Comments on: The Esoteric Meaning of ‘Fountain of Fair Fortune’

By: John

John — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:04:05 +0000

Excellent! That would make the three women of the tale “hope, faith, and love” with each regaining these qualities from points of despair, confusion, and bitterness.

By: akshayubhat

akshayubhat — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:44:11 +0000

One more thing: the name “Asha” translates into “hope” in Indian languages like Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. Asha is also a very common name for girls.

By: Travis Prinzi

Travis Prinzi — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:02:40 +0000

You’ve nailed this one, John, and the moral sounds to me like what she told the 2008 Harvard grads:

“We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.”

And, quoting Plutarch:

“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.”

I’ve put forward the idea that these two quotes sum up the heart of imaginative fiction – at least the subversive, social-change type that Rowling writes – and your sharp reading of “The Fountain of Fair Fortune” reinforces this well.

By: inked

inked — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:34:43 +0000

Thanks for the “alpha’s” right in front of my eyes!

Perhaps the sun and moon symbolism also includes the source (God) and the reflector (saved human being)? When the human being enters into the life of God, he or she becomes luminous with God-light as the reflection (image) of God, perfect in God’s perfection. From such a one, fountains of living water flow to bless all creation and creatures.

Reading from the bottom of the fountain upward glyphically: when the hallows are seen properly with God’s view, the proper end of a human being is obtained in the resolution of the apparent contraries of human and divine as source(Christ) and image(Christian) and flow (Spirit) – a perichoresis!