288: Is Evil Inherent, Or Is It Fostered? Understanding Why Harry Doesn't Turn Out Like Voldemort.
The sixth of our Season 6 episodes unpacking the Hidden Wisdom of JK Rowling's Harry Potter books goes into a contrast between Harry Potter and Voldemort. They had similar upbringings, so why did they turn out so different? 'Neither can live while the other survives...' what can we take this to symbolise more broadly? SUMMARY 0:00 Stories like Harry Potter hit fundamental parts of human experience
2:00 Neither can live while the other survives
2:40 What is ‘ego?’
5:45 A broader understanding of addiction
8:00 Is pain always the prerequisite for addiction?
11:10 The Voldemort ‘spectrum’
15:10…
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