The Evil Eye

 

The Evil Eye – Don’t Get Stared Down by It

By Charles L Harmon

Do you believe in the evil eye? Well, if you don't, come close and look at a real evil eye like this, face to face, and experience the goodness for yourself. Comment on your experience.

 

If you’ve ever read much about superstitions or bad luck you’ve surely heard of the evil eye. The power of the evil eye is definitely something to be aware of. During the ages almost all cultures have believed in the power of the evil eye.

The evil eye is a look that is believed by many cultures to be able to cause injury or bad luck for the person at whom it is directed for reasons of envy or dislike. It is a superstition from antiquity; however, there are still people that believe in it. The term also refers to the power attributed to certain persons of inflicting injury or bad luck by such an envious or ill-wishing look.

This is a superstition that seems to have only bad luck and connotations associated with it, unlike many superstitions that might mean either good luck or bad luck, depending on the country or situation.

According to the idea behind the evil eye is that some people have the ability to call evil spirits to have their wishes granted; the wishes to bring harm, even death to their enemies or those they do not like.

This belief in the evil eye, basically the same all over the world, is based on the concept that the eye is the source of all animal magnetism. Because of this belief it follows that the influence from the eyes of an angry or envious person can fill the air with an evil that effects not only living things, but even stone and other inanimate objects. The resulting evil could capsize a boat, cause a car to roll over, turn a bumper crop to wilting and unusable vegetables or even destroy a house.

 

Unusual Evil Eye Gifts

 

With such power all concentrated in an evil way no wonder people have been afraid of the evil eye and all its ramifications, none of which are good if you are on the receiving end. But there is a glimmer of hope. It’s possible to counteract the evil.

In ancient times people started carrying amulets and charms to open the way to constant access to good spirits who could help them or counteract the doings of the evil eye.

A lot of those amulets and charms have come down to us over the ages as “lucky” charms and amulets. Their original purpose, however, was for protection instead of luck. The symbols that were most frequently used to ward off or shield against the evil eye are in the form of crescents and horns. Over time the horns themselves became associated with divine protection.

Even fairly recently, maybe even today, in Nogales Italy, where it is said the evil eye is still perceived as very real, some people invariably carry charms in the shape of horns to protect themselves. Their belief is so strong that when or if they feel threatened it is enough just to say the word corno! – which means horn and the threat will go supposedly go away.

There are lots of horned protections still used or at least fairly recently used to counteract the evil eye. Ceremonial masks from Cambodia are enhanced with them. There are wooden images of the gods in West Africa also adorned with horns. Horned protectors have also been found in Tahiti, Peru, and among some of the original inhabitants of North America. Everywhere they were used to protect those using them from the potentially devastating effects of the evil eye.

Here in the USA and other places those who do not take the evil eye literally, either by reason of the culture in which they were raised or because they simply do not believe in such things, the phrase, “to give someone the evil eye” usually means simply to glare at the person in anger or disgust.

Enter your comment below if you have had firsthand experience with the evil eye. If the region or country that you live in follows the custom of the evil eye please update us below.

Copyright © 2010-2012 Charles L Harmon

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