What Are Curses and How Do They Affect Our Lives?
The following article is a spiritual and energetic approach to the concepts of wishes and curses, as they operate on the level of intention, spoken word, and consciousness.
Curses, Wishes, and Blessings as Energies of Manifestation
Curses, wishes, blessings: energies of manifestation. They are the power of the spoken word in resonance with the vibration of emotion and thought, combined with an action in the material world, so that immediate momentum is given to the outcome. Unmanifested energy that takes form through matter.
The Origin and Meaning of the Word "Curse"
The word "curse" originates from the ancient Greek word "Ara", which originally meant "wish." Later, the meaning evolved into "evil wish" or "a wish against someone," implying malice, envy, hatred, and ill intent toward another. A similar concept exists in the word "anathema," derived from the ancient "anathima," which referred to condemning someone to punishment by the spirits of the underworld.
The Power of the Spoken Word and Emotional Intention
In the form of speech, a curse is an energy that emits sonic and energetic waves into the field of creation, received by one or more recipients. This energy is specific and intrusive, creating interference within the natural order of things and universal laws, as it imposes an individual will based on destructive forces such as punishment, jealousy, malice, revenge, and hatred.
It is understood that this creates energetic debt, which at some point must be balanced. From the etymology of the word itself, we understand that between a curse and a wish, what truly changes is intention — one gives birth to the other.
When a Wish Becomes a Curse
When someone wishes for something, it does not necessarily mean it is positive. A wish can function as a curse, and a curse as a wish, or even both at the same time ("I give you a blessing and a curse if…"). Within our cellular memory, we have recorded that wishes are good and necessary, yet this can sometimes be an illusion and a trap.
Energetic Consent and Personal Responsibility
We are unconsciously open to receiving wishes, and the same applies to curses. When we understand this connection, we protect our energy by consciously declaring that only energies we have given permission to may approach us.
Unfinished Blessings and Lingering Energetic Bindings
It is also important to note that many wishes we have received with positive intention may later function as obstacles in our lives — either because of how they were phrased and recorded in the subconscious, or because they were given in another time and no longer serve us.
This is highlighted because many people, when attempting to energetically detach from such influences, focus solely on curses, unaware that many lingering energies include blessings and wishes that have already fulfilled their purpose and now simply burden the energetic field.
A characteristic example is a marriage that has ended. Even though the couple has separated, the wishes and blessings given during the marriage may remain as active energetic bindings within their field.
Emotional Bonds, Energetic Cords, and Frequencies
When two people are emotionally connected through any relationship — family, friendship, work, etc. — energetic cords are created through their energy centers (chakras). This means they become communicating vessels, allowing interaction and the transfer of both positive and negative vibrations. Since everything is frequency and measurable vibration, emotions such as revenge and injustice can hold immense power, opening energetic channels to morphogenetic fields and accelerating manifestation.
Many people choose to support this process through gentle daily practices that help restore energetic balance, such as aura sprays, used with intention and awareness.
The Universal Law of Action and Reaction
The emission of such signals brings reactions and changes into the environment of the recipient, as it is a destructive and leveling energy. Thus, the initial intention is partially fulfilled, as the person experiences small or significant blockages in life. However, this is only one side of the result. The other concerns the sender, who initiates an action and, according to universal laws, cannot avoid the reaction.
Initially, the sender may feel satisfaction or justification through the perceived success of their intention. Yet they must understand that the energy they emit will inevitably return — directly or indirectly, quickly or slowly, in the present or the future, to themselves or even to their children. This is not punishment, but universal law and balance.
Self-Curses and the Mechanism of Self-Punishment
There is also the case of self-directed curses. This occurs when a person cannot accept or forgive their choices, weaknesses, fears, or actions. Through emotional charge and deep pain over an outcome they have created — for themselves or a loved one — they engage in self-condemnation, criticizing and blaming themselves.
Believing they deserve punishment, they curse the moment and circumstances that led there. This becomes a personal curse which, without acceptance and forgiveness, binds them indefinitely through their own being.
Through this behavior, one unjustly treats themselves, resulting in experiencing injustice from others as well — since this is the frequency they emit and therefore attract. Such internal fractures create openings in the energetic field, allowing external energies to influence us.
Curses Spoken in the Name of God and Fear-Based Faith
It is also worth mentioning curses and bindings created in the name of God. In moments of pain and injustice, how often does someone say "may God punish you," a profound violation fueled by revenge and unconsciousness. Likewise, how often does someone ask God to punish themselves, condemning their own actions or fearing consequences, continuing to live in punishment long after the experience has ended.
Healing Through Surrender, Forgiveness, and Awareness
It is preferable to surrender such situations to divine and universal laws, with the intention of order and balance, without the interference of personal ego. In doing so, we seek to understand the lesson the soul required from the experience, examine similar behaviors within ourselves, and through compassion and forgiveness, dissolve the negative emotional charge.
This allows energy to disengage from vicious karmic cycles of pain and injustice. We then use the creative force within us with love and compassion, not hatred, anger, or revenge. What we send out always returns — perhaps in another form or time — yet the outcome remains the same.
Love, Compassion, and the Path of Liberation
Send pain, and you will receive pain. Send love, and you will receive love. All are creations and soul agreements.
No one can harm us more than we have first harmed ourselves. That is why all teachings guide us toward forgiveness, self-care, and self-love. This is the path of liberation and release.
Everything Is Evolution
Everything is evolution.
Tzitzikou Panagiota Delistathi
Co-founder of AnaGennisi, creator of spiritual and healing practices
For those who feel they are working deeply with issues of self-punishment, vows, bindings, or energetic burdens, there are supportive practices and tools available, such as the Epiphysis aura spray, which functions as complementary support and not as a substitute for personal awareness.
