Parenting

Harry Potter: The Hero For Modern Witchcraft - continued...
By Jack M. Roper October 27, 2000
Courtesy of Christian Broadcasting Network

Dr. Schafer was right about the horror element.

“Draco paused to examine a long coil of hangman’s rope and to read, smirking, the card propped on a magnificent necklace of opals, Caution: Do Not Touch.Cursed-Has Claimed the Lives of Nineteen Muggle Owners to Date (page 52).

“Harry felt a hot surge of anger.-and as you see, certain of these poisons might make it appear-” (page 51).

“The aged witch stood in front of him, holding a tray of what looked horribly like whole fingernails. She leered at him, showing mossy teeth. Harry backed away” (page 54).

“For a few horrible seconds he had feared that the hat was going to put him in Slytherin, the house that turned out more Dark witches and wizards than any other-” (page 77).

“We’ll be repotting Mandrakes today. Now who can tell me the properties of the Mandrake”? (page 91-92). Mandrake causes hallucination and is poisonous.

“Of course , Mother was slightly disappointed, but since made her read Lockhart’s books I think she’s begun to see how useful it’ll be to have a fully trained wizard in the family...” ( page 94).

“And a few of you need to read Wanderings with Werewolves more carefully-I clearly state in chapter twelve that my ideal birthday gift would be harmony between all magic and non-magic people-” ( page 100).

“Alicia shrieked, ‘How dare you!’,and Ron plunged his hand into his robes, pulled out his wand, yelling, ‘You’ll pay for that one, Malfoy!” and pointed it [wand] furiously under Flint’s arm at Malfoy’s face” (page 112).

“And then Harry heard it...rip...tear...kill...Listen! said Harry urgently, and Ron and Hermione froze watching him...kill...time to kill...The voice was growing fainter” (page 137). Harry was now hearing voices.

“Mrs. Norris, the caretaker’s cat, was hanging by her tail from the torch bracket”. She was stiff as a board, her eyes wide and staring” (page 139).

“No, said Ron, without hesitation. Hearing voices no one else can hear isn’t a good sign, even in the wizarding world’ (page 145). Harry is hearing voices?

“For a few years, the founders worked in harmony together, seeking out youngsters who showed signs of magic and bringing them to the castle to be educated” (page 150). This is a good approach for your kid to become a full pledged Pagan witch.

“He believed that magical learning should be kept within all-magic families. He disliked taking students of Muggle parentage, believing them to be untrustworthy” (page 150). This is not sleight of hand magic but hard core witchcraft.

“Sir-what exactly do you mean by the ‘horror within’ the Chamber?” ( page 151).

“Peeves upset me so much I came in here and tried to kill myself. Then, of course, I remembered that I’m-that I’m-” “Already dead, said Ron helpfully”. ( page 156).

“Regrowing bones is a nasty business” (page 174).

“The holidays would be the perfect time to use the Polyjuice Potion and try to worm a confession out of him” (page 185).

“ I think I’d better do the actual stealing” (page 186).

“Potions lessons took place in one large dungeon...Twenty cauldrons stood steaming between the wooden desks, on which stood brass scales and jars of ingredients” (page 186).

“Then they raised their wands like swords in front of them” (page 190).

“A jet of silver light hit Malfoy in the stomach and he doubled up, wheezing” ( page 192).

“I’m a what? said Harry. ‘A Parselmouth!’ said Ron. ‘You can talk to snakes!” (page 195). I am trying to remember the last time someone talked to a snake.The Garden of Eden. Guess what that snake’s name was!

“That’s why the symbol of Slytherin House is a serpent” (page 196). An evil theme is also slithering through the Potter series.

“It’s not possible to live with the Dursleys and not hate them said Harry" (page 200). Where is Harry’s love for the people (Muggles) who took him in?

“I’m sure I’ve done everything right said Hermione, nervously rereading the splotched page of Moste Potente Potions . It looks like the book says it should...once we’ve drunk it, we’ll have exactly an hour before we change back into ourselves” ( page 215).

I hope no Potter fans start making their own potions thinking they will magically change. There are poisons out there. Witches in the past were known for their potions and poisons. See Man, Myth and Magic series. Volume 16.

“Yeah... said Malfoy. Luckily, they didn’t find much. Father’s got some very valuable Dark Arts stuff. But luckily, we’ve got our own secret chamber under the drawing-room floor”. Ho! said Ron” ( page 224). Anything to do with Black magic?

“You’d be surprised, said Ron, who was looking apprehensively at the book. Some of the books the Ministry’s confiscated-Dad’s told me-there was one that burned your eyes out” (page 230).

“Why not ask Professor Snape to show you how to whip up a Love Potion!” (page 236).

“I wish he was mine, he’s really divine, The hero who conquered the Dark Lord”. This was a singing valentine for Harry” ( page 238). Hero worship?

“It’s never too early to think about the future, so I’d recommend Divination” ( page 252).

“Kill this time...let me rip...tear... He shouted aloud and Ron and Hermione both jumped away from him in alarm. The voice said Harry...I just heard it again-didn’t you?” (page 254).

“Let me at him [Malfoy], Ron growled as Harry and Dean hung onto his arms. ‘I don’t care, I don’t need my wand, I’m going to kill him with my bare hands”. (page 267). Ron here has 2 weapons -- his wand and his “bare hands."

“A suspicious object like that, it was clearly full of Dark Magic” (page 329).

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