Type of magic based on imitation or correspondence
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Sympathetic magic, also known as imitative magic, is a type of magic based on imitation or correspondence.
Sympatheticmagic, also known as imitative magic, is a type of magic based on imitation or correspondence. James George Frazer coined the term "sympathetic...
Black magic has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for evil and selfish purposes. The links and interaction between black...
another Sympathetic detonation, a detonation, usually unintended, of an explosive charge by a nearby explosion Sympatheticmagic, in religion, magic, and...
user the ability to control all living creatures except archangels Sympatheticmagic – Set of magical beliefs and practices centered around the principles...
permissible may be explained by how magic, or forbidden magic, is defined; whether natural, or sympatheticmagic—which "makes use of the hidden properties...
Chaos magic, also spelled chaos magick, is a modern tradition of magic. Emerging in England in the 1970s as part of the wider neo-pagan and esotericist...
White magic has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for selfless purposes. Practitioners of white magic have been given...
Apotropaic magic (from Greek αποτρέπειν "to ward off") or protective magic is a type of magic intended to turn away harm or evil influences, as in deflecting...
the term magic to sympatheticmagic, as Frazer had done. He expressed the view that "there are not only magical rites which are not sympathetic, but neither...
Natural magic in the context of Renaissance magic is that part of the occult which deals with natural forces directly, as opposed to ceremonial magic which...
Gray magic, also called neutral magic, is magic that is not performed for specifically beneficial reasons, but is also not focused on completely hostile...
may refer to: Barang (Khmer word) ('French') Barang (magic), a malevolent use of sympatheticmagic by Filipino witches Barang Junction railway station...
theourgía), also known as divine magic, is one of two major branches of the magical arts, the other being practical magic or thaumaturgy. Theurgy describes...
poisoned sugar. Merricat is protective of her sister and practices sympatheticmagic that maintains borders around the house. Merricat feels that a dangerous...
Christian views on magic vary widely among Christian denominations and among individuals. Many Christians actively condemn magic as satanic, holding that...
Philippine folk religions. Its practice involves black magic, specifically a malevolent use of sympatheticmagic. Today, practices are said to be centered in Siquijor...
of initiation into ceremonial or other forms of occult magic or to further the knowledge of magic among its members. Magical organizations can include Hermetic...
context of legerdemain, it may also refer to the performance of illusion or magic tricks for show. This article discusses mainly the original and primary...
Ceremonial magic (also known as ritual magic, high magic or learned magic) encompasses a wide variety of rituals of magic. The works included are characterized...
of the term was in the title of Joshua Trachtenberg's 1939 work Jewish Magic and Superstition: A Study in Folk Religion. The term also gained increasing...
representations of goddesses, pornographic imagery, apotropaic amulets used for sympatheticmagic, and even as self-portraits of women themselves. R. Dale Guthrie has...
important but uncontrollable outcomes. Citing work on the psychology of magic and superstition, Singh argues that humans search for ways of influencing...
performed upon the effigy will be transferred to the subject based on sympatheticmagic. Poppets are also used as kitchen witch figures. The word poppet is...
hamsa being used by Jews from medieval Spain, often associated with "sympatheticmagic". Historians such as Shalom Sabar believe that after the Jewish expulsion...
human body. Much of medical cannibalism applied the principles of sympatheticmagic, for example that powdered blood helps bleeding, human fat helps bruising...
alleged supernatural powers of magic. A witch is a practitioner of witchcraft. Traditionally, "witchcraft" means the use of magic or supernatural powers to...