When Harry Potter first boards the Hogwarts Express, he journeys to a world which Rowling says has alchemy as its internal logic.
The Philosopher's Stone, known for its power to transform base metals into gold and to give immortality to its maker, is the subject of the conflict between Harry and Voldemort in the first book of the series.
But alchemy is not about money or eternal life, it is much more about the transformations of desire, of power and of people--through love.
Harry's equally rem.
Mcfarland & Company The alchemical harry potter: essays on transfiguration in j.k. rowling's novels, paperback/anne j. mamary
