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The Seeker's Guide to Harry Potter | 
 enlarge | Author: Geo Trevarthen
Publisher: O Books
Category: Book
List Price: £11.99
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 39295
Media: Paperback
Pages: 261
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 1846940931
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.91409
EAN: 9781846940934
ASIN: 1846940931
Publication Date: March 28, 2008
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Spiritual and Wise August 15, 2008
Maggy Whitehouse (Birmingham United Kingdom)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I approached this book with some trepidation wondering if it would be stretching its themes of philosophy, psychology, symbols and mythical aspects a bit thin but it soon becomes clear that there's plenty for Dr Trevarthen to work with. She's done an excellent job at revealing dozens of aspects of the Harry Potter books which are both subtle and powerful aspects to the plot and character development but which are almost totally invisible unless you are looking for them.
Whether or not J. K. Rowing intended this underlying depth or not (and this book is respectful in not speculating) it becomes more and more obvious that either Rowling knows a great deal more about myth, alchemy and what Joseph Campbell called 'The Hero's Journey' than she has previously let on.
I'd recommend it to any Potter enthusiast with a smidgeon of interest in spirituality or the occult - if nothing else, it will inspire you to want to read ALL the books again to find the references and understand what appears to be happening at a deeper level.
The seeker's guide to Harry Potter October 5, 2008
Angela Voss (Canterbury UK)
This is a really good read: both deeply informed but fun. Geo Trevarthen has revealed that much of Harry Potter's magical world is also to be found in shamanic traditions (which I always suspected). The appeal of the books and films must surely be partly due to a half-buried sense that yes, given the right conditions, magic could really work - and yes, shamanic practitioners did and still do it!
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