Anne J. Mamary teaches at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois, including a course called Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Soul. Her articles have appeared in journals, such as Reason Papers, International Studies in Philosophy, Women's Studies and Feminist Studies.

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Introduction

I-The Resurrection Stone and the Transfiguration of Desire

Why I Read Harry Potter Books Again and Again

Sophia Imafuji, age 8

The Literary Alchemy of J.K. Rowling

John Granger

Harry Potter and the Transfiguration of Desire

Anne ­Parker-Perkola

­Re-Reading Harry Potter, ­Re-Creating Ourselves: Harry Potter as Resurrection Stone

Isaac Willis

Out from the Shadows into the Light: Persona and Shadow in Harry Potter

Alicia L. Skipper and Kate Fulton

An ­Anti-Oedipal Reading of Harry Potter and Alchemy

Robert Tindol

II-The Elder Wand and the Transfiguration of Power

My Harry Potter Journey

Ella Victoria Greer, age 13

The Missing Element: The Alchemy Experiment Inside the Chamber of Secrets

S.P. ¿ipal

On the Transmutation of Voldemort's Love of Power into Harry Potter's Power of Love

Lawrence W. Farris

Auror Magic: An Almost Alchemical Process

Lorrie Kim

Tapping on Just Another Brick in the Wall

Sean Paulsgrove

III-The Cloak of Invisibility and the Transfiguration of Self and Community

And All Was Well

Tamyra Dixon-Rankin, Deputy Headmistress, Dumbledore's Academy

The Snitch, the Stone, and the Sword: Harry Potter the Alchemical Seeker

B.L. Purdom

Alchemy as a Metaphor for Learning

Mary Pyle

Harry Potter and the Root of All Evil

Charles M. Rupert

Soul Making and Soul Splitting: Alchemy of the Soul in Harry Potter

Julie Loveland Swanstrom

Ruddy Stargazers: Centaurs, Philosophers, and a Life Worth Living

Anne J. Mamary

Epilogue: Friendship Hallowed, Pure, and ­Ever-Present

About the Contributors

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