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The BBC got a confused Wiccan to review the new Harry Potter book. So what did Marysia Kolodziej have to say about the 'real' magic in there?
All most of us will be talking about for the next few weeks will be this book, at least among my pagan friends, despite the fact there is very little crossover between the world of Harry Potter and the real world of wicca and witchcraft.
In this book the only relevant topics are divination classes and a brief discussion of life after death. Magic in Harry Potter is a science not an art, a fact not a philosophy or religion.
In fact there is very little religion at all in the books. But we can all see ourselves in the characters whether we are witches or not.
Harry Potter: The witch's view - BBC News, 23rd June 2003.
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1: Posted by: Chris | July 10, 2003 4:02 AM
Marysia Kolodziej, says that to be Wiccan you need to be 'initiated' which is utter nonsense.
I hope the BBC do not use her for any more reviews.
Why spread such misinformation across the internet?.
2: Posted by: Marysia | August 13, 2003 10:53 AM
The wiccan religion is an initiated tradition created by Gerald Gardener with various branches such as Alexandrian forking off later.
Evangelism, witnessing and similar activitites go by one name here—, and is no different from spam for viagra, penis enlargement products and pornography. We do not take advertising. If you want to advertise your imaginary friend, please spend your own money on your own web space to do so. Any attempts to use the comments section for advertisements will be deleted, and the perpetrator barred, unless they are particularly stupid, in which case I reserve the right to pinch an idea from Teresa Nielsen Hayden and delete all the vowels.
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