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To: Rutles4Ever

No the books don't. The books don't take ANYTHING that exists in the real world. Magic in HP has no resemblance AT ALL to the occult.

Been able to get Ouija Boards at toy stores since before there was a Toys R Us, it has nothing to do with HP. Been able to get Tarot cards at bookstores since before there was a Barnes and Noble too, again it has nothing to do with HP.

In an age when people go off half cockec not knowing what the hell they're talking about the Pope (albeit when he was a Cardinal) doing the same thing is just another part of the problem. There is no occult in HP and everyone who says there is is wrong. It doesn't tempt kids to evil, it doesn't present anything proscribed in the Bible as good, it simply is not a threat.


424 posted on 07/14/2005 8:05:51 AM PDT by discostu (The dude abides)
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To: discostu

Actually, the occult presented in HP is found on actual rituals, incantations, and so on. Quite well researched. Obviously not all of it, but there's quite a bit of historical accuracy. For instance, when HP and classmates transplant the mandrake roots - mandrake was used in various black magic rituals in the past. That particular scene in the book was rather disgusting, and I thought quite telling. The kids pull the plants up to transplant them, and the roots are actual little babies, living under the dirt.


429 posted on 07/14/2005 8:15:38 AM PDT by little jeremiah (A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, are incompatible with freedom. P. Henry)
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