Comments on: Harry Potter and the Christian Allegory

By: Christian mom

Christian mom — Sat, 15 May 2010 03:29:02 +0000

To those who claim the themes in HP are common to many religions-I have two questions. Which specific religions other than Christianity teach that a man conquered death by giving up his life to save those he loved? And which religion hinges on a Father who loved the world enough to sacrifice his perfect Son?
Furthernore, I am ashamed that so many Christians denounce this incredibly creative series that is a more accurate Christian allegory than Narnia. If the parallels between Dumbledore and God, between Harry and Jesus, are lost on these far right fanatics…they simply cannot have gotten past the terms “witch” and “wizard” to find the true, not-at-all masked messages of these books. I find it encouraging that this series was so widely popular. I would MUCH rather my children be curled up reading “The Deathly Hallows” than watching the latest Disney series. My entire family read the series without even the slightest urge to join the occult. I wonder how many others made it through unscathed!

By: Aerandir

Aerandir — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 08:10:00 +0000

Well, the links to Christianity are only one side of the coin. I’ve written an article on Harry Potter and the references to Occultism last month (unfortunatly it’s in Dutch).There are certain aspects that are quite intrueging. To name a few: the resemblances between Dumbledore and Eliphas Levi on one side and Voldemort and Anton LaVey on the other. The presentation of “Horcruxes”, which resemble thoughts of Johannes Trithemius (1462-1516),in “The art of drawing spirits into crystals”. The same goes for “occlumency” and the thoughts of Giordano Bruno, in “De Umbris Idearum” and “Ars Memoriae”.I think you can’t just dismiss Rowling’s inspiration as being “Christian values”, there’s much more to it.Of course, there are some Christian values inside her books. After all, most of those values are rather universal and can be found in many religions. And, a fact which most people seem to forget, the whole “magic and occultism” thing is a typical western tradition (there are others, but those aren’t too well known in Europe or America for that matter), and was dominated by Christianity (if not Catholicism) from it’s origins until the late 19th century. It’s unthinkable to imagine “Magic”, without the Christian influences.

By: Jason Pitzl-Waters

Jason Pitzl-Waters — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:03:00 +0000

“To claim a strong christian message to “Harry Potter” sounds to me like many christian parents coming to grips with the fact that censorship is wrong…”Or it could be that people are paying attention to what the author of the books has been saying for some time now, and looking at the actual Biblical references within the books.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:56:00 +0000

Since when is christianity the only religion which believes in an existence after death? Are christians the only ones who observe celebrations at midwinter?The answers are obvious!To me, the only question is: why does evrything have to be “christian”?Why are no wicce, druids, asartru, romuva, etc., claiming their festivals, beliefs, etc., from “Harry Potter”? Probably because these groups feel no need to bully the world into following their paths, nor have the inclination to interject themselves, so often fallaciously, into every aspect of everyday life. To claim a strong christian message to “Harry Potter” sounds to me like many christian parents coming to grips with the fact that censorship is wrong, and that denying their children access to these erstwhile satanic works hasn’t worked so very well.