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(on Harry Potter).....

This is what concerns me. I read an article written by a former witch - she was of the opinion that things contained in the book are quite dangerous and that many of the spells and the wording contained in the books are in fact based in reality. Her statement was something along the lines of - if JK Rowling was not a witch - she was sure steeped in the traditions and knowledge of the occult enough that she certainly got all the facts right.


Beccasue, Rapture Ready 111 Comments [7/25/2011 3:20:23 AM]
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#1314053
Yownanymous

Yeah you haven't really talked to a witch have you?

7/25/2011 3:24:21 AM
#1314056
nutbunny

Yeeeeaah...

I work in a bookshop. Harry Potter is in the young adult FICTION section.

7/25/2011 3:32:05 AM
#1314057
MikeSihl

So...one who speaks latin is chanting evil debil spells?

7/25/2011 3:34:15 AM
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Percy Q. Shunn


7/25/2011 3:44:29 AM
#1314062
Anon2

Just to name a few spells mentioned in the Harry Potter series:

"Accio!" "Aparecium!" "Cave Inimicum!" "Cruciatus!" "Deletrius!" "Evanesco!" "Expelliarmus!" "Impedimenta!" "Levicorpus!"

Yes, "Beccasue", I agree, these spells are based in reality. On a language called "Latin", which was used for a very long time in academic and clerical circles. You might have heard of this language...

7/25/2011 3:46:30 AM
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Doctor Whom

A lot of former fill-in-the-blanks are willing to lie for Jesus. Just saying.

7/25/2011 3:47:41 AM
#1314064
Szena

Uh, right, because everyone knows that if you have access to ancient knowledge that has been kept secret for millennia you turn it into a popular series of books.

7/25/2011 3:51:17 AM
#1314065
Feroc

It actually makes me sad to read the thread on RR. :( It can't be actually true, that so many people really believe that stuff?

7/25/2011 3:51:28 AM
#1314067
Tallyho

So Hogwarts is/was real?? ZOMG - who would have thunk it!

Or are you trying to make your fiction seem real by claiming other fiction is real so yours must be too?

7/25/2011 3:54:46 AM
#1314068
Oh Dear

I tend to treat the words of "ex-witches" with about the same credibility as "ex-gays."

7/25/2011 3:57:10 AM
#1314077
Milza

She turned me into a newt!

7/25/2011 4:05:45 AM
#1314081
Bollox

Granny Weatherwax says she can't be havin' with this kind of thing.

7/25/2011 4:09:36 AM
#1314083
Agahnim

Harry Potter is a fictional story that centers around a young wizard and his friends. It is not a documentary.

7/25/2011 4:17:23 AM
#1314088
shykid

That "ex-witch" is a fundie just like you.

7/25/2011 4:30:13 AM
#1314091
Tolpuddle Martyr

Pictured.



Not a reliable source of information.

7/25/2011 4:36:46 AM
#1314093
D Laurier

Funny thing Beccasue... your "former witch" is probably you and your own bizzare fantasys about so-called "witches".
The "spells" in HP books are just faux latin nonsense along the lines of "gofastius" (go-fast-ius) as a speed enhansing spell.
It is FICTION aimed at CHILDREN and young teens.

7/25/2011 4:42:32 AM
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The Watcher

I believe, to the contrary, that JK Rowling is on record as saying she just made all that stuff up and didn't do much research at all.

7/25/2011 4:52:02 AM
#1314095
Mister Spak

THE BLAIR WITCH IS REAL!!!!!!!!!

7/25/2011 5:01:28 AM
#1314106
LV426

I actually know a fair deal about "real" magic and "the traditions and knowledge of the occult" and let me just tell you one thing: No.

Harry Potter has a lot of traditional fantasy imagery, but very little of it based on any "real" magical tradition. The vast majority of "real" magic is highly ritualized and complex. This is because magic doesn't really function on any kind of supernatural level. It functions on psychology. The point of a ritual is to get you as immersed as possible in a very emotionally charged atmosphere. The idea is that this focuses your thoughts and feelings toward whatever your goal is and creates a mindset more inclined toward succeeding. Then, just like with prayer, the good old Confirmation Bias takes care of the rest. Some people in the occult community understand that it's just a placebo, most don't (And I think the ones that do prefer it that way. It's much easier to manipulate someone if they think you have special powers than if they realize you're just a good psychologist.), but I think they'd all laugh at you if you told them Harry Potter was real magic.

7/25/2011 5:20:03 AM
#1314108
kuribo

I don't believe you, since I distrust the judgement of anyone stupid enough to believe that magic is real and witches have powers.

7/25/2011 5:23:57 AM
#1314110
awitch

Stupidicus Moronus!

7/25/2011 5:26:33 AM
#1314115
Jack Bauer

Yeah, but wandless magic is REALLY DIFFICULT!

7/25/2011 5:31:24 AM
#1314116
farpadokly

Rapture ready creeps me out. I think it's the emoticons.

7/25/2011 5:31:53 AM
#1314117
Jack Bauer

Ooops! 'Twas but a double post caused by an errant spell bouncing off the moon.


7/25/2011 5:32:32 AM
#1314118
mikeytron

many of the spells and the wording contained in the books are in fact based in reality.

yes, the wording of spells in harry potter is indeed based in reality. it's called "latin". latin persists today in about half of english vocabulary, and there's even a whole family of languages that are continuations of latin. they're called "romance languages", and modern english is so heavily influenced by latin through old french and proto-romance that it is sorta like an "honorary" romance language itself.

anyway, that means you're communicating in WITCHCRAFT OMG. you better be quiet lest you make jesus very angry by casting spells with your words.

7/25/2011 5:34:57 AM
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