[Aquinasfan]

While I haven't read the books, I did watch a fairly lengthy interview with the author, in which she acknowledges studying witchcraft and using actual spells in the books that were in witchcraft books, written by wiccans.

You got a link for that? I think it is more likely than not that she's been involved in channeling. Books on witchcraft that occupy the top four slots in the NY Times best-seller list don't just pop out of thin air.

[Richard Kimball]

Didn't see it on the net. 60 Minutes did a fairly lengthly interview with her upon the release of the 4th Harry Potter book, which, as you remember, was the book that took it into the "Everybody knows your name" category and out of the specific genre mode. They did a pretty good puff piece on her, single mom, started writing books because she thought she could make a couple of dollars. Seemed like a nice lady. The part of the interview where they asked her about the witchcraft concerns jumped out at me, though. I'd almost bet 60 Minutes will re-run it sometime between now and the opening of the movie.