School Pulls Harry Potter Books From Library for Containing Spells and Curses That Could ‘Conjure Evil Spirits’

CHRISTIAN NEWS NETWORK

 A Roman Catholic school in Tennessee has decided to pull all Harry Potter books from its library shelves over concerns about the spiritual impact of the curses and spells in the series, which centers on a boy who studies at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

“These books present magic as both good and evil, which is not true, but in fact a clever deception,” Dan Reehill of St. Edward Catholic School wrote to parents in an email. “The curses and spells used in the books are actual curses and spells, which when read by a human being risk conjuring evil spirits into the presence of the person reading the text.” Continue reading…