If you wind up with an object that’s cursed/hexed, things can turn ugly pretty quick. Not sure you’re cursed? Here’s a list of common things that happen when you’re cursed.

How to handle a cursed object varies on culture and your specific practice but here’s some tips:

• Don’t touch the object. Put gloves on, wrap something around the object, etc.
• Remove the object from your space. I recommend taking it to a crossroad and finishing the hex breaking there but that might not be possible.
• Don’t bring it inside. This is much like the above but if you catch the cursed object before bringing it indoors you can save yourself a lot of trouble.

How to break the curse on an object depends on what you’re willing to do with the object itself. Some will be appropriate and others not so much. Be sure to pick a technique that is best suited for your objects. Also keep in mind that there’s some tradition in setting up a failsafe in curses that trigger when the cursed object is broken without the hex being broken first. You’ll have to guess or divine which method is the best one for you.

• Dip, wash, boil, or fry the object in cleansing water. Purified or water from a living source (river, ocean, etc) is ideal. You can also infuse cleansing herbs or stones in the water as well.
• Fry, wash, boil, or dip in oil. Typically infusing the oil with herbs is ideal. Hot oil is good for destroying the object but be careful for burns.
• Toss it in a fire
• Toss it in a living body of water.
• Abandon it at a crossroad
• Give it to someone else
• Urinate on it
• Bury it
• Pour salt on it
• Circle the object three times in salt or pour salt into your hand and pass over the object three times. Toss the salt in a fire in either case.
• Pour cleansing herbs on it
• Let a stone absorb it’s curse and toss the stone away
• Perform a hex breaking spell

As always, do what works best for you and your practice and be careful. There’s no need to do something illegal or hurt yourself trying to end a curse.

Originally posted here.