is it possible that harry porter books have withcraft undertones?

Answer 1

Hope you realise IF you attack anything with bad latin you attack the basis of the Xian faith.

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Answer 2

You're missing the point. The Harry Potter books are commercial novels which make heavy use of commonly available British occultist and folkloric materials. I would hate to hear your or your informants views of Alan Garner's the Weirdstone of Brisingamen or worse, Bulgakov's the Master and Margarita, which are also books which made use of that sort of material.

Bulgakov of course made use of Russian materials. And it was intended for a very mature audience. It was first published roughly two decades after his death because he used witches and demons and other creatures to satirize the new Soviet Morality very savagely. That Margarita is an adulteress and yet is superior to the bureaucrats is just one more element of his critique.

Alan Garner, in this and other books, does present a modern neo-pagan view of British society (whether he is actually a neo-pagan or not). At the same time he does not suggest that we humans should abandon society and embrace magic.

Rowling actually takes a more conservative view of her material. Occultist elements, such as the inclusion of Nicholas Flaumel in the first book, are almost a distraction. The key to understanding the Harry Potter books is folkloric materials. I won't even bother to mention some of the elements you can get by looking up the history of Witchcraft on line or in small press books such as nearly every region of the English-speaking world publishes. The books are learned about what people actually believed. They are also, like Alan Garner's books and Bulgakov's, great yarns.

The only thing Harry Potter really glorifies is storytelling, not witchcraft. Certainly not respect for the sources (which she sometimes, but doesn't always show, and it really isn't something worth judging her on). If there are "witchcraft undertones" in the book, so what? People who want to accept that they are as important as her art are people who want to live in a very narrow and circumscribed world. A world like the one which Bulgakov satirized.

And of course the point of his book was that the Devil went to Moscow and felt right at home because he too was an atheist. What do you think the Devil might have in common with you?

Answer 3

To ask if these books have witchcraft "undertones" is like asking if the bible has religious undertones.

As others have stated, the stories are ABOUT witchcraft, or at least about one vision of witchcraft. Nothing secretive or sneaky about that. All the main characters are witches or wizards, or some other magical being. It's wonderful make-believe.

But if you mean to ask whether the books have satanic undertones, I would say "of course not."

And if we talk about modern day people who actually identify themselves as witches....they are usually wiccans, who do not believe in christianity and thus do not believe in satan. So they are not satanists.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

So does the Wizard of OZ, Snow White, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland Fanstasia, Hansel and Gretal, Van Heilsing, Frankenstein, Dracula, World History and every single mythology book in the world.

I am failing to see the issue here. Hitler failed at book burning. Fundamentalist Christians will too.

Answer 6

Definitely. No doubt about it!
Undertones as well as overtones...!

And they are raising up a generation of witches, warlocks and sorcerers!

I have just read a book written by an ex-sorcerer called Daud Tony, an Indonesian, & he testified that both white witchcraft and black witchcraft are from the same source.

Answer 7

Witchcraft isn't a bad thing, genius. It's actually only used for good and helping people. So-called black magic is for people who are totally clueless, Harry Potter's witchcraft is the fiction kind, by the way.

Answer 8

Harry Potter books have got lots of "withcraft" overtones, if you read them.

They've also got quidditch, muggle, squib, butterbeer and Berty Bott's all-Flavoured Beans. That's what the books are about, you muggle.

Answer 9

I've read all seven books, and let me say I'm Shocked.

I just now realized that these books deal with "witchcraft" and "wizardry".

I thought they were all carrying those wands around because they might get asked to conduct an orchestra at any time.

Answer 10

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Answer 11

Harry potter has nothing to do with the way true witchcraft is practised and taught.