"Protection and Reversal Magick" by Jason Miller is an excellent book for this matter.
He teaches the reader simple ways to test if there's been a curse, a haunting, or some sort of negative energy. He also teaches you how to protect yourself against future attacks, cleansing and healing baths for certain situations, also giving some background of different cultures, even some of his own experiences. The book isn't too expensive either, at least not in the US. I would highly recommend it. This is a wonderful and informative book.
Life goes through ups and downs. Personally in the past year I've had 3 friends die, one friends father died, another friend had an aneurysm [survived thankfully] an uncle died, and my boyfriend lost his job. It's sad but it's life. You go years with good things happening [last person I knew who died was 10 years ago] but people prefer to focus on the bad because they fear it.
Anyway, if you're concerned, cleanse/protect yourself and your home and do daily grounding and shielding. Regarding a curse, try and put it out of your mind. Most curses are self inflicted so if you continue to worry at every bump in the road you will curse yourself. Best to shrug it off. [Of course regular cleansings and protection spells are wise just in case, but don't fear someone's cursing you]
Re: Bad Energy/Luck/Curse? By: Brysing Moderator / Adept
Post # 5 Sep 12, 2015
Nekoshema tells it as it is! At my age (82) just about everyone I once knew has died. Friends, my parents,all my uncles and aunts,some cousins. My elder brother and sister.
Good luck, bad luck?
This is what my witch teacher told me when I was very young:-
"Life is a series of problems to be solved. Some small, some large.From 'What shall I have for dinner?' to 'What will happen to me when I get old?' Solve the problems; that's Good Luck.Fail to solve the problems, that's Bad Luck!."