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“I doubt they have wands made with veela hair, unicorn hair, phoenix feathers or dragon hearstrings because the Harry Potter is not real.”

HP is Disney-fied occultism. The events in HP do not represent what goes on in real occultic practice. But beneath the surface there is a bed of solid occultic knowledge.

“btw, if I met a woman or man who said they were a witch or wizard (generational or not), I would think they were nuttier than squirrel $hit”

Occultism is real. The practitioners are real and, though many are fake, some have real power. Even the Bible speaks of them...

“But there was a man named Simon, who had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was somebody great. They all paid attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the power of God that is called Great.” And they paid attention to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his magic. “

“Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices. And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver. “

HP is Disney-fied occultism. The events in HP do not represent what goes on in real occultic practice. But beneath the surface there is a bed of solid occultic knowledge.

I love the ever-changing standards. Real occult practices. No wait, based on real occult practices. No wait, not real, but an underlying knowledge of occult practices.

You know, I think I finally figured it out. You're like those folks who say you shouldn't dance, because dancing might lead to close contact, which could lead to lustful desires, which could lead to premarital sex. Or the people who are convinced it's a sin to drink (not get drunk, but drink) because it could lead to drunkenness.

If you choose to condemn the HP books without ever having read a single sentence, that's your right. Just don't expect the rest of us to buy into that puritanical nonsense or the alleged Biblical basis for it (I've yet to see where the Bible condemns dancing, drinking, or reading fictional accounts of wizards). And you should just admit that you liked the movies. No one goes to see 5 movies simply for "research".