Ritual to cast off Evil Eye :

What is meant by the ‘ritual to cast off the evil eye’ and how does it benefit us?

Definition: The ‘ritual to cast off the evil eye’ is a process of sucking out the distressing vibrations or black energy present in the vital energy sheath and the mental sheath of the affected person into the substances used in the ritual. Thereafter the influence of the energy and vibrations in the substances is reduced by burning them.

Persons affected by the evil eye, black magic or tormented by ghosts (demons, devils, negative energies, etc.) benefit by the ‘ritual to cast off the evil eye’.

The extent of reduction in distress is dependent on the extent of distress present. Generally ghosts (demons, devils, negative energies, etc.) at the spiritual level of 40-45% and lower are most impacted by the ritual of casting off the evil eye. Ghosts (demons, devils, negative energies, etc.) can attain higher spiritual levels due to their spiritual practice but they use the spiritual energy to cause distress to others.

Prayer is a very important part of the ritual: By performing the ritual to cast off the evil eye after first praying to Lord Māruti (an aspect of God) and drawing strength from Him, the person performing the ritual does not experience any distress and the distress of the affected person also reduces at the earliest.

Why do we have to say a prayer to Deity Maruti specifically?

Deity Māruti is an aspect of the God principle who has the following attributes (aside from others):

Omnipotent: Among all Deities, it is only Deity Māruti who cannot be troubled by distressing energy.

Master of ghosts: Maruti is the master of ghosts. Hence, a person possessed by ghosts is taken to a Maruti temple or is asked to recite verses in praise of Deity Maruti.

Manifest Divine Energy: The Supreme God principle is in Observer mode. It does not perform any function in the universe. The various Deities are aspects of the attributeless God principle that facilitate specific functions in the universe. To carry out any function, manifest Divine Energy is required. Among all the Deities, Maruti has the maximum manifest Energy. Hence when a person in distress appeals or prays to Deity Maruti, He appears early and the reduction in distress is also fast.

What are the different ways that one can perform the ritual to cast off the evil eye?

There are various ways one can perform the ritual to remove the malevolent frequencies or black energy harassing a person. The following are the various types of rituals and the ingredients and their combinations used in the rituals.

What are the different ways that one can perform the ritual to cast off the evil eye?
Method: Salt and mustard seeds method to overcome the evil eye
Method: Salt, mustard seeds and chilli method to overcome the evil eye
Method: Coconut method ritual to overcome the evil eye

Method to perform salt, mustard seeds and chilli ritual to overcome the evil eye

Step 1: Prayer:
The prayer to be made by the one on whom the ritual is being performed after offering obeisance to Lord Māruti: 'May the evil eye cast upon me (taking his name) be cast off and may (taking the name of the person performing the ritual) not be affected by it'.
The one performing the ritual should pray unto Lord Maruti Mārutito prevent being affected by the distressing energy.

Step 2: Taking your position:
Make the person who is affected by negative energy and on whom the ritual is to be performed sit on a low wooden platform or seat facing the east with flexed knees bent towards the chest. The palms should face upwards and should be placed on the knees.

Step 3: Performing the ritual:
The person performing the ritual should stand in front of the person. Take that quantity of mustard seeds and granulated salt as can be held between the fingertips in each of the fists. With regards to chillies place 1 in the left and 2 in the right fist.
Thereafter cross your fists in front of your body. The fists should be crossed like the multiplication sign.

The fists should be moved from head to foot of the affected individual, in opposite directions and then touched to the ground.

The hands are crossed only to begin with. As we begin to perform the ritual we have to separate the hands and simultaneously move the right fist in clockwise direction from head to foot and left fist in anticlockwise direction from head to foot.

After touching the ground, we again begin as above i.e. separate the hands and simultaneously move the right fist in clockwise direction from foot to head and left fist in anticlockwise direction from foot to head.

The following should be uttered when performing the ritual 'May the evil eye cast upon him by visitors, spirits, trees, passers-by, place, be cast off and may he be protected from disease and injury'.

( Reason behind moving the fists and touching them to the ground: By moving the fists as described the distressing vibrations are first imbibed in the substance used in the ritual and by touching the ground they are then pulled into the ground.
The number of movements of the fists is to be decided based on the extent of distress. Mostly the subtle-sorcerers (māntriks) do black magic in odd numbers hence the fists are moved in multiples of odd numbers.)
Step 4:
At the end of it all the contents should be emptied onto a hot iron pan or burning coals.