Curses, Hexes & Crossing: A Magician's Guide to Execration Magick Kindle Edition

Did not dissapoint, fascinating and educational read! I was especially surprised to find out how versatile execration magick is, and how many cultures practice cursing. Highly recommend

Probably the best book on cursing and hexes I have found.Perhaps the best aspect of this book is the first 41 pages, where the author discusses the context of cursing: ethics, psychology, history, and "creating your own." This author is wonderfully direct and plain spoken: what she writes so often feels like keen, sharp darts that get right to the point, very effectually, and you can learn a lot here. You'll find the paradox here which is so important a part of earthy common sense, yet is so often lost in our excessively mental culture. For instance, the author begins by stating that she loves the dark arts and loves curses, but uses them quite sparingly. This might surprise those namby-pamby types who are afraid of facing their own shadow and coming to know it, but does reflect the reality of working with the dark parts of oneself and with cursing and hexing magic. Once you come to experience a certain level of power and potency there, you realize that it's enough to tap into that power and work with it: you don't need to often be flinging it at people.The author discusses the "psychological aspect" of cursing, and refers to the "Lesser Black Magic" of using forms of "manipulation" to effect others and obtain what one wants. The author does not go into a lot of detail here, but this is a subject that I believe is quite valuable and really deserves to be discussed at greater length by someone. It is a very valuable way of working together with Magic to obtain justice, or to free oneself from harassment or malice, which requires a refined understanding of human psychology, a creative mind, and doing some outer works in the external world. To give an example based on something the author says: in the intro to the book, under "The Law", she states that to tell someone you are cursing them could get you charged with a misdemeanor or felony crime. True enough, particularly in our highly litigious society. However, there are ways of making someone sense that they are being cursed, without laying down any path that leads back to you. Enough said. This is just one example of what can be done in addition to Curse Magic itself, to increase your effectiveness in addressing a wrong, or even a criminal situation.I laughed out loud when I read the author's wonderfully on-point response to the question that many beginner Magicians ask about wanting books on Advanced Magic. "Here's a clue for those particular folks: Advanced Magic = Magic you create yourself that manifests results. If you still need a book to tell you how it's done, you're not an Advanced Magician, period. That is why there are no advanced magic books. Advanced Magicians don't need to do anything by the book because they're advanced enough to create their own magic that manifests results." (pg 35).There are many aspects of cursing magic that the author doesn't go into, which are addressed well in another book on the subject by Dorothy Morrison, in her "Utterly WIcked" book, one which I strongly recommend. For instance she points out that if you yourself are at fault, the last thing you want to do is a curse on someone else. And she strongly recommends not doing curses for other people.The actual curse spells given by the author in this book are overall not as interesting to me as those, for instance, given by Dorothy Morrison in her book, possibly because I am oriented to folk magic and HooDoo, and I most enjoy spells that use humor and rhyming couplets, but you can get great ideas here. One of the intriguing things in this book is that the author gives 104 curses found just in the BIblical Psalms alone. For those pollyannas who think that the Bible and spiritual paths issuing from it are opposed to cursing, think again!

Disclaimer: I'm ChristoPagan Witch but I believe in acknowledging and embracing the darkness as well as light. So, I'm neutral in my practice. Originally, I bought this book strictly because someone wronged me and I wanted to get this person back for their lies and betrayal. However, I chilled out somewhat ended up using a different spell before this book arrived.I don't regret my purchase because this is additional material into my general study of the occult which I was already studying.I haven't finished this yet, so far it feels concise in structure. Connolly offers a significant amount of knowledge (and she's very knowledgeable) in a thin amount of pages. Multiple beliefs and cultures are presented within the pages, so there's a little something for everyone. I believe all magickal practicioners can benefit from having this on their bookshelf.She speaks plainly with a sense of humor, offering warnings, covering basics and more complex moments of the arts. Even the sigil presented on the front cover is covered inside.

I like this book because the subject is rare. Good for you Connolly, or whoever you are.You gotta love a book (and it's author) that boldy uses "The Word Of God" to curse on one page and then a few pages later, making an appeal to Satan to do the same. Double Whammy, nobody is safe.Alot of people are making a big to-do about skimpy content. It's a G-U-I-D-E not an E-N-C-Y-C-L-O-P-E-D-I-A. You don't need a book to teach you how to curse others, its the most natural and easiest form of magick there is (thats why, I presume, there are so many 3-Folders out there warning against it. Stuff it, worms). That said I still like it, wide variety of ideas, more fuel to the fire.I'd take the wager that the first spell ever cast was a curse.The only real problem I have is Im not sure what the Daemonolatry Warding Symbols are on page 128. I mean she talks about warding...but what are those symbols? One's an Ankh. I must have missed something.Point blank, if you piss me off or someone I know, especially if you try to scam hassle or mooch, you're getting cursed, by me, and I'll let you know it as I do it. Like Connolly says, it's healthy.She also alludes to amulets and purification over circle casting... a practice I prefer. Leave the circle casting to the Golden Yawn.Good book, if you like freedom and going against convention or just doing general study of the Occult, I say get this book. By the way she has a page (104) about the the sigil on the cover, which is more than what alot of authors do (pick cover art that has nothing to do with the contents of the Book).

Came in New condition! Is wonderful for witches just starting to take spell clients and it’s wonderful for just plain learning about the craft!

This reads like a high school essay. The conversational tone is pleasant enough but ultimately the content is very thin. It is neither an academic study nor a guide. Mostly it is just a list of curses lifted from other sources without context, explanation or citations. One page each to use up space! You can find curses, for free, better explained through google.When you sell a book you are selling your own knowledge or the collated, curated, and credited knowledge of others. This didn’t do either. Mostly you are paying for white space, self published and bound in the shape of a book by amazon. There is very little actual content and what there is is pretty self indulgent. A lot of “my friend said...”, yeh? Who is your friend and why are you charging me to read about your chitchat? The glib reference to killing two women ‘unintentionally’ was disturbing. If you work magick you recoil in horror at someone so reckless professing to be able to teach, and if you don’t you worry about putting money into the pocket of such egotistic callousness. The references to Latin are another good example. The author talks a fair bit about the power of words and includes quite a bit of Latin with the proviso, she tells us, that she doesn’t understand it(?!?) and much of it might be wrong all with a warning that you, the reader, should obviously never dabble with things you don’t understand. Huh? Copying things you don’t understand from someone else, saying you don’t understand them and then selling that in a book is ok though? I’m a classicist and that really rankled. Why write, at all, about something that you don’t know anything about and then charge people to read it? Rude. Oh, but a friend understands it... ?!? What?At £2 to maybe £5 or released as part of a patroen or something I maybe wouldn’t feel so churlish but for nearly £14 this was really a waste of an hour, at most(!) to read it cover to cover, and money.

The universe likes balance. Creation and destruction. Light and dark. Good and bad. All Witch’s should know about blessings, healing and positive magic; along with curses, hexes and negative magic.Knowing about and understanding how curses, hexes and the like work, enables a Witch to better protect themselves and others against this sort of magic.In my personal practice I would be more likely to bind (to stop) or to banish (to get rid of) someone or something that is having a negative impact on me or those around me, rather than Curse or Hex them.Now with all that written, let’s get to the review:This superb book has been written for the experienced Witch. It covers what cursing is. The Ethics of Exceration Magick, with the key messages here being: is a curse justified?It takes a lot of energy to create and maintain a curse. Are you willing to take responsibility for your magick and any consequences (be them intended or unintended)? There’s a fantastic chapter on the history of cursing from ancient history up until recently, covering a wide range of cultures from across the world.Curses, Hexes, & Crossings covers the psychology of a curse. That the victim being aware that they are cursed can attract negative energies and be self fulfilling – even without the Witch ever actually doing a ritual or casting a spell.Connolly explains how the Witch can make their own curses and spells; before providing a large number of curses, hexes, & crossings with Connolly sharing her experience with each.The curses, hexes and crossings are from a wide range of cultures, but many are highly influenced by Daemonolatry and Santansim, which is not surprising given the author’s occult background.Connolly writes about herbs and stones for cursing, then explains how to break curses. Connolly writes about unintentional or curses cast by your subconscious without your conscious awareness, we’ve all done it. Throughout Connolly writes about how understanding curses and how they work can be used to defend against them and deal with curses aimed at you from others.Connolly has a fascinating perspective on curses, she explains that a curse can be the start of the emotional healing process. By casting a curse, the Witch can release the intense emotional reactions of rage, anger, frustration and the need for revenge. The Witch having let go of these emotions, can then start the healing process.The whole of this book from start to finish is brilliant. Connolly’s passion for the topic comes through in her writing. She is not afraid to speak her mind and be honest with the reader, knowing that not everyone will like what she writes. Here are some examples:'Right now I think it’s prudent to point out that some people will object to this book’s mere existence…The modern Wiccans, for example, have been so busy trying to be accepted by the Christian mainstream that they insist upon distancing themselves from anything that could be misconstrued as “evil”. This includes cursing…I believe there are instances where curses are appropriate. As I mentioned earlier I also believe curses can go a long way to helping the magician psychologically. For everything negative something good will come of it. Everything is a shade of gray. We could reasonably argue that prosperity magick has a dark side…“If you discuss ethics and cursing you’re a fluffy bunny.” This is often said by people who want to practice only the blackest magick and arts so arcane that they may dress in black and purport to be the scariest mosty evil magicians to walk the earth. To them I say, eventually you’ll grow up, get off your high horse, and join the rest of us in reality.'(From: Curses, Hexes, & Crossings by S. Connolly, pages: 4-5, 2011.)The only way this book could have been any better if Connolly included some more advanced protection magick. Curses, Hexes, & Crossings by S. Connolly has been self-published on Amazon. I’m so glad for self-publishing, as this book probably wouldn’t have seen the light of day without it, given its subject matter.Curses, Hexes, & Crossings by S. Connolly is available to buy on Amazon.If you like books about this subject matter, you may also like Utterly Wicked: Curses, Hexes & Other Unsavory Notions by Dorothy Morrison. Utterly Wicked is currently out of print, but Morrison (the author) is in discussions with another publisher to have it re-released. So wait for re-release until you purchase to get it at a reasonable price.Review soon,Antony

Excellent book which describes in a no nonsense way the exact nature and consequences if used. There are a handful of spells I would personally use, the darker spells are good to read about, and very interesting but not something I would do personally.

Not a book I went looking for- but popped up as a recommendation and I'm very grateful for that. Interesting, to the point and practical. Author is a total legend in my opinion. Knowledgeable yet rational and down to earth (and funny) ...for example p.117 how to know if you are cursed: do you know any magicians? If yes have you pissed any of them off? If yes - you may be cursed... my kind of book. Would highly recommend

If your into witchy stuff you might like this. It's an interesting read though i don't normally condone the dark arts,leave that to Voldemort.