User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4151948-20110715191745

Harry Potter, like the great stories that came before it, is a lens through which we all can find meaning and purpose in the world. Following Harry on his Hero's Journey is also the following of one's own journey of the spirit; it is an existential journey toward our own worth, strength, and purpose. This is why the stories mean so much to me: it is the world that gives me the language for hope. It is the world that allows me to ache for humanity's -- and my own -- redemption.