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It is not necessary to attain any type of specialized mirror.
An ordinary small mirror on a stand is ideal. You may wish to
keep this exclusively for scrying, covered with a soft cloth
when not in use.
The
best time for mirror scrying is one hour before sunset. Place
the mirror on a table of medium height and light a pink or orange
candle on either side of the mirror. Use rose incense on either
side. Let the mirror face a plain wall and sit slightly to one
side so that you do not see your own face reflected, unless
you are seeking to see yourself in your true light. Let the
pictures form either within the mirror or in your mind's eye.
When you have finished, blow out the candles and cover your
mirror. Spend some quiet time alone, letting the images offer
their own message.
Fogged Mirrors
Mirrors that are fogged up - such as your bathroom mirror after
you shower - can leave messages 'impressions' from spirit on
the other side. Many mirrors are actually 'windows' to other
realities. A mirror message manifests all at once - not slowly
as if drawn by an artist. For example - if a face was to appear
-the entire face would materialize at one time. The messages
are usually clearly visible - and in picture form rather than
numerical or in written symbols.
We all have
portals in our homes that open and close. This does not necessarily
link with hauntings or projections.
Try this experiment.
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Go into the
bathroom and shut the door and window - so the hot air will
be trapped in the room. Clean your mirror with a paper or a
regular towel. Using the water from the sink or the shower,
run only hot water. Wait until your mirror fogs up before you
turn the water off. When
it is fully fogged up - shut the water off and allow the mirror
to project its images. They
may come through slowly or quickly. One
mirror can create an entire picture.
Observe the
mirror from various angles. You may be surprised at what you
see! It may take several attempts to correctly perceive the
images - which can vary in size.
Magic Mirrors
Magic Mirrors were supposedly used in the days of yore to enable
one to see the present, the past, and the future. They are of
great variety, and of great antiquity. Varron claims that they
are of Persian origin, the Magi having used them for a method
of divination called Catoptromancy. In Rome, the persons who
read these mirrors were called Specularii. In the East, these
instruments were called Stellar Mirrors. The Chinese and the
Hindus made theirs of metal, concave or convex. More recently
they have been used to fix the eye of clairvoyants or mediums
so as to put them into a state of hypnosis.
Pica della
Mirandola had faith in them, provided they were made under a
favorable constellation, and that they should only be consulted
when one felt comfortably warm, for the cold harms the lucidity
of their oracle. Reinaud speaks of them in his Description of
the Blacas Cabinet. The operators perfume them, fast for seven
days before using them, and recite sacramental prayers at the
moment of consulting them.
Cahagnet,
in his Magnetic Magic, quotes the principal mirrors as follows:
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The
Theurgic Mirror - a bottle of clear water looked at
by a child and in which the Archangel Gabriel replies
by pictures to his questions.
The
Mirror of the Sorcerers - any kind of mirror or pail
of water. The country sorcerer, standing near the consultant,
recites a spell and shows him the reflection of the picture
wanted.
The
Mirror of Cagliostro - the bottle of clear water is
on a piece of furniture, and before it a child, on whose
head the operator places one hand and tells him the questions
to ask, to which replies are given in allegorical pictures.
The
Mirror of du Polet - a piece of cardboard having pasted
on one side a sheet of tin and on the other a piece of
black cloth. The operator magnetizes it strongly and places
it a foot away from the eye of the consultant who, having
fixed his eyes on it, soon sees in it the desired object.
The
Swedenborgian Mirror - a paste of graphite mixed with
olive oil is poured on an ordinary mirror and allowed
to dry for a few days. The consultant, whose image must
not be reflected (he stands at some distance for this
reason) looks into it, whilst the operator stares magnetically
at the back of his head, and vision takes place.
The
Magnetic Mirror - a round crystal globe filled with
magnetized water at which the consultant looks carefully
until the desired vision appears.
The Narcotic Mirror - similar globe but a narcotic
powder made of belladonna, henbane, mandragora, hemp,
poppy, etc., is dissolved in the water.
The Galvanic Mirror - it is made of two discs,
one of copper and concave, the other of zinc and convex,
both magnetized nine times in nine days. The center of
the concave is looked at.
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