共きょう感かん呪じゅ術じゅつ

noun

sympathetic magic; homeopathic magic; imitative magic

Anthropological term for magic based on the principle that like produces like, or that an effect resembles its cause. Often contrasted with 類感呪術 (contagious magic).

See also: 類感呪術 (るいかんじゅじゅつ)

• 共きょう感かん呪じゅ術じゅつでは、人にん形ぎょうを使つかって相あい手てに危き害がいを加くわえようとする。

  In sympathetic magic, one attempts to harm a target by using a doll.