Websurdity Links: HARRY POTTER — REALITY OR JUST FANTASY? OR BOTH?! o Harry Potter Lures Kids to Witchcraft

There is a certain popular series of books that has swept across the globe in the past several years. To avoid copyright or trademark lawsuits, I will refrain from mentioning them by name. However, it is no chamber of secrets that millions have read this infectious series, seen the movies it is based on, and poured money into the massive product machine surrounding it. Fan sites exist everywhere. It is even taught in some schools. Many good, God-loving people accept these books and permit, if not encourage, their children to read them. They even dismiss them as “fantasy” or “harmless escapism.” Unfortunately, these parents and children have been conditioned through slick marketing to believe these lies. The truth is much more sinister: this series of books is anything but harmless. They are written and designed to turn people, especially children, onto the occult and witchcraft.

The use of magic and occult is simply ubiquitous in this series. One of the main characters is described as hearing voices. He performs occult tricks such as turning inanimate objects into serpents, manipulating nature, and affecting diseases upon his adversaries. Another major character, around whom a particularly large fan club has formed, magically spikes clear, fresh water with alcohol. He is also described doing other witchcraft-influenced tricks such as levitation, and curing illnesses without the use of any known medical technology. Several characters are known to sacrifice live animals. At one point, one character even contemplates sacrificing his own son! All of these actions – curing diseases without medicine, turning things into serpents (a powerful symbol of the occult), forcing people to use mind-altering substances, ritual sacrifice — can only be explained in the context of witchcraft.

Along with its occult teachings, the pages of these books are filled with gratuitous sex and violence. Some of the “escapism” contained therein includes homosexual incest, slave ownership, mass murder, and gruesome executions. One can barely turn a page without some character getting horribly butchered. All this in books that we are allowing are children to read? Where, my dear friends, is the moral outrage?

The final point that must be addressed is the concept of all this as “fantasy.” Many fans of these books claim that the blatant, bold, and bodacious use of Witchcraft that fills these novels is not harmful; after all, it is just a story, with no basis in reality. But might these stories seem as real as real life to many young fans around the world? According to many sources, it is not uncommon for fans of the series to write letters to characters imploring them to help with a life problem, or to even hold entire conversations with them. Some people even celebrate this book series by bringing dead trees into their homes or painting eggs – all of which are blatant practices of witchcraft.

Although the series has ended and no new books are likely to be written, it seems unlikely that the books’ popularity will wane any time soon. Large fan clubs have formed around this series, and it continues to be popular among adults and children alike. More movies are not out of the question, and fans will continue to buy t-shirts, action figures, and other memorabilia, and more and more children will be indoctrinated into the ways of witchcraft. As adults, it is up to us to protect our children and expose these books for what they really are.

Harmless fantasy? I think not!