Why the Fuss About Harry

With the recent renewal of interest in the Harry Potter article I wrote a while back, I’d thought I ought to explain the true reason of ‘Why Harry Potter is so Dangerous.’ The issue is not simply because the series, authored by J.K. Rowling, contains many uses of magic; but rather, the curiosity as to the use of witchcraft, spell casting, and the like. Now, there have been many arguments that kids who’ve read the Potter series haven’t been wisped off into the dark world of Satanism and the Black Arts, which in a sense is true. Not everyone who reads the books will be inclined to witchcraft; just as not everyone who smokes will die of lung cancer. It’s a precarious situation, since the dangerous factor of it all, is that people take the idea of witchcraft as nothing more than fun and games magic. Now, I DO NOT want any comments regarding the issue of all White Witch/Black Witch nonsense. We all agree on a basic knowledge. That all witch practices ‘witchcraft.’ (Hence the name “witch”craft? )

So what is so dangerous about a child familiarizing himself with Magic and the like? Particularly if he has no intention of getting involved with the occult? The answer is a rather simple one, yet to understand it, you must have a basic comprehension of what welcoming the Occult into your life does. Dabbling in the dark arts, whether for insincere fun or with sincere intention of practicing it, is a personal welcoming of the demonic into your life. Like opening the storm during a winter blizzard. The wind is howling outside, blowing snow drifts around. You open the door for a curious peak, and the cold creeps in. You can try to close the door, but when you go to do so, you have a more difficult time closing it, than there you had in opening it.

Not everyone who dabbles in the occult like will run into direct problems with the demonic. Often enough, the problems do not arise until you try to actually get out of it all, and try to follow after Christ. It makes clear logical sense, since why would the devil waste his time working on someone he already has in his grip, when he could be using that time to go after another soul? But when that soul which is in his grip attempts to struggle free, he will be present to keep them as his own. Spiritual warfare. Lock and Load!