"[T]he reader is led to believe that White Magic is good, and Black Magick is bad ... [but] both students of the Bible and Black Magick practitioners know that there is no real distinction between White and Black Magic. White Magic claims to follow Lucifer while Black Magick claims to follow Satan. The Bible says that Lucifer and Satan are one creature. Lucifer was his name before he rebelled against God, while Satan is his name after God cursed him for [his] rebellion [against God]" [4];

"As a real witch, I learned about the two sides of 'the force' ... When real witches have sabats and esbats and meet as a coven, they greet each other by saying 'Blessed be', and when they part, they say, 'The Force be with you.'  Both sides of this 'Force' are Satan. It is not a good side of the force that overcomes the bad side of the force, but rather it's the blood of Jesus Christ that destroys both supposed sides of the satanic 'Force'" [5].

"Parents have accepted the highly flawed and perilous idea that any reading is better than no reading. Many parents now believe that reading is intrinsically good regardless of the quality of the material being read" [12].

"The untold part of this story is that in order for good to win in the end, good must BECOME evil. Harry, his friends, and their adult counterparts cheat, lie, steal disobey rules, become violent, and take revenge, and generally behave like obnoxious brats" [14];

"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 ... children seem to identify strongly with Harry Potter and his friends [15].

"There are characteristics of Harry Potter that every kid will identify with. Kids will defend Harry's choices and actions as justifiable. The author is very successful in evoking strong sympathy and empathy for Harry in her readers. The books teach situational ethics rather than absolute values of right and wrong that are taught in the scriptures" [17];

"The Potter books don't teach respect for parents ... Harry's best friend Ron reacts against his own mother:  '"Mum, shut up!" Ron yelled'  ... Is shouting 'shut up!' to your mother okay?  Not according to my Bible" [18].

"And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered therof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shed them into the pot of pottage: for they knew [perceived, understood, discerned] them not. So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death [destruction] in the pot. And they could not eat thereof" (2 Kings 4:39-40).

"Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin [i.e. the sin nature inherent in all humanity as result of the Fall] did my mother conceive me" (Psalm 51:5);

"The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God  ... there is none that doeth good, no, not one" (Psalm 14:1,3 and Psalm 53:1,3);

"As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh God ... For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:10-23).

"Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them ... Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be frontlets between your eyes. And ye shall teach them your children ... That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children..." (Deuteronomy 11:16-21);

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22:6);

"And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord" (Ephesians 6:4).

"Her main characters - the witches and wizards - demonstrate all the admirable traits our God commends: kindness, courage, loyalty, etc. But the most conspicuous muggles (ordinary people who are blind to these mystical forces) are pictured as mean, cruel, narrow and self-indulgent. These subtle messages, hidden behind exciting stories, turn Truth upside-down. But fascinated readers rarely notice the deception" [25];

"The ordinary person is typified as being bad because they have no (magic) powers, and heroes are the people who are using the occult. (This) is an inversion of morality" [26];

"There is a strong anti-family strain in the Potter books ... Harry's uncle, aunt, and cousin, with whom he lives, are [portrayed as] mean, selfish, and unloving. They are 'Muggles' ... Harry's witchy friends are made to appear very appealing next to these loutish family members ... The ordinary human adults of his family are seen as stupid and powerless, while the witches and warlocks are wise and powerful" [27];

"[W]hen readers see how stupid, ugly, and boring [Harry's Uncle] Vernon is, they get the idea that all people who are opposed to Witchcraft must be as stupid, ugly, and boring as Vernon is" [28];

"Rowling's Magic versus Muggle message is all-pervasive. It permeates every Harry Potter book and forms the framework for the entire series. One of Harry's friends, Mrs. Weasley, declares about Muggles: 'Bless them, they'll go to any lengths to ignore magic, even if it's staring them in the face' ... 'Muggles' like the Dursleys - young readers are informed - have 'a very medieval attitude towards magic,' making them superbly unenlightened. The Dursleys even went so far as 'to lock away Harry's spellbooks, wand, cauldron, and broomstick.'  Imagine that! Shame on them! ... [T]he subtle message is that it's high time for Muggles to wake up and to accept occult magic for what it really is - a great gift to humanity. The entire Harry Potter saga portrays non-magical people as substandard ... [they] portray the Dursleys in particular and Muggles in general as largely ignorant, while the Master Sorcerer ... is revealed as essentially all-powerful. Quite a positive message on behalf of witchcraft, would you say? ... Witches are in; Muggles are out" [29].

"My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother ... Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding ... Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away ... keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life ... My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. Keep my commandments, and live" (Proverbs chapters 1-4);

"A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth [listens to, heeds] reproof is prudent [wise]" (Proverbs 15:5);

"Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honor thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth" (Ephesians 6:1-3)  /  "Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord" (Colossians 3:20);

"Being filled with all unrighteousness ... proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents" (Romans 1:28-30)  /  "For men shall be lovers of their own selves ... boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy ... despisers of those that are good ... heady, highminded" (2 Timothy 3:1-4);

"Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account" (Hebrews 13:17a).

Please see here for more scriptures concerning children's right attitude and behaviour towards their parents.

"The story of Harry Potter is an allegory: It is written and packaged to look like fantasy when, in truth, it is a carefully written true description of the training and work of an initiate in an occult order. In every instance, everything Harry does is an extension of his belief system. His foundation is in magic through will. The concept that magick is an extension of will is a foundational occult truth and is diametrically opposed to the Christian concept of will where every born-again believer's individual will is brought into submission under Christ ... The fact is that everything we think, do and say is an extension of our belief system. It is dangerous to suspend our belief system when it comes to judging the value of what we give our children to 'read for entertainment' ... It is impossible to read something and not be affected by it or learn something from it ... The agenda of JK Rowling is very real - she is writing to instil in children a familiarity with occult truth - she just clothed it in fun" [31];

"These books are operational and instructional manuals of witchcraft woven into the format of entertainment. These ... books by J.K. Rowling teach witchcraft! I know this because I was once very much a part of that world ... In order to succeed in bringing witchcraft to the world and thus complete satanic control, an entire generation would have to be induced and taught to think like witches, talk like witches, dress like witches, and act like witches ... As a former witch, I can speak with authority when I say that I have examined the works of Rowling and that the Harry Potter books are training manuals for the occult. Untold millions of young people are being taught to think, speak, dress and act like witches by filling their heads with the contents of these books ... As parents, we will answer to God if we allow our children to read witchcraft books" [32].

"What basic psychological distortion can be found in every civilization of which we know anything? ... which produces inferiority, guilt and fear, which makes controlling other people's  personal behaviour necessary, which encourages prejudice and the inability to see, understand and sympathise with other people's points of view. Is there any force so potent and so pervasive that it can do all these things in all civilizations? There is - just one. The only lowest common denominator of all civilizations and the only psychological force capable of producing these perversions is morality, the concept of right and wrong, the poison long ago described and warned against as 'the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil' ... the unnecessary and artificially imposed inferiority, guilt and fear, commonly known as sin ...

"For many generations we have bowed our necks to the yoke of the conviction of sin. We have swallowed all manner of poisonous certainties fed us by our parents, our Sunday and day school teachers, our politicians, our priests, our newspapers and others with a vested interest in controlling us ... to keep children under control, with which to prevent free thinking, with which to impose local and familial and national loyalties ... these bandages of belief, in the name of virtue and security for the soul ...

"That freedom, present in all children and known as innocence, has been destroyed or crippled by local certainties, by gods of local moralities, of local loyalty, of personal salvation, of prejudice and hate and intolerance - frequently masquerading as love - gods of everything that would destroy freedom to observe and to think and would keep each generation under the control of old people, the elders, the shamans, and the priests ...

"The re-interpretation and eventual eradication of the concept of right and wrong which has been the basis of child training, the substitution of intelligent and rational thinking for faith in the certainties of old people ... Would they not be legitimate objectives of original education? Would it not be sensible to stop imposing our local prejudices and faiths on children and give them all sides of every question ... The most important thing in the world today is bringing up children ... To be allowed to teach children should be the sign of the final approval of society ... Can such a program of re-education or of a new kind of education be charted? ... That which stands in the way is ignorance and moral certainty, superstition [i.e. Christianity] and vested interest ...

"It has long been generally accepted that parents have a perfect right to impose any points of view, any lies or fears, superstitions, prejudices, hates, or faiths on their defenseless children. It is, however, only relatively recently that it has become a matter of certain knowledge that these things cause neuroses, behavior disorders, emotional disabilities, and failure to develop to a state of emotional maturity which fits one to be a citizen of a democracy, able to take one's part in making a world fit to live in.  'I believe' or 'I do not believe' have been acceptable as valid reasons for arbitrary limitations or distortion of a child's experience, for imposing any kind of guilt or fear on the child, for perverting the child's capacity to observe and to think clearly ... individuals who have emotional disabilities of their own, guilts, fears, inferiorities, are certain to project their hates [i.e. Christian beliefs] on others ... They are a very real menace ...

"[W]e cannot any longer afford to shelter and protect the old mistaken way of our forebears ... There is something to be said for ... gently putting aside the mistaken old ways of our elders if that is possible. If it cannot be done gently, it may have to be done roughly or even violently - that has happened before ... Sincere people should examine our schools and our churches. Are their methods of teaching consistent with present day knowledge of the developing human personality ...

"Let us be our own authority. We know far more that any of our ancestors. Scientists of this generation have no obligation to admit superiority of knowledge or of wisdom in any body of traditional belief or authority. There is no room for authoritarian dogma in the field of human relations. Let us discard the bromides which have kept us drugged, obedient to the old people and afraid of their displeasure" [33]. (My emphases.)

"Former Secretary General U Thant, a teacher ... always came back to his fundamental belief that education held the keys to the future. In his farewell address to the United Nations in December 1971, he said: 'I have certain priorities in regard to virtues and human values ... Above all I would attach the greatest importance to spiritual values, spiritual qualities. I deliberately avoid using the term 'religion'. I have in mind the spiritual virtues, faith in oneself, the purity of one's inner self which to me is the greatest virtue of all" [37];

"The underlying philosophy upon which the Robert Muller School is based will be found in the teachings set forth in the books of Alice A. Bailey by the Tibetan teacher [Bailey's spirit guide], Djwal Kuhl..." [38].

"The purpose of education and the schools is to change the thoughts, feelings and actions of students" [41];

"...unless a new faith ... overcomes the old ideologies and creates planetary synthesis, world government is doomed ... The task of reordering our traditional values and institutions should be one of the major educational objectives of our schools" [42];

"The New Thinking: ... [Educators today want] to expand children's imaginations so they could accept the 'new' thinking. The 'new' thinking includes the acceptance of witches, different sexual orientations, and that no particular religious view is more valuable than any other" [43].

Please see here and here  for more articles, quotations, and comments concerning the various questionable goals of Education in the 20th and 21st centuries.

"Rowling's books, whether she realizes it or not, embody some well-used steps to social change. Like Huxley's conditioning exercises which linked the cloned babies' delight in colorful books to terrifying electric shocks, her steps link positive images to an idealized form of paganism and negative images to traditional values. Her suggestions include:

• A vision of a better world  -->  link main characters t pagan practices;
• Rebellion against Biblical authorities  -->  link traditional authority figures to intolerant 'muggles';
• An idealized view of paganism  -->  link occult images to 'good' wizards;
• A pagan alternative to Christian values  -->  link courage and loyalty to a common quest for occult empowerment;
• Mystical experiences that excite the emotions  -->  link 'good' spells to victory in the timeless battle between good and evil" [44];

"The human imagination is key to transformation! Impressionable and gullible it asks few questions and rarely resists deception. Through it, occult images and suggestions take on life-like dimensions that can distort and change our values more effectively than can facts or actual reality. It's no coincidence that educational change agents want to train children to use and follow these popular alternatives to rational thinking. Conditioned to respond to exciting suggestions with their imagination rather than their intellect, children can easily be led and manipulated" [45];

"There are many ways to persuade the masses to reject uncompromising Christianity and embrace a changeable blend of all kinds of religions ... Schools do it through books such as the Harry Potter series, through multicultural and environmental education, and by integrating social issues and politically correct ideology into more mundane subjects such as math and science ... Harry Potter's author does it by creating a captivating world where strength, wisdom, love, hope - all the good gifts God promises those who follow Him - are now offered to those who pursue occult thrills" [46];

"Immersing children and youth in a wildly exciting pagan belief system will change their minds, memories, beliefs, and values. Christian fans who find the story irresistible will face cognitive dissonance, a form of mental and emotional confusion. To social and educational change agents, this intentional dissonance is an essential step in the process of 'unfreezing' minds and 'opening' them up to a new way of thinking" [47];

"Books such as the Harry Potter series fit, because they reinforce the global and occult perspective" [48].

"Today, millions of children take Harry's curse mark on their own foreheads to show their loyalty to Harry. The Bible teaches that at the ruling of the One World leader in the end times, the whole world will take 'the mark of the beast' on their foreheads to show their allegiance to the world dictator. Are our children ... being conditioned for something much bigger than even we understand?" [50];

"Satan is greatly using these Harry Potter books [EMcD: I would say he inspired the books and their ideas and content in order to use them] to capture children for his own kingdom, and conditioning them to accept his values and attitudes. Then, when Antichrist does arise, he will find legions of children and young people ready to accept him, worship him, and finally accept his mark" [51];

"Millions of children around the world are vicariously being taught the same morality and principles of witchcraft that Harry is learning. As he gets stronger and stronger year by year, so do the readers get more involved in the power that Harry is developing. His psychic abilities get stronger. His reasoning gets stronger ... in this book [The Order of the Phoenix] I noticed Harry was a much angrier person than in the previous books ... in book #1 he was innocent and very wide-eyed and more submissive to authority. In this book he actually becomes possessed by the serpent that he is supposedly fighting, and he can't differentiate now between [himself and] the thing that can take over in him, and he has the same mind as the serpent" [52].  

"And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die ... ye shall be as gods ... And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me" (Genesis 31-13);

"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save that he had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name ... If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; ... And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name" (Revelation 13:16-17; 14:9-11);

"And I saw an angel come down from heaven ... And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan ... And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever" (Revelation 20:1-10).

"Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here ... turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations ... Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here. So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about ... He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do ... Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these ... Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing ... that they commit the abominations which they commit here..." (Ezekiel 8:1-18);

"Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God" (Leviticus 19:31)  /  "And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people ... A man also or a woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death" (Leviticus 20:6,27a);

"...thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you any one that ... useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD ... Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God" (Deuteronomy 18:9-13);

"Thus siath the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen" (Jeremiah 10:2a).

"But the ... abominable, and murderers ... and sorcerers, and idolators, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death ... And there shall in no wise enter into [the eternal city, holy Jerusalem] any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life ... without are ... sorcerers ... and murderers, and idolators, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie" (Revelation 21:8,27; 22:15).

"Israel hath ... taken of the accursed thing ... and they have put it even among their own stuff ... Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies ... because they were accursed:  neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you ... O Israel: thou canst stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you" (Joshua 7:11-13).

"Now the Philistines fought against Israel ... And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons ... And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded ... Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it ... So Saul died" (1 Samuel 31:1-6);

"...and I will not take my mercy from him [Solomon], as I took it from him [Saul] that was before thee [David]" (1 Chronicles 17:13).

"he that ... shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; He shall dwell on high [in heaven]" (Isaiah 13:15-16);

"Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good" (Romans 12:9b);  /  "Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ" (2 Corinthians 10:5)  /  "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them" (Ephesians 5:11).

"Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. Blessed are thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. I will meditate in thy ways. I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word" (Psalm 119:9-16);

"But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; And that from a child thou hast known the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works" (2 Timothy 3:14-17).

"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just,
whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report,
if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do,
and the God of peace shall be with you"
(Philippians 4:8-9).

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