Rites
87 rites, charms and ceremonies, each told in outline as a custom: a ring of what goes into it, coloured by role, and a drawn frame for every step. Cleanse, gather, circle, speak, light, offer, bind, bury, cast, read, rest, close.
Presented by ClearTrust Customs described as customs, free to read.
Protective rites
Rites that ward a person, house or journey: thresholds, salt, red thread, blessings against the evil eye.
🇮🇷 🇦🇫 🇹🇯 Protective ritesEsfand, the wild rue smokeSeeds of wild rue crackle on hot coals and the smoke is carried around a person, said to turn the evil eye away.🇹🇷 🇬🇷 🇨🇾 Protective ritesThe nazar boncuğu, the blue beadThe blue glass eye hung on babies, doors and cars, believed to take on the harm of an envious look.🇮🇱 🇵🇸 🇺🇸 Protective ritesThe red thread and Rachel's tombA red wool thread, wound around the tomb of Rachel and tied on the left wrist, worn against the evil eye.🇮🇱 🇲🇦 🇮🇶 Protective ritesWriting a Jewish amulet (kame'a)A written amulet of psalms and names on parchment, made by a scribe for a mother, a newborn or a house.
Cleansing and purification
Smoke, water, sweeping and fire used to clear a person or place: limpia, smudging customs, lustration.
Counter-magic and uncrossing
Rites against curses, envy and harm: the answer to what people fear.
Seasonal rites
Fire, water and first-fruits customs kept at fixed points of the year.