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  2. Evil eye - Wikipedia

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    The evil eye is a supernatural belief in a curse brought about by a malevolent glare, usually inspired by envy. [1]

  3. Nazar (amulet) - Wikipedia

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    A Turkish nazar boncuğu Eye beads or nazars – amulets against the evil eye – for sale in a shop.. An eye bead or naẓar (from Arabic ‏ نَظَر ‎ , meaning 'sight', 'surveillance', 'attention', and other related concepts) is an eye-shaped amulet believed by many to protect against the evil eye.

  4. List of occult symbols - Wikipedia

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    The eye of the god Horus, a symbol of protection, now associated with the occult and Kemetism, as well as the Goth subculture. Eye of Providence (All-Seeing Eye, Eye of God) Catholic iconography, Masonic symbolism. The eye of God within a triangle, representing the Holy Trinity, and surrounded by holy light, representing His omniscience. Heptagram

  5. Usog - Wikipedia

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    Usog or balis [1] is a Filipino superstition whereby an affliction or psychological disorder is attributed to a stranger's greeting or evil eye hex. It is usually attributed to afflictions of infants and toddlers.

  6. Islam and magic - Wikipedia

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    treating the evil eye (which is not caused by jinn) with "ritual bathing" and "pious incantations". [95] "foremost" among the ruqa (spells and incantations) allowed to be recited into the ear of the afflicted by Islamic healers is the ruqya; an incantation made up of 41 "Quranic verses, formulas and short chapters". [Note 3]

  7. Spirit possession - Wikipedia

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    Stambali is also sometimes done preventatively as part of wedding, bnei mitzvah, and housewarming festivities to ward away the evil eye. The afflictions of jinn may simply be buildups of emotional stress or more serious illness. During trance, the jinn enter the body, and the participants do not remember what occurred during trance afterwards.

  8. Nazar battu - Wikipedia

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    A Nazar battu (Hindustani: नज़र बट्टू or نظر بٹو) is an icon, charm bracelet, tattoo or other object or pattern used in North India and Pakistan to ward-off the evil eye (or nazar). [1] In Persian and Afghan folklore, it is called a cheshm nazar (Persian: چشم نظر) or nazar qurbāni (Persian: نظرقربانی). [2]

  9. Al-Qalam 51-52 - Wikipedia

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    The verse refers to an evil eye. This meant that they wanted to make Muhammad sick and die with a special kind of look. [4] [5] [6] It also suggests that the verse is a metonymy for 'very angry glances', as they looked very furiously as if they wanted to kill Muhammad. [7] [8] [5] In addition, the grudges of the disbelievers led them to a ...