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If there are prayers which can guaranty us against the jettatura? and if so, whether there are any special prayers to guaranty us against the jettatura of monks? Lastly, whether the power of modern talismans is equal to the power of ancient talismans? and whether the single or the double horn is most efficacious?"
There were the numerous tales, tales as perfect as the world has ever seen; "La Morte Amoureuse," "Jettatura," "Une Nuit de Cléopâtre," etc., and then the very diamonds of the crown, "Les Emaux et Camées," "La Symphonie en Blanc Majeure," in which the adjective blanc and blanche is repeated with miraculous felicity in each stanza. And then Contralto,
Strange fatality! one of Saint Anthony's spirits tempts me from the other room, even at the moment I boast; but I resist, manfully dipping my pen into Luther's stronghold, and it vanishes, and leaves me face to face with the Evil Eye. Yes! it is the Evil Eye, the Jettatura of Italy, that we are boldly to face for an hour.
If monks are more generally jettatori than other men? and among monks what order is most to be feared? At what distance can jettatura be made? Must it be made in front, or at the side, or behind? If there are really gestures, sounds of voice, and particular looks, by which jettatura may be recognized?
There were the numerous tales, tales as perfect as the world has ever seen; "La Morte Amoureuse," "Jettatura," "Une Nuit de Cléopâtre," etc., and then the very diamonds of the crown, "Les Emaux et Camées," "La Symphonie en Blanc Majeure," in which the adjective blanc and blanche is repeated with miraculous felicity in each stanza. And then Contralto,
But the belief in it under various names, fascination, jettatura, etc., is so permanent and universal, from Egypt to Italy, and from the days of Solomon to those of Ferdinand of Naples, that there must be some peculiarity, to say the least, on which the opinion is based. There is very strong evidence that some such power is exercised by certain of the lower animals.
But it is the exception that proves the rule, say those who insist on the jettatura of Pius IX. They speak for themselves, and show the fear entertained of a monk. He examines: If a man inflicts a more terrible jettatura than a woman? If he who wears a peruke is more to be feared than he who wears none? If he who wears spectacles is not more to be feared than he who wears a peruke?
So, too, in Corsica, the peasants are strict believers in the jettatura of praise, which they call l'annocchiatura, supposing, that, if any evil influence attend you, your good wishes will turn into curses.
All these different kinds of fascination have now become united together and go under the general name of Jettatura, in Italy, though the eye is considered as the most potent and terrible charmer. The superstition is universal, and pervades all modes of thought among the ignorant classes, but its sanctuary is Naples. There it is as much a matter of faith as the Madonna and San Gennaro.
I may add that my own communications on the subject of the jettatura, and the proper means of averting it by means of crab's claws, horns, and the usual sign of the fore and little finger, were received by a Gipsy auditor with great faith and interest. To show, teach, or learn, is expressed in Gipsy by the word sikker, sig, or seek.
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