
Length6h 7m
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Excerpt: "Anybody may have the Evil Eye, but that certain people suggest the Evil Eye to others from their appearance must be admitted. A minister, himself a son of the manse, who has had Highland surroundings all his early life, bears witness, "The possession was more frequently ascribed to females than to males, and for the most part to elderly women." Another minister, an older man than the former, says of the Evil Eye: "They were chiefly women that were suspected, and were generally much disliked in the communities." These two reciters were as far apart as Arran and Ross-shire."
Audiobook details
GenrePsychology
Length6 hrs 7 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 6, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION
2EVIL EYE
3LOCALITY OF BELIEF
4SOCIAL POSITION OF BELIEVERS
5DESCRIPTION OF POSSESSORS OF EVIL EYE
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6OBJECTION TO MEETING AN EVIL EYE
7AVOIDING SUSPICION OF EVIL EYE
8ACTION OF EVIL EYE INDEPENDENT OF POSSESSOR
9EVIL EYE TAKES EFFECT EVEN ON THINGS NOT SEEN
10MORAL SOURCE OF THE EVIL EYE
11THINGS THAT SPECIALLY ATTRACT
12STRANGERS SPECIALLY LIABLE TO BE ACCUSED OF THE POSSESSION OF THE EVIL EYE
13PEOPLE SHOULD GIVE WHEN ASKED
14SYMPTOMS IN ANIMALS ASCRIBED TO EFFECT OF EVIL EYE
15BENEFIT TO THE OWNER OF AN EVIL EYE
16DISADVANTAGE TO THE OWNER OF AN EVIL EYE
17CONSEQUENCE OF DIRECT PRAISE
18A LOOK DOES IT
19AVOIDING THE LOOK
20CONVERSION TO BELIEF IN EVIL EYE
21GIVING AWAY MILK DANGEROUS
22SCIENCE VERSUS EOLAS
23HURTER AND HEALER
24TRANSMISSION OF EOLAS
25FORMS OF INCANTATION
26FORM OF PAYMENT
27THE NECESSITY OF FAITH
28PREVENTING EVIL BY BLESSING
29PREVENTING BY DISPRAISING
30PREVENTING BY ROWAN AND JUNIPER
31PREVENTING BY HORSE NAILS AND SHOES
32PREVENTING BY A SMALL GIFT
33A PREVENTATIVE BY BURNING CLOTHING
34PREVENTION BY SPITTING
35PREVENTING BY CHURNING
36PREVENTION BY PECULIARITY IN CLOTHES
37TAR AS PREVENTATIVE
38NICKING THE EAR
39URINE AS PREVENTATIVE
40A BURNT OFFERING
41CHARMS. (STRING)
42UISGE A’ CHRONACHAIDH (WATER OF INJURY)
43STONES AND WATER
44IRON AND WATER
45WOOD AND WATER
46SALT AS CURE AND PREVENTATIVE
47MOST SUITABLE WATER
48TABOO WHEN IN POSSESSION OF WATER
49WATER, WHERE APPLIED
50ODD CURES