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The symbolism of the doorway and the thirteen torment Michael Curry throughout
The Witching Hour, though Rowan repeatedly advises him to forget about their meaning. Rowan herself learns partially
their meaning, but doesn't learn their full meaning until it is too late.
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The Doorway
Doorways are what we enter and leave places through. The symbolism of the doorway in
the Mayfair series can be partially interpreted as Lasher's means of entering the world. Indeed, though Carlotta did
despicable things to Rowan's forebears, she was right when she told Rowan that Lasher wanted to "be like us." In order
for this to happen, Lasher needs a doorway by which to enter the world.
The question throughout The Witching Hour was, what was the doorway? The builder
of the Mayfair Crypt must have been instructed by one of the previous witches to put the bas-relief of the keyhole doorway
on the tomb. Since Lasher claimed to have put the ideas for the First Street house in Katherine's head, it was probably
Lasher who indicated the crypt should have a doorway on it. Putting the doorway on the crypt was probably meant to be
a covert way on Lasher's part of indicating his plan. He certainly had no intention of bluntly telling his witches what
he really wanted as they could have thwarted him through their own free will.
Of all the witches, Stella Mayfair might have come the closest to understanding what the
doorway and the thirteen meant. She understood Lasher wanted to "come through" and understood that it would take thirteen
witches to do it. She just didn't know which thirteen would be the ones to bring him through, though she was most decidely
one of them. Her parties may also have been a way to kick up enough noise to distract and confuse Lasher as Marie-Claudette
had done.
The Number 13
The number 13 has had many associations over time, many of them ill. In Roman times,
the number 13 was associated with bad omens, which is how it is used in the Lives of the Mayfair Witches. Hints and
clues at the thirteen are all over, most notably the Mayfair Crypt - twelve crypts, one doorway. The principle characters
- Rowan, Michael, Aaron Lightner, and Rowan's forebears - spend a great deal of time trying to interpret it's meaning, knowing
it is not good.
Once again, Wikipedia has something to say on the subject of the number 13. Below is
a link to their page, where you may read further on it.
Click Here to go to 13 (number) on Wikipedia
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