"Sorcerer of the Doomed." The latter card offers this sinister warning: "A Titles such as "Soul Exchange," "Ultimate Offering," "Summoned Skull" and The cards in the "starter deck" (pictured above) bear The occult images have suddenly become coveted treasures to young collectors Since the daily television show serves as a continual ad for his magical dueling cards, Eclipsing Pokemon and more familiar JapaneseĪnimations, Yugi has fast gained worldwide fame. Internet, and little Yugi (short for Yu-Gi-Oh) Selections of costumes now sold through the Popular anime characters have joined the vast Into the old beliefs that lay dormant during much of the past two centuries. And contemporary pagans know well that America's annual masquerade feeds new life For almost a century, behavioral psychologists and educationalĬhange agents have proclaimed the transforming power of both role-playingĪctivities and an open-minded imagination. Symbols of past and promised powers may seem harmless to Christians andīut they are not. But nothing is innocent that teaches children to love evil and laugh One visitor to our website - as if entertainment should be exempt from moral SomeĬharacters may be evil, "but that's why they are so entertaining," wrote Many argue that it's all innocent fun and fantasy. Time to celebrate spells and magic - even demons and death. Spiritual realms allegedly becomes thin enough to allow easy crossovers, Ĭhildren will once again impersonate their favorite villains or idols. On October 31, when the veil between the physical and Reflecting the darkening culture of our times, Halloween "Our continuing research among teenagers and adolescents shows that the trend away from adopting biblical theology in favor of syncretic, culture-based theology is advancing at full gallop." You." Yu-Gi-Oh's prayer to the capricious spirits behind his magic. "Sweet Spirit of the Puzzle, I don't know how to thank Malevolent spirits and the rites to propitiate them." National Geographic "Behind such Halloween games as bobbing for apples lieīehind the masks and mischief, the jack-o'lanterns and food offerings, lurk the fear of Yu-Gi-Oh and the spirits of Halloween By Berit Kjos, October 2002ġ999 - A Seductive Bridge Between two Cultures
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