7

we read from the Bible and the Harry Potter series alongside each other.

2:16.0

So the title of the podcast is completely literal in our work.

2:21.2

So well, Mike, we're excited to dig into some of your work and think about the theme of transformation

2:28.0

together, but we're going to ask you to open with a story. Sure. I guess I just rolled the clock

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