Michael Prokurat, Alexander Golitzin, Michael D. Peterson

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EVIL EYE

EVIL EYE. Belief in the evil eye is common to many European cultures, and is usually associated with the glance or stare of a person who is thought to be capable of inflicting injury, wittingly or unwittingly, on another. In the Orthodox Church the understanding of the phenomenon, which may be ascertained by reading the prayer against the evil eye, is more spiritually substantive than superstitious: The evil eye is clearly identified with the covetous glance or the jealous stare. A prime example of the evil eye is the jealousy or covetousness aroused in a barren woman against another’s newborn child, as in 1 Kings 3 wherein Solomon renders wise judgment between two women claiming the same child. Thus, according to such a definition one might provoke the evil eye through pride, ostentatious display, or braggery. Conversely, one might protect one’s self from the evil eye through humility, modesty, and thankfulness.


Источник: The A to Z of the Orthodox Church / Michael Prokurat, Alexander Golitzin, Michael D. Peterson - Scarecrow Press, 2010. - 462 p. ISBN 1461664039

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