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Anti-Hex

Spyder Todd 2008

01:04 / 08.04.04

I'm pretty sure my best friend has been put under a Hex of some kind. When this first occurred to me about a month ago, I dismissed it and figured she was just having a bad few days, but then I started thinking and it seemed she was having a bad few months. And things just keep getting worse.

So, first, I want to be absolutely sure that she is under a negative spell, and that I'm not just being a paranoid freak. If there are any suggestions to help me with that, I'd appreciate it.
Next, what I really need the most is ideas of how to effectively counter this Hex. Because when she said to me tonight "I hate everything about my life except you", I figure that's a bad thing (no duh...). So I could really use some help with these.

Because I'm sure it will help with ideas, here are some of the things that are happening to her: A family member recently went in the hospital, anyone's guess when and if they'll get out; a friend of hers will probably die of cancer in the next two months; two car accidents in the last 4 months; she has a medical issue that no one is quite sure what it is, it could range from a mild and harmless abnormality to cancer; an obnoxious sister who literally hates everything (I'm serious here. I have yet to find one thing that this girl does not complain about that isn't herself); etc.

I really need some help here, Barbe-girls and boys. So, please give me a hand if you can.

06:16 / 08.04.04

Firstly, what makes you think that she has been hexed, rather than just having a round of really bad luck, (and yes, I understand that this is a REALLY bad round of luck)? Has someone claimed to put the whammy on her? Has she gotten on the bad side of an occultist with a temper problem? I'm not being flippant here, please understand. It's my experience that hex-craft is the LAST thing that should be considered when a bunch of bad stuff happens. We've all had had runs of really bad fortune that just came and went. Unfortunately, sometimes it doesn't just go away, sometimes people get sick, and all you can do is give them your support through it. Once more I would ask the question, what makes you think her misfortune has an occult basis?

11:59 / 08.04.04

In the absence of a clearly-defined "magickal attack" it might be more beneficial to do instead a general cleansing of "negativity" (especially in her own mental outlook on her situation), combined with/followed by positive work to bring about positive changes -- I'm being deliberately a little vague, as you could go about this in whatever tradition or practice you usually follow (sigils, prayer, whatever).

If she is of a religious bent, a more-or-less formal blessing might not be a bad idea, supplemented with more specific workings.

Hey, good luck.

~L

15:04 / 09.04.04

In hoodoo traditions, the phenomena of 'a run of bad luck' and the phenomena of being 'hexed', 'jinxed' or 'cursed' are not mutually exclusive. They are all considerd to be crossed conditions. A crossed condition can be anything from an actual curse that a malevolent magican has put on you, to a series of compulsive self-destructive behavior patterns, to just plain bad luck. They are generally treat with an 'Uncrossing', devised to remove such conditions that are hindering and impairing your will. In Thelemic terms, if you are doing your will everything flows right around you, therefore a person with bad luck has lost their way, has moved from the orbit of their Star and can't seem to get back. I'd recommend you offer to do an uncrossing for this person. With the disclaimer that uncrossings can have powerful and unpredicatable results. If you want more details on what this involves, PM me.

Less searchable M0rd4nt

10:51 / 11.04.04

Whether or not your friend's situation is the result of magickal attack or some other factor, some kind of shielding visualisation/ritual might be very helpful.

Best wishes to this person, and I hope her life improves soon.

Spyder Todd 2008

18:31 / 13.04.04

Graci, all. I don't know why all this makes me think "hex". It's all very odd. It's just one of those things where the idea keeps popping into my head and won't go away. But I lack evidence. So I'm not going to try anything stupid because... well... that would be stupid... (excuse me as that doesn't come off nearly as clever as I had hoped it would.)
Cleansing sounds like an excellent idea. I shall have to think about the best means to do this. I've used long range protective shells before, but those were only to keep bad things out, not get rid of bad things in general.