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		<title>&#8220;X-Wizards&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kjetil Kringlebotten</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this post, I will look at the similarity to X-Men. Just for fun!
The magic of harry Potter, as I have already explained, is not &#8220;occult.&#8221; Harry lives in a fictional world where magic is a natural power for those with the inborn ability. It is scientific. The wizards and witches in Harry Potter is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=virtueofpotter.wordpress.com&blog=821049&post=14&subd=virtueofpotter&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><br /><p>In this post, I will look at the similarity to X-Men. Just for fun!<span id="more-14"></span></p>
<p>The magic of harry Potter, as I have <a href="http://virtueofpotter.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/magic-in-harry-potter/" target="_blank">already explained</a>, is not &#8220;occult.&#8221; Harry lives in a <em>fictional world</em> where magic is a <em>natural power</em> for those with the <em>inborn ability</em>. It is scientific. The wizards and witches in Harry Potter is not this in the &#8220;conventional sense,&#8221; but they are more like the mutants from X-Men. The similarity is in fact striking. Both feature a bunch of kids with extraordinary, but yet <em>natural</em>, abilities being educated in order to control their powers. And both are taught by some &#8220;wise old man.&#8221; In Harry Potter this happens at &#8220;Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry,&#8221; in X-Men it happens as &#8220;Xavier&#8217;s School for Gifted Youngsters.&#8221;</p>
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