Can one accidentally cast a hex by will and ill feeling alone, sans ritual? I'm pretty sure TSW and I wish it didn't.
My wife seems to have a bad habit of this. She'll wish ill on someone or some group in and tolerably enough those ill-wishes come true. She's never happy about it afterwards, because I suppose the rasberry-jam principle applies.
If you want an example, the best one is what she (accidentally) did to me: back when we were dating I went away to school, and she declared privately with venom 'I hope he gets sick' so I'd have to drop out and return home. Well, I dropped out, returned home, and went to the local cow college with her, just like she asked for. My health never recovered and she has to deal with a sickly husband, which she didn't want. That's not the worst curse, either. If her willpower can do good, it's not as clear when that has happened. (Probably because it's easier to sharpen the will with anger, at least in the short term.)
Aside from the obvious "tell her not to curse people," do you have any advice? She doesn't believe in magic, so that doesn't work. I worry for the karmic blowback she might build up. She's not generally a negative person; she just gets upset sometimes and lashes out in a way that she doesn't think will hurt.
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branchandroot
Accidental hexings
Date: 2021-05-17 11:17 am (UTC)My wife seems to have a bad habit of this. She'll wish ill on someone or some group in and tolerably enough those ill-wishes come true. She's never happy about it afterwards, because I suppose the rasberry-jam principle applies.
If you want an example, the best one is what she (accidentally) did to me: back when we were dating I went away to school, and she declared privately with venom 'I hope he gets sick' so I'd have to drop out and return home. Well, I dropped out, returned home, and went to the local cow college with her, just like she asked for. My health never recovered and she has to deal with a sickly husband, which she didn't want. That's not the worst curse, either. If her willpower can do good, it's not as clear when that has happened. (Probably because it's easier to sharpen the will with anger, at least in the short term.)
Aside from the obvious "tell her not to curse people," do you have any advice? She doesn't believe in magic, so that doesn't work. I worry for the karmic blowback she might build up. She's not generally a negative person; she just gets upset sometimes and lashes out in a way that she doesn't think will hurt.