I don't believe the curse would be a hinderance because of the target audience (beginners) who are exploring magick probably for the first time and have a need that brought them to woo-woo shit, and reading the book(s) are usually a last-ditch effort to get something that's out of reach for them. I know a lot of magical authors put curses in their books, some almost jokingly (Don Webb, for example puts hilarious curses in the forwards of his books!) I don't think that has ever stopped someone from using the magick if it's important to them. And if magic works for them, it's because of that need and the effort they put into the work, not because of the book.
Mostly I've had good or neutral results from GOM. There were some developments where the situation evolved the exact opposite of my intention. Not entirely sure if that's due a) user error - perhaps a deeper less conscious intention manifesting or b) the cursio thing a mabob or c) other factors at play - such as the psychology of the people involved, etc. over-rode the magick, or they strongly reacted to it in a polarity way.
I don't know... this is a touchy subject indeed. There is so much going on when it comes to "authors" just copy-pasting someone else's work, or using a software that will literally do everything for you...all you do is tell it what you wanna write about, and boom!! a whole book get's written from everyone else's work throughout history just masquerading the words to make it sound a bit different while saying the same... people like myself (i'll keep it personal) i like to know what i'm investing my money on. Sometimes a sample read just isn't enough to decide. I will always prefer a physical book over a pdf as long as it's worth the paper it's printed on and then some. I only use free PDF's for desicion making.
Or get a different system
Issues with Amazon are not rare in this matter.[Rant]
I tried buying the new ebook. Its not available in my country or on any other stores I can find. I had to change to address in Amazon.
Then my credit card wouldnt work. Took hours on and off, multiple calls to the bank.
Ended up with multiple orders of the book that may or may not be cancelled. In the end i had to cancel my credit card and get a replacement to avoid getting suddenly charged for the book multiple times.
Now that "curse" and this experience has become something i need to work thru.
Agreed. I always only bought printed books from amazon, no experience with kindle, but honestly for most worldwide purchases I use service of specialized company (they don't want much money) who do the paying and are very capable with dealing with scammers. (I think of it paying insurance on my purchases, saved me quite some money so far, they were able to drill the money for not send goods out of Amazon too)
