Now to answer the point about me being so obsessed with Jan van Rijckenborgh that I see his teachings in everything. Perhaps one day I'll have time to describe my journey of discovery. How I have found patterns present in Jan's books which were also present in Harry Potter. For example how I found Scabbers described as the spleen-liver ego in The Coming New Man. How gob-stopped I was when I discovered that Ron's middle name was Bilius - as in bilious, meaning of bile, produced by the liver - Ronald Bilius, Scabbers' owner. How The Coming New Man talks about how Sirius comes and chases the ego out of the spleen-liver system, and how Sirius goes through the Gate of Saturn. Imagine my shock when I discovered that Jan calls Sirius "The bright morning star"! These events in my journey of discovery have been extremely exciting and breathtaking. However there's no time to do that now.

But does it actually matter? Is it actually essential that I can prove the symbolism in Harry Potter is actually present in Jan's books?

Let's assume for the sake of argument that I have imagined all this. That I am pushing Harry Potter into a mould that I have made with my own imagination from my reading of Jan's books. So what? Isn't the real issue the fact that I CAN use Harry Potter to explain the process of liberation from A to Z?

I'm not conceding that I'm wrong about seeing the teachings of liberation in Harry Potter, but if I were, the fact is that on the website I'm explaining the Path of Liberation to people who otherwise would never hear about it. Some people shudder when they see Jan's books brought into connection with the world's most popular book. But what's wrong with proclaiming the teachings of liberation to the world? Right at the beginning of the Symbols Page are the teachings of the two universes: the perfect, eternal and divine one, and the relative one, with a mixture of good and evil. What could possibly be wrong with telling people they have a particle of that universe in their heart? What harm could it do to tell people this has to be awakened so that a New Soul can be born? Is there anything wrong with telling people that they need to undergo a process of self-surrender to the New Soul, eventually preparing to sacrifice themselves fully, going through a process of death and resurrection? Not in the least, in my opinion. In fact I think it is extremely wonderful that we have been given the opportunity by Harry Potter to do so, whether that's the intention behind it or not.

The world is perishing in misery, evil, hunger and hatred. I don't see any alternative to mankind falling over the edge of the precipice very soon. When the remnants of our "civilisation" are lying at the bottom, I just hope that burned into their consciousness will be the Way of Liberation. Whether that will be to any extent due to my efforts is immaterial to me. I just feel that when I see the Way of Liberation I need to share it with the world.

To be continued.

Love from Hans