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xodanix3.bsky.social
Hair is also a material used in #sympatheticmagic btw.
November 19, 2024 at 1:22 PM
xodanix3.bsky.social
When colonizers did things like steal Geronimo's skull in hopes to win battles, that's an example of destiny swapping and #sympatheticmagic superstition.
June 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
birdwriterwrites.bsky.social
A #retelling of #HCA original #fairytale

www.amazon.co.uk/Snow-Queen-S... #elementalmagic #sympatheticmagic #blackmagic #Supernatural #darkfantasy #bookblog #bookclub #book #booklover #bookaddict #folklore #ya #freebook #KUFree #iartg
September 9, 2025 at 9:55 PM
xodanix3.bsky.social
#sympatheticmagic
September 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
xodanix3.bsky.social
#sympatheticmagic #resonance #apotropaic #terpsichorean
xodanix3.bsky.social Xodanix3 @xodanix3.bsky.social · Jan 1
Could memetics and what's downplayed as "just jokes" be another form of apotropaic mobilization and protection?
xodanix3.bsky.social Xodanix3 @xodanix3.bsky.social · Jan 15
Seeing laughter as protective reminds me of how curiosity is another truth that helps deflect aggression. #mimicry #curiosity #laughter #apotropaic
January 1, 2026 at 7:34 PM
patrickkapty.bsky.social
Human-Feline Dogu
fired clay
c. 2500-1500 BCE
Jōmon period
Japan

#handmade #clay #dogū #felinehuman #transformation #shaman #ritual #magic #protection #cureillness #ancientart #art #sculpture #ancientJapan #jomonperiod #2500BCE #sympatheticmagic #transference #therianthropy #feline #cat #animistic
This is a Dogū, a clay figurine from Japan's Jōmon period (specifically the Early-Middle phase, roughly 2500–1500 BCE). It is often described as a human-feline or human-feline hybrid figurine due to its cat-like face and distinctive feline-like ears. The sculpture features a unique texture with round, fingertip-impressed indentations covering its shoulders and arms. This piece was excavated in Kamikurokoma, Yamanashi Prefecture, and is held in the collection of the Tokyo National Museum. While modern viewers frequently interpret its square face, small pointed ears, and almond eyes as feline, its exact ritual meaning remains deeply tied to Jōmon animism, spiritual protection, and transformation rites. Despite its feline appearance, mainstream archaeology notes that domestic cats did not exist in Japan during the prehistoric Jōmon period; they arrived later from the Asian continent during the Yayoi period. Rather than representing a domestic cat, the features are considered stylized representations of native wild animals (such as the wildcat, horned owl, or forest spirits) mixed with human anatomy. The combination of human traits—such as the single elongated arm resting across the chest—and animalistic features suggests a theme of therianthropy (human-animal shape-shifting). It is widely theorized that shamans used these figures to connect with the spirits or powers of powerful forest creatures. Like most dogū, this figure was found damaged. Jōmon communities practiced "sympathetic magic," where physical illnesses, injuries, or spiritual misfortunes were ritually transferred into the clay figurine, which was then broken or sacrificed to cure the human counterpart. The texture on the shoulders and arms, created using classic Jōmon "cord-marked" (jōmon) techniques, may mimic ceremonial tattoos, animal hides, or protective armor. These figures likely acted as protective house guardians or village talismans against bad luck and disease.
August 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM
rosecrow.bsky.social
knoxvillerose.etsy.com/listing/1169... 💙📚 #firstedition #hardcover #vintagebooks #anthropology #superstition #mythology #primitive #sympatheticmagic #history #academic #booksforsale #ancientculture #rituals #culture #tribal #ancienthistory #folklore #symbols #myth #comparativereligion
September 13, 2024 at 10:15 PM
emilycoan.bsky.social
Thinking about the pillars of our society crashing down - how it’s terrifying, but on some level we’ve all desired the old order to crumble. Live through this. 🪄Sympathetic Magic, charcoal on paper - from 2022. #thetower #magic #drawing #charcoal #sympatheticmagic #artwork #art
Drawing with white charcoal on black paper of four women sitting in a circle dressed in lingerie in a field with cats, flowers, and divination instruments. One figure stirs a cauldron with a finger and the swirl in the cauldron mimics the swirl of clouds in the sky that produces a lightning bolt striking a castle in the background.
January 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
xodanix3.bsky.social
#sympatheticmagic
December 9, 2024 at 3:30 PM
xodanix3.bsky.social
#sympatheticmagic #postmortem
xodanix3.bsky.social Xodanix3 @xodanix3.bsky.social · May 31
Another death mask. Another sympathetic relationship with a post mortem object.
xodanix3.bsky.social Xodanix3 @xodanix3.bsky.social · May 31
"Shrady synthesized all available sources, including the death mask of Grant in the Smithsonian."
May 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
xodanix3.bsky.social
#sympatheticmagic #superstition #swings
xodanix3.bsky.social Xodanix3 @xodanix3.bsky.social · May 2
"According to Hyginius, a 1st-century Hispanic Latin writer, the swing was used in Greece as a magical object to counteract the harmful effects of curses. The ritual was practiced during the spring festivals known as ‘anthesterias’."
May 2, 2026 at 1:41 AM
xodanix3.bsky.social
#sympatheticmagic #sympatheticrelation
#musuems #auctions
xodanix3.bsky.social Xodanix3 @xodanix3.bsky.social · Nov 28
When I mention superstitious objects. That's where the term "sympathetic magic" comes into play. Objects that have folklore of superstition often become targets for colonizer imposed captivity. And that's not to be left out either.
November 28, 2024 at 7:41 PM
nerdygeekgirl.bsky.social
Sometimes, you need a good mental cleanse to focus on your task or just need to feel some peace in the chaos. Time to do some cleaning. As you scrub or sweep away the dirt, imagine the negative thoughts and energy clean away, too. #selfcare #MentalHealth #witchmadness #SympatheticMagic #FengShui
March 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
xodanix3.bsky.social
Co-victimization is another form of #sympatheticmagic
June 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
rosecrow.bsky.social
knoxvillerose.etsy.com/listing/9339... #firstedition Good COndition
#margaretmead #melville #indigienous #alexandradavidneel #nativeamerican #malinowsky #anthropology #history #tribal #sympatheticmagic #dhlawrence #booksky #vintagebooks #booksforsale #independentbookseller
1st Edition: Primitive Heritage Ed. Mead & Calas Random House 1953 Hardcover W/dustjacket - Etsy
This Reference Books item by KnoxvilleRose has 6 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Knoxville, TN. Listed on Jan 29, 2025
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January 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
jobaron.bsky.social
Back from the framers and up on the wall @littleramstudio.bsky.social and I have two blackbirds in the garden who are newly arrived #sympatheticmagic
Blackbird in tree with yellow berries from Little Ram Studio Back of framed print with Certificate of Authenticity from Little Ram Studio for Blackbird print and Sky Blue Framing label. Logo of Mike’s old dog the spaniel with the flying ears against blue sky
November 12, 2023 at 11:21 AM
xodanix3.bsky.social
Tulpa also being a form of #sympatheticmagic because it involves intentionality and reinforcement of intentional relationships.
May 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
rosecrow.bsky.social
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FIRST EDITION: the New Golden Bough New Abridgement of the Sir Thomas Frazer Work by Theodor H. Gaster - Etsy
This Reference Books item by KnoxvilleRose has 2 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Knoxville, TN. Listed on Nov 22, 2024
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March 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Skin Spirits - Animal Parts in Spiritual & Magical Practice
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#animism #taxidermy #ritual #folkpractices #shamanism #castingbones #divination #osteomancy #occultsky #witchsky #pagansky #booksky #booksforsale #fetish #sympatheticmagic
Skin Spirits - Animal Parts in Spiritual and Magical Practice | eBay
This book is in very good to like new condition with no markings or highlights in the text of the work and a strong and intact spine and binding. "Skin Spirits - Animal Parts in Spiritual and Magical Practice" by Lupa is a nonfiction book published in 2020 that explores the spiritual and magical use of animal parts in various cultural practices. The book delves into the symbolism and significance of using animal parts in rituals and ceremonies, and how these practices can be incorporated into modern spiritual practices. Written in English and available in paperback format, this book offers insights into the world of spirits and spirituality through the lens of animal parts.
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July 13, 2026 at 12:50 PM
rosecrow.bsky.social
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This collection of essays on #ancienthistory & #anthropology is a classic #firstedition See the Review #antiquity #history #herodotus #malinowski #margaretmead #sympatheticmagic #maori #ancientegypt #indigenouspeople #humansacrifice #ancientcults #vintagebooks
November 12, 2024 at 4:07 PM
xodanix3.bsky.social
#resonance #sympatheticmagic #synergy
xodanix3.bsky.social Xodanix3 @xodanix3.bsky.social · Mar 25
"reversal theory of humor, a person must be in a playful motivational state and engaged in cognitive processes named as #cognitivesynergy and diminishment to experience humor."
March 25, 2026 at 3:48 AM
benjaminco.bsky.social
1. Sympathetic Magic: The belief that one can influence outcomes through symbolic acts, such as inscribing names or symbols on objects. #SympatheticMagic Because that's all Putin can offer now. #pseudoscience
January 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
inanna-astaroth.bsky.social
so may the fire of Justice, passion, n compassion melt the hearts of those that do harm). Add some scales in if u like, balance the scales w the stones, n say, as these scales r balanced, so may protection, love n clarity balance the scales of this world.

#spell #sympatheticmagic #hekate #inanna
March 12, 2026 at 6:55 AM