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sympathetic magic
noun[ U ]
uk /sɪm.pəˌθet.ɪk ˈmædʒ.ɪk/ us /sɪm.pəˌθet̬.ɪk ˈmædʒ.ɪk/
a form of magic based on the idea that someone can be magically affected by an object or action that represents or is connected with them: 交感巫术，交感魔法
One of the key elements of voodoo and sympathetic magic involves the manufacture of a wax or clay image of a person the magician wishes to influence.巫毒教和交感魔术的关键要素之一是制造一个巫师希望影响的人的蜡像或泥像。
The witches were convinced that they could move the material world with sympathetic magic.
She was staring at his half-finished drink as if to summon her hero by sympathetic magic.
Some members of warrior societies have eaten parts of enemies killed in battle in order to gain the victim's strength or courage - a form of sympathetic magic.
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