This article was featured in Paranormal Underground magazine’s April 2013 issue. To read more from this issue, click here. Or to get a 12-month digital subscription of the magazine (a PDF mailed to you automatically each month), click here.
The Power in a Mirror
By Silvermoon Medicyn, http://www.silvermoonmedicyn.com
Over the years of our lives, we learn that a mirror can be our best friend or worst enemy. It has long been used for practical uses like beauty and decoration. On a magical level, it is used for a range of many things like scrying, protection, and reflective magic.
The supremacy held in the reflection of a mirror can drive someone to madness with vanity or distort their mind’s images. Our own beliefs and perceptions add to this visual facade.
There is a Greek fable about a man named Narcissus; he was a very proud man, almost to the point of self-absorption. A divine spirit of retribution named Nemesis saw his vanity and led Narcissus to a pool of water where he saw his own reflection. He was overcome by his beauty to the point that he could not take his eye off of himself, so much so that he laid there entranced until he died.
This can happen to us when we only look at the mirror with our physical eyes, seeing the image that we want to see or that others have influenced us to expect to be.
What Is Scrying?
When we try looking past the lines of the figure in the mirror, relaxing our eyes so they come out of focus, we are then seeing with our mind’s eye (our third eye); this is called scrying. It is believed that this is where you see your true path. This practice was begun at the beginning of time by using natural elemental items like pools of water, smoke, and fire; others have used stones/crystals, glass, and shining metals.
Scryers are often called seers or peepers. They use this magical practice to find answers for one’s spiritual purpose or fortune-telling needs. Many cultures have used this technique in divination, and as the cyber age grows, someone could use the computer to do this. It is the luminescent or reflective qualities that help the mind’s eye to unwind.
When we use the mirror for a deeper purpose other than image, it takes us to a cavernous level in our mind, bringing us close to the subconscious and leaving the seer feeling like they are standing in a void-type space, smothered in the ethers of the other world. The visions become clearer as you continue to practice. In time, scrying can put one in touch with the Akashic Records. This is where every fiber of all things and beings are stored. These records can bestow you with the power to look beyond the mundane.
Mirrors have also long been used for protection and reflective magic. Another common story was of a Greek hero named Perseus, who used his highly polished shield to turn Medusa into stone. Even though this is a myth, it does have a powerful message. The mirror cannot only be used to repel others, but it can also make you see things in yourself that only you can see. Some qualities are great and others almost terrifying.
Mirrors Used as Portals
Mirrors can be used like portals as well. There is much controversy surrounding this topic. Some believe that the mirror needs to be created for just this purpose before it can become a portal. Mirrors can be made of glass or obsidian; obsidian is a black volcanic rock with a polished side that reflects the light. Others think that a mirror is a natural portal that can be activated depending on the energy located in its position in the home.
Some have said that if you see someone standing behind you in the mirror and disappear as you turn around, you can believe that you may have seen the reflection of the house’s spirit. But some may actually be seeing something in themselves that they need to change or let go of. When we refuse to see with all our eyes, we may be forced by the “powers that be” to come to terms with the deep powers of the mirror.
People have seen spirits pass through mirrors and stand trapped in them. And many cultures still cover the mirror to prohibit access for astral travel and when someone in the family dies. They do this so the spirit of the loved one will not be trapped in the mirror by its own reflection or the reflection of a light in the room. Families often cover the mirror before dusk, just to assure limited access to the home.
It is known that shadow spirits use the mirror for travel as well. Shadow images seem to travel more at night, but that is mainly because the dim lights help us notice them better. Many believe there are portals between mirrors, allowing easy travel from space to space that any energy being, shadow or light being, can use.
If you do decide to consecrate a mirror for scrying or making a portal, it is very important to study all the consequences and have a powerful protection spell in place just in case something very negative comes in.
The mirror has so much power that if one was to break it, they would face seven years of bad luck. With that kind of power over us, the mirror deserves to be appreciated. So the next time you look into a mirror, try seeing past the solid lines of yourself, clearing your mind and opening up to the power, deep messages, and possibilities of the mirror.
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This article was featured in Paranormal Underground magazine’s April 2013 issue. To read more from this issue, click here. Or to get a 12-month digital subscription of the magazine (a PDF mailed to you automatically each month), click here.
To learn more about Silvermoon Medicyn, visit http://www.silvermoonmedicyn.com.