How To Break A Curse or Hex?

hqdefaultBy: Patti Wigington / Source: Paganism/Wicca

How to Break a Hex or Curse

One of the most popular articles on this site is one about magical self-defense and protection. In this piece, we discuss how to know if you are curse or hexed, and ways of protecting yourself to keep such things from taking place from the get-go.

However, we also receive, on a pretty regular basis, emails from people who are positive they’re under magical attack already, and want to know how to break or lift the curse, hex, or spell that is causing them harm.

Although the Magical Self-Defense article touches on this briefly, we’re going to expand on the techniques mentioned, since it’s such a popular topic.

Be sure to read the Magical Self-Defense article before you continue on this one, because it does detail ways to determine if you are, in fact, under magical attack. In general, though, you should be able to answer ALL THREE of the following questions with a yes:

  • Is there someone in your life that you have angered or offended in some way?
  • Is that person someone who has the magical knowledge to place a harmful spell on you?
  • Is a hex or curse the only possible explanation for what is happening to you?

If the answer to all three is “yes”, then it’s possible you’ve been cursed or hexed. If that’s the case, then you may need to take protective measures.

There are a number of different ways to break a spell that is causing you harm, and those will vary depending on the guidelines and tenets of your tradition. However, the following methods are some of the most popular means of breaking a curse or hex.

Magic Mirrors

Remember when you were a child and you figured out that you could reflect sunlight at people with your mom’s hand mirror?

A “magic mirror” works on the principal that anything reflected in it – including hostile intent – will be bounced back to the sender. This is especially effective if you know the identity of the person who is sending bad mojo your way.

There are several methods of creating a magic mirror. The first, and simplest, is to use a single mirror. First, consecrate the mirror like you would any other of your magical tools.

Place the mirror, standing up, in a bowl of black salt, which is used in many hoodoo traditions to provide protection and repel negativity.

In the bowl, facing the mirror, place something that represents your target – the person who is cursing you. This can be a photo, a business card, a small doll, an item that they own, or even their name written on a piece of paper.

This will reflect that individual’s negative energy back to them.

A similar technique is to create a mirror box. It works on the same principle as the single mirror, only you’ll use several mirrors to line the inside of a box, gluing them in place so they don’t move around.

Once you’ve done so, place a magical link to the person inside the box, and then seal the box. You may use black salt if you wish to add a little more magical oomph.

In some folk magic traditions, the mirror box is created using shards of a mirror you’ve smashed with a hammer while chanting the person’s name.

This is a great method to use – and smashing anything with a hammer is pretty therapeutic – but be careful you don’t cut yourself. Wear safety glasses if you opt for this approach.

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