Are Revenge Spells Ethical?

There has always been controversy in the occultover.
community over curses and hexes. Wiccans, forSome would call it black magic, but from your own
instance feel that curses can be "bad" and can resultpoint of view you would only be avenging yourself. Is
in bad karma, three times over. Wiccans believe inthat evil? Is avenging yourself through magic and
the three fold law, which means that everything theydefending your own honor "evil"? Of course you
put out, will come back to them three times.don't want to do anything stupid and illegal.
Some wiccans believe that the three fold law is aThankfully, hexes and voodoo dolls aren't illegal; they
true, natural law that governs over everybody, evenare only controversial in the occult world.
non-wiccans. As an eclectic witch myself, I obviouslyI've been a practicing occultist for a number of years,
don't agree with that, but I do respect their views.and I've yet to see a correlation between doing a
Both good things and bad things happen torevenge spell on someone and receiving three times
everybody, no matter what we do. If we feel thatthe bad karma myself. I'm not encouraging anyone to
we have truly been wronged and that we deservejust go cursing people left and right, I'm only making
to be avenged, I believe that we have every right tothe claim that we should have a right to avenge
direct bad energy (and bad luck) back to the personourselves if we want to (in a legal way).
who wronged us. We all have a right to avengeSpeaking of "cursing people left and right", I think all
ourselves if we are truly wronged.of us would agree that it's a never good idea. If
If your ex boyfriend or girlfriend hurt you, then youkarma truly does exist, then it probably will come
should have every right to do a revenge spell. Ifback to us through acting like that. But if we truly
someone is being mean and horrible to you for nohave a desire to avenge ourselves when we've been
reason, you should have a right to redirect theirdone wrong, then we should have a right to.
negative energy back to them. It's only a matter ofForgiveness is divine, but sometimes revenge is a
taking karma into your own hands. I don't think anylittle sweeter.
Goddess or God would punish you for it three times