A few weeks ago, I wrote about hexes. Since then, I received a newsletter from Gina Spriggs and I attended a seminar with the spiritually gifted Sandra Taylor that have me thinking about this subject quite a bit.
Gina Spriggs owns a store called Curio, Craft & Conjure. She’s in the pro-curse camp. She says life isn’t all love and light. She says we curse people every day when we say Fuck you! if someone cuts us off in traffic or Damn you or Go to hell for a similar injustice. When we do, we’re expressing our anger and setting boundaries.
Sandra Taylor has a ritual, a spell if you will, that isn’t a curse or hex and yet can shift the negative energy we experience when we’re angry or feeling powerless. It’s called freezing someone’s name.
Who gets your blood boiling every time you think of them? The kid who bullied you in middle school. The friend who betrayed you in high school. The ex-spouse who continues to take you to court. The relative who manages to ruin every holiday. That one neighbor who’s a real asshole. Think of them now. This is the person for whom you need to release the energy of attachment or difficult connection.
To soften or release that energy, write the full name of the person (or organization) at the top of a small piece of paper. Below that, write the full name again followed by is sealed in the light. Now take a whole lemon and make a slit in it. Fold the paper up and put it into the slit in the lemon. Place the lemon in the freezer.
This symbolic gesture works amazingly well to soften or even release the hard energy. Remember, your anger, your grudge, only hurts you.
If, after a couple of weeks, you still feel anger when you think of the person, dispose of the lemon with a ritual (burn it or bury it) and try again with a new lemon.
I love to hear from you, so let me know how it works once you’re tried it.