[ventana]

Well, it certainly is less dangerous then being around a some of our distinguished priests and their aiding and abetting Bishops. I have read a Landscape with Dragons by Michael O'Brien, and I agree with much of it, still CHronicles of Narnia and Lord used magic, so I still don't get the distinction between that and Harry. My daughter loved the books, all the aforementioned. V's wife.

[Aquinasfan]

Well, it certainly is less dangerous then being around a some of our distinguished priests and their aiding and abetting Bishops.

But a serious danger nonetheless and one that should not be minimized, partly because far more children will be exposed to the spiritual dangers of the Potter books than will be exposed to dangerous priests. Also, the danger of the Potter books is less recognized because the danger is more insidious. The books are an admixture of a traditional good versus evil story, a spirit of antinomianism and a glorification of "good" witchcraft.

Fr. Amorth summed up the danger of the books succinctly. He "observed that young people could become involved in Satanic practices because they see the invocation of supernatural powers as a simple and attractive possibility, devoid of moral consequences" and ”he noted that the books attempt to make a false distinction between black and white magic, when in fact such a distinction 'does not exist, because magic is always a turn to the devil.'"

Dabbling in the occult can lead to demonic oppression as well as demonic possession.