Wandering: Veritaserum (Book 4, Chapter 35)
Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
Vanessa Zoltan, Casper ter Kuile & Ariana Nedelman
4.7 • 6.8K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
This week, Vanessa is joined by the lovely Colette Potts (!!), to explore the theme of Wandering in Chapter Thirty-Five of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! They discuss Voldemort's journey back to embodiment, Dumbledore's big reveal to Harry, and Barty Crouch Jr.'s meandering series of tasks. Throughout the episode we consider the question: how can wandering be valuable even when our end goal is undefined?
Thank you to Megan for their voicemail! Next week we're reading Chapter 36, The Parting of the Ways, through the theme of Teamwork.
Vanessa and Colette are co-leading a Harry Potter pilgrimage to West Yorkshire, August 31-September 3rd! Find out more and learn how to join them here.
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| 1:02.7 | by Ruth Ozeki, my brilliant friend by Elena Feronte and Transcendent Kingdom by |
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| 1:08.7 | And we are going to be using these books in conversation with the practices of |
| 1:12.9 | sacred reading, storytelling and chaplaincy in order for people to figure out |
| 1:17.5 | what matters to them, what values they hold and how to better live up to them. |
| 1:22.0 | Vanessa, I joked about this being better than did school but I taught a class for |
| 1:25.8 | you in the last round of what matters and it was seriously one of the most fulfilling |
| 1:29.8 | teaching experiences I've had in recent years, like the group you had was so engaged and |
| 1:34.9 | so invested in the conversation and so honest and open with their questions and also with |
| 1:40.5 | receiving answers. |
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