The Crown of Celibacy and Other Monsters

Is there such a thing as a generational curse?

When I was growing up, I often heard about the “crown of celibacy,” a Slavic belief which means a person has a vow or a curse that makes them remain unmarried.

Oddly enough, I have never heard of a man trying to remove the “crown of celibacy”. It was always women.

And by the way, why have I never heard of a similar concept in the West? Does it exist? Did it exist in the traditions that pre-dated modern post-Puritan Western culture? In the Celtic tradition? In the Americas? I don’t know.

Countless fortune tellers and psychics were all offering to clear the crown of celibacy. Old wise women, who in the West may be called “shamans” appeared to be more successful and actually did change the fortunes of their clients.

In traditional Slavic practice, a healer would have needed to scan for the root of the issue. She’d ask the girl about her family and its history. But then again, in traditional Slavic reality, the healer would have known the girl and her family, and the history of its women.

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