What is the problem with Harry Potter?

The real problem is not Harry Potter

The problem is the lack of proper spiritual formation

A very symbolic scene in a prequel of Harry Potter (1)

NOTE Added on December 2021. This document was originally written in 2000-2001. Twenty years have passed since then and the world is now celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first film in the Harry Potter saga (2). As the message of this document is still valid, we keep intact its contents and the notes of 2003. Furthermore, a prequel to the saga has visually confirmed (1), through the inverted pentagram symbol, which (or who) is the source of inspiration for the Harry Potter phenomenon.

As the world holds its breath awaiting the next installment of the "Gospel according to Harry Potter" we, Christians, must take stock of what is really taking place. It is time to take a long and hard look on the mirror.

The product of the so-called New Age enlightenment (3) such as: Abortions, Failed Marriages, Drug Dependency and Abuse, Promiscuity, Sexual Perversions, Corrupt Government Officials, Amorality, etc. is the result of a poorly spiritually formed society. The question is: Who is ultimately responsible for such poor spiritual formation?

The answer should be clear for anyone who claims to be of the Christian Faith:

If in nearly 2,000 years evil has obviously completely gained the upper hand in the world, then, either Those who claim to have been entrusted by Our Lord Jesus Christ to Evangelize the world have done poorly; OR Jesus Christ lied to us; OR evil is more powerful than God.

It does not require John the Baptist to resolutely state that the first option provides the only answer. May God help any who may even fleetingly consider the second and third options as possibilities or try to justify the abysmal failings illustrated in the first option.

Are we being harsh?

We will answer such rhetorical question with additional questions: (a) Does anyone realize the enormous supernatural power that the Sacraments of the Catholic Church, Orthodox and Roman, have?; (b) Why has the true Successor of Peter and Bishop of Rome (4) find it necessary to go directly to the people via innumerable, demanding and exhausting trips?; (c) Why has it been necessary to shower the faithful with a multitude of necessary and truly Holy Encyclicals in the last thirty plus years?

My brothers and sisters, what the last Roman Catholic Pope of These Times has been trying to do is counteract the legacy of a corrupt structure. Not a corrupt Church but a corrupt organizational structure which, for nearly 2,000 years, has been primarily intent in amassing financial and political power while the souls of the faithful, with parched throats, went begging for a drop of the Living Waters that Our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, promised the Samaritan woman and, thus, to all of us.

The failure of the Evangelization effort was never an option when we consider that Our Lord Jesus Christ left us with such immense trove of powerful supernatural treasures (5).

The consequences of this failure is what our dear John Paul II has been trying to reverse since the moment he assumed the Chair of Peter (6).

May God the Father have Mercy on the members of the clergy and religious orders (7) who continue to lead a life of denial, refusing to utilize the supernatural powers available in the Treasures left to fallen humanity by Our Lord Jesus Christ. Such behavior is a blasphemy.

And you, brethren, do not cease to pray for the ever shrinking group of holy members of the clergy and religious orders. They need, and deserve, the full prayerful support of all Christians.

NOTE Added on July 29, 2003

After the dust generated during the last Harry Potter release settled, we read in a news report issued by Reuters on June 18, 2003 that:

Harry Potter can breathe a bit easier these days... the lawyers, preachers and family groups seem ready to give it a rest.

The last time Rowling released a book -- 2001's "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" -- Harry became a target of many Evangelical Christians who said the series of children's novels spawned an unhealthy appetite for witchcraft and the occult.

Mathew Staver, a Christian attorney in Orlando, sued a public library for encouraging children to read all four Potter novels,.. Schools and libraries all over the country came under attack.

Evangelical writer Richard Abanes' 2001 book "Harry Potter and the Bible" sold more than 100,000 copies and established him as one of the leading critics of the novels. Two years later, he thinks the momentum has run out on Potter bashing. "I've moved on. I have other things to do," Abanes said.

Many conservative Christians have come to embrace the books, in part drawn by a portrayal of evil that has grown ... almost Biblical, with each book.

Steven Vander Ark is a librarian at a Christian school in Michigan as well as webmaster of one of the largest Harry Potter sites on the Internet... sees Biblical themes and classically Christian symbols in Rowling's work... said Vander Ark. "She is writing extremely moral books that show that evil is real and you have to take a stand against it, even at great cost to yourself."

Well friends - there you have it. So much for "Christian zeal".

Would the faithful and leaders of Islam or Judaism have acted in the same manner had the core of their Faith been directly undermined as Christianity was? Of course not! The world would not have heard the end of it!

Do you wonder why God does not listen to most prayers these days?

"When you spread out your hands, I close my eyes to you; Though you pray the more, I will not listen. Your hands are full of blood!" [Isaiah 1:15]

We recommend the reading of all of Chapter 1 of the Book of the Prophet Isaiah - the world may find the reason and solution to its multiplying problems right there.

Keep in mind - that one believes on God or not does not affect God nor His Law.

NOTE Added on June 25, 2003 AND augmented on January 27, 2003

The latest Masterpiece of J. K. Rowling - "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" - has been released. We read in a news report by Reuters that:

"Harry Potter is a religion," said Connecticut teen-ager Caitlin Messina, clutching her new Nimbus 2000 broomstick.

"It is the fastest-selling book we have ever had," said a spokeswoman for WH Smith, Britain's largest bookseller, after Saturday's publication of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" was billed as the world's largest book launch.

"They were going through the tills at more than eight copies a second," she told Reuters. "Pre-orders were 10 times bigger than those for the last Harry Potter book."

"Rowling's fame - selling almost 200 million copies in 55 languages and 200 countries...", and

"The first two Potter movies have grossed $1.8 billion worldwide..."

Christian brothers and sisters - if you do not believe that satan has already been given (for those who have ears - Hear!) the run of the world by God, perhaps you should reevaluate what your beliefs are and with which religion they concur. Unless, of course, one wishes to believe that all we are seeing is a good marketing effort with the endorsement of The Vatican. [The next NOTE, published on February 6, 2003, will help the reader understand what we mean by this last statement.]

June 27th Addendum: We have just heard and seen J. K. Rowling on TV-EuroNews tell her adoring crowd of children that Harry Potter will not reach adulthood. She promised two more books and that will be the end of Harry Potter. It seems that he will somehow die as the result of the last of his adventures.

Harry Potter has been made the children's idol with the tacit approval of the ruling group within the Roman Catholic Church (see NOTE below) - someone to emulate in his witchcraft and wizardry. We presume then that once the innocent audience has been thoroughly identified with him, he will die... logically, setting the example for those innocent children and young adults who may want to emulate him - as if they needed an additional incentive to commit suicide!

Kyrie Eleison!

NOTE Added on February 6, 2003

The M+G+R Foundation responds to "The Vatican Gives Two Thumbs Up to Harry Potter" and to its endorsement by the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei.

NOTES

(1) The image corresponds to a very symbolic scene - centered on a large pentagram - that has a central importance in the movie "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find" (2016), continuation (prequel) of the Harry Potter saga. According to the time script of the saga, what happens in that film (in a fictional 1920s) is part of the culture and historical background of the character of Harry Potter.

In said scene of the movie, the supreme court of justice of the wizards (characterized as of good will, with possible exceptions) meet in its official headquarters, "The Pentagram Office" - an auditorium whose center is a large pentagram drawn on the floor, with the main point pointing to the throne of the supreme leader.

That scene in "The Pentagram Office", underpinned with great visual symmetry around the pentagram, is communicating the message that "whatever that symbol represents is the center from which supernatural power, justice and order emanate". As most of the world knows, the pentagram (especially the inverted pentagram) is the quintessential symbol of the evil and Satanism, as much as the swastika is the symbol of Nazism in the western world after Hitler.

(2) Harry Potter cast return to Hogwarts to mark 20th anniversary of first film, exactly 20 years on from the US release of the first film, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone", on 16 November 2001.

(3) Beware! The New Age Movement Is More Than Self-Indulgent Silliness

(4) 2003 - After our initial defense of John Paul II, we cannot endorse his post-1994 Papacy

(5) Our Lord Jesus Christ left us with such immense trove of powerful supernatural treasures

(6) The Chair of Peter - Institutional Idolatry - The Rock is Jesus Christ

(7) Selected Warning Letters to the Hierarchy of the Roman and Orthodox Churches

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