a type of magic in which it is sought to produce a large-scale effect, often at a distance, by performing some small-scale ceremony resembling it, such as the pouring of water on an altar to induce rainfall
Examples of 'sympathetic magic' in a sentence
sympathetic magic
Taking the form of another being is the most difficult kind of sympathetic magic.
Amanda Hemingway THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE (2004)
She kept her anxieties at bay with swallowings of her own: a sort of sympathetic magic.