Method "measure of evil eye"

This is an ritual made of a length of cloth or thread three hasta long (hasta = the length from elbow to fingertips). First, the cloth or thread is to be wrapped around a person's hand. Then a prayer (doa) is read and the cloth or thread measured. If the cloth measures less or more than the original measurement, the person is suffering from the evil eye of another and he shall be as before. If the cloth does not measure less or more, the person is not suffering from any illness caused by the evil eye of another. The prayer and charm begin in this way:

Say: He is God the One and Only; God, the Eternal, Absolute; He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto  Him. (Surah al-lkhlas : 1-4)

We send down (stage by stage) in the Qur'an that which is a healing and a mercy to those who believe: to the ujust it causes nothing but loss after loss. (Surah al-Israk: 82)

Had We sent down this Qur'an on a mountain, verily, thou wouldst have seen it humble itself and cleave asunder for fear of God. Such are the similitudes which We propound on men, that they may reflect (Surah al-Hashr : 21)

He said: "Shall I trust you with him with any result other than when I trusted you with his brother aforetime. But God is the best to take care (of him), and He is the most merciful of those who show mercy! (Surah al-Yusuf : 64)

Men said to them: "A great army is gathering against you": and frightened them. But it (only) increased their faith; they said. "For us God sufficeth, and He is the best disposer of affairs." (Surah al-'Imran : 173)

Charm Related to Breathing

It should be known that there are breathing charms which are called the "sun" and the "moon": breathing on the right is called "tranquility"; breathing on the left is called "danger", and the charm for both is called daur or cycle of years. The charm wards off sicknesses due to cold and chill; strength and health are improved; ageing is delayed. When there is a sickness due to chill, breathing on the left is to be transferred to the right. It is said that exhaling and inhaling are synchronized, except when breathing in water, when it is once on the right and once on the left. Exhaling is rapid when one is:
(1) in fear of something; (2) shocked;(3) ascending heights, climbing hills, etc; (4) having intercourse with a woman; (5) discovering something; (6) wanting to move left and right, for the breath finds its way out through the nostrils in the form of warm breath. The right nostril is to be covered with cotton and the left nostril blown. When you are in need of something and your breathing is on the left, your desire will not be fulfilled. When having intercourse with a woman, if your breathing is on the right, ejaculation will be delayed; if there is going to be a child, it will be a boy. If your breathing is on the left, ejaculation will come quickly, before the woman's climax, and if there is going to be a child, it will be a girl.

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The Nature of Women

 1 . The nature of a pig: a woman does nothing but fill her stomach with food and drinks, has no religion and does not like to perform prayers or observe fasting, but who is intelligent in going about her household  chores.

2. The nature of a monkey: a woman who likes to wear new clothes of red, green and yellow, refuses to wear gold and silver and is proud and above her husband.

3. The nature of a dog: a woman who speaks to her husband with her face turned away, who, when reprimanded by her husband, lies and shouts at him like a dog; who, upon seeing that her husband has wealth, loves him, but otherwise hates and  chides him at home; and who never stops lying to him.

4. The nature of a mule: a woman who, upon seeing something, becomes frightened, who refuses to budge but instead withdraws, even when the thing has been struck; and who is of good and humble character.

5. The nature of a snake: a woman who harbours malice, who, upon hearing someone speak ill of her or her husband, becomes quarrelsome with that person.

6. The nature of a scorpion: a woman who always goes round visiting other houses in her village, complaining and  gossiping about others, and who at the same time gets into disputes with others and thus stings them like a scorpion; and who is not afraid of  Doomsday, as mentioned by Sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam-Alfattanu la yadkhulul jannah.

7. The nature of a goose: a woman who always wanders around and does not stay at home, and who, when approached by her husband, says, "You love me not, for you love another".

8. The nature of a wolf: a woman who, when her husband is at home, pretends to be asleep, and who, when approached by him, starts to quarrel, saying, "I am alone at home and sick, while you are out having fun".

 9. The nature of goat: a woman who is good in several ways, who is pious and loves her husband and children as well as her neighbours and  family, and who does good.

Wheat and bread in the tradition of the Bosnian people

The old Bosnian prophecy suggests that 40 years before the Day of Judgment, the sheep, bees and wheat, three heavenly gifts will disappear from Earth. 

Despite the fact that scientific-research data on the beginnings of cultivation of wheat and the appearance of bread still complement the new knowledge, we still have enough relevant facts today to create a very clear picture of the genesis and evolution of the most important food of mankind.

According to Wikipedia, "wheat (Triticum spp.) Is a type of cereal originating from the Levantian and Middle East areas. Archeological finds indicate that the domestication of wheat occurred for the first time in areas known as the "Fertile Crescent" Wheat breeding began to spread beyond the "Fertile Crescent“ only after 8000 BC. Jared Diamond studied the spread of cultivated varieties of twin wheat, begun in the "Fertile Crescent" about 8800 BC. Archaeological analyzes of wild twin wheat showed that it was first cultivated in the southern regions of Levant, where its remains dates back to about 9600 BC. Genetic analysis of wild twin wheat suggests that it was first cultivated in Karaca Dağ mountains in southeastern Turkey. Archaeological remains of single-grain wheat in the excavations of settlements near the area, including those at Tell Abu Hureyre in Syria, indicate that the domestication of twin wheat occurred near the Karaca Dağ mountain range."

Sour bread

Archeologists found in their diligent research, human traces that found material evidence of primitive practices that they described as a process of pressing stones of wheat grain. The aforementioned technique, which was aimed at extracting the pulp, i.e. the grain interior, dates back to 30,000 years before the new era, and served the people at that time to consume it raw or dried, as they followed the traces of wild animals. According to experts, 7,000 years BC, in the time of the so-called Neolithic Revolution, people began to discover the bread that we know today. It was the time when people began to discover agriculture and cattle breeding, which resulted in permanent settlements, breeding and grain picking of wild wheat. It all happens in the area of today's Iraq, between the two rivers of Tigris and Euphrates. In Egypt, grain growing occurs around 5000 years BC, when the level of Nile has decreased sufficiently to allow people to live in the long river valley.

Since the development of a letter in Iraq appears only about 3000 years before the new era, it is only possible to speculate on the exact timing of a loaf of bread. But the first discovered clay tiles in places such as Sumer clearly show that the sowing of wheat, harvest and bread production was then firmly established.

Archaeological studies have led to the realization that the people at that time used to grind grains of wheat and this was converted by the primitive process into flour. They would add some water and honey and leave it in the air to create mushrooms of yeast, as a result of which it expanded and got the volume. The processed dough would burn on a heated stone, and in the end it would get the so-called sour bread.

Mythical aspect

Wheat, as a seed of life, has always been compared to a woman. evidenced by the lengthy list of divinities dedicated to it, which in itself leads to the conclusion that from the earliest times, traditionaly, women have been engaged in the production of bread. In some legends, the grain of wheat are the tears of Universal Mother, who blesdes with them the Earth and provided a food for their children.

In ancient Mesopotamia, the goddess of wheat is Ashnan, near the Sumerian goddess Nidab, who was also the deity of writing, and the patron of the city of Eresha. According to Greek mythological traditions, all cereals were consecrated to Demetri, while with the Romans, Ceres had this privilege. The Egyptians celebrated Tenenet, the goddess of bread, but the birth as well. The cult of wheat did not bypass Bosnia and Herzegovina. Thus, the Roman historian Pliny states that our ancestors Illyrians worshiped an unnamed goddess to whom the women offered a gift of wheat grain.

As early as 3000 years ago, the bread on the European continent deservedly gained its central place in religious ceremonies, due to the indisputable fact that it was the main food for most of the then people. In metaphorical meaning, bread was the most authentic divine gift of human kind. And by that, it was an indestructible symbol of survival. In accordance with all of the above, his socio-cult role is most remarkably represented in the rituals of sowing and harvest, which is the basis of the Pagan celebration of Wheel of the Year, which symbolizes the threshing floor itself, through the cyclical marking of eight festivals old religion nature. This was especially highlighted by the celebration of the beginning of the light of the year; on the night between April 30 and the first May - Beltaine.

Bread known as bannock played a key role in glorifying this great pagan holiday. The central part of the ceremony was based on the burning of holy fire on the holiday night with the intent to protect the domestic cattle. On the heat of the blazing fire, the cattle-breeders would bake bannock to which prophylactic power was attached. By sharing and consuming bannock, the human community was thus interconnected in the night of the festival as well as with its divinities. Literally, as many times before, through the consumption of bread, the ancient alliance of man and the God of Sun was confirmed.

The use of bread, as sacred matter, is also found in the solar cult of the Persian god Mithra, which was born by the virgin goddess Anahita on December 25th. Mithrini rituals included baptism, communion, and secretive meal including bread, water and wine. The Romans, as the founders of Christianity, fully assimilated all the myths and rituals of the Persian cult and transformed it into the faith of Jesus. 

It is interesting to note that in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the area of Jajce, there is a Mithra temple constructed during the Roman occupation of Ilirikum.

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