Can Mirrors Be Used As Portals?

Nearly every child in my generation has heard of Bloody Mary or some form of urban legend regarding mirrors. But is there any truth in this, can mirrors be used as a portal to the spiritual world or even a parallel universe. When mirrors were first invented, many people regarded them as a tool to communicate with the dead as send messages to the spiritual world. Many cultures still believe that mirrors should be covered after a death in the family to prevent the souls or spirits of the deceased being trapped in a mirror (most people in china and japan do this). Some people even believe that if you look into a mirror after someone has died, the spirit or ghost can drag you into the mirror and keep you there forever. Joshua Warren (Coast to Coast AM) said people have seen dead relatives manifest and actually come OUT OF the mirror, and they could talk to them. One guy who took a small recorder into the room had the most awful noises on the tape -- growling and snarling like from a demon.

http://paracrypt.blogspot.com state that most antique mirrors have a presences as they may have been used for capturing spirits by tricking them:

Many old mirrors thick and old and silver back stained are said to be haunted by the ghosts of those that died. Their image forever frozen or trapped in the glass. Some recent stories on eBay tell of people selling their antique mirrors that were either bought or passed down the generations in their families and said to be very haunted . It is said by some that if a ghost or lost soul wanders into your home during the night, a mirror can capture it. An old New Orleans Voodoo way to capture a ghost was to put a large standing mirror in your bedroom door way. When the ghost thinking it is a door enters the mirror it is forever trapped in the rooms that were reflected in it when caught not the real rooms.

Mirrors are also used in an act called Scrying, which for those of you that don't know is a magic practice that involves seeing things psychically in a medium, usually for purposes of obtaining spiritual visions and less often for purposes of divination or fortune-telling. It appears that an everyday use (for most) people has been and still is being used as means to communinicate with the dead.

Ama Nazra from the Victorian Paranormal Connection states that we can ‘close’ mirrors. “To close a mirror: the Reiki symbol Choku Rei, if you have Reiki, is lovely. Just sign it over the mirror three times. The Christian cross works really well too, if you like that one. Or you can hold up your hand, and with intent (thought) shut the mirror. Energy follows thought.”

It is safe to say that I wont be messing with mirrors anytime soon, that is why I choose to research rather than participate.

Have an interesting story or question email me at avinashdrosario@gmail.com and I’ll get the answer or recommend you to someone.


- Nash (VPC)


Sources:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/720805/are_mirrors_portals_to_the_spirit_world.html

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread482792/pg1

Ama Nazra - www.sacred-gates.com