{"id":4107,"date":"2011-07-11T23:10:02","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T03:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=4107"},"modified":"2011-07-11T23:10:02","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T03:10:02","slug":"author-worries-is-new-harry-potter-film-just-a-recruiting-film-for-the-occult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/author-worries-is-new-harry-potter-film-just-a-recruiting-film-for-the-occult","title":{"rendered":"Author worries: Is new Harry Potter film just a recruiting film for the occult?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final Harry Potter movie opens Friday, but Steve Wohlberg, author of Exposing Harry Potter and Witchcraft,<\/em> is worried that it’s one more two-hour recruiting film for the occult.<\/p>\n

“Pottermania will experience one last spasm\u00a0with the Grand Finale of Harry Potter movies, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 2),”<\/em> he writes. “When the book was released in July 2007, 11 million copies sold in 24 hours, making it the fastest selling book in history.”<\/p>\n

So, then the final film “hits theaters this Friday, once again, global interest will soar higher than Quidditch players seeking Golden Snitches. While most consider all anti-Potterism downright Mugglish, concerns remain high among many parents over exactly where these novels and movies, along with Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Saga, are catapulting this generation of kids.”<\/p>\n

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