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homeopathic magic — noun : imitative magic * * * homeopathic magic, = sympathetic magic. (Cf. ↑sympathetic magic) … Useful english dictionary
homeopathic magic. — See imitative magic … Useful english dictionary
imitative magic — magic that attempts to control the universe through the mimicking of a desired event, as by stabbing an image of an enemy in an effort to destroy him or her or by performing a ritual dance imitative of the growth of food in an effort to secure an … Universalium
imitative magic — noun : magic based on the assumption that a desired result (as rain, the death of an enemy) can be brought about or assured by mimicking it called also homeopathic magic; compare sympathetic magic * * * magic that attempts to control the universe … Useful english dictionary
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