Appendix Iii : * "The Evil Eye", by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, [1895], APPENDIX III THE Australian aborigines, who seem to have considerable notions of astronomy, have a name for the Pleiades, which signifies a flock of cockatoos--an object most familiar to them. Their tradition is 687 that once upon a time they...
Appendix Ii : * "The Evil Eye", by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, [1895], APPENDIX II THE evident defence of a Christian church by the horn and crocodile amulets of Seville naturally leads to the consideration of those very common though remarkable appendages to other Christian churches with which most people are...
Chapter I. Introduction : * "The Evil Eye", by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, [1895], p. 1 THE EVIL EYE CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION THERE be none of the affections which have been noted to fascinate or to bewitch, but love and envy; they both have vehement wishes, they frame themselves readily into imaginations and suggestions...
Title Page : * "The Evil Eye", by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, [1895], THE EVIL EYE An Account Of This Ancient And Widespread Superstition BY FREDERICK THOMAS ELWORTHY J. Murray; London [1895] Scanned, Proofed And Formatted , By John Bruno Hare, February, 2004. This Text Is In The Public Domain Because It W...
Chapter Vi. Crescents, Horns, Horseshoes : * "The Evil Eye", by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, [1895], p. 181 CHAPTER VI CRESCENTS, HORNS, HORSESHOES EVERYBODY is familiar with the lunar appearance popularly known as "the old moon in the arms of the new," in which a dark disc is seen within the crescent. Precisely this phase was adopted as one...
Chapter Xi. Cabalistic Writing Magical Formulae : * "The Evil Eye", by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, [1895], p. 389 CHAPTER XI CABALISTIC WRITING--MAGICAL FORMUL FROM the protective amulets, specially intended to attract and baffle the evil eye by being worn on the person, or otherwise conspicuously displayed, we pass to another class of protectives...
Chapter Iii. Totems, Portents, Tree Worship : * "The Evil Eye", by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, [1895], p. 87 CHAPTER III TOTEMS, PORTENTS, TREE-WORSHIP A BELIEF so strong, so universal, so founded on fear, as that connected with fascination, would naturally in the earliest days of humanity have led to the study and search for means to baffle...
Appendix I : * "The Evil Eye", by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, [1895], p. 226 APPENDIX I A VERY short excursion in the field of comparative religions will show how one idea seems to have come from the far East in the early days of mankind, and to have taken root in the minds of all races who came westward. We...
Chapter X. The Cimaruta, Sirene, Tablets : * "The Evil Eye", by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, [1895], p. 343 CHAPTER X THE CIMARUTA, SIRENE, TABLETS AMONG those who have written upon Neapolitan superstitions, one only is known to the writer who has even alluded to the most curious of all the many charms worn there against the evil eye. Mr...
Chapter Xii. Spitting, Incantation, And Other : * "The Evil Eye", by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, [1895], p. 410 CHAPTER XII SPITTING, INCANTATION, AND OTHER PROTECTIVE ACTS. PIXIES IN the story told by Jorio of the Neapolitan woman (p. 261), another side of the question, so far only hinted at, is opened out. It is the effect believed to exist...
Chapter Vii. Touch, Hands, Gestures : * "The Evil Eye", by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, [1895], p. 233 CHAPTER VII TOUCH, HANDS, GESTURES ONE of the ways by which the influence included in the general term Evil Eye is communicated, is by touch. Mere bodily contact, as in the case of contagious diseases, has always been held to be...
Chapter Viii. The Cross : * "The Evil Eye", by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, [1895], p. 277 CHAPTER VIII THE CROSS AMONG modern amulets, used specially and avowedly against the evil eye, the cross finds no place; for the simple reason that it has taken its position as the great Christian symbol, whereby its connection with...
Chapter Iv. Symbols And Amulets : * "The Evil Eye", by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, [1895], p. 115 CHAPTER IV SYMBOLS AND AMULETS IF so many strange beliefs still exist in these days of science and enlightenment, it is easy to see how in olden times a fanciful people, full of imagination, who personified not only every aspect...
Untitled : * There is another concept of "why bad things happen" that probably predates the theory that there is one centralized source of evil. This is, to use a computer anology, a peer-to-peer theory of evil. The evil eye is a widespread belief that unlucky events can ensue if you attract the attenti...
Chapter V. The Gorgoneion : * "The Evil Eye", by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, [1895], p. 158 CHAPTER V THE GORGONEION WHETHER looked at as the emblem of a hideous fable or simply as a mask, the Gorgoneion has in all ages been "reputed one of the most efficacious FIG. 47. of amulets." 259 If further proof were required...
Chapter Ii. Sympathetic Magic : * "The Evil Eye", by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, [1895], p. 44 CHAPTER II SYMPATHETIC MAGIC IN further pursuing this subject, it must be borne in mind that besides the direct influences of fascination, including those of simple bodily presence, breathing, or touching, there is a whole class...
Chapter Ix. The Mano Pantea : * "The Evil Eye", by Frederick Thomas Elworthy, [1895], p. 293 CHAPTER IX THE MANO PANTEA THE hand in the attitude of sacerdotal benediction, having the two first fingers and thumb extended, was an amulet against the evil eye long before the Christian era. Fig. 136 is from the Naples FIG. 136...
