Well magik or magick are spells of demonic witchcraft. Magic is a performance art using slight of hand and other illusions. Clearly this book is about the former, not the later.
Would you say that we need to find the good in all books and movies?
AN ORTHODOX VIEW OF HARRY POTTER
Nicholas wrote:Well magik or magick are spells of demonic witchcraft. Magic is a performance art using slight of hand and other illusions. Clearly this book is about the former, not the later.
Well, no, clearly it is about neither. Rowling, at least thus far, has not given much of a theory of how magic works in the books. The only thing she has said is that the ability to do magic is innate to the person and seems somewhat hereditary. Reading demons into her books (again, thus far) is an improper projection of the reader into the text; she never mentions them.
Would you say that we need to find the good in all books and movies?
No, I would not.
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CGW wrote:Well, no, clearly it is about neither. Rowling, at least thus far, has not given much of a theory of how magic works in the books. The only thing she has said is that the ability to do magic is innate to the person and seems somewhat hereditary. Reading demons into her books (again, thus far) is an improper projection of the reader into the text; she never mentions them.
I think we all know where sorcery comes from.
Nicholas wrote:Would you say that we need to find the good in all books and movies?
CGW wrote:No, I would not.
Why this piece of literary fiction then?
Actually I belive you are right. There was a bio on her where she explained the sources for her books and the "knowledgr" therein. She did mention "educating herself in the arts" to make the book seem more realistic. Then inthe same interview when asked wether the things in the book would influence children she said, "if they do it is not my intent, but I have no control over that either way.
Ummm....
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Nicholas wrote:I think we all know where sorcery comes from.
I think you imagine that you do. But you are discussing this as if you knew where the magie came from in Rowling's books, in a way that confounds two senses of "origin". On the one hand, of course, it came from her mind, that sin-beset place. But within the story itself it doesn't come from anywhere; it is just a fact of life, a premise, without spiritual significance other than what the characters themselves make of it. That's the problem with your comments about sorcery: they don't come from the books, but from your mind, that sin-beset place.
Nicholas wrote:Would you say that we need to find the good in all books and movies?
CGW wrote:No, I would not.
Why this piece of literary fiction then?
Because it seems to speak ill of traditionalism that it seems to render its followers unable to read properly.