Have you ever heard the words of a mother addressed to a naughty child: "Damn you!", "So that you die / sour / fail!" etc. with different variations? Oddly enough, usually people sincerely believe that "they did not mean anything bad," and 10-15 years later, they also sincerely do not understand why their child gets drunk, becomes a drug addict, suffers from depression, is thrown out of the balcony.
"Black magic" words
There is absolutely nothing to be surprised at: a grown-up person simply obediently fulfills his mother's instructions - to die / turn sour / fail, and he is “torn up” by those same “devils”. Of course, no one remembers and does not attach any importance to these thoughtlessly abandoned words, but the program launched in childhood works. In psychology, this process is called a negative program or a negative scenario. Magicians call this phenomenon a curse, and alcoholism, drug addiction and mental disorders are explained by the influence of "demons".
Most often, people have a so-called external locus of control, i.e. tend to look for the causes of all troubles in external circumstances, such as the actions of other people, "demons", weather, government or whatever. Therefore, millions of sad stories tell how inconsolable mothers / wives have been struggling with the problem of a loved one for years unsuccessfully: shed tears, scandal, code, go to "grandmothers", put candles in front of icons, etc., etc. Instead, the magic word "forgive", spoken by the person who "sent the curse," would often be the best cure for ailment. And if he adds a sincere wish for good to the apology, the "magic effect" can be much greater.
But, of course, not everything is as simple as we would like. There will be no magic in words spoken formally. In this case, in order for words to acquire the magical power of healing, it is necessary for the sufferer to realize the source of the problem and sincere admission of guilt and repentance on the part of the person who set the negative program. And if for the addict to understand the root cause of the problem, long-term work with a psychologist is necessary, then in order to admit the guilt of his relatives, they need to do titanic work on themselves to overcome their own defense mechanisms, which vying with each other shout: “This did not happen!”, “I never wished my harm child! "," I am a good mother! "," This is nonsense, this cannot be! "," You have not understood everything! " etc.
It is interesting that the word "swearing" comes from the Church Slavonic "boron", which means "struggle", and "swearing" in Old Slavic meant "mockery".
Do not think that only a direct desire for evil can lead to negative consequences. When one person calls another by some definition in the form "You are bad / stupid / slob / stupid", such a formula not only encourages behavior in a given way, but becomes, as it were, a proper name for the person "named" in this way, but from it's almost impossible to get rid of your own name. Fortunately, there is also a downside: if the name becomes "beauty", "clever", "artisan", etc., this will create a positive program, but still an external, artificial program, and this is already limiting the personality to a given framework. … Should such programs be considered magic? Certainly. Another question - is this good magic?
Good magic
In order not to face the destructive consequences of their own rash words, people have long invented religious and ethical norms. Long before the apostle John, who proclaimed "In the beginning was the word," Indian sages developed Raja Yoga, the first two steps of which involve the practice of purity of thoughts and purity of words. And for people who are not too burdened with spiritual practices, there is ordinary politeness - a proven ritual of communication for millennia, involving, among other things, pronouncing "magic words" that explicitly or implicitly convey positive wishes to the interlocutor.
The word "politeness" comes from the Old Russian "vezha", which means knowing, well-versed. Hence - a direct connection between knowledge and goodwill.
So, the simplest greeting "hello" includes a wish for health; “Thank you” (from “God save”) is, as it were, an appeal to the Almighty asking for the salvation of the thankful person's soul, and “thank you” already means that the person who thanks himself at least mentally has the intention to give the thanked person a reciprocal “courtesy” (“give” something good, to show "love"). And “please” is an appeal with a request to “welcome” something, that is, “to give”, “to reward”.
Well, all words in all languages that contain the word "God" have an extremely positive meaning. Here are the Russians "rich", "bogatyr", "poor", and the Polish zboże (meaning "bread in the grain"), and the Czech zboźi ("state"), and the ancient Indian bhagas ("wealth", "happiness"), and even the Avestan baγa ("lord") and many other examples.
