The Oldest Magic in the Spell Book: Mal De Ojo 💙🪬🧿

Happy Holidays Bougie Brujas! It’s the most wonderful time of year ✨ Where magic is in the air, snow is on the ground, and miracles may happen all around us. All this talk of gifts and presents also has me thinking of the oldest spell of all time. This concept is universally accepted, and whether you believe in magic or not, I’m here to tell you that we’ve all casted this spell at one point or another. If you say you haven’t, that’s a lie, because we’ve all been jealous at some point and sent out the evil eye. Some people do it unintentionally— others know exactly what they’re doing. The evil eye is so critically acclaimed, there are even articles recognizing it in PubMed’s National Library of Medicine. With Christmas around the corner, I feel as if it’s important to talk about the evil eye. We all have haters whether you know it or not, and it’s imperative to always stay spiritually protected from them. When you’re on a high vibration, you don’t want people bringing you down to low levels. Some people actively practice mal de ojo magic and just don’t care. They know what they’re doing, and they’re purposefully praying on your downfall. I wrote this article to make sure you don’t become their prey. It’s even easier to cast in todays day and age because of technology. All it takes is a quick social media search of your username for people to pull up your profile picture and look at you with hate— with the evil eye. Other people don’t even realize they’re doing it. They can innocently be scrolling or walking by “joking” that they’re just “so jealous” about what you have or how you look. Regardless, to cast evil eye on someone is to be an “eye biter” and to be a recipient of evil eye is to be “eye bitten.” Think of eye biters like energy vampires. They vant to suck your blood 🧛🏽‍♀️ or at least they want to suck the joy and fun out your life for their own miserable reasons. I know… batty isn’t it? According to author and medical doctor Edward S Gifford, Greek philosophers suggested that: “visual rays were thrown out by the eye to strike external objects, from which the rays were reflected back to the eye.” Gifford, E. S. (1957). The evil eye in medical history. Ophthalmic Pub. Co. This was viewed as an exchange of energy. Some peoples eyes reflect purity and peace while others reflect hatred and perpetuate problems. If eyes absorb then reflect light, and light is energy, and energy is frequency, it makes sense that what we visualize internally can play out externally. It’s a form of bending frequency to your will. It’s a method of manifestation— magic if you will. That said, remember that eyes are the window to the soul, and some people are just plain soulless. They’re energy vampires. Christmas especially can be a time of year where “eye biters” reveal themselves, and people’s true colors show. During this presumably “merry” time of year, you can really see who is and isn’t casting mal de ojo. It’s so ironic how the main colors of Christmas are red and green, because your happy and stable family or the cool gifts you receive on Christmas can have people seeing red in anger. And green eyed monsters are definitely real and are probably people you know. They may be a loved one you follow on social media such as a friend or family member, an acquaintance like a classmate or coworker, or they can even be strangers if you’re an influencer of some sort. Fact of the matter is, people want what they can’t have. And if you have it and they don’t, they don’t want you to have it either. Especially your biggest haters. And sometimes the people closest to you or the people you wouldn’t expect are your biggest haters. Or maybe they really do want to see you doing good— just not better than them. Whatever your case, this article will given you some tips to stay spiritually protected and at peace, and it will help you return any bad juju back to sender. So grab your hot cocoa, cuddle with your pet baby on the couch next to your Christmas tree, and let’s go into a deep dive of the oldest magic in the spell book— mal de ojo. What is the evil eye? The evil eye can be defined as a “supernatural curse” brought on by a malevolent glare. The concept of evil eyes itself is said to date back to prehistory, however, the evil eye symbol, also known as the nazar, was first seen around 5,000 years ago. It’s possible the symbol was first seen in ancient Ugarit (a city located in modern day Syria). In the 6th century (BC), the nazar was also seen on Chalcidian drinking classes called “eye cups,” pictured above. People used these cups to make potions for protection magic. The production of nazar glass amulets (pictured below) began in 1,500 BC. The top picture is of Ancient Islamic glass beads, and the bottom is a more modern nazar glass bead. The modern design has a cultural relevance mostly linked to Turkey. Prior to glass beads, nazar symbols were made of clay. The symbol was most popular with the Phoenicians, Persians, Greeks, Romans, and Ottomans in ancient times. The concept of evil eye was widely accepted around the world and across multiple religions. As a matter of fact, there are 24 evil eye symbols in total, but the 4 most popular amulets are: the nazar, hamsa hand, ankh, and eye of Horus. There are so many ways different cultures and religions run off evil eye. Some are silly and some make sense, but the same thing rings true: predominantly every religious or cultural group believe in evil eye to some degree. Ways people ward off evil eye around the world: •