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Understanding the Evil Eye Curse

The evil eye is a supernatural belief originating before 3000 BC that a curse can be inflicted by a malicious glare which may cause injury or death. It is thought to be involuntary and caused by envy or malice towards someone's prosperity or beauty. Those believed susceptible include pregnant women, children, animals. Signs of being afflicted may include mental fog, discomfort, sweating or crying. Protection is sought through consumption of special foods or amulets displaying sacred texts.

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Understanding the Evil Eye Curse

The evil eye is a supernatural belief originating before 3000 BC that a curse can be inflicted by a malicious glare which may cause injury or death. It is thought to be involuntary and caused by envy or malice towards someone's prosperity or beauty. Those believed susceptible include pregnant women, children, animals. Signs of being afflicted may include mental fog, discomfort, sweating or crying. Protection is sought through consumption of special foods or amulets displaying sacred texts.

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What is the evil eye?

“A supernatural belief in a curse”


What is the evil eye?

Origin

Meaning

How it works
Where does it come from?

 Earlier than 3000BC

 Mostly found in Rome & Greece

 Mentioned in Shakespeare plays, Bible and Quran

“A curse that is thought to be given by malicious glare that can be caused by bad luck or
loss”

You may have heard someone giving you the evil eye from across the room and many
people around the world believe this to be more than just a saying.
 evil eye, glance believed to have the ability
to cause injury or death to those on whom it
falls; pregnant women, children, and
animals are thought to be particularly
susceptible.

The power of the evil eye is sometimes held to be involuntary; a Slavic folktale, for example, relates
the story of a father afflicted with the evil eye who blinded himself in order to avoid injuring his
own children. More frequently, however, malice toward and envy of prosperity and beauty are
thought to be the cause. Thus, in medieval Europe it was considered unlucky to be praised or to
have one’s children or possessions praised, so some qualifying phrase such as “as God will” or “God
bless it” was commonly used.
Greek & Rome > evil eye means
envy
Signs evil eye has touched you according to islam

 Mental fog and sleep cravings


 Stretching and discomfort upon waking (sense of stiffness and discomfort)
 Temporary paralysis in body parts
 Excessive sweating and urination
 Abdominal cramps and diarrhea
 Frequent vomiting and nausea
 Burping and blenching during treatment
 Emotional tendency to cry
 Unusual cause of sensation in the body
 Tingling sensations in body parts (needle pain)
 Severe itching on the skin
 Rapid heartbeat and etc. (dreams, excessive crying, yawning, abnormal anger)
Other means of protection, common to many traditions, include the
consumption of protective foodstuffs or decoctions; the wearing of sacred
texts, amulets, charms, or talismans (which may also be hung upon animals
for their protection); the use of certain hand gestures; and the display of ritual
drawings or objects.
In front of the house, on
the top of the buildings, as
an amulet, as a jewelry,
incantations or gestures.

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