Jay's Journal

[miseryskeeper]

Just wondering if anyone has read the book "Jay's Journal

Comments

[meetzemonsta]

this book is actually a journal written by a real person

No, it isn't.
It's a book based on real events. The author is Beatrice Sparks.

What do you guys think of Paganism/Witchcraft being viewed in this manner?

It's a scare book. Just like Go Ask Alice. Designed to scare teenagers away from the dangers of omg pagans!!!1! sex, drugs, and rock n' roll.

It was published in 1979, which was a very different time for society's outlook on the occult.

[eljuno]

It's not even that closely based on real events, from what I've read. Supposedly, the family of the kid who's journal it's based on was totally pissed off at it. He just committed suicide, no occult involvement at all.

[meetzemonsta]

Yeah, I knew there was an entire controversary around the how "based on actual events" the book really was. I just wasn't up for writing an entire comment about that bit.

[unnamed525]

It's propaganda, pure and simple. One religious group's propaganda against a nebulous "other" religious group.

[anchasta]

I don't give two glances. Nor do I with any over the top bull. Just people defining and demeaning other folks' labels.

You didn't pay for that book, did you? I'd hate to fund authors like that.

[anisky]

I had that same thought, lol.

[hagazusa]

That book is still in print? Shudders.

It's listed on Snopes.com as a "teen diary," like Go Ask Alice, written (as fiction!) by an adult as a cautionary tale.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%27s_Journal

[pierceheart]

http://www.slweekly.com/editorial/2004/feat_2004-06-03.cfm
http://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php?p=1759
http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/askalice.asp

The auhtor of those books is a dirtbag.