Witchcraft has been around for so many centuries, it has infiltrated everything from religion to TV Shows, movies and cartoons, books and theme parks. The problem with witchcraft is that is has become more of a normalcy in households so much so, that merely mentioning that magic is evil is to proclaim that one is ignorant and to lighten up because it's just fun and imagination and why would anyone want to take away a child's imagination? How boring it must be to be someone who doesn't believe in the "magic" of things right? And not to mention, it just plain isn't real so who cares? All of these excuses could be no further from the truth. Witchcraft is very much real. And thanks to the movie Harry Potter, it became an instant obsession to many children and even adults. Even professing Christians have become saturated with all things Harry Potter and have gone so far as to sneak it into churches and teach it to the children.
The Bible is quite clear about the dangers of witchcraft and how God views it.
"....Idolatry, WITCHCRAFT, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, THAT THEY WHICH DO SUCH THINGS SHALL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD."
-Galatians 5:20-21
If you have been following my blogs you have read countless other verses that talk about witchcraft. It is detestable in the sight of the Lord, it is evil and yet people try to make excuses for it because as I have said before, it is wrapped up in a cute package or as entertainment and the world accepts it.
The first novel came out in 1997, written by JK Rowling. It became such a hit that, naturally, it had to be made into a movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, which premiered in 2001. The movie was an even bigger hit. There are 7 books in total:
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (1997)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1999)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003)
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (2005)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow (2007)
Even the number of books has a significance, Rowling herself said that 7 is a magic number. And truly it is as though a spell has been cast upon people with their obsession in all things Harry Potter. Many people remain ignorant to the fact that the spells cast in Harry Potter are real witch spells, or even then names of characters that are actual demon names.
If you choose to not believe this, click here for a Wiccan website that cites some lists of spells that are cast in Harry Potter that are real witchcraft spells. The website is completely unbiased, i.e. it doesn't come from a Christian point of view.
Circe is a goddess of magic, also known as a nymph or even a witch. She is supposedly the daughter of Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft where according to many covens, is the one who started witchcraft itself. As we know, anything considered to be a god or goddess are nothing more than demonic entities parading around as these creatures. According to witch covens this is a picture of what she supposedly looked like, complete with wand in hand:
Let's take a look at a very obvious demonic character, Draco Lucius Malfoy. Draco means dragon, Lucius is a shortened name for Lucifer, and he happens to be part of the "Slytherin" house according to the books. No connection there? How obvious can this be before you see for yourself? Erised, another name in the series, is Desire spelled backwards. All one has to do is read the books of Aleister Crowley himself who teaches that one should spell backwards, called the Law of Reversal. This was used to summon demons, to attract fame and power and even for divination purposes. Hermes, was a Greek messenger of the gods, he was also considered the founder of alchemy and other occult sciences. He is also known under the term god of magic and wisdom. From the god Hermes is where the Hermetic Qabalah came from. Qabalah, as we have discussed before, is a magical element to Judaism. Completely demonic in nature.
So just in knowing that you are uttering the names of demons and allowing your children to do so as well, opens yourself up to demonic possession or for demons to enter your home. They cannot come in unless you invite them in, much like the fictional character of Dracula, who also is a demonic figure.
Picking up a wand and pretending to cast spells is dangerous. But that is exactly what the wizarding world of Harry Potter teaches children to do, not to mention the countless adults who do this as well, as though playing around with spell casting is innocent.
This is a book written by a young fan of the age of 15 who has been a long time Harry Potter admirer:
You can click this link to see what is in the book. It teaches what each spell does, and even includes a "forbidden" section. He wanted to teach other fans how to say spells from the books. Here's some more books aimed at teaching kids spells and magic:
There are countless other books, some aimed at very small children with signs and symbols that are very demonic, some of which I have written blogs on. Why the insistence to teach our children how to cast spells? How is this not worrying to many parents and especially Christian parents? Is it because you are sure that your children would never have a real interest in witchcraft? Let's take a look at some research into that very subject.
"...Harry Potter...will lead to a whole new generation of youngsters discovering witchcraft and wizardry....Increasing numbers of children are spending hours alone browsing the internet in search of Satanic websites and we are concerned that nobody is monitoring this growing fascination." Peter Smith, general secretary of the British Association of Teachers and Lecturers
"The Pagan Federation has appointed a youth officer to deal with a flood of inquiries following the success of the Harry Potter books which describe magic and wizardry."
Two British reports on this phenomenon show us the obvious: popular forms of occult entertainment "have fueled a rapidly growing interest in witchcraft among children." Naturally, the island's Pagan Federation is pleased. Though it refuses to admit new members under age 18, "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."
"It is quite probably linked to things like 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."
While children everywhere crave supernatural thrills, Great Britain, the birthplace of Harry Potter, has been a wonderland of options for exploring practical witchcraft. And plenty of youth have caught Harry's vision. They want to learn his wizardly ways. So what are some of the responses from children who have read Harry Potter books and seen the movies? Read the statements below and think about 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.
"I like the third book because here [Harry] meets his godfather and Professor Lupin, a really cool guy [This really "cool guy" turns into a werewolf]...." Harry Libarle, age 7.
By age ten, Jacqui K. was fascinated with anything supernatural. Since her parents set no limits, she read every fiction and fantasy book she could find on the magical world she craved. In her imagination, she met wizards and witches, power and excitement.
"I continued reading Harry Potter-type books through grade school, high school and into college," she says. "Three to five a week! The older I got, the easier they were to find. The whole time I considered myself a Christian! If someone had pointed out to me what I was doing, I would have laughed. I was a normal teenager and a leader in my church group."
Still think there's no harm in letting kids read this type of literature? Every time anything magic becomes popular, stores and websites get a surge in business with teens and even children interested in learning more and wanting books, amulets, wands, anything that has to do with magic. It opens people up to demonic entities and are confused and deceived by the enemy that it's all fun and games. Too many go beyond the fun and seriously take an interest in the occult world, why would we set up our children for this type of deception?
"Train up a child in the way they should go, and when they are old, they will not depart from it." -Proverbs 22:6
What are we as parents doing when we allow our children to participate in even pretending with magic? If the Lord is so adamant about us staying away from it, why then do we throw our most precious possessions that God has entrusted us with and throw them straight into the lion's den and then just hope for the best outcome? It doesn't work that way and we need to be careful because God is quite clear:
"And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea." -Mark 9:42
When God says to not offend one of these little ones, He means to not cause them to stumble, to not cause them to fall into sin. We, as parents, need to put our children's spiritual life as priority over their "need" to be entertained. The enemy knows how to infiltrate kid's minds and most of the time, we just let it happen.
Harry Potter himself. The one kids look up to and want to emulate and dress up as, has so much evil in and of himself that it's a wonder people don't realize it. Let's start off with his name. Potter.
“Potter” is a Pagan witch, “the female goddess of Babylon who is considered the potter who created the human being from clay. God, unable to give birth, is essentially believed to have tried to mimick the Potter. The feminine-oriented cult of witchcraft sees the woman and her process of birth as fundamental in the new life, the transformation, the alchemy, the changing of the inner man to higher consciousness which is what Harry Potter is all about… This is an upside down reversal of what a Christian believes. When they come into a personal relationship with Christ they are transformed and take on the mind of Christ.” (Caryl Matrisciana in Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged © 2001, Jeremiah Films.)
He has a lightning bolt on his forehead, and as mentioned in previous blogs, the lightning bolt has a satanic significance, it is heavily used in the satanic church.
"And he said unto them, I beheld satan like lightning fall from heaven." -Luke 10:18
Harry's dad appears to him as a horned god looking stag, making a connection with the horned pagan god of Wicca:
Alan Moore, a very well known Satanist credited with writing V for Vendetta and the Watchmen, wrote a series of books titled The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, in one called Century 2009, he made known the antichrist of the series, and it was all a buzz because the character, although he was not named, it was very clear that it was in fact Harry Potter. He makes allusions to the hidden scar, the fact that he has a mentor named Riddle, that he goes to a magical school on a magical train located between platforms in London's King's Cross. Moore has been questioned about it and he never denies that it is indeed Harry Potter he has chosen as the antichrist. Very interesting considering he is an avid Satanist.
JK Rowling herself has said that the inspiration for the books all came from European folklore, mythology and alchemy. The books, which are praised for being such great literature for children of all ages, are riddled with so many things that God detests. Things such as necromancy and communication with the dead, curse words that seem to increase with every new book, reincarnation, constant murders and torture including a child killing his father and turning him into a bone and burying it, spirits take control of bodies ( possession ), bad conduct is rewarded, hatred and revenge are a constant theme, parents are viewed as evil, according to the Potter books rules are made to be broken and lying is an effective way to achieve a desired end. Harry finds curses and countercurses to put on his friends and enemies. As Starhawk, founder of the Covenant of the Goddess, explains it: “In witchcraft, we do not fight self-interest, we follow it”, that seriously echoes the Aleister Crowley teaching of "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law".
The teaching is purely self satisfaction based, do whatever you want. And after reading all this that is the main focus of these books Rowling has the audacity to say:
“I think they’re very moral books.”—Rowling, BBC interview, October 17, 1999.
In what universe is any of this moral? This is what we want our children to learn? All in the spirit of learning to read and appreciate books??? Is this how far gone as a society we have become that violence and cursing and witchcraft is what we need in order to get our kids to read? All this does is poison not only children's minds but adults as well.
I see too many professing Christians make excuses for Harry Potter, and there is no easy way to say it, but no matter what opinion you may have about it being "good", it is filled with occultic themes and symbols and wizards and witchcraft and demons and none of this is good nor pleasing in the sight of the Lord. We don't get to make the rules, God made the rules, it is not up to us to change them how we see fit. If God's word says to stay away, then please children of God, STAY AWAY!
"And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you." 2 Corinthians 6:16-17
Magic is witchcraft, there is no good and bad magic, it is all evil. Do not deceive yourselves into thinking it is ok for you or your family to engage in. Satan knows what he is doing, he has found a way to get into Christian's homes by turning on your television and being entertained by his deception. By dressing up and pretending to play magic, by speaking these so called magic spells. You are inviting demons into your life and into the life of your children. As a watchman, I feel it crucial to have to expose these wicked deeds of darkness and pray that the Holy Spirit gives you discernment and helps you to remove these things that do nothing more than build a barrier between you and God. Time is getting short, evil is increasing in this world and God will be separating the sheep from the goats before Jesus returns to take His children home. I pray this message comes across and you choose God over the enemy. In all love and for the glory of God. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
"Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God." - 3 John 1:11
