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I can remember when I was a child, my mother and grandmother took me to the theater to see a movie, with the world's most famous cartoon character. The only part of the movie I can really remember - and I think everyone does - is that the character played a sorcerer's apprentice. When the sorcerer went to bed, the pupil put on his hat and performed an act of witchcraft, bewitching a broom to do his housework.
The character was none other than Mickey Mouse, in Fantasia. Never did I hear of anyone burning their stuffed toys of Mickey, or anybody saying Walt Disney was into Satan.
All this time, I believed that the world was moving forward, not back. Then I read that a Christian group actually burned copies of Harry Potter books. Have we cloned Hitler and given him a new face? What kind of message do people send to children when they perform the act of book burning? Are they getting the message to close their minds along with their imaginations to the world that awaits them?
Yes, I am afraid there may be a small wave of young people trying to find covens or going to Barnes and Noble's New Age section, but I believe that has happened with every movie that has had to do with witchcraft. I agree that's where parental involvement comes into play.
Why is it that it seems, in this day and age, parents only get involved with their children when they are involved in something that the parent fears, does not understand or makes them look like less of a parent to another, or the community? I'm not saying all parents are like this; I know mine weren't, and still aren't. But if people would take a minute of their time to talk with a true Pagan or Wiccan, or learn a little something about us, they may come to understand something new. They still may not like or agree with what we believe in, but they would see how greatly misled and misinformed the general public has been about us. Then, maybe, we as a people may actually start to relax and possibly accept one another, rather than constantly challenge and fight one another about who's right or wrong in their beliefs. And the world may finally be able to open their minds and move forward, instead of being stuck in fear of each other and our future.
Rather than reliving the past.
- Jayson Ling
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