[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Evil eye amulets have become quite the trend over the last few years and can be found everywhere. From restaurants, home d\u00e9cor, jewelry and even phone cases. The Evil Eye dates back about 5,000 years as early as the Upper Paleolithic Age and the superstition of protection has been passed down amongst Persians through generations from the days of Zoroastrianism.<\/p>\n
The Evil Eye is the victim of curse on someone\u2019s behalf; the curse can be in the form of a glare, praise, or compliment. Sounds intense! It also can be self-inflicted when you aren\u2019t humble. The Evil Eye originates from jealousy and according to legends, the curse results in an illness, misfortune, or bad luck. It\u2019s almost like you jinx someone either intentionally or unintentionally.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s safe to say that Persians are very superstitious and take the Evil Eye very seriously. No Persian wants to be on the receiving end of Cheshm Zadan<\/em> or \u2018struck in the eye\u2019. <\/em>Although modernly many Persians may use amulets for protection, traditionally, Persians have used Esphand to keep the Evil Eye away.<\/p>\n Esphand is wild rue seeds and can be burned with other seeds and roots to create different aromas or incense. It\u2019s burned until there is a popping sound at which time the seeds release smoke \u2013 this smoke is circled around one\u2019s head and home to keep the Evil Eye at bay. Ultimately, cleansing the space, protecting you and your family and prevent any bad omens.<\/p>\n I like to keep my Esphand in a copper dish shaped like a Pomegranate that I picked up in Shiraz, Iran at Bazar Vakhil (more on that in another post). I keep the dish on my kitchen counter, I think it\u2019s decorative and easy to reach for when I think of it.<\/p>\n Although these traditions of burning seeds or herbs (such as sage) to smoke out negativity or Evil Eye is not unique to many cultures, Esphand is unique to Persians.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”204″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” parallax_scroll=”no” woodmart_inline=”no”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Evil eye amulets have become quite the trend over the last few years and can be found everywhere. From restaurants,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.projects-delivery.com\/wp\/samaneh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.projects-delivery.com\/wp\/samaneh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.projects-delivery.com\/wp\/samaneh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.projects-delivery.com\/wp\/samaneh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.projects-delivery.com\/wp\/samaneh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stage.projects-delivery.com\/wp\/samaneh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206,"href":"https:\/\/stage.projects-delivery.com\/wp\/samaneh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions\/206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.projects-delivery.com\/wp\/samaneh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.projects-delivery.com\/wp\/samaneh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.projects-delivery.com\/wp\/samaneh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.projects-delivery.com\/wp\/samaneh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}