Acknowledgments. Foreword by Tom Morris. Introduction: Harry Potter and the Enchantment of Philosophy. Part One: The Horcrux of the Matter: Destiny, Identity, and the Soul. 1. Scott Sehon: The Soul in Harry Potter. 2. Eric Saidel: Sirius Black: Man or Dog? 3. Jeremy Pierce: Destiny in the Wizarding World. Part Two: The Most Powerful Magic of All. 4. Catherine Jack and David Paul Deavel: Choosing Love: The Redemption of Severus Snape. 5. Gregory Bassham: Love Potion #9¾. 6. Anne Collins Smith: Harry Potter, Radical Feminism, and the Power of Love. Part Three: Potterwatch: Freedom and Politics. 7. Andrew P. Mills: Patriotism, House Loyalty, and the Obligations of Belonging . 8. Beth Admiraal and Regan Lance Reitsma: Dumbledores Politics. 9. David Lay Williams and Alan J. Kellner: Dumbledore, Plato, and the Lust for Power. Part Four: The Room of Requirement: A Potter Potpourri. 10. Tamar Szabó Gendler: Is Dumbledore Gay? Whos to Say? 11. Gregory Bassham: Choices vs. Abilities: Dumbledore on Self-Understanding. 12. S. Joel Garver: The Magic of Personal Transformation. 13. John Granger with Gregory Bassham: Just in Your Head? J. K. Rowling on Separating Reality from Illusion . 14. Amy Kind: A Pensieve for Your Thoughts? Harry Potter and the Magic of Memory. 15. Gregory Bassham: A Hogwarts Education: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Part Five: Beyond the Veil: Death, Hope, and Meaning. 16. Charles Taliaferro: The Real Secret of the Phoenix: Moral Regeneration through Death. 17. Jonathan L. Walls and Jerry L. Walls: Beyond Godrics Hollow: Life after Death and the Search for Meaning. 18. Michael W. Austin: Why Harry and Socrates Decide to Die: Virtue and the Common Good. Contributors: The Hogwarts (for Muggles) Faculty. The Marauders Index.