| There has always been controversy in the occult | | | | over. |
| community over curses and hexes. Wiccans, for | | | | Some would call it black magic, but from your own |
| instance feel that curses can be "bad" and can result | | | | point of view you would only be avenging yourself. Is |
| in bad karma, three times over. Wiccans believe in | | | | that evil? Is avenging yourself through magic and |
| the three fold law, which means that everything they | | | | defending 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 a | | | | Thankfully, hexes and voodoo dolls aren't illegal; they |
| true, natural law that governs over everybody, even | | | | are only controversial in the occult world. |
| non-wiccans. As an eclectic witch myself, I obviously | | | | I'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 to | | | | revenge spell on someone and receiving three times |
| everybody, no matter what we do. If we feel that | | | | the bad karma myself. I'm not encouraging anyone to |
| we have truly been wronged and that we deserve | | | | just go cursing people left and right, I'm only making |
| to be avenged, I believe that we have every right to | | | | the claim that we should have a right to avenge |
| direct bad energy (and bad luck) back to the person | | | | ourselves if we want to (in a legal way). |
| who wronged us. We all have a right to avenge | | | | Speaking 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 you | | | | karma truly does exist, then it probably will come |
| should have every right to do a revenge spell. If | | | | back to us through acting like that. But if we truly |
| someone is being mean and horrible to you for no | | | | have a desire to avenge ourselves when we've been |
| reason, you should have a right to redirect their | | | | done wrong, then we should have a right to. |
| negative energy back to them. It's only a matter of | | | | Forgiveness is divine, but sometimes revenge is a |
| taking karma into your own hands. I don't think any | | | | little sweeter. |
| Goddess or God would punish you for it three times | | | | |