title: The Lord of the Hallows: Christian Symbolism and Themes in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter
author: Denise Roper
description: <i>The Lord of the Hallows: Christian Symbolism and Themes in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter</i> is a published record of my lectures on the deeper meaning of the Harry Potter novels. These presentations were given at the Babel Con Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention in Baton Rouge, LA (2007 and 2008), the PORTUS 2008 Harry Potter Symposium in Dallas, TX, the Con du Lac Science Fiction Convention in Lake Charles, LA (2009), and the AZKATRAZ 2009 Harry Potter Symposium in San Francisco, CA. After numerous requests from Harry Potter fans and convention attendees to publish my work, I decided to write <i>The Lord of the Hallows.</i> I hope you will enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. It has certainly been a labor of love.
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  # Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Harry Potter
  
  
  And the Deathly Hallows
  
  
  By J.K. Rowling
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The
  
  
  dedication
  
  
  of this book
  
  
  
  
  
  is split
  
  
  seven ways:
  
  
  to Neil,
  
  
  to Jessica,
  
  
  to David,
  
  
  
  
  
  to Kenzie,
  
  
  to Di,
  
  
  to Anne,
  
  
  
  
  
  and to you,
  
  
  if you have
  
  
  stuck
  
  
  with Harry
  
  
  
  
  
  until the very
  
  
  end.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Oh, the torment bred in the race,
  
  
  
  
  
  the grinding scream of death
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  and the stroke that hits the vein,
  
  
  
  
  
  the haemorrhage none can staunch, the grief,
  
  
  
  
  
  the curse no man can bear.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  But there is a cure in the house
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  and not outside it, no,
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  not from others but from them,
  
  
  
  
  
  their bloody strife. We sing to you,
  
  
  
  
  
  dark gods beneath the earth.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Now hear, you blissful powers underground –
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  answer the call, send help.
  
  
  
  
  
  Bless the children, give them triumph now.
  
  
  
  
  
  Aeschylus, The Liberation Bearers
  
  
  
  
  
  Death is but 