A very old form of magick, most often found in pre-industrialized cultures, where actions performed during a ritual or spell resemble or are imitative of the desired results. For example, a ritual enacting a successful hunt in order to ensure a successful hunt.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Alice Markham-Cantor, author of the new Once & Future Witch Hunt.
My 9x-great-grandmother, Martha Carrier, was hanged in the Salem witch trials. She wasn't a witch. She wasn't an herbalist or a...