Thursday, July 21, 2005
The Parry Hotter Papers, as revealed to Dr. Paranoia
LOOKING AHEAD by Wally Dobelis
The good Dr. P. writes:
Some days ago there came in my possession the papers of a psychoanalyst who had mysteriously disappeared. Since I dabble in paraphysics, political arcana and ESP phenomena, the man had marked these notes for my attention, "should he be temporarily absent." Frankly, the family had had hints, decided that he had retreated into a midlife crisis escape, whether to Tahoe or Tahiti, and humored his request not to search for him.
It seems a youngish male, whom we shall call Parry Hotter, had come to Dr. Sonnenschein for therapy, complaining of inability to fit in. The man, a successful Wall Street analyst, was making a fantastic living, by ordinary standards, as a forecaster of stock market trends. He had no particular specialty, which intrigued his employer, a major mutual funds firm, but he was able to forecast specific corporate winners and losers so well that he was given a fund to manage, with spectacular success.
So, what's the problem? Well, PH the patient felt that he could not relate to his peers, nor develop friendships and relationships. He had a minor British university degree that had gained him employment, no local family nor friends, no history, and only a vague recollection of prior existence. He wanted to get in touch with his past life.
Under hypnosis, an incredible spectrum of an early history revealed itself. He spoke of parents that were extra-terrestrials, of stepparents that were kindly but not understanding, of being approached by a stranger who knew all about him and transported him to an environment entirely outside our experience.
It seemed he was moved into another dimension, to a school that trained gifted youngsters of uncommon characteristics. They learned terrestrial things, but also practiced unearthly pursuits, flying, summonsing ghosts and creatures of saga and legend, and trained in what we would consider magic. At some point in time, after years at the school,of hair-raising experiences of finding and fighting supernatural enemies and of entering the spiritual world, HP was transported to the terrestrial environment and enrolled in a university just like an ordinary country bumpkin. He graduated with honors, but found no mates, and moved to the US.
Upon reawakening and questioning, more details came up, enough to classify the patient in a schizophrenic sub-category. These recollections were vivid and with details. He had preserved the methodology for levitation, as Dr S called it, intact, and offered to raise the therapist a few feet, to prove it. The notes are unclear as to whether they succeeded, but thereafter Dr. S. seems to give more credibility regarding the extrasensory and non-gravitation bound experiences of the patient PH.
As treatment progressed and the patient-therapist relationship cemented, PH began to bring to the sessions books of a popular youth-oriented series, dealing with a similar developmentally handicapped youth of extra- terrestrial experiences. PH was looking for keys and clues that would enable him to re-enter the life of freedom, adventure and camaraderie that he seemed to remember from his mythical youth, similar to that portrayed in this obviously fictional set of books. As new volumes were published, PH had eagerly stood in line to get early copies, and had devoured them, looking for clues that would enable him to activate the time warp transporting him back to the happy land, where he would be glad to be a waiter, elevator operator (an unnecessary profession, Dr. S. notes, with an unexpected touch of humor) or handyman, just to get back his life.
At the conclusion of the therapy notes, Dr. S. records a call from PH. It seems the patient had obtained, by whatever means, a reviewer's copy of the latest book in the series, and found some unexpected information, which he was going to share. It seemed significant enough to make Dr. S. record the event, and pack up the notes, "just in case."
Dr Paranoia closes here, but we cannot drop the issue, It is too much of a coincidence that the disappearance of Dr. Sonnenschein – and, incidentally, the patient PH – occurred at the time of the publication of the sixth volume of J. K. Rowling's series. “ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” was released for public distribution on July 16, 2005. Libraries in and out of town are scheduling book parties, wand workshops, movie marathons, and parent and children book club meetings throughout the week. We may be wrong, but this is too much of a coincidence to ignore. Make your own conclusions, but hug your children, and count them regularly. Life may well be a dream, as noted by Calderon de la Barca (La Vida Es Un Sueno, 1630).
The good Dr. P. writes:
Some days ago there came in my possession the papers of a psychoanalyst who had mysteriously disappeared. Since I dabble in paraphysics, political arcana and ESP phenomena, the man had marked these notes for my attention, "should he be temporarily absent." Frankly, the family had had hints, decided that he had retreated into a midlife crisis escape, whether to Tahoe or Tahiti, and humored his request not to search for him.
It seems a youngish male, whom we shall call Parry Hotter, had come to Dr. Sonnenschein for therapy, complaining of inability to fit in. The man, a successful Wall Street analyst, was making a fantastic living, by ordinary standards, as a forecaster of stock market trends. He had no particular specialty, which intrigued his employer, a major mutual funds firm, but he was able to forecast specific corporate winners and losers so well that he was given a fund to manage, with spectacular success.
So, what's the problem? Well, PH the patient felt that he could not relate to his peers, nor develop friendships and relationships. He had a minor British university degree that had gained him employment, no local family nor friends, no history, and only a vague recollection of prior existence. He wanted to get in touch with his past life.
Under hypnosis, an incredible spectrum of an early history revealed itself. He spoke of parents that were extra-terrestrials, of stepparents that were kindly but not understanding, of being approached by a stranger who knew all about him and transported him to an environment entirely outside our experience.
It seemed he was moved into another dimension, to a school that trained gifted youngsters of uncommon characteristics. They learned terrestrial things, but also practiced unearthly pursuits, flying, summonsing ghosts and creatures of saga and legend, and trained in what we would consider magic. At some point in time, after years at the school,of hair-raising experiences of finding and fighting supernatural enemies and of entering the spiritual world, HP was transported to the terrestrial environment and enrolled in a university just like an ordinary country bumpkin. He graduated with honors, but found no mates, and moved to the US.
Upon reawakening and questioning, more details came up, enough to classify the patient in a schizophrenic sub-category. These recollections were vivid and with details. He had preserved the methodology for levitation, as Dr S called it, intact, and offered to raise the therapist a few feet, to prove it. The notes are unclear as to whether they succeeded, but thereafter Dr. S. seems to give more credibility regarding the extrasensory and non-gravitation bound experiences of the patient PH.
As treatment progressed and the patient-therapist relationship cemented, PH began to bring to the sessions books of a popular youth-oriented series, dealing with a similar developmentally handicapped youth of extra- terrestrial experiences. PH was looking for keys and clues that would enable him to re-enter the life of freedom, adventure and camaraderie that he seemed to remember from his mythical youth, similar to that portrayed in this obviously fictional set of books. As new volumes were published, PH had eagerly stood in line to get early copies, and had devoured them, looking for clues that would enable him to activate the time warp transporting him back to the happy land, where he would be glad to be a waiter, elevator operator (an unnecessary profession, Dr. S. notes, with an unexpected touch of humor) or handyman, just to get back his life.
At the conclusion of the therapy notes, Dr. S. records a call from PH. It seems the patient had obtained, by whatever means, a reviewer's copy of the latest book in the series, and found some unexpected information, which he was going to share. It seemed significant enough to make Dr. S. record the event, and pack up the notes, "just in case."
Dr Paranoia closes here, but we cannot drop the issue, It is too much of a coincidence that the disappearance of Dr. Sonnenschein – and, incidentally, the patient PH – occurred at the time of the publication of the sixth volume of J. K. Rowling's series. “ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” was released for public distribution on July 16, 2005. Libraries in and out of town are scheduling book parties, wand workshops, movie marathons, and parent and children book club meetings throughout the week. We may be wrong, but this is too much of a coincidence to ignore. Make your own conclusions, but hug your children, and count them regularly. Life may well be a dream, as noted by Calderon de la Barca (La Vida Es Un Sueno, 1630).
# posted by Wally Dobelis @ 10:09 AM 
