House of Night series by P.C. Cast

Anti-God, Pro Wicca Novel Series

While in Indianapolis visiting bookstores to sign stock copies of Sons of God, I began talking to one of the managers who began asking me lots of questions on the Nephelim – the main characters in my series which are documented in the Old Testament as the children of angels and mortals.  We discussed some of the research in the back of the novel of similar entities in religions – ancient and modern – from all around the world.

She had just read of the Raven Mockers discussed in the House of Night Series, book 4 which I did not have in my research, so I wanted to mention them here in the blog.  The manager described the legendary creature of Cherokee lore to be the same as the Nephelim, and I was very unhappy I had missed a bit of research; however, from what little I’ve looked into things thus far, a Raven Mocker consumes a dying person’s soul in order to stay immortal – hence the name raven mocker since ravens are scavenger birds that eat corpses.

I haven’t seen anything yet of their parentage in actual Cherokee lore, but I’m sure I will come across it soon.  In the meantime, I have bought the first book in the House of Night Series and will continue through to book 4 to see all the author has to say about it.  I’m slightly obsessive compulsive on finishing task lists so I cannot read book 4 without reading everything preceding it.

The evil Nephelim in the Sons of God novel series are known historically to drink blood and historically were known as vampires “blood drinker.”  I could see a philosophical connection between drinking blood and ending a life to consuming a soul since both result in death via their life source – the nonphysical soul or the physical blood (from the ancient quotes that “life is in the blood”).

The manager said that the Raven Mockers in the House of Night series were descendants of a fallen angel named Kalona who raped several Cherokee women.  In a quick perusal I haven’t found anything on this; however, I have found that the Cherokee Medicine Men cast spells to protect the dying from invisible evil spirits – one being Kalona who screeches like a raven – who try to hasten death so that they may use some of the “unsaved life” for their own immortality, but I’m not understanding that because…….  Well, I’m not going to say anything till I read all the books thus far and do some research……more than just a quick looksie online.  But so far it appears that the author took some creative license on the Cherokee lore.

Well, I must say that I waited to finish this post until I had read some more of the books.  I did not finish this series and do not plan on doing so.  I am a believer in God and do not like reading Bible thumping Christian fiction.  So I really did not like this series which is Wiccan thumping – I don’t like any religion being hit over my head in entertainment fiction.  It is very anti-Christian, and I found it quite offensive.  The characterization of all “people of the faith (AKA Christian)” is one dimensional and flat.  All hateful.  All stupid.  All controlled by a few close minded people.  Etc, Etc.  Seriously, if Christians were so well controlled by a few, there wouldn’t be so many denominations or church splits from differing theologies/interpretations of scriptures.

In all honesty, there are some mean Christians out there.  I don’t happen to be one.  And unfortunately there was a time when greedy Papists kept the masses in the dark which led to the atrocious Crusades which is the opposite of what Christ commands us to do – love others more than ourselves.  But Wicca?  Anyone who does their research will learn that pagan rituals have included thousands of human and child sacrifices to gods/goddesses/spirits/demons/fallen angels/etc to bribe a diety into giving them something they want.  How is that so beautiful as this series proclaims it?

“Hmmm.  I want a child of my own.  You, I will kill your child so that I may have one.”

Yeah, so loving.