A curse tablet or binding spell (defixio in Latin, κατάδεσμος katadesmos in Greek) is a type of curse found throughout the Graeco-Roman world, in which someone would ask the gods to do harm to others.
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“You shall not revile God, or curse a leader of your people.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 22:28.
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For things below are copies, the Great Smaragdine Tablet said.
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