Victoria writes:
Hello. I have a question and i hope you reply soon. About 29 years ago I made friends with a woman who was a witch but I found out much later. She brought me to her friends who gave me a haircut..my hair was down to my waist and I left with a very short haircut. The hair was not thrown away when I was there. My life has been extremely horrible since then and continues to get worst. Did they use my hair foe a curse?

When it comes to curses, I tend to be on the fence.

As a Witch I believe that spells work, whether they be cast for good or with malice. That, being said I do not believe that they are cast as frequently or as effectively as most “victims” fear. Most of the time someone who believes themselves to be the victim of a curse is more likely to be a victim of circumstance – bad choices, bad luck, bad timing, etc.

However, most of the power of a curse comes from the belief that the victim feeds into it. So, if you believe yourself to be cursed – really truly believe it to be true – then it matters not if someone uttered chants under a dark moon using your hair or nail clippings to bring harm to you. Your own belief that you are cursed will do enough damage on its own.

In cases like these my suggestion is generally to avoid doing any type of curse breaking, but instead turn to a purification and blessing.

Light your bathroom with white candles (in fireproof containers, away from curtains or other flammables) and fill your bathtub with warm water and 3 handfuls of sea salt. If you like you can add several drops of food coloring to tint the water.

Say the following words three times:

Its in the past
Whats done is done
All ugliness there
I now do shun

Sit in the tub and visualize the darkness in your life, past and present, seeping out of your body and leaving a murkiness to the water. Wet every part of your body, even submerging to wet your hair.  Sit until the water becomes uncomfortably cool.

Rise from the tub, exit, and immediately drain the water.  Dry off with clean towels.

Stand and do a self-blessing using blessed salted water. One of my favorites is from A Book of Pagan Rituals ed. Herman Slater. While it is matrifocal, you can easily tailor it to honor whatever pantheon you follow. But anything you are comfortable with will serve the purpose.

Additionally, you can follow this up with a House Blessing as well which should reinforce the feeling of a fresh start.

Blessings to you!

Mama Kelly

Written by Mama KellyTags:curses, spell

Through 2Witches.com  Lady Rose & I get the occasional plea for information or assistance.  Recently I received an email asking us for help in breaking a spell.  The young woman who emailed me explained how her boyfriend was apparently blaming a spell for episodes of unfaithfulness.

Now, I will admit that I hesitated about replying.  I took a couple of days and hemmed and hawed about exactly how to formulate my reply.

In the end I sent a brief email giving my opinion that the likelihood was that if her partner was “sleeping around” and claiming no memory of his actions that he was either lying, using a large amount of alcohol/drugs, or was mentally ill.  I explained that I knew of no spell that would cause him to act in this manner and had no real advice to give.

Of course the reply I received the next day was an angry one.  She defended her lover, and blasted me.  I don’t blame her.  She wants there to be an excuse for her lover’s behavior that lays no blame at his feet.  She doesn’t want to look at the possibility that he may simply be being unfaithful.  She wants to believe him.

It pains me to see magic, or more accurately the claim of magic, used to victimized anyone.  I think of someone sleeping around on my own girls one day.  I think about the risk of disease for this young woman.  Frankly, it all makes me pretty angry.

But, I knew of no other course of action to take rather than to simply tell her the likely truth.

What would you have done?  What would you have said?

Blessings

Mama Kelly

Written by Mama Kelly

I never would’ve imagined when I wrote my first blog post that I would still be blogging three years later and that I would be working on this with my heart-sister and best friend Lady Rose.

I want to thank all of you who are interested enough in the daily lives of two witches to keep reading.

I want to thank those of you who have stuck with us through our many incarnations, finally following us here to our own domain this past Samhain.

I want to thank those of you who list us on your blogrolls, who point other readers our way, and who have become online friends who I deeply wish all lived on my street – just imagine the wonderful block parties!!!

At this time I open up the comments to you, in the fine tradition of other bloggers before me, to ask us whatever questions you wish. These can be questions about our faith, about our lives, or whatever else you want to know.  Pull up a chair, help yourself to a cup of cyber-tea, and ask away.

Answers will follow in posts over the next days or weeks, depending on how many questions we get.

We look forward to sharing the next year(s) with all of you.

Blessings!

Mama Kelly

PS We reserve the right to not answer questions we deem offensive or inappropriate.

Written by Mama Kelly

Ask A Witch – Get A Link

One of the great new features here at 2 Witches is our forum.   One of the discussion groups is Ask A Witch.  We will regularly select a question that has been asked and post it as a featured post with a link to the person asking the question.  It can be a serious or silly question.  It can be on any topic (we will do our best to come up with something intelligent sounding for an answer).  So let the questions begin!

We cordially invite you to help kick start our new featured posts by checking out the forum and asking a witch a question.  Be sure to check out the other discussion groups also, join in or start a conversation of your own.

We are very excited and looking forward to being able to interact with our readers in the forums.

Bright Blessings Lady Rose and Mama Kelly

We are “borrowing” this great idea from our blogging friend and “grand wizard” Saphrym who started it over on his blog.

Written by Lady RoseTags:Ask A Witch, forum