The late Caryl Matrisciana, a well-known expert on contemporary cults, paganism and the occult, said “There is no doubt children are being seduced into believing the dark-arts are ‘fun,’ benign and a positive power for personal enablement. But responsible parents must be aware that the supernatural world is a reality and dabbling with its dark-side is not harmless.”

“Our children are immersed in its cruelty and depravity in a daily battle vying for their spirits and they want the power to tackle it,” she continued. “But,” Matriciana said, “the spiritual” themes in the “Potter” books stem from the books’ entanglement with Wicca, not Christianity.

Her acclaimed DVD program, “Harry Potter: Witchcraft Repackaged,“ dramatically documents Potter references to evolution, reincarnation, sorcery, divination, spells, curses and other occult influences – all of which are clearly forbidden in Scripture. Read Deuteronomy 18:10-12

Ted Baehr, chairman of the Christian Film & Television Commission, focuses on the sociological implications. “These books and movies teach rebellion against authority,” he said, and “when they add to this rebellious attitude the stupid aphorism that ‘You’re really a good person,’ then one must seriously ask, ‘What are these narcissistic children supposed to think?’”

Quite simply, they will think that “their rebellion is part of their goodness, and then they become part of the growing crowd of rebellious young people,” he concluded. And the Satanic plot against our children brings about the purpose behind it.