Grimoires, pentagrams, and chants might be used in the Western form of this practice.
Henri Hubert collaborated with Marcel Mauss on a "General Theory" of this phenomenon. This was the third thing listed in the title of E.E. Evans-Pritchard book about the Azande people, and Malinowski's final book on the Trobriand Islanders is titled after (*) "Coral Gardens" and this practice. Frazer's The Golden Bough proposes this practice precedes science and religion, and a non-rational reasoning underlies a "thinking" named after it. Grimoires, pentagrams, and chants might be used in the Western form of this practice. For 10 points, name this practice common in early societies and performed by people like shamans with the use of rituals and spells.
Henri Hubert collaborated with Marcel Mauss on a "General Theory" of this phenomenon.
magic (accept obvious synonyms like spells or sorcery or rituals if they haven’t been read yet; prompt on specific practices, like witchcraft or oracles or Satanism)