Request for Anti-HP Video

[dfrankiswork at netscape.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 27133

John Walton wrote:

(and I'm responding against my better judgement)

> 3) reincarnation
> Erm... Flamel? Except he's not dead.

and Riddle is an ancestor of Slytherin? ;-)

> 4) communing with the dead and spirit world
> Dead, sure, spirit world...umm...do they mean the Pensieve?

Dead: Priori incantatem - Cedric, Frank, Bertha, James, Lily
Spirit World: Trelawney's 2nd prediction might be understood this way.
> 
> 5) seasonal nature celebrations
> Like Christmas? Or do they mean the annual snowball fight?

I guess they mean Hallowe'en - but don't want to say right out until 
you are watching the video.  Opposition to Hallowe'en as 'the devil's 
festival' is widespread.
> 
> 6) sorcery, divination, spells, curses
> Yeah, yeah.
> 
> 7) meditation
> Erm...

Trelawney implies she does this, IIRC
> 
> 8) Occult symbology
> Given that the Christian cross is itself an occult symbol (just 
turn it
> upside down, folks), that's a bit rich coming from them!

The Dark Mark - to be fair, the cross isn't meant to be secret 
(occult), whereas the DM sort of is (OK not over your house, but on 
their arms).
> 
> 9) Black magic
> I think they're misconstruing "Dark Magic" here...

or all magic is black to them.
 
> 10) demon possession

Trelawney again
> 
> 11) "dark" aspects of Witchcraft
> Sure. Except that it's JKR's *fantasy* witchcraft.
> 
and of course it's supposed to be a bad thing you wouldn't want to 
copy.  And it's interesting that Trelawney is not exactly given a 
ringing endorsement for the reader.

David, not wanting to lose Ebony's original idea