[HPforGrownups] Re: Black magic -- effigy

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 114880

In a message dated 10/5/2004 2:27:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
bboyminn at yahoo.com writes:
I think part of the reason for this is that Voodoo dolls and other
effegy-like tokens are part of African and possibly Asian magic.
Voodoo as we know it, is actually a blend of French, African, and
Island native American magic.

Sherrie here:

Actually, poppets are used in magick from many areas of the world.  The 
making of poppets was one of the charges against several of the "witches" in Salem, 
e.g.

That being said, I don't think image magic is much used in the Potterverse.  
As has been stated, the only thing we've seen that uses an identifier is the 
Polyjuice Potion.  Though I can see, for instance, the possibility of, say, a 
locator spell using something of the person you're trying to find.

Sherrie


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