{"id":11820,"date":"2020-01-09T03:16:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T03:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/matauryn\/?p=11820"},"modified":"2020-04-26T21:04:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-26T21:04:03","slug":"christian-group-warns-of-new-disney-cartoons-witchcraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/matauryn\/2020\/01\/09\/christian-group-warns-of-new-disney-cartoons-witchcraft\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Group Warns Of New Disney Cartoon&#8217;s Witchcraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><figure id=\"attachment_11835\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11835\" style=\"width: 680px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11835\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/771\/2020\/01\/disneystheowlhouse.png\" alt=\"The Owl House\" width=\"680\" height=\"452\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11835\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Title-screen logo of Disney Television Animation for The Owl House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>First there was the panic over Harry Potter.\u00a0Now The Christian Broadcasting Network is warning about a new Disney cartoon called The Owl House, with a super dramatic headline stating \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www1.cbn.com\/cbnnews\/entertainment\/2020\/january\/warning-to-parents-new-disney-cartoon-teaches-kids-how-to-be-witches-using-a-demon-to-do-so\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\"><strong>Warning to Parents: New Disney Cartoon Teaches Kids How to Be Witches, Using a Demon to Do So.<\/strong><\/a>\u201d The article goes on to state:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe show tries to portray witchcraft as a positive tool to fight evil. That\u2019s similar to what real-life witches have been promoting over the past few years as they\u2019ve been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/matauryn\/2018\/07\/27\/the-magickal-battle-for-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\" decorated-link\">putting hexes on President Trump<\/a> and others in order to fight for their beliefs.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The article then proceeds to start throwing out Biblical verses right and left. Yes, I do notice the irony that the article (<a href=\"https:\/\/www1.cbn.com\/cbnnews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">and website<\/a>) is completely in support of Trump despite being the most un-Christ-like president that The United States has ever seen. The cognitive dissonance is particularly interesting when stating that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/matauryn\/2018\/06\/26\/witchcraft-has-always-been-political\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\" decorated-link\">witchcraft as a positive tool to fight evil<\/a>\u201d and then saying it\u2019s similar to witches putting hexes on President Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/thegodarticle\/2016\/03\/10-trump-quotes-and-10-bible-verses-questioning-his-christianity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\" decorated-link\">who is pretty much the living embodiment of the exact opposite of all of Jesus\u2019 teachings in the Bible<\/a>, or be more concerned about a fantasy cartoon than feeding, clothing, sheltering, and funding children\u2019s educations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Owl House Intro\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9tLbSLMt2Co?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The show\u2019s actual plot is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Owl_House_(TV_series)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">explained on Wikipedia as<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cLuz is a self-assured teenage human girl who accidentally stumbles upon a portal to another world. When on the Boiling Isle which is made from the remains of a dead Titan, she befriends the rebellious witch Eda and an adorably tiny warrior named King. Despite not having magical abilities and having to pose as a witch due to the prejudice towards humans, Luz pursues her dream of becoming a witch by serving as Eda\u2019s apprentice at the Owl House and ultimately finds a new family in an unlikely setting.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Can you imagine how great it would be if you could learn witchcraft from watching a cartoon? Unfortunately, as most witches know, that\u2019s not how it works.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/matauryn\/2017\/07\/23\/witchcraft-takes-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\" decorated-link\">Witchcraft takes a ton of work<\/a> and study and practice. You can no more learn to be a witch from watching The Owl House as you can from watching Harry Potter, though positive portrayals of witchcraft as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/matauryn\/2019\/06\/16\/calling-yourself-a-witch-is-indeed-identity-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\" decorated-link\">a marginalized practice<\/a> are important and <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@matauryn\/a-millennial-witchs-perspective-and-optimism-on-the-trump-phenomenon-d31458c1868f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\">can change public perception<\/a> of what witches are\u2014which is magick in itself. The same is true for positive portrayals in media of people of color, queer folks, and people who are differently abled. This includes fantasy. Children need fantasy in their lives, or they\u2019re likely to believe fantasies such as Trump somehow being remotely Christian when they grow up.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Official Trailer \n\nAnyways, I want to thank The Christian Broadcasting Network for bringing this show to my attention because it looks super cute and wanted to share it with all of you because I think many folks and their children will enjoy watching it. Just check out the trailer above! Adorable. 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He has been drawn to the occult and metaphysical since an early age, reading books on witchcraft at eight years old. He is an initiate of\u00a0Black Rose Witchcraft\u00a0and a priest in\u00a0Sacred Fires Tradition of Witchcraft\u00a0founded by\u00a0Devin Hunter. He\u00a0has also studied with various other traditions and teachers including Christopher Penczak in the Temple of Witchcraft Tradition, Laurie Cabot in the Cabot Tradition,\u00a0Jason Miller\u00a0in the\u00a0Sorcery of Hekate. He is a devotee of the\u00a0Covenant of Hekate\u00a0founded by\u00a0Sorita D\u2019Este. He writes for Patheos Pagan in his blog\u00a0For Puck\u2019s Sake, The House of Twigs, Horns Magazine, and on\u00a0his personal website. He has been featured in various magazines, radio shows, books and other periodicals such as The Witch's Almanac, DisInfo, The Wild Hunt, Down at the Crossroads podcast, Raise the Horns Podcast, Magick Magazine, Horns Magazine, Moon Books, Cutline Press, Just Julie, Magical Experiments, and more. Mat Auryn\u00a0is ranked the\u00a0second most influential person online in the field of neo-paganism and within the top 100 in divination according to Agilience. Mat was the very first recipient of the \"Most Supportive Witch Award\" presented by Witch Way Magazine for helping others in the witchcraft community and going above and beyond to make other witches feel like they are not alone. Mat has had the honor of helping thousands of people gain clarity through his skills of psychic ability and tarot reading throughout the world over the last decade. He has been interviewed on radio, in magazines, and on several websites and private newsletters. Mat teaches various metaphysical and occult subjects ranging from psychic development, magickal empowerment, working with spirits, divination, energy healing, lucid dreaming, divination, astral projection throughout New England including Salem, Massachusetts, known internationally as the Witch City. 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