And I can give you links to websites that find Christian ideas, Buddhist ideas, Hindu ideas, whatever, in Harry Potter.
Authors have one point of view in mind when they write books. People may bring to the written work their own preconceptions and leanings, but the author is master of his creation and writes with a singular intention.
HP are not Christian books. They are, however, flavored with bits of Hinduism, Buddhism, Platonism and ritualistic occultism.
Same old, same old.
"Secret, esoteric knowledge" is all cut from the same cloth in that it is not Christian. Nothing is hidden, says Christ. In Him, all is revealed.
The author did not have the occult in mind when she wrote the books. If anything, it's rooted in the fairy tales and mythology of Europe because that's where most of our fantasy comes from.
Look, you read it and see demons, I read it and see a well-told story rooted in my own culture. My major point is, it's had seven years to do it's thing, so where are the Harry Potter influenced cults and teenage pagans? There don't seem to be any more of them than there were seven years back.
IOW they are just like every other secular Children's book that is written these days.
Has anyone written a really good -- (I'm talking about genuine "literature" here)-- a really good Children's series from a Christian world view since CS Lewis?