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In Mexico, there is very little fear or concern that anyone but a child might be affected by mal de ojo. People simply do not believe that an adult is affected by it.
However, the normal method for dealing with it is to perform a limpia with an egg. The person doing the limpia passes the egg all over the body of the patient, usually by making the sign of the cross with each pass (one vertical sweep followed by a horizontal sweep in the same spot, as if one were drawing a picture of a cross) while praying the credo (the Apostle's Creed). One does this for several minutes, repeating the prayer three or four times (there is no specific number of times, normally). When one is finished, the egg has to be disposed of properly. The favorite method is by burial. The egg is buried in moist soil, where it will be sure to rot away, and it is common that the person who buries it tries to do so secretly - with no one watching or knowing where the egg is to be buried. Another method is to burn it in a fire, like throwing into a campfire, a wood burning stove, or some other source of flame that will completely consume it. In many cases, the egg is broken open and poured into a glass with water in it (don't fill the glass too full) and then it is examined to see signs of the evil eye. Afterwards it is disposed of either my burial, or simply by flushing it down the toilet.
"Ojo", as it is most commonly called, is normally something that occurs with a child by accident and not by design. It is believed that if someone either admires a child, or, especially, if the person is actually jealous of the parents for having such a beautiful child, that they will inadvertently give the child ojo. This is especially true if the child has beautiful, thick, long hair, and if the mother does also. In order to prevent ojo, a person who expresses admiration for a child or even who does not express it but who stares at the child for any length of time is expected to touch the child's hair, and this supposedly breaks the spell, so to speak.
Many Mexicans think that only another Catholic, or only another Mexican, can cause ojo. For instance, in a place like the supermarket, one will see that they are nervous about another Mexican looking at their baby and they are relieved when that person touches the baby's hair, but if a white person is staring at their baby they are unconcerned.
Bryant
----- Original Message -----From: rosanaSent: Monday, May 05, 2008 11:41 AMSubject: [1curanderismo] Ojo or the evil eyeI was just wondering if any of you guys have any specific prayers or
rituals when cleaning a person or yourself from ojo; and are there any
amulets a person can wear to prevent it from happening to oneself?
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