As for the magic and sorcery, I personally think there is a difference. From what I’ve seen sorcery in the Bible is referring to people using demonic means to see the future or gain earthly power to rival God’s.

In stories where the characters have magic, they are born with an ability and have to learn to use it responsibly rather than learning to acquire ability (which I think would probably be sorcery).

I get a lot of flack from other Christians about my enjoyment of fantasy and paranormal. I think some Christians are deathly afraid that reading Harry Potter is going to make someone decide to dabble in the occult. I tend to ignore this.

One thing I don’t understand is why Christians who have such a problem with Harry Potter have no issue whatsoever with fairy tales. Seems inconsistent to me, and the times that I’ve pointed this out to others, I usually get a blank look.

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I’ll have to try this for myself on certain issues. I definitely amplify.

This is what I want to grow more intentional with.

If you’re interested in applied content before I get around to it he has several websites that dig in these areas.

I fancy I get to see the new, interactive desire for books (i.e. desire for books to be more interactive) in its beta form in my living room: They tag-team their storytelling, wresting control of a plot-point by virtue of volume or emotional intensity, and the negotiation is intense.

Two days ago the example was of how and whether a particular character (the green Candyland piece, in this case) should express fear.

M didn’t want him to be afraid. What I find fascinating that that E figured out that Green-being-afraid blocked her story– if Green was afraid the story couldn’t go on– and E had the awareness to try and meld both goals (“No, his scared is just to go, ‘AH!’ and keep going.”)

This is what I’m very curious to see in modern and interactive storytelling. (I think we may already be seeing it in television shows with a very active fan-base.)