![]() ![]() And they more or less fall into the 3-2-1-1 pattern of the potions riddle. So I went through the climax of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire with a fine-tooth comb and found seven sevens! In addition to the aforementioned seven spells, there’s one set of seven for each chapter. That piqued my interest: Where there are two sevens, there are likely to be more. In a more recent essay, “The Yew Wand,” I came upon another set of seven: the seven spells Voldemort casts that night. Among those sets of seven is the seven ingredients Voldemort uses to return to his body. Years ago in this column, I wrote “The Seven Battles,” where I pointed out how so many things in the series fall into the pattern of the seven potions: three poisons, two nettle wines, one potion taking you forward toward danger, and one taking you backward toward safety.
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