Gary Beaver, Archbishop of the Old Catholic Church warns of the growing tide of Occultism

Archbishop Gary Beaver warned of a serious threat to mental health and called it "a growing attack on global Christianity" as he spoke against the growth of occultism. "

"Young people are drawn into the occult through fiction and fantasy. As some drugs act like a ‘gateway’ to harder drugs, then certain fiction can act as a gateway into the occult, alarmingly a large proportion of Ouija Board users are children, the step from fictional glamorous witches, or a wizard , to experimenting with a Ouija board is smaller than from Enid Blyton"
Harry potter, as an introduction to the occult, explores Scrying and Spiritualism, Alchemy, Possession, Divination Incantations and other occult symbols such as the hand of glory, Runes and many other controversial themes and statements.

The Pagan Federation, which represents druids and witches, said to BBC News Online "we are swamped with calls following ‘white’ witch fantasy programs, by young people wanting to enter into witchcraft", the Pagan Federation's Steve Paine, stated that "Buffy" and Harry Potter "are taken as fantasy entertainment, but they do encourage people to think about different forms of spirituality".

"Fiction" said Archbishop Gary Beaver "involving the occult, conditions a young mind to view the occult as harmless fun and even socially acceptable, particularly when, under misleading descriptions and guises such as ‘good’ witch’. The issue is to look at the source of the power"

Archbishop Gary Beaver stated that "with the decline of Church attendance due to modern living, by taking God out of our everyday life, we are moving further and further away from Christian faith, thereby becoming spiritually hungry, and many look to the supernatural as a way to fill the void.

The Old Catholic Church of Great Britain warns that the lure of the occult is subtle. At least in the beginning, everything is "All gain, no pain." It's a lot like drug addiction. Drug abuse starts because drugs can make you feel better. The occult works like that, too. You don't learn the real price until you are deeply involved.