There are those who are
absolutely convinced that the ancients could concentrate upon and around a
mummy certain dynamic powers…those of which we possess very incomplete
notions…and that these powers were almighty and could if so desired, put a
curse on those who for example, disturbed the holy resting place of a pharaoh
or a spiritual leader…it is said even today the spirits live in the hills of
Egypt and although some curses have weakened over the course of time…others
remain quite potent…so says Dr. Muller in ‘The Mummy’ and he is probably right…whether
these curses work might depend on the mind of the one who is afflicted with
such a terrible curse …psychosomatic if you will…people who believe in curses
might suddenly find themselves pre-occupied and it may lead to some kind of
accident…a mild cold could become a full blown case of pneumonia as one may be
frightened that the evil curse is happening to them…men of science are less
inclined to believe such things, but sometimes something unfortunate things do
happen and then the curse is blamed for something different altogether…then
again, maybe there are cases of curses that actually have been activated and
are quite real.
