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Hitting New Heights with Your Hippogriff

7/30/2020

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PictureHippogriff illustration by Gustave Doré


Are you looking to find your real self ... or return to it? You could try approaching a Hippogriff.

Harry Potter was able to do what Draco Malfoy could not. He showed the Hippogriff Buckbeak respect; and as a result was treated to a fantastic ride ... a literal expression of his rise to new spiritual heights. Harry was understandably shaken in approaching the Hippogriff because this creature has the potential to rip him apart with its talons if displeased.  But, even if accepted, there still lies the greater fear of relinquishing that little bit of control over the course of your life; and potentially meeting your destiny.  Harry trusted, and accepted that challenge.


I think we are all a little envious of Harry, but there is no need to be, because at some point we all reach that time where we want to meet our Hippogriff.  My advice is to be respectful and thoughtful to your guide and to trust him; because what you will find will be worth the temporary madness.

Bibliography:  Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J.K. Rowling, Bloomsbury, UK, 1999; Wikipedia, Hippogriff, 2020    
Meadow Sweet Grove © V. Buchanan 2020
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The Sad Tale of "Puff, The Magic Dragon"

6/1/2017

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​Honestly who can hear Peter, Paul and Mary sing this magical song without crying for poor faithful Puff and childhood left behind?  I can still see him waiting in that cave ...
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​This is the picture of "Puff, The Magic Dragon" that I remember best, though it is a more comical rendition of the song.  But wait!  Isn't that a picture of "The Reluctant Dragon" on the cover!?!  Not Puff?
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33 RPM Record Cover, c 1963 © Walt Disney Records
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45 RPM Record Cover, c 1963 © Walt Disney Records
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Right!  It's The Reluctant Dragon - an absolutely fantastic Victorian story.  Disney did a lot of records with stories and songs that fit a theme and Puff was included along for the ride in this one.


​~ Puff, The Magic Dragon ~


"Oh Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea,
And frolicked in the autumn mist,
in a land called Honnah Lee ... 
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 . . .  A dragon lives forever but not so little boys,
Painted wings and giant's rings make way for other toys.
One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more,
And Puff that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.

His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain,
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane.
Without his life-long friend, Puff could not be brave,
So Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave."


Excerpt from "Puff, The Magic Dragon" by Leonard Lipton, Peter Yarrow © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc, BMG Rights Management US, LLC
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