The mirror is one of those items that inspire awe and reverence. A mirror is a magical item that is used by witches and sorcerers to perform secret rituals. Since ancient times, our ancestors were afraid of mirrors, and although in the modern world these legends are more related to prejudices, many continue to believe in the omens and horrors of the world of mirrors.
The history of mirrors is very ancient. Of course, first of all, people looked at the reflection on the surface of the water. To save money, they took water in a basin and put it in the house, in order to look, instead of a mirror.
Over time, they got tired of bending over and began looking for other reflective surfaces - polished iron, steel, etc. The Egyptians used rubbed bronze, which they hung on the wall. In the middle of the 16th century, tin foil began to be glued in France. In 1372, the Germans opened the first workshop for the manufacture of flat mirrors, which were invented in Venice.
It is surprising that even today a person remains full of superstitions associated with mirrors, and this is despite the fact that there is an age of enlightenment on the street, the development of civilization has risen to great heights. The fallen and broken mirror is examined with a sinking heart, the mirrors are covered, the mirrors are wiped after unwanted guests, they look in the mirror if they happen to return home for something forgotten, etc.
In the 19th century, the German scientist Karl von Reichenbach argued that radiation from the eyes, reflected from a mirror, can cause a serious blow to health, because negative energy accumulates in every person, and with age, also information failure, which is precisely the aging process. Looking at ourselves in the mirror, we send our negativity into it. It comes back to us, strengthened, and we age faster
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In ancient legends it is said that a mirror is a vampire in which negative energy is present. Especially scary are other people's mirrors and mirrors that were present during a quarrel, murder or torture. They say that in the presence of such mirrors, church candles are extinguished.
Since ancient times, it was believed that if you do not close the mirrors in the house of the deceased, then his soul can remain in them. If the mirror does open, it must be broken so that the soul of the deceased will go away.
In the Russian tradition, mirrors have always been viewed with suspicion. They were called "the gift of the devil" - it was believed that through a mirror one could not only receive damage, but also convey it to loved ones. Ivan the Terrible, who fought corruption and the evil eye, ordered that only blind craftsmen make mirrors for his wife.
And the people say that the mirror is "a gift from Satan" - so that a person can talk to himself. At the same time, according to legend, the mirror reflects negative energy from the owner. It was customary to hang small mirrors on oneself, especially this custom is known in Europe, where mirrors were hung on children, as well as on the outside of houses, or mirrored windows were made.
Many beliefs are associated with mirrors.
For example, a full-length mirror takes energy, babies are not brought to mirrors - there will be problems with teething, you cannot eat in front of a mirror - eat beauty, you cannot swear in front of it, look into it during an illness and in no case should you take mirrors from the dead or mirrors with an unknown past.
The ancients paid special attention to mirrors in the bedroom, due to the fact that during sleep a person becomes especially susceptible to outside influences, because his brain "works" at the subconscious level, and even the most subtle vibrations that remain completely unnoticed during the day, during waking hours, can disturb the sleeper.
Legends say that ancient mirrors contain the souls of everyone who looked in them. It is believed that if a mirror keeps the reflection of an evil person, say, a murderer, then it itself becomes evil. The same is said about the disease - if the patient looks in the mirror, then healthy family members cannot look there - they themselves will get sick.
It is believed that the easiest way to communicate with the spirits of the dead is through a mirror. So the psychiatrist Raymond A. Moody conducted an experiment where he was equipped with a room with mirrored panels and mentally healthy volunteers. Many of them, after the end of the experiment, claimed that they saw the spirits of the dead and even felt their touch.
Interesting results of the experiment using the "Kozyrev mirror" (concave, aluminum). Almost 5 thousand people took part in the experiment. The essence of the experiment is to transfer information between people using mirrors. As a result, it was confirmed that mental images can be transmitted using mirrors. In some cases, the information was received several hours earlier than the
Such phenomenal mystical properties of mirrors were studied by Paracelsus, who proved that mirrors are some kind of tunnels that are able to connect together two worlds: the physical and the otherworldly.
It is also said that one cannot look in the mirror at night, when this “portal” is most susceptible to movements of otherworldly forces and energy.
In China, the mirror is considered to expel evil, because if evil looks in the mirror, it is horrified and runs away. And in Japan, the mirror has a primary role - it is the Imperial treasure, along with the throne.
