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Where do you see evidence that Harry is causing an upswing in the popularity of Wicca / Witchcraft?

Wohlberg Answers:

The evidence is all around us. Here are just a few examples. During one radio interview (Live from Seattle, KGNW, WA) with me as the guest a caller named Melissa phoned the show and told host Thor Tolo and me that her 14-year-old daughter read the first Harry Potter book and then promptly went back to the bookstore to purchase books about Wicca. A friend of mine has a daughter who works at a Barnes & Nobel bookstore in Nashville, TN. She said that many young people purchase both Harry Potter and Wicca books together. Another teenage friend told me that she met a Wiccan in an internet chat room who confessed that it was Harry Potter that first created his interest in spells and magic. The founder of a large internet witchcraft school has publicly stated in a press release that Harry Potter teaches Wiccan philosophy and is aiding the Wiccan cause – big time. While I don’t recommend his website, this pro-Witch press release proves my point.