sympathetic magic

n (Alternative Belief Systems) 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

sym′pathet′ic mag′ic

n. magic predicated on the belief that one thing or event can affect another at a distance as a consequence of a sympathetic connection between them. [1900–05]

Sympathetic Magic

(religion, spiritualism, and occult)

Sympathetic magic may also be called Imitative magic, since ritual actions imitate the real ones you wish to bring about. There are probably more forms of sympathetic magic than any other type. It is a magic that follows the rule of "like attracts like." In The Golden Bough, Sir James Frazer states that all magic is based on the Law of Sympathy—that all things are connected by invisible bonds.

Sympathetic magic can take more forms in Witchcraft, such as candle-burning, poppet or image magic, placket magic, and beating water to bring rain. In candle magic, the candles are used to represent people and things. By manipulating them, the practitioner exerts forces on those people and things. Poppets are actual cloth, wax, or clay figures made to represent specific persons and are manipulated as desired to manipulate those people. Plackets (Old English for both "pocket" and "vagina") are containers used to hold pictures, photographs, or objects associated with specific persons, again to be manipulated as desired.

Nicholas Remy, the French demonologist, claimed in his Demonolatreiae (1595) that witches had told him how they would beat pond water with a broomstick in order to bring rain. They said that the water would rise to form clouds, which could then be directed to make rain and hail.

单词	sympathetic magic
释义	sympathetic magic sympathetic magic n (Alternative Belief Systems) 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 sym′pathet′ic mag′ic n. magic predicated on the belief that one thing or event can affect another at a distance as a consequence of a sympathetic connection between them. [1900–05] Sympathetic Magic Sympathetic Magic (religion, spiritualism, and occult) Sympathetic magic may also be called Imitative magic, since ritual actions imitate the real ones you wish to bring about. There are probably more forms of sympathetic magic than any other type. It is a magic that follows the rule of "like attracts like." In The Golden Bough, Sir James Frazer states that all magic is based on the Law of Sympathy—that all things are connected by invisible bonds. Sympathetic magic can take more forms in Witchcraft, such as candle-burning, poppet or image magic, placket magic, and beating water to bring rain. In candle magic, the candles are used to represent people and things. By manipulating them, the practitioner exerts forces on those people and things. Poppets are actual cloth, wax, or clay figures made to represent specific persons and are manipulated as desired to manipulate those people. Plackets (Old English for both "pocket" and "vagina") are containers used to hold pictures, photographs, or objects associated with specific persons, again to be manipulated as desired. Nicholas Remy, the French demonologist, claimed in his Demonolatreiae (1595) that witches had told him how they would beat pond water with a broomstick in order to bring rain. They said that the water would rise to form clouds, which could then be directed to make rain and hail.
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