Note 285 — Chapter III · SYMPATHETIC MAGIC

M. Bloomfield, Hymns of the Atharva-Veda, pp. 31, 536 sq.; W. Caland, Altindisches Zauberritual, p. 103. In ancient Indian magic it is often prescribed that charms to heal sickness should be performed at the hour when the stars are vanishing in the sky. See W. Caland, op. cit. pp. 85, 86, 88, 96. Was this in order that the ailment might vanish with the stars?