Evil Eye: Amulet of Protection

Aug 18

The evil eye symbol, also known as nazar, mal de ojo, and haram, can be dated back nearly 5,000 years ago and is represented in many different religions and cultures. This ancient symbol has been used as a protective amulet in many Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim practices. Today, it can be seen in doorways, on babies, and used for daily spiritual for protection, but what exactly is it protecting and how?

Amulet VS Curse

The evil eye curse itself derived from Greek culture in 6th century BCE. It was understood that the curse was casted through an envious glare upon someone else's good fortune and, as result, could welcome misfortune. It was believed that someone with much success and recognition may be susceptible to this envy. Thus, the evil eye amulet was born. This amulet made its first appearance on drink-ware and quickly adapted to the bright blue, glass form we know and love. This is thanks to the Turkish culture who created the Nazar (look) Boncuk (pearl) charm we recognize today.

"𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗, 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜...𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚕 𝚎𝚢𝚎, 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚜, 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚎, 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚢."

𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝟽:𝟷𝟸,𝟸𝟸

Symbology

The ancient and rightfully iconic blue, black, and white colors that make up the evil eye all have great intention. The deep blue repel karma and promotes peace and protection. The white emits purity of thought and action, the black repels negative in all forms. The combination of these colors are said to offer protection of all three forms; intentional, unintentional, and unseen. The amulet itself is said to protect not only against harmful glares but negative energy and strokes of bad luck.

Taking Care of Your Amulet

The evil eye amulet is all about intention. When working with it, look into what protection you are seeking as there are various colors; green for success, yellow for happiness, red for courage and so on. Once aligning with the amulet, create a way in which you choose to honor it - it can be adorned by you or placed in a car, house, or work space. If wearing it as a bracelet be mindful of the hand which it is on. The left hand offers emotional protection, the right offers physical protection. It can be considered unlucky to wear evil eye jewelry when sleeping so be sure to remove it when you can. Additionally, if your evil eye jewelry breaks don't forget to thank it for its protection - this is considered a good omen!

𝘈𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴:

𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘭𝘭-𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯.

𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢, 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩.

Thank you for being here, namaste.