I love mirrors, they are very interesting objects. The better the glass or crystals, the better you look :D.. I know you, you know me ;) Part 2: Mirrors, Superstitions and Legends The Persians of antiquity claimed to be able to read the future, knowing the consultants or for the fate of the armed conflict using polished metal or glass. The Queen of Sheba would have given his son the magic mirror that had been offered Solomon so he can recognize the face of his father once in Jerusalem. Enoptromantie Greek practiced a kind of divination by the mirror. This magic mirror showed upcoming events and past events, even those who were blindfolded. The Greeks also practiced catoptromancy a divination to interpret the figures that appeared in those mirrors. This method of divination was frequently used in ancient Chaldea and Mesopotamia on mirrors metal copper, bronze, iron, silver or polished gold. Obviously, the surface of the water or other reflective surface could also be used. In 174, Pausanias Périégète reported: In front of this temple there is a fountain on the side of the temple itself is enclosed by a dry stone wall; outside we practiced a path that goes down. It is claimed that this fountain makes oracles never deceive; it is not accessed on all kinds of business, but only on the condition of the patients. A mirror is attached to the end of a string, and it is held suspended above the well, so that there is the end which touches the water. Then we make prayers to the Goddess, perfumes burning in his honor, and immediately looking in the mirror we see if the patient will return to health or if die; this kind of divination does not extend further. Pythagoras wrote, they say, with blood made of boiled beans and exposed to air during the night, characters on a potbellied mirror. Then, when the moon was full, he presented the mirror to the moon and he saw the star draw on all that he had written on the ice. Manufacture magic mirrors was known to the Romans, who were in frequent use. A Legend as before, a magic mirror was designed by Virgil. Placed on a high tower, which was also built by the famous magician, it allowed the Romans to see everything that was going on around them, not only within the city but also far beyond the walls. They could identify the robbers, even those that prevailed at night, and see enemies approaching from afar. According Spartanius, in 193, the Roman Emperor Didius Julianus used a mirror to see the future: Julianus was even use this kind of divination is done using a mirror, in which, they say, children see the future after their eyes and their ears were subjected to some enchantments. It is claimed that in this circumstance, the child lives in the mirror the arrival and departure of Severus Julianus. Aristotle explained that to counter a basilisk, a mythical animal known to kill her looks, it was sufficient to submit the polished surface of a mirror. The poisonous vapors by throwing his eyes then hit the ice and, by reflection, the renvoyaient death he wanted to give. Alexander the Great would have forged a polished shield to use a mirror to guard Basilisk when he left for India. When someone asked them a question, the witches of Thessaly wrote their answers in letters of blood on a mirror and consultants then could not read their destinies in the mirror, but in the moon, they boasted of having sent down from heaven. Pythagoras himself would have possessed a magic mirror in which he imprisoned the moon to read the future, as did the Thessalian. Roger Bacon, an English Franciscan friar of the 13th century, spent most of his life in prison . He was famous magician, although he wrote against magic, because he studied physics and was experimenting.As he surpassed all the monks by the extent of his knowledge, he was soon admitted that he owed his superiority to the demons, with whom he traded day and night. Bacon claimed that a man could become a prophet and predict future events by means of a mirror, he dubbed almuchefi, made according to the rules of perspective, provided it is used, he added, under good constellation, having tempered his body through alchemy. In Central Asia, the priests practiced divination by a mirror, directing it toward the sun or moon because the two stars reflect all the things happening on earth. Their costumes were further decorated with mirrors that would reflect the actions of men and protect them from evil spirits. Magic mirrors were also very popular in the East. Psychics used it to bring up the angels and archangels they were seeking protection. In the fifteenth century, Simon Perez would have regained the use of the magic mirror that showed not only the future but also what was happening in the most remote locations. The rumor claimed that Francis stood informed by this means, all the events that took place in Spain or Italy. Nicolas Pasquier told in one of his letters, that Catherine de Medici once asked the wizards court that she would be his fate and that of her children. One evening in 1559, Cosimo Ruggieri, mage in the service of the queen, then used a mirror to predict the duration of the reign of his son, the latter to do as many laps on themselves than years on the throne. She saw first pass François II, looked sad and dreary. He made a turn and a half, marking the dis-seven months of his reign. Henri III was nearly fifteen, which were interrupted by a prince who passed before him and vanished with the speed of lightning. It was, they said, the Duke of Guise. Henry followed finally disappearing after twenty-two rounds. Various historians reported that Nostradamus would have used talismanic mirrors to reveal the future. During the 16th century, Jean Fernel 1497 to 1558 reported: Having seen in a mirror various figures who performed the movements he commanded them and gestures of these figures were so expressive that each of the assistants, who looked like him in the mirror, could well understand their mimicry. One evening in November 1582 John Dee, the mage of Elizabeth I of England, would have seen the angel Uriel appear at his window. This would have given a polished black stone, when stared insistently did appear beings capable of predicting the future. This strange dark mirror is now on display at the British Museum. Reinaud JT, orientalist of the early nineteenth century, wrote: The Orientals also have magic mirrors in which they think they can show the angels, archangels; perfuming the mirror, fasting for seven days and keeping the strictest retirement, you become able to see either of his own eyes, or by those of a virgin or a child, the angels that are wishes to raise; there will only recite the sacramental prayers; the spirit of light to show you, so you can send him your wishes. In his book The Museum of sorcerers, magicians and alchemists, Grillot de Givry he also argued that the mirror showed the men to come and future events. During the 19th century, Maria Naglowska, occultist of Russian origin, had a mirror with which she prophesied. In late 1935, she had a vision of his late step by consulting the mirror, and in early 1936, she met some of his disciples and bade them farewell. There, she offered her mirror to one of his closest collaborators. According to some beliefs, the antichrist will use magic mirrors to perform miracles. At least the fight would be easy ...
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