Book: The Natural Obscurity of Curses

A book I found in Ciri’s quarters at Crows Perch:

To my dear friends, Phillip and Anna from Count la Guevre, Minister of Culture for the Kingdom of Temeria.

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Whoever thinks curses are only ever manifestations of one being’s ill will towards another is sorely mistaken. Shockingly commonplace are reports of curses cast unwittingly on oneself or on objects in one’s immediate environment. The consequences of doing so can be difficult to predict. In many cases they lead to harm or even death of the person afflicted by the curse, or of the people spending time with the object or being on which the curse fell. That is why it is so essential to take preventative measures to safeguard oneself as thoroughly as possible against the casting of curses. As an absolute minimum Madame Amelia Veracruz-Leon recommends: cleansing oneself of all negative thoughts, striving to be at one with the world and achieving harmony between body and mind.