"Harry Potter began his education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the first of seven projected novels: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. In that first novel, Harry was on a quest to find the Philosopher’s Stone, which turns base metal into gold and produces an elixir of immortality. But his real quest in that novel, as in the succeeding books of the series, is for self-knowledge"
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Harry Potter’s Quest In The Chamber Of Secrets, by John Algeo, Theosophy in Australia, (March 2005)
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first book of the Harry Potter series, written by J.K. Rowling. It was first published in 1997; in America, it is was published as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. In this book, Harry discovers on his eleventh birthday that he is a wizard after many years living with his non-magical relatives who don't accept him, before discovering friendship and adventure by attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
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