The rolling smoke is apparently an imitation of rain-clouds designed, on the principle of homoeopathic magic, to draw showers from the blue sky.
Apparently their notion is that the sight of a woman who has just been big with child will, on the principles of homoeopathic magic, make their bodies big also to bursting.
In these ceremonies the pouring of water into channels which run in the direction of the four quarters of the heaven is clearly a charm based on the principles of homoeopathic magic to procure rain.
Thus the Herero like the Sulka appear to imagine that the weakness of a lying-in woman can, on the principles of homoeopathic magic, infect any men who may chance to see her.
Here the hunter's imitation of the wounded whale is probably intended by means of homoeopathic magic to make the beast die in earnest.
The ancient Hindoos performed an elaborate ceremony, based on homoeopathic magic, for the cure of jaundice.
Homoeopathic magic is founded on the association of ideas by similarity: contagious magic is founded on the association of ideas by contiguity.
Again, there are numerous Hallowe'en fire customs, probably sun-charms for the New Year, a kind of homoeopathic magic intended to assist the sun in his struggle with the powers of darkness.
On the sun and vegetation hypothesis, however, the libations would be meant to secure, by homoeopathic magic, that sunshine should alternate with the rain necessary for the welfare of plants.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "homoeopathic magic" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
