Such activities are asking for trouble. They
surround the practitioner with bad energy and evil influences which affect not
only them but also the people around them.
This article uses some minor incidents from
Inferno to illustrate this point. They seem very significant to me because they
provide independent confirmation of what I have read elsewhere; I have also experienced
something similar myself.
Bad energy and Strindberg’s little girl
The following incident took place after
Strindberg got back together with his wife and little girl. His daughter was
two and a half years old at the time:
“During the evening meal the following
incident happens. In order to help my little daughter, who cannot yet help
herself, I touch her hand quite gently and kindly. The child utters a cry,
draws her hand back, and casts at me a glance full of alarm.
When her grandmother asks what is the matter,
she answers, ‘He hurts me.’ In my confusion I am unable to utter a word. How
many persons have I deliberately hurt, and hurt still, though without intending
it.”
Some people have a very damaging effect on
others because of what they are surrounded with and broadcasting.
At least Strindberg felt bad about hurting
his child; some parents add insult to injury by punishing their children for
shrinking from and avoiding them.
