YOU WILL NEED
Lemon
Iron nails
METHOD
✤ Drive the nails with some force into the lemon.
✤ Visualize the evil eye being pierced.
✤ Keep the lemon for three days, by which time
it should begin to rot.
✤ If it does not, repeat the procedure.
Here you have externalized the difficulty, checked that
the spell worked and repeated the procedure if not. You
could then repeat the diagnostic procedure to ensure
that you are clear.
The Greek Orthodox Church does forbid
people to go to ‘readers’ or other individuals
for use of magical rituals to overcome the evil
eye. It is stated quite categorically that such
people take advantage of the weakness of
superstitious people and destroy them
spiritually and financially by playing upon
their imagination. However, Vaskania – which is
another word for the evil eye – is recognized
simply as a phenomenon that was accepted by
primitive people as fact. It is the jealousy and
envy of some people for things they do not
possess, such as beauty, youth or courage.
Though the Church rejected Vaskania as
contradicting the concept of divine providence,
the prayers of the Church to avert the evil eye
are an implicit acceptance of its existence.
In Scotland it seems that the evil eye was
more often associated with women and
therefore inevitably with the crone, or wise
woman, than with men. Anyone with a squint
or eyes of different colour could be accused of
possessing the evil eye and of using it to cause
harm or illness. A charmed burrach or cow
fetter could be used to protect animals. Other
preventative measures could also be taken,
some using plants and trees – such as rowan
and juniper – and others using horseshoes and
iron stakes. This next technique explains one of
the most-loved pieces of Scottish jewellery
