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lf the father of a large family to pray on her behalf to Upulero察the spirit of the sun。 A doll is made of red cotton察which the woman clasps in her arms察as if she would suckle it。 Then the father of many children takes a fowl and holds it by the legs to the woman's head察saying察O Upulero察make use of the fowl察let fall察let descend a child察I beseech you察I entreat you察let a child fall and descend into my hands and on my lap。 Then he asks the woman察Has the child come拭and she answers察Yes察it is sucking already。 After that the man holds the fowl on the husband's head察and mumbles some form of words。 Lastly察the bird is killed and laid察together with some betel察on the domestic place of sacrifice。 When the ceremony is over察word goes about in the village that the woman has been brought to bed察and her friends come and congratulate her。 Here the pretence that a child has been born is a purely magical rite designed to secure察by means of imitation or mimicry察that a child really shall be born察but an attempt is made to add to the efficacy of the rite by means of prayer and sacrifice。 To put it otherwise察magic is here blent with and reinforced by religion。

Among some of the Dyaks of Borneo察when a woman is in hard labour察a wizard is called in察who essays to facilitate the delivery in a rational manner by manipulating the body of the sufferer。 Meantime another wizard outside the room exerts himself to attain the same end by means which we should regard as wholly irrational。 He察in fact察pretends to be the expectant mother察a large stone attached to his stomach by a cloth wrapt round his body represents the child in the womb察and察following the directions shouted to him by his colleague on the real scene of operations察he moves this make´believe baby about on his body in exact imitation of the movements of the real baby till the infant is born。

The same principle of make´believe察so dear to children察has led other peoples to employ a simulation of birth as a form of adoption察and even as a mode of restoring a supposed dead person to life。 If you pretend to give birth to a boy察or even to a great bearded man who has not a drop of your blood in his veins察then察in the eyes of primitive law and philosophy察that boy or man is really your son to all intents and purposes。 Thus Diodorus tells us that when Zeus persuaded his jealous wife Hera to adopt Hercules察the goddess got into bed察and clasping the burly hero to her bosom察pushed him through her robes and let him fall to the ground in imitation of a real birth察and the historian adds that in his own day the same mode of adopting children was practised by the barbarians。 At the present time it is said to be still in use in Bulgaria and among the Bosnian Turks。 A woman will take a boy whom she intends to adopt and push or pull him through her clothes察ever afterwards he is regarded as her very son察and inherits the whole property of his adoptive parents。 Among the Berawans of Sarawak察when a woman desires to adopt a grownup man or woman察a great many people assemble and have a feast。 The adopting mother察seated in public on a raised and covered seat察allows the adopted person to crawl from behind between her legs。 As soon as he appears in front he is stroked with the sweet´scented blossoms of the areca palm and tied to a woman。 Then the adopting mother and the adopted son or daughter察thus bound together察waddle to the end of the house and back again in front of all the spectators。 The tie established between the two by this graphic imitation of childbirth is very strict察an offence committed against an adopted child is reckoned more heinous than one committed against a real child。 In ancient Greece any man who had been supposed erroneously to be dead察and for whom in his absence funeral rites had been performed察was treated as dead to society till he had gone through the form of being born again。 He was passed through a woman's lap察then washed察dressed in swaddling´clothes察and put out to nurse。 Not until this ceremony had been punctually performed might he mix freely with living folk。 In ancient India察under similar circumstances察the supposed dead man had to pass the first night after his return in a tub filled with a mixture of fat and water察there he sat with doubled´up fists and without uttering a syllable察like a child in the womb察while over him were performed all the sacraments that were wont to be celebrated over a pregnant woman。 Next morning he got out of the tub and went through once more all the other sacraments he had formerly partaken of from his youth up察in particular察he married a wife or espoused his old one over again with due solemnity。

Another beneficent use of homoeopathic magic is to heal or prevent sickness。 The ancient Hindoos performed an elaborate ceremony察based on homoeopathic magic察for the cure of jaundice。 Its main drift was to banish the yellow colour to yellow creatures and yellow things察such as the sun察to which it properly belongs察and to procure for the patient a healthy red colour from a living察vigorous source察namely察a red bull。 With this intention察a priest recited the following spell此Up to the sun shall go thy heart´ache and thy jaundice此in the colour of the red bull do we envelop thee We envelop thee in red tints察unto long life。 May this person go unscathed and be free of yellow colour The cows whose divinity is Rohini察they who察moreover察are themselves red rohinihin their every form and every strength we do envelop thee。 Into the parrots察into the thrush察do we put thy jaundice察and察furthermore察into the yellow wagtail do we put thy jaundice。 While he uttered these words察the priest察in order to infuse the rosy hue of health into the sallow patient察gave him water to sip which was mixed with the hair of a red bull察he poured water over the animal's back and made the sick man drink it察he seated him on the skin of a red bull and tied a piece of the skin to him。 Then in order to improve his colour by thoroughly eradicating the yellow taint察he proceeded thus。 He first daubed him from head to foot with a yellow porridge made of tumeric or curcuma a yellow plant察set him on a bed察tied three yellow birds察to wit察a parrot察a thrush察and a yellow wagtail察by means of a yellow string to the foot of the bed察then pouring water over the patient察he washed off the yellow porridge察and with it no doubt the jaundice察from him to the birds。 After that察by way of giving a final bloom to his complexion察he took some hairs of a red bull察wrapt them in gold leaf察and glued them to the patient's skin。 The ancients held that if a person suffering from jaundice looked sharply at a stone´curlew察and the bird looked steadily at him察he was cured of the disease。 Such is the nature察says Plutarch察and such the temperament of the creature that it draws out and receives the malady which issues察like a stream察through the eyesight。 So well recognised among birdfanciers was this valuable property of the stone´curlew that when they had one of these birds for sale they kept it carefully covered察lest a jaundiced person should look at it and be cured for nothing。 The virtue of the bird lay not in its colour but in its large golden eye察which naturally drew out the yellow jaundice。 Pliny tells of another察or perhaps the same察bird察to which the Greeks gave their name for jaundice察because if a jaundiced man saw it察the disease left him and slew the bird。 He mentions also a stone which was supposed to cure jaundice because its hue resembled that of a jaundiced skin。

One of the great merits of homoeopathic magic is that it enables the cure to be performed on the person of the doctor instead of on that of his victim察who is thus relieved of all trouble and inconvenience察while he sees his medical man writhe in anguish before him。 For example察the peasants of Perche察in France察labour under the impression that a prolonged fit of vomiting is brought about by the patient's stomach becoming unhooked察as they call it察and so falling down。 Accordingly察a practitioner is called in to restore the organ to its proper place。 After hearing the symptoms he at once throws himself into the most horrible contortions察for the purpose of unhooking his own stomach。 Having succeeded in the effort察he next hooks it up again in another series of contortions and grimaces察while the patient experiences a corresponding relief。 Fee five francs。 In like manner a Dyak medicine´man察who has been fetched in a case of illness察will lie down and pretend to be dead。 He is accordingly treated like a corpse察is bound up in mats察taken out of the house察and deposited on the ground。 After about an hour the other medicine´men loose the pretended dead man and bring him to life察and as he recovers察the sick person is supposed to recover too。 A cure for a tumour察based on the principle of homoeopathic magic察is prescribed by Marcellus of Bordeaux察court physician to Theodosius the First察in his curious work on medicine。 It is as follows。 Take a root of vervain察cut it across察and hang one end of it round the patient's neck察and the other in the smoke of the fire。 As the vervain dries up in the smoke察so the tumour will also dry up and disappear。 If the patient should afterwards prove ungrateful

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