pagans only please, what would you call this?

Question

~blood turn black and flesh turn blue, i'll curse you if you force me too, by the left hand and the unclean food, i'll curse your eye's i'll curse you lies, i'll call down a plague of flies, blood go black and flesh go blue, Evil from me and back to you, my soul clean and yours on fire, you mess with a witch and you get burned, Liar!

i got this in a book, the book said it was a warning spell, not a hex, what do you think? is it a warning or a hex?

i know pagans will give serious answer and they know enough about magick to know if this is a curse or a warning

Answer 1

its a warning spell

Answer 2

The only reason I would call that a warning is from the one If. But that is a very slim line between warning and hex, so I'd keep away from this one. Just the chance of it being "taken" wrong is too big.

Answer 3

I'd say that it straddles the line between curse and, well, threat. (It's a bit too explicit to just be a warning.) I say that because, while it goes down the "I'll curse you if you force me to" line, it carries with it the feel of a readied weapon - like balling you hand into a fist and pulling it back, ready to punch. Still only a threat, but rather blatant.

That said, can't say that I like the style of it either (the rhyming scheme borders on doggerel), but that's likely just a personal preference thing.

Answer 4

It sounds to me like a rebounding curse.
Alot of the imagery is, however, decidedly JudeoChristian, not Pagan.
Left Hand-unclean food, that's JudeoChristian.
Evil- Christian.
My soul clean, yours on fire- Christian.
Not at all Pagan concepts.
It's funny, it sounds like a Christian, or possibly Muslim curse to me, not a Pagan one. I don't know why you're asking Pagans what to call it.

Answer 5

Does it sound like only a warning? This is why we are warned
about these things. Because people go through a stage where
they don't accept anything, to where they believe everything.
Spiritual power is real, and not to be played with. Magic
is full of props that only become crutches. What will you do
in spiritual trouble if you don't have your "tools"? Fall out!
Learn to use your own spirit. Evil backfires on you, make no
mistake. Use it for good.

Answer 6

A hex there is nothing else it could be based on its wording alone; not to mention the tone that it seems to have been originally written in is rather dark and foreboding.

Pagan College Student

Answer 7

Sounds like a silly yet nasty curse. Which is against the Rede "An it harm none, do as thou will" And the Law of Return. I wouldnt want that comming back to me! Some websites are not very moral.

Answer 8

Sounds like something from the Hammer (Malleus Maleficarum) that tries to tell Christians that Witches are servants of the Devil. Which we are not but some people can't seem to get that part through their heads. Now if you ever want to read something that really shows how intolerant Christians can be, read that!

Wicca is a earth based religion (meaning we want to save the world from the ravishes man has brought upon it.) that teaches "an in it harm none, do as ye will"

Blessed Be )O(

Answer 9

I studied Wicca for five years (though I'm a Catholic now) and that feels like a curse, not a warning hex. Be careful, hon. Remember the Three Fold Law and As it harms none, and all of that.

Answer 10

Looks like a curse to me... one written by someone who was done wrong. Personally I feel it's wrong to use anything like this, even as a warning to others. It's abuse, plain and simple.

Answer 11

why pagans only? you presume that only pagans know about magick? ...
yeah well, it could be just a warning spell, but now it depends of your intentions when you use it...if you think about it as a hex it could become one....