5. Divine Inspiration

Assuming then that aliens have some sort of agenda with respect to us as a species, it would seem likely that they are trying to teach us things.  Individually, they may attempt to guide us to be more spiritual, to be more artistic, to follow our dreams, etc.  Globally, they may attempt to educate us about new things by first inserting those ideas into the heads of authors.  If the author is successful in publishing their book then it would seem likely that the guiding alien ("guardian angel") of the author would enlist the help of other aliens then to influence movie producers and ultimately potential audience-goers.  Think of it as telepathic-marketing, if you will.

Honestly, the Harry Potter story was fantastic.  But isn't it possible that we--as fans of the story--might have been internally coached into liking the story more than we otherwise would have?  I personally remember beginning to read the first chapter of the first book and I could feel the anticipation.  It was almost as if it was preordained that I would like the book.  I immediately felt a close connection to the character Harry and I was hooked much sooner than I should have.  Nothing had actually happened yet in the story, to be honest.

Having just finished the first book I began to agree with the sentiment that my own life was destined for greatness somehow, that I'd known this all my life up to this point.  But it took reading that book for me to realize that for the first time, if you will.

Looking back upon that moment, though, I feel as though I was prompted by my conscience to read the story, prompted to like the characters, etc.  It's almost like having a friend who tells you what to wear, what things to say in order to be cool... someone who seems to already know the outcome before it's even happened yet.  Could these aliens already know our future and somehow feel the need to quickly train us for something that's about to happen?

I don't think J.K. Rowling has been the only author who's been targeted by the aliens to teach us (by proxy).  I list here a few of the movies I've watched (and books) which seem to be trying to teach us that aliens exist and what our future may hold.

1. The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling, to include the extra two small, related books done for charity
2. The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins
3. Enemy Mine (1985 movie)
4. They Live (1988 movie)
5. The Host by Stephanie Meyer
6. Star Wars (1977 movie)
7. Avatar (2009 movie)
8. The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
9. Watership Down by Richard Adams
10. The works of J.R.R. Tolkien
11. Inception (2010 movie)
12. Independence Day (1996 movie)
13. The Matrix trilogy (1999-2003 movies)
14. The Twilight saga by Stephanie Meyers
15. District 9 (2009 movie)
16. Contact (1997 movie)
17. 2001, A Space Odyssey (1968 movie)
18. The Rama trilogy by Arthur C. Clarke

Each seem to include warnings and information whose intent seems to be to guide us, to enlighten us, to broaden our awareness.  Many of the movies listed are on the list of highest-grossing films of all time.  If what I'm suggesting is correct then telepathic-marketing would be the reason for their popularity, ensuring that the maximum number of people would be influenced by the introduced ideas.

In fact, it's almost as if Earth is a school and we're the pupils...

4. Telepathy

Harry finds out in the story that he has a psychic connection with someone else, Voldemort.  Harry (and of course we as well) find out that there are spells to read someone else's mind, a technique to block that from occurring and additionally a curse to make someone else do your bidding.  There are spells to confuse others and to otherwise influence them without their knowledge.

In our own world we might classify all this as telepathy:  the ability to send words, ideas and images to another person.

Wikipedia:  telepathy - "the supposed transmission of information from one person to another without using any of our known sensory channels or physical interaction."

Adding on to our growing list of assumptions, let's assume that telepathy is real and used on a daily basis whether we're aware of it or not.

What if we also assume that some of the aliens also have this ability?  What would be the implications of this, especially if those aliens have an agenda to help or to hurt us?

And now, for what is possibly the most profound of my many suggestions:  What if the voice of your conscience isn't some part of your own mind and it's really telepathic suggestion by someone else?

Wikipedia:  "Id, ego and super-ego are the three parts of the psychic apparatus defined in Sigmund Freud's structural model of the psyche... According to this model of the psyche, the id is the set of uncoordinated instinctual trends; the ego is the organized, realistic part; and the super-ego plays the critical and moralizing role."

Sigmund Freud suggested that our mind is made up of three different identities, if you will.  What if I add the following twist, inserting telepathic suggestion into the mix:

Ego:  your own mind and the judgements that you make
Id:  the telepathic suggestions by one of the "bad guy" aliens
Super-ego:  the telepathic suggestions by one of the "good guy" aliens

I remember watching a Disney cartoon in which Donald Duck has a conversation (internal debate) with a small angelic-looking version of himself as well as a similar devilish-looking version.  Before too long, both angel and devil "Donalds" fight between themselves as Donald himself watches.  We might then interpret our own internal conversations with our conscience as a mental-versus-telepathic conversation with some external entity.  In theory then, this alien (angel) might be assigned to us, to guide us toward better behavior, let's say.  Likewise, we might also find ourselves internally influenced by other forces whose goals might be to corrupt us.

If this is true then it would be interesting to know the reasons why each of the groups would want to influence us and what is at stake.  If the HP story includes any insight into the answer it might be that the Draconians are motivated by the accumulation of wealth and power and that the Siriuns are motivated by personal (spiritual) growth and by helping others.

3. Ghosts

Early on in the HP books we are introduced to the concept that ghosts are real for the characters in the story.  Most religions recognize the idea of a soul.  Let's assume that souls are real and that when someone dies, occasionally a disembodied soul does not leave or otherwise cease to exist and thus remains as a ghost.

To me, this isn't that far-fetched of a notion.  Clearly, there is something that is the difference between a live, healthy person and either a dead person or one who is in a coma for the rest of their life.  This "soul", whatever it is, would appear to be that difference.

Many people claim to have seen or even spoken with ghosts or spirits.  Just because I personally have never seen one I can appreciate the seriousness of the witnesses who have related to me their own ghost stories.  I believe them, that they saw something otherwise unexplainable.

2. A Conspicuous Lack of Gods

You might have noticed--as I did upon finishing the HP septology--that the storyline appeared to have included almost every possible creature from a vast collection of mythology.  And yet, it seemed rather curious to me that nowhere in the entire canon did it make any mention of a god or gods.  I chalked this up to a preference by J.K. Rowling, that she thought she'd better steer clear of anything further that could induce the anger of religious parents.

But then as I reviewed the story in my head and attempted to dovetail some of it in with the ancient stories of Greece and Roman gods I got the notion that all this might be connected somehow.  What if the witches and wizards of Harry Potter's world were in fact those same "gods"?  The gods of the Greeks and Romans sometimes married mere mortals, spawning "demi-gods".  The HP story seemed to focus a bit on this pureblood versus mudblood parentage rivalry.

Now take this even one step further and consider the following:

1. Assume for a moment that the Bible is somewhat historical, to include the first part of Genesis
2. Genesis 1:1-9  [paraphrasing here] God created the Earth

So then, God technically wasn't from Earth.  By definition, anyone not from Earth isn't an Earthling.  Another name for this is an extraterrestrial or an alien.

Exodus 20:3  "Thou shalt have no other gods before me."

That was in plural.  Gods, with an 's'.  Okay, so assume for a moment that the Bible is historical, that God is a kindly extraterrestrial and that his angels are too.  Based upon the plurality of that last passage, combined with a rich history of various religions that suggest the same, also assume that more than one race of extraterrestrials exist.  It's an easy-enough assumption, given the size of our galaxy.

So... what if the entire Harry Potter story is a metaphor for our reality?  Witches and wizards would be aliens or anyone who had enough advanced knowledge to exercise their personal power in ways that would seem like magic to others.  Muggles would be anyone who--lacking the knowledge and training--would be in the dark with respect to what was really going on.

To take this a step further, there appear to be different groups with opposing ideas about how things ought to be.  From the perspective of one side then you might label these groups "good" and "evil".  The good guys would be those extraterrestrials from the Sirius-B star system.  Note the similarity to the name Sirius Black.  The bad guys would be those extraterrestrials from the Alpha-Draconis star system.  Note that this is in the Draco constellation, Draco being another prominent character in the story.  The Draconian aliens are supposedly reptilian.  The ancient Hebrew word for serpent in the Adam and Eve story could very well have been mis-translated here.

Those who seem to know about the Draconian aliens suggest that they're fond of a drug that's an extract of our own adrenalin called Adrenalchrome.  They also suggest that in battle they are known to tear apart a victim for the purpose of eating the adrenal gland.  I'm guessing then that this is where the nickname "Death Eater" was coined.

The gray, big-eyed aliens that we're mostly familiar with would find their analogy in the HP series as the house elves.  In UFO groups it is acknowledged that the grays seem to be the caretakers of the various species of aliens.  Like the HP storyline, they would work for and take orders from both sides, in other words.

Giants?  Yes.  Both the story and the Bible appear to have them.

Genesis 6:4  "There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown."

In other words, the Nephilim of the Bible were "half-giants" like Hagrid.  Doesn't this sound like the demi-gods of Roman/Greek religions?

Isaiah 6:2  "Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew."

The word Seraphim means "burning ones".  In other words, the Seraphim of the Bible were (probably small) fire-breathing dragons.

I wouldn't say that I'm the most religious person you'd ever meet but I have read the Bible and I have a good memory for what I've read.  My analytical mind likes to find connections where it can and this is one of those times when a lot of commonality is showing up between the two works.  Is there anything to this?  I think so.  Keep reading and I'll keep sharing my thoughts.  There's a lot more to uncover in these several books.

1. Thesis

It is my intent to explain an idea that's been in my head for some time now, that the collection of books by R.K. Rowling is in fact a metaphor for our reality.  It is our past, our present and our near future if you will.

I'm not suggesting that Ms. Rowling consciously had this in mind, I believe that it was her intent to create a storyline based in fiction.  And yet I am suggesting that she had some help in writing the story and much of what was related in its many pages.  In essence, she was divinely-inspired.  This is the basis of my thesis, that telepathy is real and that it can be used to remotely inspire the thoughts of others and further, that the Harry Potter series of books is one which was given to us in this very way.

I remember reading a quote by the author some time ago in which she admitted that the Harry Potter story "just came to her one day" and that it seemed to write itself at times.  Indeed.  I'm reasonably sure it did.