What is Sympathetic Magic and who when and how is it done?

Answer 1

Sympathetic magic-like breeds like is a sort of primitive religious practice and has nothing to do with (magic) as a showtime thing, or an entertainment device. for example the largely disproved pseudo-science of Pluviculture or rain-making so-called modern rainmakers used various sound devices, and in some cases- and in a way this was not too far off the scientific beam, large, bellows-like devices mounted on the back of wagons- more modernly trucks- to evaporate powders into the air and thus allegedly speed up the precipitation cycle. I seem to recall an episode about a Horse and buggy era Rainmaker on (Bonanza) he had the odd bellows-pump device mounted on the back of a freight wagon, essentiallya horse-drawn truck. ( not a chuck wagon for foodstuffs!) some of the more highbrow (rainmakers) would study weather almanacs and such like -and when they figured a storm front was approaching but not too visible- would start their ( war Whoops) or whatever, Pluv iculture is let"s face it a quack science gunned down by modern meterology. thunder struck indeed! but- its a form of sympathetic magic as are some faith cures.Does that answer your question? its not an art form or stage stunt! - - - Sympathetic Magic is based on the universal belief that like affects like. It is the foundation for most forms of divination and practices such as voodoo and psychometry. Sympathetic Magic is based on two principals: "like produces like" (or cause and effect), and secondly that things that have been in contact with each other continue to react upon each other - even after they have been disconnected. Magicians ascertain they can produce a desired effect by assuming it. They infer that whatever they do to a material object will equally effect the person who had contact with that object.This is why when spell casting a practitioner will have a personal possession of the person such as hair, nail clippings etc.. An example of sympathetic magic is poppet healing. The practitioner performs a healing ritual on a poppet symbolising the person in need. This action is believed to bring about the positive changes needed in the patient.