Good whatever time of day this finds you I was thinking today about hexes and curses. I am a hexy witch. My path, and the path of my ancestors absolutely involves hexing as part of a full practice. I don't follow the thinking that what I give comes back to me three fold as that is just not how energy exchange works. I don't hex or curse lightly. A lot of folks seem to think that is the first jump to for a witch that hexes. Maybe. But not for me. I prefer to try more productive ways first. Heck, I prefer to try to ignore the person and if they won't let me go, out comes the cauldron, if you will. If I am pushed to greater measures to have the peace in my life, my first step is a banisher. A spell to send them and their thoughts away from me. I have one I have used to great effect and it has greatly reduced the need to do greater hexes. An example is when I had prevent someone from further harming my child, but could not find a way to remove my child from the situation. That sort of thing. But if I am pushed to hexing, that hex is so very tailored to the person who earned it. Magic is energy exchange. Which to me means that I am (at the point of hexing) returning the negative energy they sent my way. I make sure the hex is equal to the harm that was done to me, to the best of my ability and with the information i have at hand. I like to make them specific. If for example if I was abused emotionally, the hex would be "may they feel no joy for the length of time they harmed me" Or something similar. I prefer specific magic and am not going to out my hexes. For small curses, I love minor inconveniences. Like "may your socks always be damp" or may you always smell dirty sock. I get creative. You should too. Magic, even protective magic can have some humor. And remember, at the end of it all magic is an energy exchange. What may be a blessing for one, is a curse for another.
