In the context of African and Carribean religions, the practice of sympathetic magic involves

A. smoking specially carved pipes filled with hallucinogenic substances to induce a trance.
B. looking into the past by examining the entrails of an animal sacrificed to the gods.
C. directing the power of invisible spiritual forces through incantations, figurines, and potions.
D. burying the dead with all their belongings to appease their departed spirits.


Answer: C

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