| MIRROR ~ MIRROR "Any smooth or polished object whose surface reflects light and images; a polished surface made of glass backed with silver or mercury, which reflects light, therefore allowing images to be seen" Since ancient times, mirrors �?as well as all smooth, reflective surfaces �?have been used for divination, magic, and repelling evil; they also have been greatly feared for their power to steal the soul. In recent times, mirrors have been used as tools in psychic development to increase clairvoyance and gain knowledge of so-called past lives. Divination with mirrors is called crystalomancy, catoptromancy, and scrying. In the West, magic mirrors were particularly popular from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century. They were use by all classes of society, but especially by magicians, witches, sorcerers, and cunning men and women. Catherine de Medici and Henry IV often consulted their magic mirrors. Dr. John Dee, the royal magician to Queen Elizabeth I, used a crystal egg and a black obsidian mirror. In more recent times, mirrors as magic tools have fallen out of widespread popular fashion, but are still used by diviners, psychics, and students of psychism. Mirrors are more commonly used for divination in the East than in the West. In parts of India, preparation for mirror divination involves rituals of fasting, prayer, and perfuming of the mirrors. In many tribal societies, the reflection is believed to be the soul. Exposing the soul in a mirror or a reflecting surface makes it vulnerable to danger and death. A common belief in many cultures holds that a person who sees his or her reflection will soon die. This is the basis for the Greek myth of Narcissus, who looked upon his reflection in the water and pined and died. The ancient Greeks also believed that dreaming of seeing one's reflection was an omen of death. A worldwide folklore custom is the removal of mirrors from sick rooms, lest the mirror draw out the soul of weakened persons, and the turning or removal of mirrors upon a death in the house. According to superstition whoever looks into a mirror following a death will also die. Mirrors are associated with evil. In Russian folklore they are the invention of the Devil and will draw souls out of bodies. In other superstitions, if one looks into the mirror long enough at night or by candlelight, one will see the Devil; thus it became advisable, to cover up mirrors in the bedroom at night. The candlelight is not advisable because fire is the element of spirit, and attracts the unseen. Witches and vampires cast no reflections in mirrors. The look of the evil eye will shatter a mirror or poison its surface. Conversely, mirrors may be used to protect against evil. They can reflect the evil eye; in the seventeenth century, it was fashionable in Europe to wear small mirrors in hats. Numerous superstitions surround mirrors. Breaking one means bad luck for seven years, or disaster or death; a mirror that falls and breaks of its own accord is an omen of impending death in the house. A girl who gazes at the moon's reflection in a mirror will learn her wedding day; if performed on Halloween, the ritual will reveal a vision of her future husband. Students of the occult use mirrors to look into the world of spirit. Gazing into one supposedly reveals visions of spirit guides and helps one gain auric sight, the ability to see the aura. Some believe that the face changes seen by staring into a mirror are images of past lives. Mirrors painted black on the convex side are considered an excellent tool for developing clairvoyance. MIRROR SCRYING
Mirror scrying is an evolved form of water scrying. When it became possible to build mirrors they were regarded as being like water that was fixed into one place.
The early mirrors were made of polished copper, brass, marcasite, tin foil or mercury behind glass, polished silver and obsidian. All types of mirrors may be used for scrying and the size is not important.
Because mirrors are linked to the moon mirrors should be backed with silver. Try and use a round or oval mirror instead of a square mirror. For the frame try and use a mirror that has a silver frame. Old mirrors also seem to work better than new mirrors. Most seers prefer to use a black mirror. Because this is difficult to buy you may have to make one. Just simply take out the glass and paint it black. You may have to give it a few coats of paint though. When you put it back in the frame make sure the glass part is to the front. The use of black mirrors may be traced back over the centuries. John Dee used a black mirror of obsidian. When using the black mirror for scrying you do not want to see your reflexion. The best is to leave the mirror on a table and look at it from an angle. Look into the depths of the mirror as though you were looking into a bowl of water. At first it may appear grey than colours will come and go. With time and practice you will be able to see scried images like still photographs or moving film images. Spirits may sometimes look at the scryer, talk to the scryer or even touch the scryer.
SPIRIT MIRRORS Mirrors have always been considered portals into the Otherworld. They offer a scene which is parallel to, but separate from the normal reality we know. Mirrors fascinate and frighten us, we know on an instinctual level their ability to enchant and capture our attention. Mirrors as portals have been the bases of seances, party tricks and burial rituals... all have the same base belief that the soul or 'others' can move through them. In this instance, creating ghost mirrrors allows you to look into what lies beyond your sight but still within your own space. Have you ever felt that the room you occupied was different? that perhaps you were noy alone? or maybe seen movement out of the corner of your eye? The following experiment may open your eyes to what the mirror can see... To make ghost mirrors you will need three mirrors of any size, although larger ones are easier to align. Set them up so you can look into one, which will reflect back the face of the second mirror, which in turn reflects the the third. It is the last one which should be set up to reflect the view through a doorway.
When you have arranged the mirrors to give you the correct view, sit in front of the first one without seeing your one reflection, use a relaxed mind and gaze into it as if you were attempting to scry. You should shortly be granted a glimpse into the spirit realm ... beware that none are looking back at you...
| 
Free Forum Hosting
Important Announcement
