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AVERT YOUR GAZE!

If you paid attention in class you will be familiar with the hero, Perseus. But for those of us who may have been distracted when Greek mythology was taught at school, you might appreciate a brief summary of the life and adventures of Perseus and the women and goddesses who crossed his path.

The concept of an Evil Eye that could harm those drawn to its gaze predates Greek mythology and seems to have come out of Africa, perhaps with the first humans who migrated from the Dark Continent to populate the rest of the Earth. Many thousands of

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