Incoming rant about witchblr curse mentality, caused by a post I just saw from someone saying you need to have it confirmed by at least two other psychics even after doing your own divination on it.
It's funny to me that this is the general consensus that it's unlikely you've been cursed when The Evil Eye is a thing. It can literally be caused by jealousy or someone thinking ill of you. It doesn't even take much. And it can be wildly out of control or relatively mild. Even if it's not a curse, cleansing yourself can still help remove any random negative energy built up, any negative or parasitic spirits that may have attached themselves to you, or just general bad luck. Hell, make it a part of your weekly routine so you can keep anything from even building up in the first place. If you practice magic, and are online with others who practice, there's always going to be negativity and bs in the community you interact with, and some of that negative bs might splash back on you regardless of whether or not it was intended to. Bottom line, if you feel like you need a cleansing, do a fucking cleansing. Don't let people be condescending about it, cleansing takes care of a LOT of things, not just curses.
And another thing, with the sheer amount of people now practicing magic, curses being flung around are going to be a LOT more common. They may not be particularly bad, but they'll fucking happen. The idea that you need to get it confirmed that you've been cursed by at least 3 sources is absolutely ridiculous to me, especially if you work with spirits of any kind, or can do divination with any level of accuracy. I'm not gonna spend money to get two other practitioners/workers/witches to "confirm" that it's a curse if I did the divination or ritual to find out myself. Cause I trust in my own ability and my spirits to give me accurate information.
As a folk witch, whose practice is based around making my own life easier and better and actively changing negative situations into positive ones using magic, cleansing is a pretty big part of that. Not to mention, we don't exist in a vacuum. Shit that happens with your family can cause negative energy to build up or worse, attract parasitic spirits to you. It's not always a curse, unless you've specifically made an enemy. But god damn, you don't have to sit there and accept bad luck and a "rough week" if you practice magic! You can do magic to clear up whatever's blocking you, to shut up someone who's gossiping about you, to convince your boss to give you a raise, to find a better job. Cleansing to remove anything keeping you down, or causing issues, is a NECESSITY to keep the other spells you do going nicely. So ESPECIALLY if you practice magic, and you feel like something's up, do a fucking cleansing.
