Magic (supernatural)
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| - | '''''Magic''''' and '''''sorcery''''' are the influencing of events, objects, people and physical phenomena by [[Mysticism|mystical]], [[paranormal]] or [[supernatural]] means. The terms can also refer to the practices employed by a person to wield this influence, and to beliefs that explain various events and phenomena in such terms. | + | '''''[[Magic]]''''' and '''''[[sorcery]]''''' are the influencing of events, objects, people and physical phenomena by [[Mysticism|mystical]], [[paranormal]] or [[supernatural]] means. The terms can also refer to the practices employed by a person to wield this influence, and to beliefs that explain various events and phenomena in such terms. |
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| ===Healing or harming others=== | ===Healing or harming others=== | ||
| * One of the most widespread magical procedures for healing, harming or otherwise influencing someone from a distance involves making an [[effigy]] of him or her from any material. Actions performed on the effigy are believed to result in analogous effects upon the target person, so that, for example, a part of the effigy's body may be damaged in order to cause pain or disease in the same part of the target's body. This magical technique may be employed for maleficent or beneficent ends, and even for giving help to gods against malignant demons. --Freud (1950, 79). {{GFDL}} | * One of the most widespread magical procedures for healing, harming or otherwise influencing someone from a distance involves making an [[effigy]] of him or her from any material. Actions performed on the effigy are believed to result in analogous effects upon the target person, so that, for example, a part of the effigy's body may be damaged in order to cause pain or disease in the same part of the target's body. This magical technique may be employed for maleficent or beneficent ends, and even for giving help to gods against malignant demons. --Freud (1950, 79). {{GFDL}} | ||
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Magic and sorcery are the influencing of events, objects, people and physical phenomena by mystical, paranormal or supernatural means. The terms can also refer to the practices employed by a person to wield this influence, and to beliefs that explain various events and phenomena in such terms.
Examples
Healing or harming others
- One of the most widespread magical procedures for healing, harming or otherwise influencing someone from a distance involves making an effigy of him or her from any material. Actions performed on the effigy are believed to result in analogous effects upon the target person, so that, for example, a part of the effigy's body may be damaged in order to cause pain or disease in the same part of the target's body. This magical technique may be employed for maleficent or beneficent ends, and even for giving help to gods against malignant demons. --Freud (1950, 79).
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