Evil eye: Just an aesthetic or truly angelic? Tracing it's lore beyond the closet
1 week, 3 days ago

Evil eye: Just an aesthetic or truly angelic? Tracing it's lore beyond the closet

Hindustan Times  

As you get ready to say goodbye to 2024 and usher in 2025, you may be considering fortifying yourself and your home with some dependable paraphernelia. And 'nazar' happens to be just one manifestation of the sentiment that the whole subtext of the all-pervasive evil eye, is believed to act as a shield against. Excavated in one of Mesopotamia's oldest cities, Tell Brak, the evil eye was originally more than just a lone eye. Be it the Grecian lore of the gorgon sisters Medusa, Stheno and Euryale who could turn their subjects to stone with their gaze or the Polish legend of a man who was bestowed with so evil a gaze that he chose to cut his eyes out to save his loved ones from the impact — the pervasiveness of the gaze and sight and the unavoidability of it all, also finds mention in The Bible and the Quran. Frederick Thomas Elworthy’s The Evil Eye: The Classic Account of an Ancient Superstition is an insightful read in this regard.

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13 Pieces Of Evil Eye Decor To Add To Your Home
9 months, 3 weeks ago

13 Pieces Of Evil Eye Decor To Add To Your Home

Huff Post  

You may be familiar with the image of the evil eye: Its spherical cobalt blue form has increasingly been used on mainstream clothing and accessories to encourage positivity, with a “good vibes” phrase often explicitly written out alongside the symbol. Based on his research, the “belief that the evil eye could be counteracted by a ‘good eye’” dates back thousands …

Turkey’s religious authority denounces ‘evil-eye’ charms
3 years, 11 months ago

Turkey’s religious authority denounces ‘evil-eye’ charms

Al Jazeera  

The state-run body says the eye-shaped blue amulets – believed to date back to at least 3,300 BCE – are incompatible with Islam. Ankara, Turkey – The state-run religious authority has caused alarm by proclaiming the use of talismans to ward off “the evil eye” prohibited under Islam. “Although the nature and condition of the evil eye are not known …

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