Check Your Head Before You Cast: The Ethics & Mechanics of Offensive Magic

Hexes and bindings are not light undertakings. They require a clear understanding of consequence and responsibility, and even more so, self-awareness. (In a recent study published in Harvard Business Review, a team of researchers revealed two types of self-awareness: internal self-awareness, which involves understanding our values, passions, aspirations, reactions, and impact on others—linked to greater satisfaction, happiness, and reduced stress; and external self-awareness, which reflects how others perceive us. Those who align their self-perception with others’ views foster stronger relationships and greater effectiveness in life). 

There’s real risk when fragile, self-absorbed individuals, driven by vengeance, engage in workings that take on a darker hue—just as there is with overly emotional practitioners who find themselves remorsefully googling “how to remove a hex” the next day.

I can’t help but reference the Beastie Boys (I was a teen in the 90s). There’s a fundamental need to Check Your Head before one can proceed with the idea of Licensed to Ill.