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Author:
Vince
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Date Posted: 05:03:50 05/29/04 Sat
In reply to:
Donald
's message, "Re: Harry Potter, C.S. Lewis, and Tolkien" on 10:45:36 05/28/04 Fri
Hi Donald,
Some of these academics who sit in their ivory towers have no understanding of occultism other than what they have read in a text book. It reminds me of the academics out there who say things like TV and film violence does not make kids violent, and even put together papers attempting to prove this. While these jokers are sitting about 'pontificating' there are real young people watching these films and acting out what they see.
You said: "Why has such an amazingly popular book, which is all about the very practicies you have mentioned, prompted so few of its readers to develop an interest in the occult?"
People getting involved in HP are not "isolated stories", and I don't know how you have arrived at this conclusion. I work regularly with young people and, see the effects of HP first hand.
Also, as I point out i one of my recent articles on the Spotlight site, it is not only Christians who have come to the conclusion that HP leads young people into the occult. Occutists themselves are also saying this:
"The Pagan Federation, which represents druids and witches, says it has been "swamped" with calls following teenage programmes featuring good witches. Speaking to BBC News Online the Pagan Federation's Steve Paine, the high priest of a coven, said the hit US drama Buffy and the highly successful Harry Potter books were popular amongst practising witches. "They are taken as fantasy entertainment. But they do encourage people to think about different forms of spirituality", he said. The Pagan Federation, which deals with about 100 enquiries a month from youngsters who want to become witches, does not allow anyone under the age of 18 to become a member." Most of the enquiries are from 14 to 18 year-olds, and are dealt with "reactively" by a specially-appointed youth officer, an Essex based schoolteacher." (BBC News Online, Buffy Draws Children to Witchcraft, Friday, 4 August, 2000, Full article at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/newsid_864000/864984.stm).
Likewise, witches Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone have observed:
"...Paganism is drawing so many young people at present, as can be seen by the media's interest in it in television and film. It is destined to become a major force in the religious world by the end of the twenty-first century." (Janet Farrar and Gavin Bone, Quoted in Wiccan Wisdom Keepers, p. 58).
Similarly, Wiccan author Christina Seville, writes:
"Thankfully, the perceived role of the witch has now started to change from that of a villain to a wise and honourable hero or heroine, as seen in television series like Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Bewitched, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and films like Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone and The Fellowship of the Ring..." (Christina Seville, Practical Wicca, p. 6).
Even though the evidence shows that HP is influencing young people into occultism, I feel that the full effects of HP will not be felt in the lives of many individuals until they grow up later on in life. HP is providing a foundation for later occult involvement.
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