A Hex Upon Our House

Originally posted at Dispatches from Reality, by Scipio Eruditusdfreality.substack.com

Old Magicks made new…

“A hex is a spell or bewitchment. The term comes from the Pennsylvania Dutch, who borrowed it from their native German word for “witch,” Hexe, which in turn is derived from Old High German hagazussa or hagzissa (“hag”).

In common usage, hex means an evil spell or CURSE…”

— Rosemary Ellen Guiley, The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft, and Wicca

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