The oldest human . . . superstition “is the evil eye: an almost universal fear that to attract envy is to attract disaster. The evil eye mindset is the reason that if someone comes into your house and says, “What a beautiful house,” You will usually say, “Yeah, but I’m sorry it’s so dirty,” or if they look at a baby and say, “Oh, it’s the perfect baby.” “Oh, but it just burped and it’s made a mess.”
One of our greatest fears and most universal anxieties as humans is that we may attract the jealousy of others, and that means an attack by others.”
