ITS EFFECTS ARE ALARMING

The Harry Potter Craze

As a result of the Harry Potter books and movies, real witchcraft (called "Wicca") is now experiencing explosive growth throughout North America and around the world. It is estimated that, at the present time, Wicca may, in fact, be the fastest growing religious movement in the United States.

"The area I live in is full of Wicca and Paganism," declared a woman in northern California. "Members of my own family are struggling with beguilement from current TV programming, Harry Potter, and occultic influences."

One astonished observer made this comment:

"This is the most evil thing I have laid my eyes on in ten years, And no one seems to understand its threat.　The Harry Potter books are the number one best selling children’s books in the nation today. Just look at any Barns & Noble or Waldenbooks storefront.　Go to Amazon.com and read the reviews.　Hear the praise by educators and even Christian teachers about how ‘It’s so great to see the youth so eagerly embracing the reading experience!’ "

What do the children say?

The Harry Potter books are cool, "cause they teach you all about magic and how you can use it to control people and get revenge on your enemies," said Hartland, WI, 10 year old Craig Nowell, a recent convert to the New Satanic Order Of The Black Circle. "I want to learn the Cruciatus Curse, to make my muggle science teacher suffer for giving me a D." The Potter books teach that a "muggle’ is an unbeliever in magic; someone who is inadequate to deal with life.

After reading a couple Potter books, 6-year-old Jessica Lehman of Easley, SC. said, "Jesus died because He was weak and stupid." She learned it from those books!

Ashley, a 9 year old, a typical average age reader of Harry Potter added this, "I used to believe in what they taught us at Sunday school, said Ashley, conjuring up an ancient spell to summon Cerebus, the three-headed hound of hell. "But the Harry Potter books showed me that magic is real, something I can learn and use right now, and that the Bible is nothing but boring lies."

Harry Libarle, age 7, said this: "I like the third book because here Harry meets his godfather and Professor Lupin, a really cool guy."

Who is this really "cool guy"? The books portray him as a werewolf as well as wizard. As for Harry’s godfather, he is a "shape shifter" who at various times turns himself into a scary black dog.

The author of the Harry Potter books reports that hundreds of children have written her, asking where the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft is located, so they can attend it.

"I was eager to get to Hogwarts first because I like what they learned there and I want to be a witch," Gioia Bishop, age 10, said.

J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books, is a former UK English teacher who promotes witchcraft and Satanism. Harry Potter, the 13 year old "wizard" in her books, openly blasphemes Jesus and God and promotes sorcery, while seeking revenge upon anyone who upsets him. In order to overcome them, Potter uses spells, rituals, and demonic powers. Authors and titles of where to find those magical potents and spells are sometimes given.

While parents, the American Library Association, the National Education Association, school teachers, and many leading Protestant leaders and journals praise the Harry Potter books, here is what a leading Satanist said:

"Harry is an absolute godsend to our cause," said High Priest Egan of the First Church Of Satan in Salem, MA.　 "An organization like ours thrives on new blood, no pun intended, and we’ve had more applicants than we can handle lately.　 And, of course, practically all of them are virgins, which is gravy."

Since 1995, open applicants to Satan worship has increased, at the present time, from around 100,000—to14 million children and young adults!]

Children in Great Britain are also thrilled at the possibility of becoming witches and wizards.

While refusing to admit new members under age of 18, Britain’s Pagan Federation is quite pleased with the situation. In a public announcement, it stated that it deals with an average of 100 inquiries a month from youngsters who want to become witches, and claims it has occasionally been "swamped" with calls.

"The Pagan Federation has appointed a youth officer to deal with the flood of inquiries following the success of the Harry Potter books which describe magic and wizardry."

"This explosion of interest in the principles of paganism is quite probably linked to books, films, and toys about Harry Potter, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer," explains the Federation’s media officer, Andy Norfolk. "Every time an article on witchcraft or paganism appears, we had a huge surge in calls, mostly from young girls."

This trend worries John Buckeridge, editor of Youthwork, a British Christian magazine.　Unlike U.S. church-leaders who back Harry Potter, he recognizes danger ahead. "The growing number of books and TV shows like Harry Potter and Sabrina the Teenage Witch encourage an interest in magic as harmless fun," he warns. "However for some young people it could fuel a fascination that leads to dangerous dabbling with occult powers. That which starts out as spooks and spells can lead to psychological and spiritual damage."

And what does the author of these remarkably vicious and evil books say? J.K.Rowling, answering the objections of Christian reviewers to her writings, disclosed her secret objective in writing them:

"I think it’s absolute rubbish to protest children’s books on the grounds that they are luring children to Satan," Rowling told a London Times reporter in a July 17 interview. "People should be praising them for that!　These books guide children to an understanding that the weak, idiotic Son Of God is a living hoax who will be humiliated when the rain of fire comes, . . while we, his faithful servants, laugh and cavort in victory."

In an article about Rowling, Harry Potter and the source of inspiration, we are told: "Dressing up as wizards and witches, concocting fantasy potions and telling stories were just a few of the games Rowling played as a child." —So she has been immersed in spiritualism since she was a child!

A surprising number of Christians leaders have stated that the Potter books and movies are "just harmless fantasy," and are recognized as such by children, and actually good reading for all Christians. Such comments come from Chuck Colson of Breakpoint, the editors of very conservative World Magazine, Christian Century, Christianity Today, and Connie Neal (author of What’s A Christian To Do With Harry Potter?), as well as others.

Might Harry Potter seem as real as life to his young fans around the world?　 Do children accept Harry’s lessons in practical witchcraft as an open door to an occult reality? Many Christian leaders have denied any such danger, but author J.K. Rowling admits that this happens. In an interview with Newsweek’s Malcolm Jones, she said,

"I get letters from children addressed to Professor Dumbledore [headmaster at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the books’ setting], and it’s not a joke, begging to be let into Hogwarts, and some of them are really sad. Because they want it to be true so badly they’ve convinced themselves it’s true."

However, occult experts, Marcia Montenegro of Christian Answers for the New Age, and Caryl Matrisciana, author of Gods of the New Age, disagree with the Christian defenders of Potter mania. Both had personal experience in the occult before becoming Christians. They recognize the very real dangers.

As one example among many, Caryl points to a chapter in the fourth book entitled Flesh, Blood and Bone. (Reader of this report, you may want to skip over the following horrible paragraph.)

"Harry is magically transported with his friend Cedric to a dark, scary graveyard. There, Harry is tied to the headstone of Lord Voldemort’s father’s tomb by Voldemort’s slave, Wormtail—a shapeshifter who takes the form of a rat. A slithering snake, synonymous with the presence of Voldemort, circles around Harry. Following an order to kill from a voice of unknown origin, the slave utters a death curse. In shock, Harry witnesses the murder of his friend Cedric."

The above sample paragraph reveals that it was Rowling’s determination to crowd into the Potter books all the evil, meanness, witchcraft, and horror that she could.

There are other stories of witchcraft which every Christian should also avoid. These include Sleeping Beauty, Lord of the Rings, and Chronicles of Narnia. But even though they are filled with evil concepts, yet the reader may possibly recognize that the good vs. evil elements are stated for what they are; and the evil is sometimes considered as evil, and the good as good.

But the Potter books carries witchcraft to its absolute extreme. It praises the evil and reviles the good.

It has been said that the Potter books are not real witchcraft. Yet that is a misconception.

J.K. Rowling’s series is the result of a massive research she did into an immense pile of witchcraft books which she owns. Reporters visiting her home state that it is filled with witchcraft books and collections of magical spells, incantations, and formulas. There are piles of it stacked on tables! Using it, she has accurately portrayed the inner workings of demonic witchcraft!

The proof of this is the fact that not one witch anywhere in the world has said that Rowling has not correctly described witchcraft! She has produced an extremely detailed, true representation of witchcraft, the black arts, and black magic.

And yet there are those who say this is merely fantasy and harmless reading for our children. But that which makes this even more dangerous is that it is couched in fantasy language, written as children’s literature about a child hero, made to be humorous, and is very well-written and extremely detailed and provocative reading. Each book lures the child on to read the next book in the series.

Magical spells and incantations are explained in full detail, so the reader can try to imitate them.

The Harry Potter books are actually witchcraft repackaged for children. The books include shape changing (creatures change from one shape to another), human sacrifices, and flying through the air. They explain all the tools, spells and curses used in witchcraft. Common people are considered weak and useless. Christianity is reviled. There is communication with the spirit world, demonic reincarnation, and situational ethics (bad is wonderful and exciting; doing good is boring and useless). The special symbols and tools of witchcraft are all there: the lightning bolt as a power symbol, broomsticks and witches’ hats as phallic symbols, dabbling in divination, casting spells, and pagan sorcery.

The objective is recruitment: To teach children the dark arts, and get them to want to indulge in it. Readers become fascinated with the magic used—and it is generally explained in remarkable detail.

As they see the effect that reading those books is having on their children, a growing number of concerned parents are openly complaining about these evil books. According to the American Library Association, the best-selling Harry Potter series has topped the list of the nation’s most frequently challenged books for two years in a row. Complaints rose 37% in the past year alone.

Even many non-Christian parents have become deeply worried as they see the effect that reading those books is having on their younger children.

In these seven Potter books, adults are shown to be hateful and often too strict. But the wizards and other creatures are the good guys. Such writing is nothing more then Satan’s way to undermine the family. Young people get these books and, while reading them, live in a fantasy world. Laying the book down and returning to the real world, they want to emulate the books and rebel against their parents.

Here is a statement by J.K. Rowling: "The idea that we could have a child who escapes from the confines of the adult world and goes somewhere where he has power, both literally and metaphorically, really appealed to me."

Reading her books, the child senses that this power is in rebellion, acquiring occultic power, and gaining control over his or her parents.

Anxious to cash in on the witchcraft craze, and reap immense profits, youth-oriented TV shows about witchcraft have gained immense popularity. These include Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Charmed, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A generation of children are becoming fascinated with the occult, and desiring the supernatural powers it can give them.

Not to be outdone, Hollywood is producing a entire series of Harry Potter movies.

Potter has caused quite a stir in many nations, with several Australian Christian schools supporting a banning of the books. "Dr. Charles Gullo of the Christian Outreach College, a private school in Queensland, said he read one chapter from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and was exposed to four murders. ‘It was pretty gory,’ Gullo said in Brisbane’s Courier-Mail newspaper."

Pastor Robert Frisken of Christian Community Schools Ltd in Australia said, "The ordinary person is typified as being bad because they have no magic powers, and the heroes are the people who are using the occult. Good finds itself in the occult, which is an inversion of morality for many Christian people."

While Christian—and even non-Christian—parents worry, some of the most influential religious media praises the Potter books.

A recent report in Christianity Today bases its approval of Harry Potter, not on the Bible, but on popular consensus among admired Christian leaders.　

"As far as I can tell," writes author Ted Olsen, "while no major Christian leader has come out to condemn J.K. Rowling’s series, many have given it the thumbs-up. If our readers know of any major Christian leader who has actually told Christians not to read the books, I’d be happy to know about it; but in my research, even those Christians known for criticizing all that is popular culture have been pretty positive about Potter."

To prove his point, Mr. Olsen quotes seven Christian leaders and publications:　

1. Chuck Colson, in his Breakpoint radio broadcast, commended Harry and his friends for their "courage, loyalty, and a willingness to sacrifice for one another—even at the risk of their lives." Colson dismissed the pagan practices as "purely mechanical, as opposed to occultic. That is, Harry and his friends cast spells, read crystal balls, and turn themselves into animals—but they don’t make contact with a supernatural world . . It’s not the kind of real-life witchcraft the Bible condemns."　

2. World Magazine praised Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone as "a delight—with a surprising bit of depth." Author Roy Maynard assured World readers that "Rowling . . keeps it safe, inoffensive, and non-occult."

4. The British magazine, Christianity also praised the series. In one issue, Mark Greene, Director of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity, wrote a note of regret for not giving it to his granddaughter earlier.

Yet, above and beyond all the talk of men, the God of Heaven is clear in Scripture that any practice of magic is an "abomination" to Him. The Bible clearly teaches that all witchcraft is Satanic!

The following passage contrasts the two extremes,—and there is no middle ground!

In the final Judgment, the two classes will once again be obvious:

You will recall that Rowling told the London Times that "These books guide children to an understanding that the weak, idiotic Son Of God is a living hoax who will be humiliated when the rain of fire comes, . . while we, his faithful servants, laugh and cavort in victory."

This is a highly significant statement! It reveals that lying demons have been talking to Rowling and her fellow Satanists, predicting a future in which the Christians and the true Godhead will be annihilated by Satan and his devils,—and his Satanic Majesty, and his followers, will rule over the universe! —A totally reversed, and untrue order of coming events!

Only the top Luciferians are told this portrayal of coming events. So Rowling must be very deep into Satanism.

Satan and his demons well know that there is relatively little time remaining before they are destroyed! Read again Revelation 12:9 to 17.

Just now, as we near the end of earthly history, he is making war on those who "keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."

Satan knows the truth about the future, for it is outlined in Daniel, Revelation, and Great Controversy—but he does not want his loyal followers to know it! He is desperate to keep them deluded and to overcome as many as possible. Each day brings him closer to that time, shortly after the close of the millennium, when the fire will fall from heaven and put a final end to his miserable existence.

But, just now, while time remains before probation closes, we must draw the closer to God and work the more earnestly to reach souls with the final message for our time in history:

After concluding this special report, we just learned that a Christian mother viewing an August 2007 Oprah Winfrey telecast, reported that evening to her daughter, who told me the next day, that on that telecast Oprah interviewed a close friend of J. K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books. Rowling had confided in her friend that when she, Rowling, was writing on her books, a being would stand beside her and tell her what to write. Rowling told her friend that this being was invisible to everyone except her. She could see him standing there every time she was writing and he gave her information about 'other worlds' and occult things she would not otherwise know about.

Dear readers--This is not a heavenly angel--because heaven has nothing to do with fiction and certainly not fiction about witchcraft!! This is not a ghost or someone from the dead--because the Bible clearly tells us that 'the dead know not anything'. (Ecc. 9:5) This being knows lots! It is not someone from outer space--because the rest of the Universe is loyal to God and, like the angels would have nothing to do with fiction or wizardry!! This, friends, is a fallen angel--and may very well be their leader himself. Who else has so great an interest at this time in history in deceiving and ensnaring the next generation??

“At that time Jesus answered and said I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.” The Lord is pleased in revealing Himself to children. That is His pleasure. But today this manifestation has been destroyed. Today children are Satan’s objectives, because the old people—we are already possessed by him. So now his objective is reaching and taking control of the children.

Yes, this 'being' may well be the prince of darkness himself--weaving tales to ensnare the final generation of children and making it impossible for the Saviour to reveal Himself to their souls and redeem them from this wicked world.

What did the Bible predict about the final generation? 
"There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. Proverbs 30: 11-14

"This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. 1 Timothy 3:1-5 -- "TEMCAT"

July 18, 2007 business news—Wal-Mart is planning Harry Potter extravaganzas at its stores, scheduling 2,900 midnight parties on Friday, July 20; the book goes on sale at 12:01 Saturday.

July 28, 2007 business news—Barnes & Noble Inc. said Monday that it sold a record 1.8 million copies of J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in the first 48 hours of its release at its retail stores and online. The company said that in the first hour, Barnes & Noble bookstores sold 560,000 copies, or 156 copies a second. Update: Bertelsmann AG’s Random House estimates that Listening Library/Random House Audio imprint formats sold more than 225,000 copies in its compact disc and cassette in North America on Saturday and Sunday. Random House called that fastest and largest two-day sales number in the history of the audiobook medium. The sales were 40% greater than those of the previous Harry Potter audiobook over a comparable period.

Borders Group sold 1.2 million copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in its first day, the biggest single-day number ever for the superstore chain.