Evil Eye Protection in Different Countries
Rabbi David Azulai
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There is no country in the world people of which are not familiar with the and where they do not have their own means of evil eye protection. Some of such countries are India, China, Turkey, Egypt, Australia, Israel and North African countries, just to name a few.
The effects of the evil eye have been known for thousands of years. Surprisingly, even cultures that did not have any connection with the rest of the world had the concept of an evil eye and their own ways to assure evil eye protection. For example, American Indians relatively isolated from other civilizations believed in the power of someone’s negative glance and had protective talismans against the evil eye.
In many Middle Eastern and Asian countries parents believe that it is very important to provide babies and small children with proper evil eye protection that will prevent the malicious effect of the evil eye on their development and growth. For example, in Turkey small and large evil eye amulets made of glass and stones are an essential object in any household.
In Israel red-string bracelets against envy are worn by young and old alike, which is also a common tradition in Peru and Central America. However, Jewish people believe that even though an evil eye can be cast by anyone, not everyone will suffer from it and experience its effect. If the person is pure-minded and not arrogant, the evil eye will pass by.
Even though in most European and Western countries the evil eye is considered to be an old superstition, in Italy it is believed that people can have an inborn ability to harm others with an evil eye unintentionally. In Greece people with light colored eyes are believed to have an evil eye. However, in other cultures deep dark eyes are considered to be the source of the evil eye too.
In many of these countries evil eye protection is based on wearing protective amulets. Even people that practice magic, voodoo or witchcraft wear them to avoid having to deal with the consequences that someone’s envy can bring about.
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