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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back to Muggle Snuggle. Just close your eyes and listen.

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<v Speaker 1>It's your friend Nigel here, and it's time to drift

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<v Speaker 1>away into another very, very boring episode about Harry Potter,

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<v Speaker 1>the kind that makes your eyelids feel heavy, like they're

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<v Speaker 1>filled with wan sand. To night, We're going to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about an object, a piece of magical stationery, really, the

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<v Speaker 1>Marauder's map, created by Messrs Mooney, Worm, tail, padfoot and Prongs.

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<v Speaker 1>It was introduced in Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban,

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<v Speaker 1>and as we know it shows the layout of Hogwart's

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<v Speaker 1>Castle and the movements of every one inside it, the

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<v Speaker 1>footprints shuffling along and the little labels above them. It

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<v Speaker 1>seems quite simple, doesn't it. A clever map, a useful

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<v Speaker 1>cheat forgetting around curfew or finding a quiet corridor for

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<v Speaker 1>a private chat. But do you really think about it

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<v Speaker 1>in a slow, sleepy sort of way, the map might

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<v Speaker 1>be showing much more than we or even its creators

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<v Speaker 1>ever intended. It might be a window not just into

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<v Speaker 1>the castle's geography, but into the very essence of the

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<v Speaker 1>people within it, and perhaps even beyond it. Let your

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<v Speaker 1>mind wander now to the first time we see the

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<v Speaker 1>map in the third book, chapter ten, the Marauders map,

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<v Speaker 1>Fred and George Weasley give it to Harry. They'd stolen

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<v Speaker 1>it from Filch's office. They thought it was a trick

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<v Speaker 1>at first, but then they saw the ink showing their

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<v Speaker 1>own footprints moving around on the map of a castle

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<v Speaker 1>they weren't in. It was a revelation the map knew

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<v Speaker 1>where they were, even when they were at the barrow.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the first piece of evidence really that the map's

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<v Speaker 1>awareness isn't limited to the castle walls. It seems to

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<v Speaker 1>have a range, or perhaps no range at all. Now

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<v Speaker 1>let us consider how it was made. The inventors, Remus Lupin,

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<v Speaker 1>Peter Pettigrew, Serious Black and James Potter were an Amiji.

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<v Speaker 1>They spent years roaming the ground under the full moon

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<v Speaker 1>with mooney. They knew every sea secret passage. The map

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<v Speaker 1>was a product of their mischief and their deep knowledge

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<v Speaker 1>of the castle. But did they intend for it to

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<v Speaker 1>show everything? Probably not. They were teenagers making a tool

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<v Speaker 1>for pranks and avoiding teachers. Yet the magic they were

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<v Speaker 1>it became something more potent than they could have imagined.

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<v Speaker 1>Think about the nature of magic in the wizarding world.

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<v Speaker 1>A spell's effect often goes beyond the custer's intention, especially

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<v Speaker 1>when fueled by strong emotion or deep understanding. That the

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<v Speaker 1>map was fueled by friendship, by a secret shared among

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<v Speaker 1>four boys, and by a profound intimacy with the castle's

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<v Speaker 1>hidden pathways. That magic, when committed to parchment, doesn't just

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<v Speaker 1>draw lines. It imprints a kind of sentience onto the object.

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<v Speaker 1>So what does the map show? It shows footprints and names.

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<v Speaker 1>Let us take a very sleepy look at what those

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<v Speaker 1>names represent. When Harry uses the map in Prisoner of Azkaban,

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<v Speaker 1>he sees the footprints of Filch, Professor Snape, and others.

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<v Speaker 1>The map identifies them not by their given names always,

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<v Speaker 1>but by the names the marauders knew them by. Filch

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<v Speaker 1>is just Argus Zilch, but that's his name. Snape is

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<v Speaker 1>sever a Snape. But sometimes the names are more telling.

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<v Speaker 1>The map doesn't just show where you are. It shows

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<v Speaker 1>who you are in the context of the castle's social ecosystem.

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<v Speaker 1>The labels they are a fixed identity. You are Argus Filch,

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<v Speaker 1>You are Minerva McGonagall. Even if you were transfigured into

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<v Speaker 1>a cat, the map would still say Minerva mcgonagal because

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<v Speaker 1>that is your core identity. The magic of the map

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<v Speaker 1>perceives that. This leads us to a very drowsy thought.

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<v Speaker 1>Could the map be used to detect polyjuice potion? It

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<v Speaker 1>seems likely if Barti Crouch Junior had been at Hogwarts

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<v Speaker 1>under the polyjuice potion disguised as Alistair Moody, with the

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<v Speaker 1>map show Bardi Crouch Junior or Alistair Moody. We don't

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<v Speaker 1>have direct evidence, but we can infer the our maps

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<v Speaker 1>magic seems to identify the person their true magical signature,

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<v Speaker 1>or perhaps apps their legal name, their registered identity with

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<v Speaker 1>the Ministry. Party Crouched Junior would still be Party Crouch

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<v Speaker 1>Junior even in another man's body, so the map would

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<v Speaker 1>have been a dead giveaway. During the fourth year, a

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<v Speaker 1>simple piece of parchment lying on a desk in an

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<v Speaker 1>unused classroom would have shouted the truth in footprints and labels.

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<v Speaker 1>Just drift off with that thought. Now, let us wander

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<v Speaker 1>through the corridors of the theory a bit more. The

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<v Speaker 1>map shows everyone in the castle at all times, there

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<v Speaker 1>is no exception. It shows students, professors, ghosts, and even

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<v Speaker 1>p the Poltergeist. It shows Peter Pettigrew as Peter Pettigrew

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<v Speaker 1>living with Ron Weasley for twelve years, but the map

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<v Speaker 1>was not in their possession. Then it was with Fred

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<v Speaker 1>and George. It was working, It was tracking the Weasley

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<v Speaker 1>family at the borough. It was showing a tiny dart

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<v Speaker 1>labeled Peter Pettigrew in Ron's pocket for all that time.

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<v Speaker 1>This implies a continuous, unwavering omniscis. The map doesn't just

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<v Speaker 1>show the present. It is always aware. It is always

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<v Speaker 1>drawing even when no one is looking. The magic is

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<v Speaker 1>passive and constant, like a heartbeat of the castle's awareness.

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<v Speaker 1>This is a very boring but important distinction. It's not

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<v Speaker 1>an active spell you cast. You don't point a wand

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<v Speaker 1>and say show me now. You just unfold it, and

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<v Speaker 1>it is already showing. It exists in a state of

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<v Speaker 1>perpetual knowledge. This connects to older magical concepts like sentient

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<v Speaker 1>objects or objects with a bound spirit. The sorting hat

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<v Speaker 1>perhaps is a similar kind of artifact. It holds the

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<v Speaker 1>consciousness of the four founders. The map holds the focused

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<v Speaker 1>intent of the four Mars, their desire to know, their

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<v Speaker 1>curiosity woven into the very fibers of the parchment. Consider

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<v Speaker 1>if the map could show magical creatures. We see it

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<v Speaker 1>show Missus Norris, the cat as Missus Norris, so it

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<v Speaker 1>distinguishes between a normal cat and a cat that belongs

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<v Speaker 1>to a person. It assigns an identity. Does it show buckbeak?

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<v Speaker 1>It's not mentioned. We don't know if it tracks hippogriffs

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<v Speaker 1>or gnomes or the giant's squid in the lake. Its

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<v Speaker 1>primary focus is clearly human or humanoid, which is wizards, ghosts,

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<v Speaker 1>and the occasional malicious poltgeist. This suggests the magic is

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<v Speaker 1>tuned to the magical core or the human like consciousness

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<v Speaker 1>of its subjects. There is no rush. Let these ideas

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<v Speaker 1>settle like dust in a shaft of moonlight. What about

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<v Speaker 1>the ghosts. It shows them nearly headless neck, the Bloody Barren,

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<v Speaker 1>the gray Lady. They are as much a part of

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<v Speaker 1>Hogwarts fabric as the living. Their movements are recorded just

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<v Speaker 1>the same. This implies the map doesn't differentiate between life

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<v Speaker 1>and death, or living magic and spectral magic. It just

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<v Speaker 1>knows it perceives the magical residue of a person lingering

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<v Speaker 1>in the corridors. Now, let's get to the most drowsy

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<v Speaker 1>part of our theory. The map's ultimate revelation in the story,

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<v Speaker 1>it shows Peter Pettigrew alive in the castle in the

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<v Speaker 1>third book. This is how Harry an Hermione save Serious

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<v Speaker 1>Black and Buckbeak. Of course, the map becomes the instrument

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<v Speaker 1>of justice, or at least of truth, that reveals a

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<v Speaker 1>hidden person, a secret hidden in plain sight for twelve years.

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<v Speaker 1>But here is the sleepy question. Why did the map

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<v Speaker 1>decide to show Pettigrew's location to Harry. Harry obtained it

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<v Speaker 1>by chance or by destiny from Fred and George. He

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<v Speaker 1>was the one holding it. He was the one who

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<v Speaker 1>needed to see. Could the map, in its deep woven sentience,

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<v Speaker 1>have influenced events so that its discovery would lead to

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<v Speaker 1>the revelation of Pettigrew. This is a very slow, speculative thought,

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<v Speaker 1>like a thought you have just before falling asleep. The

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<v Speaker 1>map wanted to be found. It wanted its truth to

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<v Speaker 1>be known. Its magic, the magic of four boys who

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<v Speaker 1>loved each other who were wronged by Pettigrew, desired justice

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<v Speaker 1>for Serious. It sat in Filch's office waiting for the

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<v Speaker 1>right person. It's a stretch, perhaps, but magic and Harry

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<v Speaker 1>Potter is often tied to love and justice. And protection.

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<v Speaker 1>The map is a legacy of friendship and betrayal. Its

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<v Speaker 1>ultimate act was to expose the betrayal. Let us now

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<v Speaker 1>gently touch upon the limitations, or the apparent limitations, of

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<v Speaker 1>the map. It doesn't show what people are doing, only

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<v Speaker 1>where they are going. It shows Argus Filch patrolling a corridor,

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<v Speaker 1>but not that he is looking for students with a lantern.

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<v Speaker 1>It shows Severus Snape and his office, but not that

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<v Speaker 1>he is brewing a potion, or plotting, or simply drinking tea.

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<v Speaker 1>It provides location, not activity. This is a crucial boring detail.

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<v Speaker 1>It makes the map a tour of surveillance, but not

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<v Speaker 1>of mind reading. It sees the body, the physical presence,

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<v Speaker 1>but not the thoughts, the intentions. This is why it

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<v Speaker 1>is not omniscient. It doesn't show hidden rooms unless you

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<v Speaker 1>know how to walk to them. It doesn't reveal the

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<v Speaker 1>chamber of secrets because the chamber is not a populated room.

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<v Speaker 1>It is a hidden space, and the map shows paths

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<v Speaker 1>between populated spaces. So it shows the network of life,

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<v Speaker 1>the human traffic of the castle, not its deepest secrets,

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<v Speaker 1>but the patterns of its inhabitants. This is, in its

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<v Speaker 1>own boring way, profound. It means the castle's true magic

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<v Speaker 1>is not in its architecture, but in its people. The

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<v Speaker 1>map is a portrait of the Hogwarts community, its shifting, shuffling,

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<v Speaker 1>ever moving community. From the head master to the first

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<v Speaker 1>year student, to the ghost to the cat, all are

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<v Speaker 1>equal in the eyes of the map, just footprints and names.

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<v Speaker 1>Let your mind wander now to the other side of

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<v Speaker 1>the coin the contradictory evidence. Some might say the map

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<v Speaker 1>is just a clever clock and a directory, that it

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<v Speaker 1>has no deeper magic, that the marauders were just talented,

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<v Speaker 1>but not that talented. But we must remember this is

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<v Speaker 1>a world where love creates a powerful protective charm, where

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<v Speaker 1>a spell invented by a teenager becomes an unforgivable curse.

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<v Speaker 1>Magic is about intention and power, and the Marauders poured

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<v Speaker 1>their hearts and their unique enemy disabilities into this map.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not a stretch to say it gained a form

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<v Speaker 1>of awareness, a boring magical awareness, like a toad sitting

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<v Speaker 1>in a pond, just being aware of the water around it. Finally,

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<v Speaker 1>let us consider the wider implications for the sory. The

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<v Speaker 1>map is a piece of plot armor for Harry, but

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<v Speaker 1>it is also a symbol of the legacy he inherited

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<v Speaker 1>from his father's generation. The map gives him a glimpse

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<v Speaker 1>into the world his parents lived then, the world of prongs,

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<v Speaker 1>bad foot, moony and worm tail. It connects him to

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<v Speaker 1>his father in a way more intimate than stories from others.

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<v Speaker 1>He can see where his father walked, what pranks he pulled.

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<v Speaker 1>He sees the ghost of their mischief haunting the castle.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a very sleepy form of connection, and so we

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<v Speaker 1>arrive at the gentle end of our theory. The Marauder's

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<v Speaker 1>map shows more than you think. It shows the unwavering

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<v Speaker 1>identity of a person. It shows their location with constant

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<v Speaker 1>passive awareness. It shows the social fabric of Hogwarts in

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<v Speaker 1>real time. It shows a connection to the past and

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<v Speaker 1>a desire for justice woven into its very magic. It

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<v Speaker 1>is not just a tool. It is an artifact of

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<v Speaker 1>friendship and a window into the souls of those it

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<v Speaker 1>tracks in their most mundane physical form, just walking from

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<v Speaker 1>one point to another, over and over, until the map

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<v Speaker 1>is folded and put away. There is no rush. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>let your thoughts slow down, like the shuffling footsteps on

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<v Speaker 1>the map. Just dropped off into that quiet state between

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<v Speaker 1>waking and sleeping. Close your eyes now, sleep well, Good night,