[Maximilian]

I was looking for this great article I read last year on Harry Potter and couldn't find it.

Here's a resource of Harry Potter articles:
The Problem of Harry Potter

And this might be the article you are thinking about:
Harry Potter and the Paganization of Children's Culture

And thanks for the great references in the article that you did stumble across.
Colleen, after reading post #8, do you still consider this "small potatoes"?

[american colleen]

I am neither for or against Harry Potter because I haven't read any of the volumes. I tried, but found the first one boring and silly and I put it down. Same with the movie (which I did see with my kids) - found it boring and silly.

I have no idea who William J. Schnoebelen is, and I have no idea if what he says the books contain is true.

Geez, I read "In Cold Blood" "The Exorcist" found copies of Playboy under my father's mattress, sat through lectures by the PAULIST Fathers, lectures by the Jesuits in Boston, read stuff about Transendental Meditation - all before I entered Catholic High School where I really encountered a lot of weird stuff (Mary isn't really a virgin, etc.) - and I'M OK!