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One point emphasized in the passage is that the interest of young people in magic ---- .
Recent activity in several US church communities
has seemed almost unbelievable: churchgoers have
gathered around huge fires and cheered as they
cast Harry Potter books into the flames. They fear
that the incredibly popular series about a school for
young wizards is spurring children and adolescents
toward a life of witchcraft and onto the dangerous
path toward Satanism. For these congregations, J.K.
Rowling's books are none other than the work of
the devil herself. To most people, however, the
Harry Potter books and films are merely compelling
adventure stories, not a threat to children's psyches.
But what has been forgotten in the excitement of
"Pottermania" is that boys and girls have been
fascinated by magic and sorcery for generations.
Surveys about magical practices among adolescents
vary widely, but some indicate that as many as 44
per cent have shown some slight, passing interest in
it. Although satanically motivated violence
occasionally makes headlines, research shows that
less than 5 per cent of young people take part in
more extensive witchcraft, and very few end up in
the kind of organized devil worship that can lead to
such acts as ritual murder.