How to Keep Yourself Protected Before, During, and After Cursing ~ Pt. 3 of 4

shipping-the-gods:

As many of you probably know, I am a very curse-friendly witch. If
someone is out to harm me, or is willing to harm the people in my
circles, I can and will curse them.

I will not curse people
for no reason of course, and neither will I curse the people that have
done small, insignificant things. As such, my curses are strong, and
usually pretty fierce. I have learned a thing or two about protecting
oneself when casting curses, and I thought sharing a few of these things
may be helpful to you all 🙂

This is the third post
out of four in which I will be giving advice and personal insight on
methods of staying safe before. during, and after cursing. I hope they
help you and keep you well!

After You Curse

Take care of yourself as soon as you finish cursing, even when you don’t think you need to.

I often feel drained, cranky, and a little bit sore after doing a curse, and even though I don’t feel like it, I begin healing from it.

After you curse your target, put them out of your mind. Follow the directions for getting rid of your supplies/mediums/etc. and distract yourself for an hour or so.

Here is my personal list of things to do after I curse someone:

1. Put all witchy things away. Clean up any messes you’ve made and clean up the space you used. Out of sight, out of mind.
2. Cleanse your entire home, and pay special attention to the place you used for cursing. Even something simple like smoke cleansing or salt sprinkling works perfectly fine. Just do something to balance out the energies.
3. Eat something warm and fulfilling, like macaroni or another comfort food. The earthier the better; it’s helpful when grounding. If you have any grounding stones, chill out with them for a bit.
4. Get into an herb filled bath or shower, and cleanse yourself both physically and spiritually. I like to put salt into a spray bottle and spritz myself with it beforehand, since putting it directly into my bath irritates my skin. It feels really good for it to roll off into the water when I step out, clean and fresh. Mint, lavender, and rose petals are my favorite bath additions after a curse. Healing, protection, love, and cleansing 🙂
5. Put on new clothes, dry your hair, and spend time pampering yourself. Moisturize your skin, paint your nails, and otherwise treat yourself well.
6. Pick out your favorite movie/show, and prepare your bed with comfy pillows and blankets. Close your blonds and keep all the light/darkness out. Climb into bed and watch whatever you’d like. Pop popcorn, drink hot cocoa. Have some fun.
7. Burn any self love/protection sigils you want to use. Strengthen your protection with a few little charms, such as a braided bracelet, or a small bottle. Don’t wear yourself out, but make sure you’re safe.
8. Get sleep. You’ll need it after all that energy you just expended!

So there’s a reason I do all this stuff, I promise.

The reason I spend so much time doing self-care rituals and setting up time to specifically do nothing for a few hours is because I attract and give off a lot of negative energy when cursing. Everyone does. It’s how you curse someone.

By taking care of your body, grounding all your anger, and relaxing, you’re attracting positive energy. You already sent all that nasty energy out to your target, so now all you have to do is sit back and watch 🙂 You’re telling the Universe and whatever energy you created that your home and body is not the target. Burning extra sigils is just to ensure that, and isn’t entirely necessary. I  like feeling safe and secure, and burning sigils to add to my already present protection always helps.

The sleep part is the only thing I really feel like I couldn’t go without.

I use so much energy and raw emotion when cursing. Sleep regenerates all that energy and helps me find a nice place to wake to. I’m refreshed and ready to watch my target for signs that it’s starting to work. Or watch for signs of a backlash/counter curse.

(And sometimes there is a backlash or counter curse, but we’ll go more in depth with that in my last post in this series)

For the next two or three days after your curse, be gentle with yourself.

Don’t do too many energy workings or extreme spells/divination sessions. You’ll want to recuperate yourself and build your energy with little things, like crystal grids or herbal teas. Do things that fuel you in one way or another. My favorite methods are:

• Placing a little candle in a crystal candle-holder and meditating next to it.
• Drinking energy-filled cups of herbal tea. I stir it clockwise to bring in energy, add a little sugar, and drink it ^_^ Tastes wonderful and feels great.
• Sitting beneath the sun/moon/stars and just soaking up the energy from them works wonders.
• Burning energy sigils.
• Lighting candles around me and playing with crystals/herbs.
• Lying in the grass and connecting my energy to the Earth/Grounding in general.
• Sitting on top of something warm, like a vent, and taking in the energy from that. 

So there are a ton of ways, and these are not all of them by any means. I just like getting all surrounded by energy so I can take it in and feel good. If you do certain things that make you feel energized, try them out after you curse and see if they help.

After this time of resetting yourself, you may want to add a few small protection enchantments over you and your home.

I actually protect any of my friends and family as well as my pets when I curse, because I don’t want them to get in the way and get cursed or suffer my backlash. So this is usually when I do that, and the rituals typically involve witches bottles and poppets. It’s never a bad idea to do this before you curse, either.

Small little things like sachets or charms might be nice to do after you curse. I enjoy making bracelets with beads corresponding with what I am protecting. Red/orange for my home/hearth, glittery/shiny beads for my spirit/magick, brown for my foundation, etc.

If you’re into potion making or are a kitchen with, you might want to consider eating/drinking things that are protective. Adding spices here and there for a little boost is a wise choice.

Now that you’ve gone thought all your self-care and protection rituals, document what you did so that you can go back for future reference.

It’s nice to have a written record of what you’ve already done, so that you can check for holes if you experience a backlash. For example, if you forget to protect your love life, and suddenly everything is falling apart, you can first check to see if your curse might backlash in that way, and then see if you didn’t put enough coverage over that aspect.

After you figure out how it could potentially be backlashing, you can set up protections and the problem will be solved much faster than if you hadn’t kept record of what you had done.

So that’s it for this post 🙂 I hope you all curse safely and take care of yourself afterwards! 😀 Good luck everyone! 🙂

**Note that some Herbs are not safe to put in bath water, and some herbs are toxic/dangerous to handle, ans are not the best for teas. Some people experience side effects when drinking herbal tea, so make sure it’s safe before drinking, especially if you are pregnant or taking medications of any kind**