A. Die gewildheid van Harry Potter onder die jeug
Die volgende berigte gee vir ons ‘n idee van die
gewildheid van Harry Potter onder ons jeug:
Small wizards in pointy hats and trainers were being interviewed
like celebrities on the platform at Didcot Railway centre. The mothers of small wizards
were being waylaid and debriefed about the spell that had been cast over their children by
You-Know-Who. The fathers of the wizards pressed their noses to the opaque windows of the
railway carriage, hoping to glimpse You-Know-Who’s golden head inside.
And yet mysteriously, unbelieveably, there are places where the
identity of You-Know-Who is not universally understood. Despite its starring role in the
publishing extravaganza, Didcot, in Oxforshire, is one of them. Some of the station staff
had only an imperfect grasp of who the crowds of little people in starry cloaks were
shuffling forward to meet. "We heard Harry Potter was coming," said a uniformed
crowd controller, "But what’s her name?"
JK Rowling, the said-eyed woman at the centre of the publishing
phenomenon of our times, does not mind this sort of confusion. Harry, after all, is her
hero too.
… her encounters with children are brisk and quite businesslike.
"I like children, but I am not sentimental about them," she says.
"She’s just a ordinary person," says a boy with a Harry
Potter lightning scar on his forehead and Potter spectacles painted around his eyes.
"I’m here for Harry Potter."
…Jessica (Rowling’s daughter) is nearly seven now. Rowling
vowed not to introduce her to the Potter books until she was seven, but all her school
friends were talking about the latest exploits at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardy.
"They would be asking her about Quidditch and she wouldn’t
have a clue. She was getting a lot of attention at school and it reached the point where I
felt I was excluding her from a large part of my life, as well as from Potter
conversations. So I broke my rule. Now she’s totally obsessive about the stories.
B. Die okkultiese invloed van Harry Potter
- DIE VERMOë OM JOUSELF TE VERPLAAS:
‘Where’re Bill and Charlie and Per-Per-Percy?’
said George, failing to stifle a huge yawn. Well, they’re Apparating, aren’t
they?’ said Mrs Weasly, having the large pot over the table and starting to ladle
porridge into bowls. ‘So they can have a bit of a lie-in.’
Harry knew that Apparating was very difficult, it meant disappearing
from one place and re-appearing almost instantly in another.
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Bladsy 63)
Dr. Kurt E. Koch skryf in sy boek Occult ABC die volgende oor
hierdie praktyk:
Translocation
Translocation is an even more remarkable phenomenon than
levitation. Translocation is a change of place by means of demonic powers. This idea is
found in popular myths and folklore. Among the Muslims there are stories of flying
carpets. In Germany we have tales of witches who ride on a broomstick on the witches’
sabbath, and the tale of the seven-league boots.
On the mission field, however, I have heard accounts from missionaries
which have nothing to do with such fantasies.
Example 259 In Japan I was told that there were a few Shintoist priests
who possess demonic powers. They have the power, given them by Satan, to dematerialise on
the top of one mountain and to reappear a few minutes later on the top of another
mountain. When one hears such a story for the first time, one dismisses it as pure
fantasy. I, however, have heard such stories on every continent except Europe and North
America …
Example 260 In India I have heard stories about translocation from
reliable and responsible witnesses. Indian sorcerers can cross rivers by means of
spiritist translocation …
Example 262 The most impressive and best attested example I have is
from Haiti. This island is well known as a stronghold of Satan, being renowned for voodoo.
When I was lecturing in Haiti, I heard some most remarkable things. An American
missionary, who had been working in Haiti for fourteen years, told me some of his
experiences. I will recount one example of riding on the wind.
A voodoo sorcerer wished to send a letter to a colleague, who live some
one hundred-fifty mile away. He sent his boy off with the letter. When he had gone about a
hundred yards from the house the boy became invisible. About half an hour later, he had
reached the colleague’s house. The sorcerer wrote a reply. About two hours later, the
boy had returned with this reply. He had covered about three-hundred miles without using
any means of transportation. The letter of reply was the evidence that the boy had been
there.
(Occult ABC, page 249-250)
- HEKSE EN TOWENAARS:
They made their way slowly through the rows, staring eagerly
around. It was only just dawning on Harry how many witches and wizards there must be in
the world; he had never really thought much about those in other countries.
Their fellow campers were starting to wake up. First to stir were the
families with small children. Harry had never seen witches and wizards this young before.
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 75)
Hier word heksery en towery nie net as ‘n normale praktyk
voorgehou nie, maar word jong lesers ingelig dat daar baie jong hekse en towenaars is. Dit
wakker by kinders die gedagte aan dat hulle, selfs al is hulle jonk, kan eksperimenteer
met heksery en toordery. Die volgende artikel het verskyn in die "Associated
Press". Die beklemtoning is nie deel van die oorspronklike artikel nie, maar is vir
die leser se aandag deur hierdie skrywer bygevoeg.
"Potter Charms Modern-Day Witches"
by Deepti Hajela (Associated Press, May 30, 2000)
NEW YORK (AP) - He's a charmer, that Harry Potter.
The adolescent hero of J.K. Rowling's series rides a broom, owns an Invisibility Cloak and
magic wand and has cast a spell over young readers the world over. He's got modern-day
witches enchanted, too.
``For once, the witches aren't ugly old hags,'' said Michael Darnell, a 39-year-old
computer programmer from Winnipeg, Canada, who has been a practicing witch for 25 years.
``For once they're the protagonists rather than the villains.'' Darnell is one of the
thousands of North American adherents of Wicca, a faith linked to witchcraft. No one knows
how many people practice Wicca, but estimates run from 300,000 to more than 1.5 million
people following what they describe as a nature-based belief system that existed in Europe
before Christianity. However, witchcraft has always had a darker image in popular
culture, often linked to devil worship and decried by some Christians as an affront to
God. From Shakespeare to Salem, witches have usually been portrayed as evil, curse-casting
troublemakers. Not in Harry's case. He and his friends go to school to learn witchcraft
and have all kinds of magical adventures along the way. In his world, the non-witches are
the weird ones - a welcome change for witchcraft practitioners. ``If somebody wants to
write about us as being fun, interesting, magical people, we don't mind that at all,''
said Jane Raeburn, 35, a writer in Wells, Maine, who has been practicing Wicca for 10
years. The Potter books - the fourth volume is scheduled for release July 8 - don't
actually deal with the philosophical precepts of Wicca or any specific religious
tradition. Instead, Harry and company fight the good fight against the forces of evil
aided by the stereotypical pop culture notions of witchery - flying brooms, magical
instruments, spells. That in itself has been enough to concern some Christian parents.
Last year, the series topped the list of books that parents or certain groups tried to
have taken off shelves, according to the American Library Association. The books were
removed in some schools after parents raised concerns that the series was promoting
witchcraft. Modern-day witches find that laughable…
- WIT EN SWART OF GOEIE EN SLEGTE TOORDERY:
Die hele gedagte van goeie en slegte toordery, sogenaamde
"white and black magic", kom baie sterk in die boek na vore. Die keuse kan
uitgeoefen word of ‘n persoon goeie of slegte toordery wil beoefen. Die volgende is
maar net ‘n paar voorbeelde daarvan:
‘And I trust you remember the many proofs I have given over a
long career, that I despise and detest the Dark Arts and those practise them?’ Mr
Crouch shouted …
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, bl. 122)
‘Durmstrang’s another wizarding school?’ said Harry.
‘Yes,’ said Hermione sniffily, ‘and it’s got a
horrible reputation. According to An Appraisal of Magical Education in Europe, it puts a
lot of emphasis on the Dark Arts.’
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 147)
Dr. Kurt E. Koch skryf:
Black magic is distinguished from white magic by its form. In the
worldwide literature of magic, it is maintained that black magic is done by the help of
the devil and white magic with the help of God. This definition is false. White magic is
just as dependant on the powers from below as is black magic. The evidence is not
difficult to find. The effects of white magic are the same as those of black magic. In
white magic the three highest names are used for these evil ends. Usually a magic charm is
added to the three highest names, taken from the Six and Senventh Books of Moses or from
another book of magic.
(Occult ABC bladsy 135)
- KOMMUNIKASIE IN GEESBESWYMING OF –VERVOERING:
‘You weren’t there,’ said Harry. ‘You
didn’t hear her. This time was different. I told you, she went into a trance – a
real one. And she said the Dark Lord would rise again…
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 134)
Dr Kurt E. Koch skryf:
Speaking in a Trance
Speaking in a trance is a practice of mediums. It only takes place
when a medium is present who has mastered this form of spiritism. The medium puts himself
into a trance, a kind of deep sleep, and the spirits are then said to be able to speak
through the medium to the people present.
(Occult ABC, bladsy 219)
Spiritism and Christianity stand opposed like fire and water.
Spiritism immunizes against the Holy Spirit.
(Christian Counselling and Occult, bl. 49)
- DIE UITSPREEK VAN TOWERSPREUKE:
Die volgende is maar net een van talle voorbeelde van waar die
uitspreek van towerspreuke in die boek beskryf en as normaal voorgehou word.
Hermoine was immersed in The Standard Book of spells, Grade 4…
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 136)
Dr Kurt E. Koch skryf:
Distinct from all these subdivisions and parallel forms of magic,
there is what we may call genuine magic. This is the form of magic condemned in the Bible,
the art of casting spells, of sorcery: the devil’s art…
I have come to know the sinister practises of genuine magic through my
ministry of counselling and by visiting more than four hundred mission fields.
(Occult ABC, bl. 128)
Sommige van die Bybeltekse wat hierdie toordery veroordeel, is: Ex.
22:18, Jer. 27:9, Miga5:12, Maliagi 3:5
- WAARSêERY
‘Double Divination this afternoon,’ Harry groaned,
looking down. Divination was his least favourite subject, apart from Potions. Professor
Trelawney kept predicting Harry’s death, which he found extremely annoying.
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bl. 171)
Dr Kurt E. Koch skryf:
Clairvoyance, or second sight … have roots in the occult. If
one observes the development of a clairvoyant, the physic, occult nature of his activity
always become evident.
Example 41 Let us take as an example Pastor Delbert Larkin. He lives in
the USA, where he is head of a physic research centre. He was ordained as a pastor by an
international association of spiritists. Larkin discovered his gift of second sight when
he was only fifteen. He foresaw the death of one of his schoolmates.
(Occult ABC bl. 38)
- KRU TAAL:
Alhoewel kru taal nie noodwendig ‘n okkultiese aktiwiteit is
nie, is die ydelike gebruik van die Here se Naam tog ‘n vorm van rebellie teen God.
Die volgende is van die voorbeelde in die boek waar die Here se Naam ydelik gebruik word.
Mr. Malfoy’s cold grey eyes swept over Mr Weasley, and then up
and down the row.
‘Good Lord, Arthur,’ he said softly. ‘What did you have
to sell to get seats in the top box?…
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, bladsy 92)
‘Krum gets the snitch – but Ireland win – good Lord,
I don’t think any of us were expecting that!’ (bl. 103)
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 103)
‘Don’t tell me you don’t know?’ he said delightedly.
‘You’ve got a father and brother at the Ministry and you don’t even know?
My God, my father told me about it ages ago …
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 150)
- DIE VOORKOMS VAN DIE AFGRYSLIKE, GEESTE EN SPOKE:
In verskeie plekke in die boek word afgryse, geeste en spoke
voorgehou as normaal in die towerwêreld van Harry Potter. Is sulke leesstof tot voordeel
van klein kinders wat nie fantasie van die normale kan onderskei nie? Die volgende is
voorbeelde hiervan.
Amos Diggory’s head was sitting in the middle of the flames
like a large bearded egg. It was talking very fast, completely unperturbed by the sparks
flying around it and the flames licking its ears.
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 141)
Harry looked up, and saw, floating twenty feet above them, Peeves,
the poltergeist, a little man in bell-covered hat and orange bow-tie…
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 152)
… and sat down with the rest of the Gryffindors at the far side
of the Hall, next to Nearly Headless Nick, the Gryffindor ghost. Pearly white and
semi-transparent, Nick was dressed tonight in his usual doublet, with a particularly large
ruff, which served the dual purpose of looking extra-festive and ensuring that his head
didn’t wobble too much on his partially severed neck.
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 154)
We held a ghosts’council – the Fat Friar was all for
giving him the chance – but most wisely, in my opinion, the Bloody Baron put his foot
down.
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 160)
- DIE VOORKOMS VAN "ELVES":
Op verskeie plekke in die boek is daar beskrywing van
"elves" en die kommunikasie tussen hulle en die towenaars en hekse. Die volgende
is maar een voorbeeld van baie:
‘There are house-elves here?’ she said, staring,
horror-struck, at Nearly Headless Nick. ‘Here at Hogwarts?’
‘Certainly,’ said Nearly Headless Nick, looking surprised at
her reaction. ‘The largest number in any dwelling in Brittain, I believe. Over a
hundred.’
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 161)
Dr. Kurt Koch skryf:
The idea that these spirits are demonic in origin is in accordance
with the Bible. I have observed furthermore that the elves, goblins, and all these little
people appear especially to people who have a psychic disposition. This is another
indirect confirmation that these little fairy-tale creatures are not ethically neutral.
Rather, they correspond to the spirits and demons of the open places of which the Bible
also speaks…
What does the Bible have to say on the subject of goblins, nature
spirits, sprites and demons of the open air? In Isaiah 13:21 satyrs are mentioned in
connection with wild beasts. Their role is to destroy the land and make it unsafe. Isaiah
34:14 is an even clearer reference. "The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet
with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl
[night hag] shall also rest there, and find for herself a place of rest." Here we
have the combination of wild animals, satyrs and night hag or screech owl, demons of the
open places. Satyrs are mentioned again in 2 Chronicles 11:15, where King Rehoboam
appoints priests to offer sacrifice to these demons.
(Occult ABC bladsy 83-84)
- ASTROLOGIE
Die volgende voorbeelde van astrologie kom voor in Harry Potter and
the Goblet of Fire:
‘My dears, it is time for us to consider the stars,’ she
said. ‘The movements of the planets and the mysterious portents they reveal only to
those who understand the steps fo the celestial dance. Human destiny may be deciphered by
the planetary rays, which intermingle…’
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 176)
Trelawney’s rambling talks on fortune-telling never held him
exactly spellbound…
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 177)
‘I was saying, my dear, that you were clearly born under the
baleful influence of Saturn,’ said Professor Trelawney …
‘Born under – what, sorry?’ said Harry.
‘Saturn, dear, the planet Saturn!’said Professor Trelawney,
sounding definitely irritated that he wasn’t riveted by this news. ‘I was saying
that Saturn was surely in a position power in the heavens at the moment of your birth
… your dark hair … your mean stature … tragic losses so young in life
… I think I am right in saying, my dear, that you were born in mid-winter?’
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 177)
Most unfortunately, Professor Trelawney heard him, and it was this,
perhaps, which made her give them so much homework at the end of the class.
‘A detailed analysis of the way the planetary movements in the
coming months will affect you, with reference to your personal chart,’she
snapped…
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 178)
Dr. Kurt E. Koch skryf:
Astrology
Atronomy is a reputable science, concerned with the study of
galaxies, fixed stars, and planets. Astrology is the interpretation of human destiny, and
a man’s future, by reference to the position of the stars at the moment of his birth.
Astrology is therefore a form of fortunetelling. It has existed for five thousand years.
The Sumerians, Accadians, the Chaldeans, Babylonians, Greeks and Romans all had their
astrologers…
(Occult ABC bladsy 19)
Fortunetelling is dangerous, whether or not its predictions come
true.
(Occult ABC bladsy 20)
- DIE UITSPREEK VAN VLOEKE
Die volgende is slegs een voorbeeld van menigte in die boek waar
vloeke en teenvloeke uitgespreek word:
‘But you’re behind – very behind – on dealing
with curses,’ said Moody. ‘So I’m here to bring you up to scratch on what
wizards can do to each other.
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 186)
‘So – straight into it. Curses. They come in many
strengths and forms. Now, according to the Ministry of Magic, I’m supposed to teach
you counter-curses and leave it at that.
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 187)
- GEDAGTEBEHEER
‘How did your father subdue you?’ said Dumbledore.
‘The Imperius curse,’ Moody said. ‘I was under my
father’s control…
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 594)
I was starting to fight my father’s Imperius curse. There were
times when I was almost myself again. There were brief periods when I seemed outside his
control. It happened, there, in the Top Box. It was like waking from a deep sleep…
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 595)
- TRANSFIGURASIE
Transfigurasie is die vermoë om ‘n ander persoon se voorkoms
aan te neem.
‘Wormtail and I did it. We had prepared the Polyjuice potion
beforehand … Took some of his hair and added it to the Potion. I drank it, I became
Moody’s double.
(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire bladsy 598)
- GEWELD TEEN OUERS EN OPSTANDIGHEID TEEN GESAG
Behalwe vir Harry Potter se ooglopende opstand teen die gesag van
sy stiefouers en van sy onderwysers, is daar in die boek verdere melding van waar van die
persone aan die kant van swart towerkuns (Dark side) hulle eie vaders vermoor en
dit geniet het.
