Today is the 200th anniversary of the death of Charles Dickens. I have always enjoyed Dickens’ stories as I found myself equally intrigued with the Victorian era. Below is the very amusing ‘Bookstore’ sketch of Monty Python, where they refer to a Dutch writer named Charles Dikkens (with two ks), Darles Chickens, Marles Pickens, and [...]
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Happy Anniversary Charles Dickens
Posted in Comedy, Literature on 7 February, 2012 (Tuesday) | Leave a Comment »
Response letter to Potter article
Posted in Deliverance & Renunication, Harry Potter, Literature, The Occult/Witchcraft on 9 August, 2011 (Tuesday) | Leave a Comment »
Last week on this blog I critiqued a sloppy article written in the July edition of a Sydney-based Christian newspaper, Southern Cross, which sought to discredit those who are worried about the Harry Potter series. Today, I read the August edition and was pleasantly surprised to read an opinion that synchronised with mine (see below): [...]
Harry Potter’s occultish darkness
Posted in Harry Potter, Literature, The Occult/Witchcraft on 1 August, 2011 (Monday) | 1 Comment »
Harry Potter is incredibly demonic in its detail, as US author Richard Abanes has written about. (I am very keen to get a copy of his book Harry Potter and the Bible: The Menace Behind the Magick. I read an article recently named ‘Voldemort and Lightening (very, very frightening)’ in an Australian Christian newsletter. I [...]
Harry Potter to continue
Posted in Harry Potter, Literature, The Occult/Witchcraft on 24 June, 2011 (Friday) | Leave a Comment »
A few weeks ago, I wrote here on this blog about the danger of Harry Potter and the fact that it is occultish in nature and inspiration. Sadly, it was announced today that Harry Potter will continue on a site called Pottermore. Given the demonic nature of the story, the invitation to young readers to [...]
Harry Potter and Occultism
Posted in Freemasonry, Harry Potter, Literature, Media, Society, The Occult/Witchcraft on 30 April, 2011 (Saturday) | 2 Comments »
When I finally read the last book of Harry Potter and saw the 7th movie last year in November, I began to sense that there was a LOT more spiritual darkness in the story than I was willing to see and admit. Tonight I looked around online to see what there was on the topic [...]
Spark Notes
Posted in Literature on 15 February, 2011 (Tuesday) | Leave a Comment »
Here are some terrific cheat notes on Shakespeare, designed for Australian high school students. I wanted to post the link here because I’m tutoring a few students who are studying Othello, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth. They’re called Spark Notes and they’re quite thorough.
