[HPforGrownups] Re: Muggle Practices/Religion/Weasley practices

[jazmyn]

No: HPFGUIDX 78923



Richard wrote:
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> You also seem to think Wicca is more ancient than it is.  True, it
> has some very ancient threads in its tapestry, but it is itself a
> Twentieth Century synthesis of several classical and pre-classical
> threads.  Further, pagan is a much broader term than the historical
> bases of Wicca, covering, from the Judeo-Christian perspective, just
> about any religion that isn't Judeo-Christian.  (Islam is not
> regarded by most of the people I know as "pagan," but as "wrong," in
> one way or another, yet still of the same god-head.)
> 
> 
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> 
> Richard
> 


Thing is, JKR's Wizards are NOT Wiccans. Wicca is a religion and happens 
to be one that 'believes in magic', but they are not in fact 'real 
wizards'.  Don't argue with me on this, as there is not one Wiccan out 
there who can change a teacup into a thimble.. and if they think they 
can, they can come here and change me into a cat and prove it.  Note 
there are sects of Judaism that also believe in magic, plus numerous 
non-Wiccan pagan religions.

Wizards in JKR's world are a 'sub-species' of humans more then anything. 
They are people BORN with the ability to do real magic, not 'religion 
based' sympathetic magic, not David Copperfield illusions, but real 
magic. Due  it being genetic, they are apt to be very diverse in 
religions they might follow and not all follow one religion.

Hoggwart's mirrors real schools in what holidays are observed, very 
possibly because of muggle influence. As Hagrid stated, there is hardly 
a witch or wizard born who doesn't have muggle blood nowdays, meaning 
purebreds are pretty rare and muggle influence very high.

Jazmyn