A spell to help someone realize that they are just being incredibly dumb.
Ingredients:
A sigil to represent your target
A sigil to represent wisdom
A sigil to represent regret
An indigo candle
Sage incense
Steps:
Carve the sigils into the candle
Light the candle
Use the candle to light the incense while saying “You have chosen a selfish path, learn your wrongs, and face guilt’s wrath.” Three times.
Blow out the candle.
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A lot of us get started with the practice when we’re in our edgy teen stages and are looking to get back at our middle school bullies. It never takes long for us to do our research and quickly get more sucked into the craft as a whole, and we forget about the curse we wanted to cast.
That being said curses and hexes are a part of magic, although they really shouldn’t be used without good cause. Most people who know about curses use their knowledge for detecting and breaking curses. That being said, we can’t ignore an aspect just because we don’t like it, or because it can be harmful, rather we need to share what information we have, and help each other think through what we’re doing before we hurt someone.
I imagine a lot of beginners would hear this and ask “Why not use curses, some people deserve it?” The simplest answer is because you shouldn’t use magic to solve all your problems and if someone truly deserves it, I’d recommend non-magical means to help them get what they deserve. Another good reason is because odds are, whatever you do will come back to bite you. This can be called karma, but I hear it more often called the threefold rule, which basically states whatever you do will come back to you three times over. So even if you’re casting a curse on someone who truly deserves it, are you prepared for the consequences?
If you find you absolutely must curse some one, then I’d stick to the idea of “confuse, don’t abuse.” Which is to say, mess with them for sure, but don’t actually hurt them. Some ways I’ve seen this put in practice is a curse to keep someone away from another person. I’ve used such a spell to help my friend avoid an abusive ex (note: never cast a spell that effects someone you know without their permission, it’s just rude.) Another way I’ve seen a curse done is to try and help someone realize what they’re doing wrong. I wrote a spell that I titled “You’re a dumbass” and have used only when I see someone doing things that are clearly wrong from and outside perspective, but they can’t seem to see it. This is without a doubt a curse, but one that’s not especially harmful, and I was prepared for my own flash of perspectives as a consequence when I used it.
Now we’re to the end of my rant when I put the “manly” spin on things. In this case I have very little spinning to do, curses are unisex, as are their consequences. What I will say for the more masculine is a warning. Generally when we’re raised in a more masculine in environment we’re taught to keep our emotions inside and bottled up. This can quickly be something we lose control over, which can lead to unintentional curses fueled entirely by our own anger. The solution here is simple, don’t hide your emotions. All emotions are healthy to express, including negative ones; If you have an issue with someone, talk to them about it. The problem you thought could only be solved with a curse may just be a miscommunication that spiraled out of control (yes that is speaking from experience).
That finishes up my ramble on enchantments. Practice safe and Ret'urcye mhi!
(a decoy acts as a “substitute” for you, which the curse will be redirected to instead of harming you; the decoy can then be cleansed or destroyed to remove the curse from it; sometimes you don’t get a choice and the decoy gets destroyed, and you have to make a new one if you still desire its protection)
My grandma taught me never to draw first blood. But that if a soul hurts me maliciously, the old gods will consider my vengeance an act of self-love.
Step 1: State your case.
In a dim, quiet, private place… shuffle your cards, as you recount to them every detail of how you were cruelly injured. As if writing in a diary, divulge aloud your agony. Let your heart fill with ache. Let your body swell with rage.
Step 2: Choose the punishment.
When your pain and fury are at their peak… find the card in the deck that in your soul you believe to fit the misdeed.
Death: Serious illness
The Devil: Emotional abuse
The Tower: Sweeping chaos
The Moon: Damaging secrets revealed
Five of Wands: Friends turning foes
Seven of Wands: Crippling stress
Nine of Wands: Paranoia
Ten of Wands: Bone fractures
Five of Cups: Bouts of depression
Two of Swords: Significant errors in judgement
Three of Swords: Sudden loss of love
Five of Swords: Defeat in competitions
Eight of Swords: Mental or physical imprisonment
Nine of Swords: Insomnia and anxiety
Ten of Swords: Festering cuts and bruises
Knight of Swords: Physical and verbal abuse
Five of Pentacles: Financial ruin
Step 3: Decide the duration.
Find a second card in your deck. Remember that even the smallest cut left unchecked can lead to death. So unless it is warranted… be fair and be prudent.
Ace of Wands: A few days
Ace of Swords: A week
Ace of Cups: A month
Ace of Pentacles: A year
Step 4: Carry out the sentence.
Hold both cards in your hands, with the punishment on top, and the duration behind it, hidden in the back.
Gaze at the card… and with every fiber of your being, imagine it moving.
If it is the Knight of Swords, watch him gallop on his way to cut your oppressor in half. If it is Death, see your oppressor lying lifeless by the Reaper’s horse. If it is the Ten of Swords, let your oppressor take the place of the corpse in the card. Watch their back ooze with blood from every wound, gash and slash.
Step 5: Let it go.
Your raw vulnerability in admitting your injury has connected you to the higher power you have faith in, be that the Universe or a deity.
They have heard your appeal, which will soon be fulfilled. Offer them your gratitude in advance. Your wounds are now in good hands.
It could take days… weeks… even longer. It will happen once your oppressor believes they have gotten away with bruising you. At that moment, a colossal flame will engulf their contentment. And you will know in your heart that the debt has been collected.
Mahito - he’s the best on this list by FAR. his ability??? that just means he change himself to literally whatever the hell you desire in a hug he can be real big and holding you or more down to your size and closer to you or he can be squishy or not and also he’s a manipulative prick so he’d probs be able to catch on when you need a hug vs when you need space and can probably tell you all the little things you wanna hear or simply remain silent or whatever the hell u want. Even if he’s just doing it to manipulate u its a damn good hug I’d take it. Be careful tho he may give u a bad hug on purpose JUST to annoy u.
Jogo- honestly??? he’s pretty good he’s super duper warm which is GREAT in the winter and the only downsides is that he’d shove you away or kill you OR would be super awkward bc hes probably never had a hug before. But still if he hugged you?? it’d be pretty cool ig.
Dagon - im sorry but its a 1 outta 10 for me man. Dagon just??? cold and wet and it feels almost little slimy and uncomfortable. They’re enthusiastic though, so at least there’s that.
Haruta - congratulations !!! you’ve just earned yourself one (1) parasite !! now that you’ve started hugging him he’s never letting go he’s latched on he hugs on tighter if you try to leave or push him away and despite what u may think hes surprisngly strong smh he is a fighter and stuff after all. He just holds u close and squeezes u tightly maybe buries his head in your shoulder idk. No amount of convincing gets him to let go. He might agree to let go if u offer to hold his hand or something instead though but then he’d drag you around everywhere maybe
Eso - its a good hug !! once you get the hang of it, at least. You’ve gotta be reaaal careful with his back bc he doesnt tend to like it being touched so like yknow you might be the only one getting hugged or you may have to just veery carefully figure out where is safe to put your hands. but in the end its a real good hug!! he’s pretty gentle because he tries not to hurt you or anything.
Hanami - it’s a little awkward at first bc first of all there’s Hanami’s arm wrap and then second of all Hanami hasn’t much experience with hugs. Although I can imagine Dagon may have hugged them sometimes so maybe not. Either way though it’s a nice hug and you can’t help but to feel calmed by it they just project an aura of peace and both of you could just stay like that for a while.
Witchy tip: When making curses, surround yourself with plants or carry with you some, even if it´s a tiny one.
This will protect you from bad energy that could get attached. Remember that casting curses and hexes could harm you too, so this way you make sure the elements of earth protect you ☆
In stories, people always try to get rid of a curse by tricking someone else into buying or accepting it. this implies curses are analog.
it’s not like passing on, for example, an mp3 file. when you pass on a curse you are passing on the originalcopy (thus freeing yourself). which means curses are analog.
alternatively, curses are digital but are under stringent DRM rules
OP, I am
1. a witch
2. a librarian
and I am so damn delighted andangrythatyou are absolutely right.
Okay, now that I’ve had time to sort out some thoughts…
There are two really common questions I see around Witchblr. The first is “I’m new, where do I start?” And of course there are a whole bunch of guides around to help those new witches. Masterlists and recommendations and stuff.
But the other question is this: “I think I might be cursed, what do I do?”
And the answer is almost always the same thing: “You’re probably not, unless you know a witch who hates you.”
That’s it. No links, no recommendations, no suggestions on search terms, nothing. That answer has been really getting on my nerves lately, and I’ve been trying to figure out why.
I keep coming back to my Mythbusters principal. Test it out. Just dismissing someone because you think they probably aren’t solves nothing. With that dismissive answer, we’re operating on the principal that curses only happen when a practicing witch gets angry enough to curse a specific person, and they cannot happen any other way. Are we certain that’s how it works? Are we absolutely certain?
Because in my practice, I’ve been operating on the idea that cursing is easy. That enough focused ill-will directed at a specific target can manifest in a curse. Now, I don’t mean a big scary movie-style curse that’s going to make thirteen generations of your descendants turn into lizards during the full moon. But I dothink that much focused energy can ‘stick’ onto someone, and then causes chaos until it’s removed or falls off on its own.
I work in retail. I encounter a lot of people during a work day, and a lotof them end up angry at me for one reason or another. We didn’t have the muffins they wanted, they couldn’t find the bakery bags, their coupon is expired… whatever the reason, people end up mad. And while most of them are smart enough to know that I’m not personally being an asshole to them, some of them absolutely do blame me. They get this victim complex and think that I’m targeting them specifically when I should kiss their feet because they’re a Good Customer ™. And some of these people do walk away muttering to themselves about me on a personal level.
Now, maybe just one of these encounters isn’t enough for a ‘negative energy buildup’ like I’m talking about. Maybe it takes a lot of them before it starts manifesting. Or maybe it’s just one. I don’t know, this isn’t a science. But I doknow that after a string of freak happenings (cooler breaks down, equipment breaks, food spoils when it shouldn’t, shipments are delayed, get injured on something that shouldn’t cause injury), I start to wonder… am I cursed?
And rather than dismissing my own thoughts with “nah that’s dumb, there’s no witch cursing me”, I decided to assume that I was, and go ahead with a simple curse breaking spell. And you know what? My day improved instantly.
It doesn’t always work. Some days are legitimately just a bad luck day, or it’s my own bad attitude. And when my curse-breaking spells don’t work, I know it’s just me or it’s just bad luck. But honestly, ever since I started doing a regular ‘light curse breaking’ ritual, my day-to-day life has improved.
Now, I don’t mean I-won-the-lotto and I-got-crowned-Queen-of-Genovia, but I do mean that I’ve noticed a drastic decrease in the little stupid inconveniences that can pile up into One Big Bad Day.
I feel like I’m straying off track here.
The point is, I don’t think this whole “You’re only cursed if you know a witch who’s angry with you” thing is always true. Yeah, some days really are just bad luck, but maybe not. Look into the Evil Eye and see how many cultures believe that one can be cursed accidentally by someone looking at you with envy.
And yeah, if someone comes to us worrying that they’ve been cursed, assuring them that they probably don’t need to freak out is good. But maybe we also start telling them that running water can help dispel a curse and that mirrors can be used to reflect bad intentions away. After all, why do we witch if not to take control of our lives in a chaotic world? Do the curse-breaking spell. Worst case scenario, you’ll waste some salt you could have used on your veggies.
EXACTLY why my MO is that, if I feel like I’m having an unusual amount of bad luck, I do a cursebreaking spell, then cleanse.
Sometimes things dramatically turn around. Sometimes they just stop being quite so shitty. Sometimes they remain shitty.
But like, ok, so I used a little bit of my cursebreaking oil, spent five minutes on a spell and then 15 minutes in the shower (and am now also mundanely clean, so, accomplished *something* of value regardless of whether I was cursed or not).
I really think I can afford to be wrong and do this when I’m actually not cursed at all, sometimes. Worst case I’m out ~5min plus a shower that maybe I didn’t really NEED for mundane hygiene *just* yet (20 min total if you count the shower as being completely unnecessary but, it is something I need to do fairly often anyway so I don’t think it’s very fair to count it as completely unnecessary unless I literally already bathed the same day), and a small dab of cursebreaking oil + a few other easily-obtained and inexpensive spell components for nothing.
On the other hand, if I AM cursed and do nothing? Worst case is the bad luck starts piling up more and more, and that could potentially have serious impacts on my life, much worse than being out something like 20 minutes and 50 cents worth of spell supplies if I’m estimating generously.
Other Items: Sharp objects and sour things can also be used in curses.
You can use a picture of the person(s) you want to curse.
You can also use some of their hair, blood, personal possessions, clothing, etc.
Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any curses/hexes gone wrong. Please be careful and think it through before you curse someone. Curses are not to be taken lightly.
9/10 it be the you cursing you. Your actions have consequences. If you won’t leave that lady husband alone, and you got bad relationship juju after that, that’s you sis!!! If you out here sending evil eye to any and everyone, but you can’t come up, it’s you!!
This ain’t to say, people aren’t out here throwing brujeria on you, but let’s be real….ain’t nobody bout to spend the time , the energy, the resources, and the money to hex you….unless you made some terrible choices.
A spell jar to curse a person who wishes ill on others so their ill wishes come back to them.
Ingredients – Shark or other predator tooth, sigil for this ingredient, or object shaped like a predator’s tooth – dirt – black pepper – salt – a small paper with the words of ill will written out
Steps 1. Collect your ingredients 2. Safely burn the paper with the words written out 3. Pour the ashes into the jar with the other ingredients 4. Seal with a black candle
As someone who has literally been cursed at least twice (Don’t even ask. It’s my own bloody life and I don’t believe/understand half the crap I manage to stumble into,) I support this venn diagram.
Salting the earth, or sowing with salt, is the ritual of spreading salt on conquered cities to symbolize a curse on their re-inhabitation.
This curse is inspired by this historical act in order to leave your target barren in any fields of new growth, be it personal, financial or emotional.
Supplies:
A broom (functioning) Salt A flat surface or floor Dirt (handful from the garden will suffice) Brambles or weeds (please only handle weeds you can identify) Water Smoke (either candle or incense) A rock
The Curse:
Spread the dirt out on your surface. In the dirt draw the target or spell out their name.
“By [name/face] my mark is true, this fruitless harvest is bound to you. So toil and endure these larbors lasting as they’re woven in this curse I’m casting.”
With the weeds ball then into a small nest and place it in the center of the dirt.
“Barren lands and empty nests wrought with only vermin and pests. A single seed, my gift to you, for everything you’ve put me through.”
Pass the rock or stone through the smoke and place it at the center of the nest.
“Now from this egg and from this seed I gift to you pure want and need. But nothing else will yield you life just endless nights of sweat and strife.”
Pour the salt over everything.
“Soil tarnished, gardens ash and bone Tired aching and alone.”
Drink the water yourself.
“And unto me, the knowledge sweet Of water lush and warm sun’s heat And knowledge of your bitter defeat.”
The academy I attend has alarge murder of crows that gathers around it each and every day. It makes it convenient to utilize them for hexing after everyone has left for the day.
This hex is along-term one, meant to gradually chip away at your target’s vitality, good fortune and prosperity. And it’s very simple. Feed them to the crows.
If you have a local murder of crows that hang around, you can very easily befriend them with some food. (Try not to do this in an outdoor gathering space, like a park, board walk or a picnic area, where the crows will become a nuisance to the locals, it’s rude).
Take a bag of bird feed, or any bird safe food, such as:
Eggs and their shells
Unsalted nuts
Seeds
Fruits
Vegetables
Chicken
Write the name of your target on the bag, imagine that the food holds the essence of the person you wish to drain. Now, whenever you take food from the bag, visualize yourself taking away the power of your target.
Throw the food to the crows, and ask that they carry your target’s gifts and happiness away as they eat.
Repeat every day or as often as you can until you are satisfied with your target’s demise. And be sure to thank the crows for their service.
A curse for someone who likes to aggressively shove their opinions in others faces.
What you need:
- an apple or lemon
- pins
- cayenne or chili powder
- black salt
- a taglock, or a paper with the target’s name on it
- a black candle
Light your candle, you want it to melt a little so you can use the wax. Cut your apple or lemon into wedges. They look like little smiles don’t they? Good, you’ll need two of the wedges. Take the taglock or paper and push it into the wedge, letting the juice soak it.
Say, “your vicious words will sour on your tongue”.
Sprinkle the cayenne over the wedge and taglock. Say, “your mouth will burn more with each harsh word until you cannot bear it”.
Sprinkle the black salt over the wedge and taglock. Say “your throat will dry until you choke on each cruel word”.
Now take your second wedge and place it atop the taglock and spices. Carefully stick your pins into the wedges, making sure at least one goes through where the taglock is. Imagine the target’s mouth being clamped shut, unable to spew their vitriol. Lastly, carefully pour wax from your candle over the seams where the wedges meet (blow the flame out first!) and store it in a plastic bag in a dark place.
To break the curse, cut the wax and carefully un-pin the fruit, taking the wedges apart and bury it away from your property.
write down an itemised list of everything the select person has done to you and/or other people
place the tag lock and herbs on top of the post it and fold it twice
place both hands around the post-it and repeat six times : you must know you have dept to pay, and your scorened will colllect one day. ( pass your magic into the post it)
light the post it on fire and watch it burn until it’s black but still whole enough to hold
take the matches used and post it note and bury them outside whilst praying to your dieties (for me theoi) or repeat the sentence
note : the pain they feel SHOULD finish once their dept is done and they’ve felt all the pain they’ve caused
RESULTS SO FAR:
friday 13th 2019: The person i cursed was complying of sleepless nights
When the wolf at length had had his sleep out, he got on his legs, and as the stones in his stomach made him very thirsty, he wanted to go to a well to drink. But when he began to walk and to move about, the stones in his stomach knocked against each other and rattled. Then cried he,
“What rumbles and tumbles Against my poor bones? I thought ‘twas six kids But it’s naught but big stones.”
And when he got to the well and stooped over the water and was just about to drink, the heavy stones made him fall in and there was no help, but he had to drown miserably.
- The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids —–
Greed is a curse unto itself, and this spell turns that malice back onto a person whose greed is harming the people around them.
Make or acquire a cloth poppet. You’re going to be stuffing the poppet, so make sure it’s a decent size, with plenty of room in the stomach area.
It is not necessary to have any hair or nails from the target in order to make the spell work, but it can help. In the absence of such things, you can name the poppet thus:
“Poppet, I name you [NAME]. Your limbs are their limbs. Your flesh is their flesh. As you suffer, so shall they suffer.”
With scissors or a small sharp blade, open a slit in the belly of the poppet. If there is pre-existing filling, remove some of it. Into the cavity where the stomach might be, place a whole chili pepper (any kind will do), seven small pebbles, and seven tacks or thorns. Carefully stitch the poppet closed and whisper to it:
“Rumble and tumble, A pepper and stones. Swallow your greed, And choke on the bones.”
Take the poppet to a deep body of water, such as a lake or pond, and drop it into the deepest part you can reach. If such a body of water is not available, you can “drown” the poppet in a bucket of water for three nights and then discard it with your garbage.
Vassili went on further till he reached the ferry, where the old man asked: ‘Did you think of me?’
‘Yes, and as soon as you have ferried me across I will tell you what you want to know.’
When they had crossed over, Vassili said: 'Let the next man who comes stay in the boat, but do you step on shore, push the boat off, and you will be free, and the other man must take your place.
- The Story of Three Wonderful Beggars (The Violet Fairy Book)
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Intent: To curse another with the problems that plague your own life.
Materials:
Two pennies
Previously-used jar candle
Fire source
Body of water
Ideal Timing: Dark of the Moon / New Moon / No Moon
Fair Warning: This is not a nice spell. This is not a polite spell. Baneful magic by its’ very definition is not meant to be pleasant, but there can be a difference between ill-wishing someone yourself and asking a figure from the realm of spirits to help you do it. The fact that you are entering into a minor pact to accomplish this goal creates an additional degree of difficulty and uncertainty. If you choose to perform this ritual, please proceed with caution.
In order to do this spell, you have to make a deal with the Ferryman, who carries souls across to the hereafter and may also haul away bad luck and strife if you pay him and ask nicely. You’ll need to work carefully and quickly to pull this off.
Before you begin, perform any protective steps you would normally take before doing spirit work or baneful magic. Make preparations to cleanse yourself and your home upon completion. If you don’t have anything in place, you might want to check out the Protections section of this book for ideas. (Golden Hood)
Obtain two pennies from the same year. Any year will do, so long as they match, but new and shiny is preferable. Carry the pennies in your pocket for one week to absorb your bad luck. Then, on a moonless night, go and stand on the shore of some body of water. For best results, I suggest a lake or a river too wide to be easily crossed without a boat.
Make a circle around yourself, large enough to stand in without being too close to the edges. You can use chalk, pebbles, stones, sticks, a line in the sand, whatever material works best for the location. You might also use a premade containment figure such as a hoop or a rope circle. Stand in the center, light the candle, and place it at your feet so that the light fills the circle. While you perform the next few steps, take care to stay within the circle of light. Do not look behind you during the ritual and do not let the candle go out. (I recommend using a jar candle which has burned down a little ways so that it is shielded from chance breezes.)
Remove one of the pennies from your pocket and hold it out before you towards the water. In a quiet clear voice, call to the Ferryman:
Ferryman, Ferryman Sail to the shore I’ve a penny to give you And soon will have more One day to sail outward One day to sail in Come back on the third day And you’ll have its twin
No soul do I offer No body to bury Only lighten my load Take this burden I carry Ferryman, help me My fortunes are poor Ferryman, Ferryman Come to the shore
Throw the penny into the water. Try to land it as far from the shore as you can. Carefully extinguish the candle and leave the area as quickly and safely as possible. Once you return home, you may want to salt your doors or refresh whatever protections you have in place, in case something has followed you home.
You then have until midnight on the third day (starting from dawn the day after you toss the coin), to somehow get someone else to take the other penny from you. It’s best to have a target in mind, preferably someone who really deserves that bad luck. If you start out thinking of a particular person, you can either hand the coin to them, slip it into their belongings, leave it inside their home, or bury it on their property. What matters is that by the time midnight on the third day rolls around, the coin is in their possession and not yours.
Your bad luck and misfortune should leave or lessen during this three-day stretch. If you successfully pass the penny to someone else, your bad luck will fall on them. If you do not manage to get rid of the coin, your bad luck will return and you’ll be right back where you started.
The only way to break the curse is for the person who has received the bad-luck penny to go to the same body of water and throw in the coin that you gave them.
It may be prudent to return to the body of water in the daylight after your bad luck has passed and toss in another penny to thank the Ferryman for his help, just in case he’s disgruntled over your trickery. It would also be prudent to never again show your face there after dark or on foggy days.
Note: This ritual should only ever be performed in the same location once. If you wish to do it again, you’ll need to find a different body of water. It would also be wise to let some time pass, at least a few months, or find other ways of dealing with your problems. Don’t tempt fate too often if you can avoid it.
