On Dec 20, 2011, at 5:03 AM, parch antisko wrote: > Hello, > > I remember Ray, you were pondering why Rowling's Potter is much more > successful than Magician. I think I have found a possible answer while > reading Carl Gustav Jung's Psychology of the unconscious. He is > writing: > > "Faust has need of the phallic magic wand (in the magic strength of > which he has at first no confidence), in order to perform the greatest > of wonders, namely, the creation of Paris and Helen." > > H.Potter is using a fallic symbol, it focuses the libido and is a > hidden symbol for young people who are attracted to it through this. > Suble sexuality is also in the Meyer's New Moon book which she > admitted in the interview I heard in the radio and she knew it will > attrack young girls to read. > > Maybe it is total crap but I had to say it :) > > P >
Ah, you have me confused with another writer. I know exactly why Potter is more popular than Pug. More people wanted to read about him. Jo Rowling did a brilliant job of writing something kids and parents wanted to read together. And it was contemporary, and it was charming. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
