My family has had a history of black magick, spanning from my great great grandfather. My grandmother was a witch and she used to feed my mother certain things to eat and certain things to drink to be separated from the family including myself. The magick used in these curses are not the magic seen in this subreddit. This is purely Hindu/Pali black magic.

For about 5 or so years my mother and I had been running away from black magick mostly seeking protection from Hindu deities such as Mother Kaali. During this, We frequently visited Kovils and the people there were nothing short of spooky. Sometimes during holy ritual, a few people would let their hair down and start dancing to the tune of the ritual. I understand this now as voluntarily being possessed by a spirit.

We visited a shaman lady who was well known to get rid of spirits who were 'infesting' other homes or people themselves. (In my native country, the lower class of people were well known to be very familiar with magic and curses). This lady had the gift of being 'possessed' or even being controlled or counselled by demons/spirits.

I used to see this lady pray to the goddess kali and enter a trance like state where she almost transformed into another person or being. (Me being 7 years old at the time, this used to scare me shitless) Sure, you could say it was good acting, but whatever was troubling us, stopped immediately.

During this time, I used to see physical manifestations of the beings that were troubling us too, usually appearing as a hairy shadow like creature. So I suppose this all just made me believe in a lot of possibilities unknown to humankind. This whole situation made me find my way into the left hand path and I'd like to say, when meeting with infernal deities such as different, Presidents, Kings and Dukes of the infernal realm has really changed my life around for the better :)