Effigy Is Bad

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A curse is when you are sending out negative energy to some one and wishing them ill-will. Curses can be seen from mild irritation to out and out wishing death upon someone. You are focusing massive amounts of negative energy on a person. Some sources say that it comes from Old English and the word curs "a prayer that evil or harm befall one". Curses can be seen from mild irritation to out wishing death upon someone. Typically a curse will develop slowly and gradually, increasing the individual's suffering over time. Some curses are written so that they cannot be removed or reversed. One of the dangers of creating curses is that there is a backlash against the one who crafts them. Both parties become bound and oppressed. The one who creates …show more content…

The theory behind the harming or destroying an effigy to do harm to a victim is pure sympathetic magic. sp this means that if the effigy is harmed or destoried so will the person it is cursing be destoriyed. The ancient Egyptians often used waxed figures of Apep, a monster who was the enemy of the sun. The magician would write Apep’s name in green ink on the effigy, wrapped it in new papyrus and throw it into a fire As it burned he kicked it with his left foot four times. The ashes of the effigy were mixed with excrement and destoryied by another fire. The Egyptians also left waxed figures on tombs. Like blessings, curses have universally been bought and sold throughout the centuries. Plato mentioned in the Republic, "If anyone wishes to injure an enemy; for a small fee they (sorcerers) will bring harm on good or bad alike, binding the gods to serve their purposes by spells and curses." Waxed figures were popularly used during the Middle Ages and Renaissance in Europe by numerous witches. King James I, of England, described such activities in his book Daemonologie (1597): To some others at these times the Devil teaheth how to make pictures of wax or clay. That by the roasting thereof, the persons that they beare the name of, may be continually melted or die away by continually sickness. A curse is the expression of desire of harm to come to

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