Ok, another question about DE's

[profadumbledore]

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From: profadumbledore
Subject: Re: Ok, another question about DE's
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Date: 8/21/00 12:42 am  (ET)

Oh, my goodness.

This is the one thing that I do NOT like about the HP novels (and I
adore them all).

This is about Dark Magic..usually known as Black Magic. I have been
personally appalled by the television focus on black/blood magic as if
it occurred daily. This is of particular concern to me as a pagan because
folks assume we practice dark/blood magic, which of course we don't.

But Voldemort, et aliae, do. The terrible scene where Pettigrew does the
ritual of blood...bone of the murdered father of Voldemort...blood from
his own severed hand..and blood of the enemy..Harry..combines to allow
Voldemort to rise..

Unfortunately, and disgustingly, it's classic dark magic....evil
magicians feed off the pain, torture, death of another and become more
powerful...(Mercedes Lackey does a good job of describing it in her
books)...hence the term Death Eaters...they feed off death.....