Quick Specs
- Type: Evil eye spell kit
- Candles: 1 blue candle and 1 white candle
- Oil: 1/2 fl oz bottle labeled Against Evil Eye Ritual Oil
- Rice: 1 oz of blue rice in a resealable bag
- Amulet: 1 evil eye amulet: three blue eye beads on a cord loop, mounted on a printed card
- Pieces: 5 items
Five Pieces in Blue and White
The five pieces share one color story. The two candles are slim, tapered and a little rough on the surface, one cobalt blue and one white. The oil comes in a small bottle with a dark cap, and its label reads Against Evil Eye Ritual Oil above a field of blue and white eye designs, with the volume, 1/2 fl oz, at the foot. The rice is pale blue, with long slender grains, and it’s sealed in a clear resealable bag holding 1 oz. The amulet is the most decorative piece: three round, glossy blue eye beads, each with a white ring, a light blue center and a black pupil, strung one below another on a cord loop and mounted on a card printed with a field of blue and white eyes. Blue sets the tone for all five, and white balances it in the second candle and in the rings of the beads. Everything is small, so the whole kit fits on a tray, and you can use the pieces together or one at a time: light a single candle, keep the oil for another day, hang the amulet by itself.
The evil eye is the belief in a curse brought about by a malevolent glare, usually inspired by envy. A museum catalogue calls it culturally widespread with a long history, and lists glass eye beads among the commonest amulets against it, worn or carried. Other customs use other tools: a red string worn on the wrist, or a lemon threaded with chilies and hung by the door. The amulet in this kit follows the nazar, the eye bead of Turkey, whose traditional handmade glass beads are made of concentric circles in dark blue, white, light blue and black. The three beads here repeat that sequence from the outside in, and the blue candle and the blue rice echo the palette. A kit like this is a modern way to gather pieces around an old belief, and it is one assembled selection among many possible ones.
Practical Ways to Use the Kit
The pieces are small and few, so the kit suits a first evening of candle work as well as a long practice. A tray or an altar cloth keeps the candles, the oil and the rice together, and a journal beside them gives you a place to record the working. No candle holders are included, so choose ones that fit the base of each candle. The rice stays in its resealable bag between uses, and once you’re finished, the amulet on its cord loop can hang by the door or from a bag, where its three eyes stay in view. It also works as a gift for someone who likes candle work. See my ritual spell kits collection for kits built around other themes.
How to Set Up and Close Out the Against Evil Eye Kit
Three steps cover a safe surface, laying out the pieces and putting everything away.
- Clear a Safe Surface
Choose a flat, heat-resistant surface such as a ceramic tray or a stone slab, and clear paper, cloth, curtains and decorations away from it. Each candle needs its own sturdy holder or a small bowl, because none is included in the kit. Set the candles upright and test that they can't tip before you light anything, and keep the setup out of reach of children and pets.
- Lay Out the Pieces
Arrange the two candles, the oil, the rice and the amulet in the order you plan to use them, with the oil bottle upright and closed. Open the bag of rice only when you need it, and set the amulet where its three eyes face you. Decide what you want the working to be about before you strike a match, and keep the pieces within easy reach so you don't lean over a flame.
- Finish and Store
Snuff each flame when you're done and let the candles cool before you handle them. Cap the oil tightly, stand the bottle upright and keep it away from flame, since glass bottles and fragrance oils don't belong near heat. Press the air out of the rice bag and seal it. Hang the amulet by its cord loop where you'll see it, and keep the small beads away from young children.
The Tarot Fellow Standard
I stock this kit because it gathers an evil eye themed candle working onto a single tray, with five matching pieces already chosen. The evil eye is a living folk belief in many cultures, from Greece and Turkey to Latin America, and each keeps its own customs for guarding against it. This kit is a modern set that borrows the eye and its colors, an entry point and never a replacement for the practices of the people who hold the belief. If the evil eye is part of your family’s tradition, follow the customs you were taught. For more pieces that carry the eye, browse my evil eye collection.
Frequently Asked Questions
They name the same family of beliefs in different cultures: a harm carried by a glance. Greeks say mati, Turks say nazar and Spanish speakers say mal de ojo, and each culture has its own customs for guarding against it and for undoing it. A kit named for the evil eye borrows the symbol, and the people who keep the belief are the best guides to how it's practiced.
One explanation, from Turkish belief, treats blue as a shield that takes in negativity. A second points to places such as the Aegean where light eyes are rare, so people with blue or green eyes were thought able to give the curse. Both explanations circulate, and neither is the single official one. Reference works note a strong cultural association between the evil eye and the color blue.
Fire-safety guidance says never to leave a burning candle unattended and to put candles out before you leave the room or fall asleep. Keep them away from curtains, paper and decorations, and out of reach of children and pets. If a working asks for a candle to burn out, stay in the room until it does, or snuff it and relight it later.
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