[HPforGrownups] Excusssse me.

[Alina]

No: HPFGUIDX 48036

> It seems, that people took offense to my hinting that people in the WW
> might 'pity' muggles who 'believe' they can cast spells. (ie. Pagan,
> Voodoo, Shaman, Satanist, whatever.. also including any non-religion
> based sympathetic magic or superstitions). This was NOT aimed at
> offending anyone far as RELIGION goes, but aimed at showing that people
> in the WW may view the 'magic' practiced by said people as 'muggles who
> THINK they can do magic'.  If people find this offensive because they DO
> think they can do real magic, I invite them to come visit me and
> levitate objects around the room or turn into an animal of their choice
> to prove it... Otherwise, please understand that I was TRYING to present
> how a viewpoint of someone from the Wizarding World (if it did
> hypothetically exist) would see it.
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> Jazmyn

I am a Wicca and I, for one, completely agree with you Jazmyn. The books
were created to picture "wave a magic wand" type of magic, and that does
only exist in fairy tales. As such it will always "win" in comparison to
religious magic of the real world. Boy, wouldn't I like to be able to whip
out a magic wand and voila! dishes are washing themselves! I think that it's
rather fair to say that if the Harry Potter world accounted for religious
magic, then wizards and witches would look at it funny and more than likely
condescendingly. But then again, their magic is NOT religion. So, I think,
that perhaps what we have here is a mix-up due to terminology. Religious
magic and magic in HP books are obviously not the same magic, but because we
use the same word, such conflicts may arise.

Alina.