It's more commonly about changing reality probability timelines - weighting probabilities in favour of your preferred outcome.
Most commonly it's about shifting blame for crimes or injury done to others on to a 3rd party and so to avoid the associated bad Karma falling back on to the perpetrator.
Events have consequences and all must come back into balance.
Descent into chaos is a release of energy that can be organised for other designs (entropy)
Kabbalistic rituals hold forward a 'scapegoat' - Crowley Thelma Magick named it 'The Good Shepherd' spell - and it usually requires blood sacrifice and pain to give it potency.
They're inviting spirits to do the changes. Blood is food to them and pain gets their attention.
It's amateurish and we have much greater potential to materialise our own thoughts - apparently. But if you godown the instant gratification route of 'Spirit Cooking' you're never free of them.
Here's a link for some bed time reading
https://www.thelema101.com/magick-i?cf_chl_captcha_tk=8670bd7edfca5829582b425f17e748fc9375addd-1584446091-0-AcB1oOzb2ien3lmhxf-7NhyteFwY_QiEeKSN6OfDtm6Tx2IS-8nLL32LN-1RXMaNhDEU1UGmvTOCCM7FZPC13_NzcYYdMjuRV6sQFa7E16OPuZ-gKozOt-wB11LqgtJiCBjhYI_F-1u1Qoyhll4kRq1YfnQYu2z_HYeKipN3jT7V6DQNYlMdDObj0V0R1auzit0L_yftgOjbRysx4WKPPCC9VBVoHPsF51mCItw1pzA5aDpzshS-nFFWC-cBurZYMpa5b3Y9PxVPRMd_7FQpeBYBz8DBaC5mUdNIaDzNVcSROISbEoQCRoidVLB2YDEhrzAmgDo2kX2bCwmDF0pre6WwcT2sxWbYGmq93yNSFvW5-uOTZAXXZcj0WKFReTqKHQrtxVB5H2eAN3m9R3ZbEcIMra9kNd_V7u1V_BPZPc3pPoFnUvhJdgp2skZHk_3fjiG2FV1tUq0dmHYcfRG1LoLxf9s7ckyncrey3TSjZNg6