A curse is an expressed wish for misfortune to befall an entity, often believed to be activated through supernatural means such as spells or rituals. Curses can aim for revenge, protection, or to inflict harm and have been practiced across various cultures, sometimes using effigies that symbolize the victim. The potency of a curse can be influenced by the authority of the person casting it, and there are methods to lift or break curses, including prayer and positive thinking.

2. A curse (also called
execration) is any expressed
wish that some form of
adversity or misfortune will
befall or attach to some other
entity—one or more persons, a
place, or an object. In
particular, "curse" may refer to
a wish that harm or hurt will be
inflicted by any supernatural
powers, such as a spell, a
prayer, an imprecation, an
execration, magic, witchcraft, a
god, a natural force, or a spirit.
In many belief systems, the
curse itself (or accompanying
ritual) is considered to have
some causative force in the
result.

3. A curse is when someone
wishes misfortune or says
something bad will happen to
a person, family, place or
object. Some believe curses
are a supernatural act that
results from a prayer, spell,
spirit or magic. Most cultures
believe curses are negative
and will result in injury or
worse. Different cultures
have different names for
curses.

4. •The principle purposes for them are
for revenge, and also for protection of
homes, treasures and grave sites.
•Curses can become effective
immediately or may be dormant for
years.
•Curses laid on families have been
known to have plagued them for
generations.
•Like blessings, curses have
universally been bought and sold
throughout the centuries.
•The use of curse has been practiced
by many cultures. The most universal
method of laying on a curse is by
effigy, which is an image or
representation of the victim, or the
person who is wished to be harmed.

5. Waxed effigies were common in ancient India, Persia, Egypt, Africa and Europe,
and currently are still used. Also, effigies can be made of clay, wood and stuffed
cloth (poppets). Often the effigy is marked or painted to looked like the victim. It
is thought that the closer the effigy resembles the victim, the more the victim will
suffer when the effigy is harmed or destroyed.
The theory behind the harming or destroying an effigy to do harm to a victim is
pure sympathetic magic. As the effigy is harmed, so the victim is harmed.
Likewise, when the effigy is destroyed, so the victim dies.

6. “If anyone wishes to injure an enemy; for a small fee,sorcerers will bring harm on good or
bad alike, binding the gods to serve their purposes by spells and curses”…

7. Anyone can lay a curse on another person, but it is believed that
the authority of the person who lays the curse on increases its
potency and makes it more dangerous. Such persons are believed
to be priests, priestesses or royalty; persons possessing magical
skill, such as Witches, sorcerers and magicians; and persons who
have no other recourse to justice, such as women in many
societies, the poor, the destitute and the dying. Deathbed curses
are the most potent, since all the curser’s vital energy goes into
the curse.

8. There is a belief that if the victim knows
that he has been cursed and believes
that he is doomed, that the curse is all
the more potent for the victim helps to
cause his own demise. However, many
Witches and sorcerers claim that curses
can be just as effective without the
victim’s knowledge of them. They further
say that they would never let the victim
know the curse had been laid on him
because then he might go to another
Witch seeking to get it removed.
Most Witches think that the
curse will return to the curser in
the same form as given.
Although there are those that
believe that cursing against
one’s enemies is justified.

9. Just as many methods exit for breaking
cursers as there are for making them. If
a magically charged object has been
hidden in someone's dwelling it may be
discovered by divination or
clairvoyance and ceremonially
destroyed. Sometimes other banishing
rituals or protective workings are used
to overpower the curse, protective
talismans and amulets can be worn,
and magical oils and washes can be
used to attempt to lift the curse's effect.

10. A major side effect in removing a curse
is that when the curse is broken, its
energy can recoil on the person who
cast it, and if such person has not
taken adequate precautions, he/she
may end up receiving the entire effect
intended for the curse's victim.
Traditionally, the most propitious time
for laying on and breaking curses is
during the waning of the moon.

12. A controversial new book tells you how to put curses on your enemies by
harnessing your dark powers in four easy steps!
1. Rise from your bed at midnight. Sit cross-
legged on the floor in a dark, empty room
and whisper the words: “Evil, live, live, evil”
over and over for one minute. In your mind’s
eye, picture the person you want to curse.
2. As the image of the person appears to
you, visualize great harm coming to him or
her. For example, you might watch with
delight as a car runs over him or he falls
down a flight of stairs.

13. A controversial new book tells you how to put curses on your enemies by
harnessing your dark powers in four easy steps!
3. Savor the victim’s agony – but don’t forget:
the misfortune you visualize is the misfortune
your victim will suffer in real life.
If you visualize the victim losing an eye, the
victim should lose an eye. If you visualize
death, the victim should die. Carefully consider
the consequences of your actions before you
proceed.

14. A controversial new book tells you how to put curses on your enemies by
harnessing your dark powers in four easy steps!
4. As you continue to revel in the imaginary evil
you have brought to your enemy, whisper:
“Powers of darkness, make this so.”
Contemplate your actions for a minute or so
and then, says Mulkrin, “your work is done.”
“If you are sincere in your desire to punish an
enemy, and have absolutely no reservations
about bringing him harm, the curse will work.”

16. Do not acknowledge the curse
exists. Since curses are primarily
ill wishes and bad thoughts, so
believing a curse does not have
power over you is the easiest way
to get rid of it. The Psychics &
Mediums Network believes curses
are a telepathic transfer of
negative energy that takes
advantage of your inner fears.
Therefore, the best way to deal
with curses is to ignore them all
together by thinking and acting
positively. Consider the words of
Eleanor Roosevelt: "No one can
make you a victim without your
consent."

17. -Pray-
Cultures that believe in the power of
curses also believe in the power of
prayer. Heal My Life says all you need
to do to remove a curse is to let God
know you want to be freed from it.
When you ask for divine intervention,
you must be ready to let go of the
power the curse has over you and have
faith that God will take it away.
Heal My Life suggests using imagery
when you pray and picture God
standing with you as you confront
those who cursed you. Instead of
asking God to curse those who sent
you the bad wishes, ask God to stand
between you and the curser, to break
the power the curse had so it does not
have any more powers and to protect
the person that cursed you.

18. Stop cursing others. From
the Heart Feng Shui states
that people who curse other
are more susceptible to
curses. Those who practice
Feng Shui believe there is
positive and negative
energy, or "qi." If a person
has a "cursing" qi, he must
first rid himself of it. Once a
person rids himself of the
negative energy they self-
instilled by cursing others,
they will no longer be
susceptible to curses aimed
in their direction.

20. The alleged "mummy curse" is on the tomb of
Tutankhamen.
Death will slay with its wings whoever disturbs the peace
of the pharaoh.
Various legends abound in the United Kingdom and Europe of curses laid upon
families, especially of the aristocracy. One of the most horrible curses was that of
childlessness or death to the heirs, to the family lineage died out.