The Power of Curses

The Curse of 27

Well-known modern curses are still the subject of controversy. There is The Curse of 27, or The 27 Club, which supposedly claimed the lives of rock stars, all of whom died at that fatefully cursed age of 27. A list of such club members read as a Who’s Who in the world of Rock: Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead’s Pigpen, and Kurt Cobain. Interesting to note that Morrison was aware of the significance of occult spells and curses, as was Hendrix, and even Rolling Stones co-founder Jones, who briefly studied black magic and Satanism.

Sports Curses

Curious that many professional athletes, especially in the game of baseball, are unusually superstitious, and take their blessings and curses quite literally. Sports fans are well aware of the infamous Billy Goat Curse supposedly placed on the Chicago Cubs, preventing them from ever winning a World Series or National Division playoff. This curse or hex, which has  allegedly been placed on that team so many years ago, some believe make it impossible for that team to win another World Series. Then of course, there is the alleged Curse of the Bambino who supposedly affects the Boston Red Sox.

Basketball lovers might be aware of the alleged curse supposedly affecting the L.A. Lakers whenever they play the Celtics in the NBA Finals, details of which involve the alleged talisman of a “smoking cigar”, and was nicknamed “the leprechaun jinx”.

Sports fans may also have heard of the alleged curses affecting the fates of athletes who appear on the cover of a famous sports magazine with the curse of the same name. The urban legend goes that once the athlete appears on this cover, they usually encounter physical injuries, which affect their playing power.

The Deadly Boomerang Effect

It must be stressed that the casting of curses upon one’s enemies is never recommended or advisable. Every occult practitioner is well aware that curses can and do often times have the unwanted effect of coming back to attack the spell caster. If not properly effected, such curse casting can have such a devastating unwanted boomerang effect as to attack and kill the person who placed the curse. It is colloquially known as playing with fire. Most ritual traditions advise that the person wanting to cast a curse upon an enemy must exercise extreme caution. He or she must really consider this to be a last resort,  because once such a force is put into motion, it cannot easily be rescinded, and unfortunate side effects can and often times do effect third parties not intended as targets. It must be remembered, however, that curses can be lifted, annulled,or broken.