BEWITCHMENT - meaning and definition. What is BEWITCHMENT
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What (who) is BEWITCHMENT - definition

TYPE OF MAGIC BASED ON IMITATION OR CORRESPONDENCE
Sympathetic Magic; Contagious magic; Sympathetic magick; Imitative magic; Homeopathic magic; Law of sympathy

Bewitchment      
·noun The power of bewitching or charming.
II. Bewitchment ·noun The act of bewitching, or the state of being bewitched.
sympathetic magic         
¦ noun occult rituals using objects or actions to represent the event or person over which influence is sought.
Medical explanations of bewitchment         
  • ''Claviceps purpurea''
REPORTED SYMPTOM OF BEWITCHMENT
Psychological explanations of the Salem Witch Hunts; Psychological Associations of the Salem Witch Hunts; Medical and psychological explanations of bewitchment; Psychological Disorders of the Salem Witch Hunts; Psychological explanation of the Salem Witch Hunts; Psychological Disoders of the Salem Witch Hunts
Medical explanations of bewitchment, especially as exhibited during the Salem witch trials but in other witch-hunts as well, have emerged because it is not widely believed today that symptoms of those claiming affliction were actually caused by bewitchment. The reported symptoms have been explored by a variety of researchers for possible biological and psychological origins.

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Sympathetic magic

Sympathetic magic, also known as imitative magic, is a type of magic based on imitation or correspondence.