[stylist] Harry Potter/Wicca

[Eve Sanchez]

Bridget, So being a Catholic or a Jew depends on perspective? No. A
religion is set. Wicca is set. Wicca is not a practice, but a religion
and I do not think that any religion should ever be considered pop
culture.  Witchcraft is a practice with a spiritual path, but that is
not Wicca. I am sorry  to be insistent, but this is how it is. If your
friends follow some of Wicca, but are not truly Wiccan, then they are
likely Ecclectic Wiccans which I believe I have already defined. Eve

On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter
<bpollpeter at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Lori,
>
> As you say, witches are not necessarily Wicca, though in pop-culture,
> the terms have become synonymous. I have had friends who practice Wicca
> but don't know all the details of the practice. I think it depends on
> perspective.
>
> Harry Potter is in no way promoting any *lifestyle* but Rowling merely
> borrowed ideas and figures in order to create her world. While there may
> be some things resembling current ideas of both witchcraft and Wicca, as
> a piece of fiction, it's completely made up. Picking up a Harry Potter
> book is not picking up a guide on witchcraft or Wicca, as some critics
> seem to think. And as you say, it's no different than most other works
> of fantasy fiction that are out there.
>
> Bridgit
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> Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 16:22:29 -0400 (EDT)
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> Now you have me curious.  One of the other emails said that not all
> Wiccans are witches, nor are all witches Wiccans.  Can you elaborate?  I
> read the entire series.  My younger daughter loves it, and has read all
> the books at least three times.  My older daughter was told by her rabbi
> that she wasn't allowed to read it, though to be honest it isn't much
> different than a lot of the fantasy she does read.
> But back to my question.  What is the difference?
>
>
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