[Janette]

So admit it, who went out at midnight and bought the book?


And while you're confessing, you can tell us all who the main character is who dies!

[Sticks]

I have in my posession the video, Harry Potter Witchcraft Repackaged - Making Evil look Innocent

Apparently the author used material from her research into real witch craft and black magic in the Harry Potter series. The video details where she did this. It also pointed out that the company marketing the book had on it's websites links that children could follow to real witches coverns.

The series promotes and teaches witchcraft including black magic concepts which modern day wiccans will not touch. This is done through the vehicle of a childrens story.

A number of parents in the states have objected to their children having this book read to them because of its connection to the occult.

The film is done by Jeremiah films and can be obtained in this country from Reachout Trust

[BigSister]

I have 2 Confess i was one of those people
But i dont know who has died yet I havent got to that bit

[sweetlittlesara]

No my nearest bookshop didnt open until 10 this morning.

But i was there when it opened

And i got a free wizard starters kit!! I think I look very fetching.

I have read one hundred pages and it is good. Am liking it

[sweetlittlesara]

(BY the way, I think that it is Hagrid who dies, but that is just my opinion, i havent read about it yet but there are clues in Book Four)

[kaphc]

When I was in Kingston yesterday, there was a girl in a Gryffindor scarf sitting outside the bookshop queueing for the book. It was 11:30am!!!

My OH went about 7am this morning to go and get it, I have to wait until he's read it before I can - nooo!!!!!

[Sticks]

On Radio 4's Today programme they got the people who run a website review of children's books to look at it. They were not overly impressed. It seems to be sold purely on hype.

As I stated before what parents do not realise is that JKR used real Witchcraft from her university thesis in the books. Also some of the concepts used come from real black magic that practicing wiccans steer clear of.

This is the promotion of witchraft and the occult packaged in "a good read" (not quite that according to the reviewers this morning). Do you want children to get dragged into that world ?

[bbceleb1]

Sticks! remeber its just a book

[Sticks]

So is Anton Le Veigh's Satanic Bible, Lady Chattely's lover and Mine Kamph (sp??)

Shall we put those on the reading list for young children ?

[bbceleb1]

Thats completley differnt though, those books are full of hatrid and are a lot darker and heavier than harry potter!

I really dont think kids are gonna go satanic over harry potter, i think they see it as fun and magic, thats all nothing more and nothing less

[blinkinlovely]

I bought it this nmorning and enjoyed having a choice of cover (adult or children's version - apparently!)

Chose the adult one.

Read 80 pages in the garden.

No-one dead yet.

[Boris]

I have a copy of the 'new' HARRY POTTER.

I did not queue all night to get it....(though if I was still young and foolish I might just have done so !)

I went to ASDA shoping. They had millions of copies and guess what .....

the price was ......


£8:96


Can't be bad !

[BusyBee]

Got the family's (we'll all read it apart from OH) in ASDA too - good value.

Sara I think you may be right about Hagrid, but havent come across that bit in my flicking through the book. Yes I know I should read it straight through.

Its a heck of a size to carry round though, build up the muscles.

[kaphc]

Just to say that there is another thread up now that gives the page number of the death if you want to find out.

I nicked the book off OH and managed to speed read the first 70 pages. It's usch an annoying book to read as I want to know what is going on and they won't say at the moment!!!