How to ward off the evil eye, Calabrese style

The following is my family’s method of protection, or ritual to thwart the evil eye (and determine if you are fascina, or bound by malocchio). Following this, there is also a video showing my Nanna demonstrating this Calabrian folk healing ritual.

Materials:

Glass, Water (3/4 full), Tablespoon, Oil (any oil will do; my Nanna uses vegetable oil)

Steps:

1- Fill a glass 3/4 full with water, and place on flat surface.
2- Pour vegetable oil on tablespoon.
3- While thinking of the person who is ill, dip your thumb into the oil and drop 4 drops in a cross formation (sign of the cross).
4- If the person is fascina, the oil droplets will either “clump” together as one oil puddle on the water’s surface, or make a “horn” shape.
5- If the person is not fascina, the oil droplets will simply fall into the water in separate drops.
6- Repeat until all oil is used.
7- If “commissioned” to perform the ritual, the person would be informed if they are or are not. If they are, they are supposed to feel better after the ritual is complete.

[VeronicaV]

My Siciliian grandmother did this exact thing in a bowl, showed my mother who showed me how to do it - If you have that headache or illness you can't shake after a New or Full moon do this for proof, then do the prayer to Mother Mary to take it away while touching your or the affected one's forehead and it will be gone within an hour - you must truly believe. But after you do this - throw the water outside, preferably off of your yard. It works. I'm 55. Thank you for the vid. Brings back a lot of Italian memories for me of my family now passed. God bless.

[MrSteelermania]

These moments are indispensable. I miss my nonna every day. Keep documenting her stories and tradition. Forza Cosenza

[zinagrillo]

Thank you so much for this! My nonna was from Delianova Calabria and she used to do this when I was a kid. My mother passed away when I was only four and and my nonna raised me. She did this when an animal was injured badly or really sick with no real reason for ill health. I remember our dog got hit by a car and his injuries were quite bad, but after she did this, he was walking in two days. She also did this when a pig that we had was impaled by a bean stick branch and the wound was quite catastrophic and the pig got better. She did this for both people and animals and I only just remembered it the other day. Thank you again for the explanation. ❤❤❤

[SephardicHawaiian]

Iʻm Portuguese and we do the exact same thing. We call this reading the oil. My grandmother, my great grandmother and two of my great aunts were all curandeiras and often removed what we called may olhado or mau olho. It is caused by jealously, either intentional or unintentional.

[rhondadeleon]

I am Calabrese too and I know this is true, it helped so many times. There're a lot of superstitions, I have them instilled in me.

[lillianned.s.o]

Thank-you for sharing it's great to keep praying on traditions and you have a wonderful Nona. God bless

[ajayr]

I didn't understand how to do this? Could you please repeat it again. Thanks

[hnabx]

please can you ask her what to do if the oil all forms together at the top because mine has :(

[stluciestrength]

I got all my info about the Malocchio of course from my favorite singer, Ronnie James Dio 🤘🤘. He said by showing the Malocchio you could protect yourself from it.

[ptitamourdou]

do you mean that evil eye can be evoked by magic (legatura/fattura)?(3:44)

[v.]

I'm unclear. Please can you clarify. Do you do this only to determine if you have the evil thing or to get rid of it? I enjoyed your nana very much. It made me homesick for my own Italian grandma who is in heaven now.

[MNUTZ]

Just wear sunglasses and you can see whos trying to give you the stink eye but they can't see you then laugh at them

[Lanztoronto]

Hi my Nonna was a patitucci as well
Where in cosenza is Nonna from?
My grandma was Giovanna

[kjvbible]

fleshie no? Is that the correct spelling?
What does it mean?

[dorianbuciza]

La nonna is right
We did the same in Albania

[Nebuchadnezzar]

I don’t understand can you tell me how do u know

[asteriaramona]

This video was FAR from clear. But blessings for sharing. 🙏🏼

[Krczma]

Hi this is awesome... also I tried it and welp it had little bible inside big bible and big buble was "muddy" not clean... second time it was clean it acctually scared mě a little 😄

[MaloneMantooth]

I heard of the Miloqui from Sebastian Manescelco.

[Nebuchadnezzar]

Hole shit I’m fucked thank u so much lady god bless u