Since Rayelan's post dated Wednesday 13th of December concerning the retraction of the Harry Potter article I feel it necessary to post a retraction of my own post, "Harry Potter Books and Draco - Warning To Parents". I would further like to apologise to any RMNews Agents to which this caused any sort of offence.
I am well aware that the origins of the article from "The Onion" (http://theonion.com/onion3625/harry_potter.html) was a dubious source but was willing to take the gamble that some of the information contained therein may have been accurate. Obviously this was a mistake.
However, I still hold very grave concerns for children being lured into facination with the occult through various media including "Harry Potter Books". Consider some of the following comments found on the 'Unofficial Harry Potter Fan Club Website'.
http://www.coolboard.com/msgshow.cfm/msgboard=603110229271316&msg=50407531836611&page=1&idDispSub=613004926070965
"8.Harry Potter,is magical.People like stuff about magic.And the series is very good and the characters are awsome!But Harry Potter teaches you things also.Like,if you mess something up,you're gonna have to pay for it later.Stuff like that...
9.Oh I've made friends online who love HP like me.It...it..made me think differntly about the world.Mostly the last book.Goblet Of Fire.People,like your best friend,could die tommrow.People was being killed for no reason everyday.Your mom or dad could die in a few hours.What will you do? Harry Potter,(this might sound dumb) but,it kinda teaches you pain...The world is pretty cruel,so live it when you can. 10.HARRY POTTER IS COOL!!!!
NAME:MEGAN [age 12]
E-MAIL:[Withheld]
"10. Now I get to put this down. JKR did an enormus amount of research to make this book. Every name, plant, animal, and spell means something! The plants she used (most of them) are real, if you disqualify the babies at the end of the mandrake and the plant that was teething in the second book. Pheonixes, griffins, sphinxes... they all come from different mythology. The names also mean different things, though I can't remember them. Hope
your report goes well-"
~Pegasus29~ [pre teen]
"8. Several things....the fun of the magic..being able to fly, apparate, charms, potions, etc., the parallel magical world, the problems that the characters face that we can all relate to, the battle of good vs. evil where good doesn't always win, the reality of sadness in life, the great (my opinion) writing style of JKR. 9. No. But I do think that they've helped to teach my kids how exciting books can be!
10. I really have enjoyed all of the symbolism, especially with the names, that JKR uses. Good luck with your paper!"
JENNIFER [age 44]
Also consider the sources for some of the material in author used
in the Harry Potter books. The following is an excerpt from an interview with Amazon.com and JK Rowling:
"Amazon.co.uk: Where did the ideas for the wizard classes and magic spells come from?
Rowling: I decided on the school subjects very early on. Most of the spells are invented, but some of them have a basis in what people used to believe worked. We owe a lot of our scientific knowledge to the alchemists!"
I do not make claims and concerns as some half cocked, bigoted Christian either, but out of concern for the innocence of children being lured into a very dark world of existence. This statement I do not make half heartedly, because it was the lure of the occult via such media as "harmless" childrens books, TV programs, like "Katweazel" (This program may not be known to Americans - but it is to Britians and Australians), and movies like the "Exorcist", that seduced me into a dark world which led me to the thresh hold of committing murder in a Satanic Ritual and almost cost my own life as well. The one indelible marks it did leave were emotional and psychological scars.
Look at the list of programs today that are specifically targeted at our children - there are an endless list of films, cartoons, and programs that advocate violence and retribution, selfishness and self indulgence, advocation of witchcraft/paganism.
The following article from Ananova confirms my concern.
Ananova :
TV shows fuel children's interest in
witchcraft
http://ananova.com/entertainment/story/television_children-entertainment-religion-paganism_926320.html
The Pagan Federation is claiming that TV programmes
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Sabrina the Teenage Witch
have fuelled a rapidly growing interest in witchcraft among children. The organisation says 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.
Media officer Andy Norfolk says the Federation is to
appoint its first youth officer in September after receiving calls following recent articles about paganism in teenage magazines.
Mr Norfolk said: "Our youth officer will explain things like the principle ethic of witchcraft - that you should not cause harm to anyone - and that it's not just an easy way to get a new boyfriend!"
He insists that the Federation is a responsible organisation which does not allow anyone under the age of 18 to become a member.
Explaining the growing interest in recent years, Mr Norfolk claims the Christian Church has failed to provide "the right degree of spirituality for young people", whereas paganism involves "direct communication with the divine".
Kate West, a 42-year-old witch and vice president of the
Federation, who was recently commissioned by publishers
HarperCollins to write an introductory handbook on
witchcraft, believes teenage interest in paganism has
always been substantial.
She said: "When I was a teenager, there were only about
10 books on witchcraft around. But now there is so much
information on the Internet which makes it is so much more accessible.
The growing trend has been described as "worrying" by
John Buckeridge, editor of Youthwork, a monthly Christian
magazine.
He said: "The growing number of books and TV shows like
Harry Potter and Sabrina the Teenage Witch encourage an
interest in magic as harmless fun. However for some young
people it could fuel a fascination that leads to dangerous dabbling with occult powers. So what starts out as spooks and spells can lead to psychological and spiritual damage."
Last updated: 01:11 Friday 4th August 2000
Also consider the following excerpts from "The Satanic Bible", written by Anton LaVey, founder of the First Church of Satan in
America. http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1393.cfm
The author, Anton LaVey, states: "... Satanic weddings consecrating the joys of the flesh ... lust rituals to help individuals attain their sex desires, destruction rituals to enable members of the Satanic church to triumph over enemies." [Introduction]
"Satan represents indulgence instead of abstinence!" [p. 25]
"Satan represents vengeance instead of turning the other cheek!" [Ibid.]
"Satan represents all of the so-called sins, as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification!" [Ibid.]
"Hate your enemies with a whole heart, and if a man smite you on one cheek, SMASH him on the other!; smite him hip and thigh, for self-preservation is the highest law! He who turns the other cheek is a cowardly dog" [p. 33; Emphasis was in the original]
"... make the most of life -- here and now! There is no heaven of glory bright, and no hell where sinners roast ... Here and now
is our day of joy! Here and now is our opportunity! Choose ye this day, this hour, for no redeemer liveth! Say unto thine own
heart, 'I am my own redeemer'." [Ibid.]
"... the Satanist simply accepts the definition [of God] which suits him best. Man has always created his gods, rather than his
gods creating him ... To the Satanist, 'God' -- by whatever name he is called, or by no name at all -- is seen as the balancing
factor in nature, and as not being concerned with suffering. This powerful force which permeates and balances the universe is
far too impersonal to care about the happiness or misery of flesh-and-blood creatures on this ball of dirt upon which we live."
[p. 40]
"The seven deadly sins of the Christian Church are: greed, pride, envy, anger, gluttony, lust, and sloth. Satanism advocates
indulging in each of these 'sins' as they all lead to physical, mental, or emotional gratification." [p. 46 ]
If you feel this is just all rhetoric and does not concern the media aimed at children, then do some simple research. Find out who are the organisations that are fronting the money for all the media that is being thrown at our children and what is their motive behind it? What organisations are they afilliated with? Finally do some historical research into ancient paganistic societies and practices. I assure you that as you learn of the practices of ancient paganism the picture will become rather grim.
Finally, if you think none of this has anything to do with the NWO, and that is not to say that JK Rowling intentionally has, consider the following. Below is two of the main points of the Illuminati Manifesto, authored by Adam Weishaupt.
"...the aboliton of: ...5. social order in families, sexual laws,
and moral codes, 6. all religious discilplines based on faith in God as oppossed to faith in nature, man, and reason (deism)."
(Stan Deyo, 'The Cosmic Conspiracy - New And Revised 1992 Edtion', West Texas Trading, PO Box 71 Kalamunda, WA, Australia 6076, pg. 66, "Orders of Illuminism") [i.e. faith in nature, man, and reason is the practice of pagansim, white and black magic, and satanism.]
