"On top of that, ex-Wiccans have said that Rowling incorporated lots of Wiccan elements into the stories. I forget which details, but the info is out there and it doesn't sound great from a Catholic perspective. I read the Harry Potter series as it was coming out, but knowing what I know now...I wouldn't bother picking it up again.
Current Wiccans actually get very annoyed when they are compared to Harry Potter, I don't know about ex-wiccans, but about thirty wiccans have protested against a comparison of the Wiccan religion and Harry Potter.
By the way, Rowling told publicly in an interview, that the entire Potter story "suddenly" was in her head within a second, whilst she drove bus or whatever. So indeed the Potter story is a true afflatus -- just no divine one.
Although she did say this, in another interview, and in many biographies, it states that she started making up the story at age six...
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am not endorsing Harry Potter at all, I am a traditional Catholic who wouldn't think of such a thing!. However, I have read the books and many things associated with Harry Potter, and I just wanted to correct a few points.
Topic: Question about Harry Potter? (Read 13405 times)