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Sympathetic magic
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A type of magick performed to influence one's environment, or to control others. Common to many Shamanic religions, Wicca, Santeria/Lukumi, and Vodoun.

Related Resources:

Ritual Magick
Ritual/Ceremonial Magick at Alternative Religions.

Pagan/Wicca 101
From your About.com guide to Pagan/Wiccan religion.

Elsewhere on the Web:

The Hermetic Library
Extremely thorough resource for Ritual Magick, with emphasis on the Golden Dawn and Thelemic systems. Contains a large library of Crowley texts, the Golden Dawn Cipher manuscript, and much of Benjamin Rowe's Enochian writings.

Real Magick Occult Library
This large resource covers many topics of interest to Wiccans and other practitioners of sympathetic magick. Also has much practical information.

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