*grin* I'm another one who never got it. I never even picked up a hint of the religious overtones when I read the series from cover to cover as a child. Heck, I didn't even get it when I did it every couple of years. It wasn't until my mate told me about it that I went "really!?"

I do agree with the pushing the religion. I notice a lot of the Wiccan references in books, some of them basically hit you over the head with a 2x4 while others are much more subtle. I like the subtle ones so much more than the 2x4. "Witches good, Christians bad!" is one of those themes I'm really, really not fond of.