Lightweight unbreakable mirror framed with a delicate, cast-pewter, surround.

Mirror Magic

Since ancient times people have used reflective surfaces for scrying, folk magic, and necromancy. The reflective quality of polished metals, stones, smooth waters, and modern-day mirrors symbolize self-knowledge, clarity, the moon, femininity, and truth. It was believed that a persons reflection in a mirror was their actual soul, thus it was very bad luck to break a mirror. In some parts of Europe mirrors are still covered with cloth or turned to the walls when a death occurs in the home. This is to prevent the soul of the deceased from becoming trapped in the mirror.

Mirrors are most commonly used for protection. They have been sewn onto clothing to repel evil energies and to avert the evil eye. Smaller mirrors are often placed in windows to send back the negative energies a family might be receiving.