Do you believe in curses?
Some people might say that cursed jewelry is nothing more than a superstition, but there are plenty of stories out there to suggest that cursed jewelry is real.
Is it true that buying your own opal or wearing pearls on your wedding day is bad luck?
Will buying an engagement ring from someone who broke their engagement or got a divorce mean that your marriage will be doomed also?
Are there jewelry “spirits” assigned to pieces of jewelry from ancient days who are just waiting for you to slip on that heirloom ring so a curse can be brought down on your head and your life?
Have you ever wondered why an infamous piece of jewelry is not famous for being “blessed” rather than cursed?
In this blog post, we will take a look at where superstition comes from, how jewelry can be cursed, and some of the most common curses.
If you’re thinking about buying jewelry online or in a store, it’s important to be aware of these dangers!
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What Is Cursed Jewelry?
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Cursed jewelry is a piece of metal and/or gemstones that are objectified.
People who believe in the Occult or who believe that their wishes can be transposed from themselves into an object, and then to another person, will use the spoken word to do so.
They will apply their own specific “curse” or wishes of perpetual bad will or omen onto a piece of jewelry.
When this jewelry is worn, the curse becomes activated and the person wearing it will suffer the fate of said curse.
Somewhere in that mix might be a way to break the curse, if you can figure it out. Call a Witcher if you can’t.
Where The Superstition Of Cursed Jewelry Comes From
Cursed jewelry comes from people who want to make certain that you are wary about buying opals and pearls for yourself, and also by those who do not wish for you to enjoy an item that you are entitled to enjoy.
Full stop.
In days of old, people would assign bad omens to a piece of jewelry that was worn by a famous person who seemed to have a lot more mishaps and tragedies in their life than the common folk.
But if you look to see who these people were, they all were famous and renowned.
It is because of the fact that these Kings and Queens were in the public eye more than a commoner, that the details of their lives were out in the open for all to see.
It appears that the people who were closest to them, and who were envious of them, would assign their tragedies to their most prized possessions.
Take the Hope Diamond for example:
The Hope Diamond
Every single owner of this diamond has had something bad happen in their lives.
Just like the rest of us do.
But because the people who owned it were rich, famous, or Kings, the diamond was blamed for what naturally befalls any other person.
The Hope Diamond’s last owner was Evalyn Walsh McLean, who was a rich and famous Socialite that bought it in 1903 after it had found its way from hand to hand as a way to pay off enormous debts.
Evalyn heard of the curse of King Louis XIV and his wife Marie Antoinette in 1668 who was beheaded 4 years after acquiring the diamond, but she stated that their curse was her good luck – never considering that Marie Antoinette was an idiot who couldn’t read the room and was destroyed by her own mouth.
Over the next 40 years, she, like anyone else, suffered the death of a son from a car accident, her daughter died of an overdose of sleeping pills, her husband died of a brain disorder due to his alcoholism, and she herself eventually died of pneumonia.
In the course of 40 years, does any other family have car accidents or deaths too?
So this diamond is to blame rather than the lifestyles of those who died.
The Hope Diamond was cut down from 112 carats to its final form of 45 carats, and then donated to the Smithsonian National Museum, which miraculously seems to avoid the curse.
What happened to the rest of the diamond??
Then there are a few other famous haunted pieces of jewelry, such as The Delhi Purple Sapphire and the Black Prince’s Ruby.
Could it be that no piece of “cursed” jewelry was ever owned except by someone who lived famously in the public eye?
And here is another thought…every single person who has owned any piece of jewelry will die, and if they haven’t yet, just give it some time.
Is that the fault of a piece of jewelry that they own?
How Jewelry Is Cursed
The act of cursing jewelry is done by those who wish harm on another.
It is an intentional act to cause someone pain or adversity, and usually has nothing whatsoever to do with the piece of jewelry itself.
It is the person who is wearing the cursed item that will be affected, not the piece of jewelry.
A piece of jewelry gets renown for being cursed in the following ways:
Incidental Curses
Jewelry is cursed by someone who wishes someone ill and whose eye zero’s in on a piece of jewelry that the person wears, and then publicly associates the object with the mishaps of the wearer.
This becomes folklore and gets passed on from one bored gossip to another until it becomes “truth” such as in the case of the Hope Diamond and other famous pieces..
Religious Curses
Jewelry is cursed by someone who believes that they have the power from spiritual forces (whether given by dark forces or by God) to place a curse on an object of their choice, and this will be transferred to the person wearing or owning the object.
Excuse Curses
Jewelry is self-cursed by a person who suddenly has a stream of bad things happen to them right after they acquire the piece of jewelry.
They believe that somehow the piece of jewelry is responsible for their bad luck and say that it must be cursing them.
This is a great way to avoid responsibility for one’s own poor choices, and is used by many people as an excuse.
The Most Common Jewelry Curses
Some pieces of jewelry seem to attract more curses than others, which makes sense because these types of jewelry are prone to breaking.
Opals
For some reason, this stone gets tagged as being a curse if you buy one for yourself or if you break one. This is folklore and has no basis in reality, because more people wear them without any special mishaps.
Evil Eye Jewelry
There is a lot of this jewelry that is made in Israel.
This is supposed to ward off people who may have bad intentions against you if you are wearing it. After all, they are surrounded by nations with bad intentions and are still there, so there must be something to it.
Pearls
It is supposed to be bad luck if you wear them on your wedding day because they represent “tears” in the marriage to come. But conversely, they are supposed to be good luck if you wear them on your wedding day because they prevent tears in the marriage to come.
Which is it?
Wearing Someone Else’s Wedding Ring
It is said that whatever befell the original owner will also befall the new wearer too. This includes riches and good fortune so it might be worthwhile to take a chance.
How To Break A Curse On Jewelry
If you are really worried about a curse on your jewelry, we understand. Here are some ways that you can break the curse:
- Perform a reverse curse on it. Speak out loud while holding the item and squeezing the nasal lobes of your first born son. If you don’t have one, then make one. If he won’t permit it, then you may squeeze the paw of a male lion at the local zoo instead for a 50/50 chance of removing the curse.
- Dr. Pepper & Holy Water. Dip the cursed item in Holy Water while drinking a Dr. Pepper upside down in your front yard while laying on an inversion table. Scream a reverse curse out loud. Repeat 6 times and then blow a trumpet for 30 seconds.
- Frightened Monkey. Levitate the item while holding two sabers in one hand and an Orangutan in the other. Repeat as necessary for a 12/20 chance of success.
- Transfership. Place the item in a rat trap as you would any other kind of bait. Once the trap is sprung, take the entire thing to your local jeweler and sell it as scrap metal. This will transfer the curse to the jeweler.
FAQ’s About Cursed Jewelry
Can people curse jewelry?
Of course people can curse jewelry and anything else they want to curse. The more important question is why they cannot think of anything better to do with their time and energy, such as getting a job or running for Congress.
Can jewelry bring bad luck?
Jewelry can not bring bad luck.
But if a person perceives that they were wearing a particular piece of jewelry at the time that something bad happened, they may have low enough intelligence to conclude that it was the fault of the jewelry rather than the more obvious result of wearing mismatched socks for six days in a row – which is a problem for us all.
Unless of course, it was a Contractor getting his wedding ring caught on a power tool or something similar to that.
Which again, wearing jewelry while doing construction is just a dumb idea.
What is the most cursed jewelry?
The most cursed jewelry of all time are the pieces that are deliberately thrown into a lake when a relationship ends, get left in a hotel room while vacationing in another country, or is suddenly missing the huge diamond center stone while hiking in the Amazon Rain Forest.
Final Thoughts
If you are inclined to be superstitious, then perhaps you should examine where your core Spiritual beliefs originate from and why they have such a hold on your logic and emotional psyche.
If you believe that inanimate objects have some actual kind of power over your life (unless you are stuck living inside an iron lung or are depending on a parachute to open on your way down), then take a deep breath and ask yourself if you would be better off owning any jewelry at all.