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Good Luck Files - The Evil Eye Stone

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The eyes never lie. The famous saying "the eyes are the mirror of the soul" refers, in fact, to the ability of sight to reflect with immediacy feelings, emotions and sensations, revealing, totally or partially, the character and the intentions of the person we're staring at. The best way to understand who we have in front of us is looking him/her in the eyes. The belief that the eye reveals temperament and emotional experience of people, is known as much as the belief of the eye as "open window to a wider world " , representing the starting point of the distinction between positive and negative thoughts. The latter, manifested through the eyes, are believed to generate negative effects on those who are the object of this envy and /or hate. The evil eye is the name given to bad luck thrown, through the eyes, at people. In almost all human societies, the only way to neutralize these thoughts is using amulets. Lots of objects have these proprieties but, amon

Did you know ... Why do we Throw Coins Into Fountains ?

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Summer means holidays. All of you, at least once, have been in artistic cities. Here in Italy we've got plenty. And everytime you encounter a fountain, it's kind of a celebration to throw a coin into it. People have been throwing coins into fountains seemingly as long as there have been coins and fountains. The tradition all started with water, the essential compound for life . While many people in the developed world today have clean, drinkable water readily available, I'm now talking about the time when this was not always possible . Potable drinking holes in many regions weren’t the easiest things to find. Thus, where clean water was available, many early European tribes believed that such areas were a gift from the gods. The idea that drinkable water was sent from Heaven remained even as wells and fountains were built. Often, a small statue of a god could be found next to early wells and fountains, turning them into a type of shrine. As you probably already know,

Bad Luck Files - Opening Umbrellas Indoors

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Probably one of the most international bad luck omen ever known. According to superstition, bad luck will “rain” on you if you open an umbrella indoors. But where does this idea come from? Well, I’m here for give answers to all my Snoopers. The origins of the umbrella superstition are not totally agreed upon, but most of the historic researchers say it can be traced back to the early Egyptians. Obviously, we’re talking about ancient populations,  so your current idea of “umbrella” needs to be changed a little bit. In the ancient times, the parasol was the main kind of shade-maker and it was made  in various shapes. In some instances it is depicted as a flagellum, a fan of palm-leaves or coloured feathers fixed on a long handle. Gardiner Wilkinson, in his work on Egypt, has an engraving of an Ethiopian princess travelling through Upper Egypt in a chariot (photo on the right); a kind of umbrella fastened to a stout pole rises in the center, bearing a close affinity to what are now

Random Facts About... Ghosts

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This time I wanna give a spooky shade to my article...Surely it's very hard to separate fiction from reality, especially when it comes to supernatural events. I'm not writing to demonstrate if ghosts are real : someone believe and others don't . The truth is no one can be sure of what's beyond death. But, just to exorcise this thought, I will list here some interesting and curious facts about specters and supernatural apparitions. SO TURN OFF THE LIGHTS AND ENJOY THE FRIGHT... 1. Spirits haunt a place because they want to be noticed. Sometimes they only want to tell their story, or simply wanna be helped to pass beyond our world. Forget the usual thoughts of movie ghosts , unless they are evil ghosts. But most of the time, they're just lost souls. 2.  Spirits do not always realize that they are dead. To them, its like they are stuck in an awful nightmare. In addiction, sometimes they don't even have a clear conception of time. For all of them, what we c