anotherlife
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FYI: For those who believe in magick, and the like, curses are serious business - both for the cursed, and the curser. One of the universal laws of Magic is the Law of Reciprocity, In some form or another it says, "Mind the three fold law you should, three times bad and three times good," (Wiccan Rede) While the form, and the repercussions vary from system to system, the concept is always the same: For every action, there is an equal, and opposite reaction" - whatever shit you sense out, will come back.
This is what makes curses so serious. Just casting a curse generally involves very unpleasant things - blood, bodily fluids, excrement. The reason isn't to make them gross - although it does do that - rather, the reason is to make them intimately personal. It's to force the caster to be painfully aware that they are putting serious negative energy out into the universe, and that negative energy will return to them and demand a price.
This is why true curses are extremely rare. If someone has cast a curse, they are seriously pissed off. And, I'm not talking you took my parking space, or you got the last bunch of ripe bananas at the grocery store kind of pissed off. I'm talking you killed my kid, or stole the love of my life, or ruined me financially kind of pissed off. I mean, don't get me wrong there are those who have been known to cast curses - usually minor ones - for more mundane reasons, but those people typically surround themselves with negativity, and it can be seen in the perpetually unpleasant state of their lives.
Unfortunately, that intimacy, and complicated nature of curses is also what makes them so difficult to undo. Typically, as I said, curses have to either fun their course - most curses are temporary, and are not fatal; even the most pissed off witch doesn't want to pay the cost of a life for a life - or, if you have confirmed that you have been cursed, you can generally tell by whom. After all, part of a well made curse generally carries within it an indication of the offense that led to the curse in the first place. Remember, curses are generally about retribution. If i am looking for revenge, it's not nearly as satisfying if you don't know it came from me, and why. This is actually a good thing. Because once you can trace the who, then you go, make whatever amends they person who cursed you thinks is appropriate, and they will typically in-make the curse. Typically. If the person holds a grudge, and can't be placated, then all you can do is let the thing run its course.
Actually, I know a very complicated case, where this is difficult to follow up. The cursed individual was a young child, and a neighbor cursed the child with some sort of dementia dementia for the rest of the child's life. The child became older but couldn't recall well who the person was. Plus his atheist neighborhood doesn't help him either. I wonder if his dementia would be lifted if the person who cursed the child can be found. And what if that person dies..
yeah, same story.
Still having homicidal thoughts?
You mean when I think about you? Homicide maybe, but at least someone thinks about you. That must count for something, doesn't it?