| is a hex? A hex is a spell for bad luck put on a | | | | represents the fact that energy and matter are |
| person. Often it's not just for one bad thing but a | | | | really one. Quantum physics experiments show |
| lifetime of woe and despair. The hex might be | | | | that when an observer watches an experiment, it |
| called the evil eye, a whammy or a curse. The | | | | changes the outcome. The proved that the |
| term hex is a Pennsylvania-Dutch derivation of | | | | observation has the power to turn a wave, |
| the German word "hexen" which means to | | | | energy, into particles, mass. So, why is it so |
| practice sorcery. | | | | difficult to believe that the mind of an individual |
| Many people associate hexes with gypsies and | | | | doesn't also contain that same power? |
| voodoo, regardless of whether the term got its | | | | There was a study done in Washington, DC |
| start from the German language. Images of | | | | where hundreds of advanced yogi's meditated on |
| voodoo queens leaving a small bundle of herbs | | | | peace in the city for one month. The result was a |
| hidden in their victim's house or gypsies pointing a | | | | lower violent crime rate for the city. Dramatically |
| finger and declaring the recipient hexed are part | | | | lower than the average. Was this simply |
| of our world, via the cinema and television. | | | | serendipity or did they have an effect? Another |
| However, those that put hexes on others aren't | | | | study used a random number generator and two |
| necessarily practitioners of either. Some are just | | | | control groups. One group was supposed to will |
| people with a strong hankering for revenge, the | | | | the generator to show x's and the other was to |
| primary reason for a hex. | | | | will it to show O's. The results showed a marked |
| As with most discussions on the occult, hexes | | | | increase in x's for the group willing x's and O's for |
| and their viability are greatly debated. Some | | | | that group. Had they controlled the computer? |
| people believe that they work, but only if the | | | | If these studies are indicators of the potential, |
| person hexed knows that they had a hex put on | | | | then hexes are possible. Ah, the law of attraction |
| them. In this case, it's the power of suggestion or | | | | now comes into play. Whatever you focus on, |
| the self-fulfilling prophecy. Others believe that all | | | | you receive. Normally this means that if you think |
| people have the power to alter matter and | | | | all is lost, you can bet it is but if you believe that |
| therefore control events. The advent of | | | | good comes from something, you're also right. In |
| discoveries in quantum physics help to put their | | | | the case of a hex, you focus on evil or a bad |
| views into a more favourable light. | | | | outcome for someone. What occurs? With so |
| Albert Einstein created the hypothesis that matter | | | | much focus and ill intent, you need to watch out |
| is neither created nor destroyed, simply | | | | because it comes back to you. Many early |
| converted. E=MC2 is an equation most school | | | | religions that practice hexes and spells have the |
| children know, even if they don't understand it. E | | | | law of three fold. It simply means what you put |
| stands for energy, the M is mass and the C is the | | | | out into the universe, in terms of spells or hexes, |
| speed of light in a vacuum, what it takes to | | | | comes back to you only three times more lethal. |
| convert mass into pure energy. The formula | | | | |