Karma

Karma is a concept and substance where in each person has it, people who put good out into the world get good luck back, and people who put negativity out into the world get what they deserve.

Richard Montana was a particular follower of karma. He believed it to be the universes law enforcement, making sure those who do bad are punished. Unfortunately, he also believed that his family's war had led him to inherit their bad karma, and that he was bringing misfortune to the Charmed Ones.

After asking Paige to help him find a "Karma Cleanse" in the Book of Shadows, she told that that's not how karma works, and that there was none, "There's a aura cleanse, a chakra cleanse, but no karma cleanse." After she left, he found the aura cleanse spell, and reworded it to work on karma. Karma from outer space hailed down on San Francisco, focusing on Halliwell Manor. After encircling him in a ritual he'd prepared with five candles, they passed on to the other person in the house: Phoebe. This led Mata Haris unfinished karma to be trapped in her body. ("Used Karma")