Yes.

How is that possible?

Energy.

Everything is made of energy, including thoughts and feelings. Curses are created with strong intentions. Having said that, often, mini curses can be created with strong emotions as well, such as anger, revenge, or jealousy. When curses are created, they are meant to do damage. There are lots of ways they can be created, what kinds of effects they have, and how long they last. A quick curse could be generated from a traffic incident with one driver wishing the other one would encounter someone who drives like they do. That can happen within the next five minutes or within the next five years. There’s no way to know. Karma and the Universe also have a say in the matter. There is a grand plan, and things happen according to a schedule most of us don’t know anything about. Then, there are the curses that are intended to target one person or a family line. These can last for short periods of time, years, or generations.

One of the interesting cases I had concerning a curse was one I found on a family that spanned back a few hundred years, long before the United States was formed. It turns out that my client had been adopted. She was carrying a curse from a family with whom she’d never had any contact. I didn’t think that was fair, and so I was ready to break the curse for her. On the day of the appointment, I let her know what she could expect to happen and how it might feel if she was sensitive enough to feel energy. If not, she would start to see changes in her life immediately and extend out for about two weeks before the energy fully adjusted, and things around her would settle back into a recognizable pattern that was more what she was used to but would be more positive going forward. What made this case stand out for me was that when I looked at the energy of the curse to break it, there was a spirit tied to it.

The woman who had cursed her family was so determined to make them suffer that she tied part of her soul to the curse to make sure that it continued to affect the entire family for generations. I was prepared to break a barrier of energy. Instead, I ended up meeting a woman dressed in the clothing of her time period who didn’t speak English. I was stunned, not sure what to do. I started speaking to her. Lucky for me, when I do this work, the Universe equips me with a translator. I heard her voice in her language, but heard her words in mine. We had a conversation about why she had cursed the family in the first place. I didn’t get all the details. I didn’t want to get her all riled up thinking about past grievances, but she had her reasons.

Eventually, I convinced her to let the curse go. I asked her if she had affected the people she wanted to get revenge on, and she admitted that she had. I asked her if she thought it was right to affect children who were several generations away from those she knew, had been given away at birth, and who had become a person of kindness and generosity. I also asked her if she was tired and wanted to rest. Didn’t she deserve to rest after all this time? How long did she want to continue to allow that family to affect her now that she had a chance to be with her loved ones again? She relented after our conversation, and instead of breaking a curse as I had intended to do, I helped a spirit to continue its journey into the light after she let go of the curse.

I don’t usually spend a lot of time on curses. I don’t find them often. They aren’t rare in my experience, but they aren’t common either. The thing to note about them is that they can be as complicated and varied as we are as people. They are negative energy intending to do harm on some level. Some of the curses are intended for a specific reason, such as to ensure someone can’t do something or achieve something. Some of them are intended for misfortune or even death. The reasons for sending/creating them are many as well. Humans have emotions, and we aren’t always good at dealing with those emotions. Envy, jealousy, and revenge are the usual culprits for the generations of curses, but any strong emotion directed at someone could create cursing energy.

So what do we do about it? The first thing is not to panic. That only feeds into the negativity around the situation and can make things worse. If you suspect you might have been cursed, you can double-check with muscle testing or a pendulum. If you do have one, check to see if the curse energy is directed at you or your family. That will help you narrow it down. From there, the next step is to trace its origin. If you have the ability to trace energy through time, find the point of origin and, depending on what you find, pull the plug on that energy. It’s harder than it sounds, but that’s what needs to happen. If you are not trained in how to do any of this, the other thing you can do is send the energy of love. I know, that seems too easy, but this is something that anyone can do. Send love to that person or the situation to break up the negative energy. It doesn’t matter how long ago it was or if the people who were involved are long dead. Sending love to a situation can disperse negative energy and, in some cases, dissolve it entirely. Of course, I encourage you to ask for help if you think we need it. There are situations where love is great, but exerting a little energy muscle brings about a faster resolution.

There are different beliefs regarding curses, and you can make up your own mind about whether or not they exist. In my world, they do. I have seen people taken down by them and what happens after they have been relieved of them. Fear strengthens them. Love dispels them. Curses are real, but it doesn’t mean we have to live with them.