A mirror is a handy yet cruel tool. It is simple and easy to acquire. Yet, it tends to reveal our true nature. It has been said that it is harder to lie if you are looking at yourself from a mirror at the same time.
The interesting thing is that when watching ourselves from a mirror, what we see is a mirrored image. We don’t actually see ourselves the way others do.
And, what we see is what we choose to see. What we focus on. Our mirror image is a reflection of our reality. And what we see in the mirror is not a common reality, but how we interpret the reflection.
What do you see when you look into a mirror? Are you seeing yourself as a whole, or are you obsessed with small imperfections? You may choose to see a person with a big nose and acne or a person with elegant brows, a beautiful smile, and eyes that reveal the magical wisdom inside. “No, I can’t if these things are a fact!” Well. It is also a fact that I have a brown birthmark on my cheek, my nose is very asymmetric and tilts to the other direction, and I have a bleeding iris mole in my eye. But when you look at me, are those the things that you see? No. Me neither, anymore. Why? “Magic, bitches.”
Whether it was about our subjective, individual reality or unknown realms of the Universe, mirror magic is an excellent way to do shadow work, improve your self-awareness, face your demons, or perform scrying.
Catoptromancy (Greek: κάτοπτρον, katoptron, “mirror,” and μαντεία, manteia, “divination”) is a form of mirror magic. It’s technically scrying done with mirrors. Scrying is a relative of clairvoyance, augury, or divination and it refers to the practice of looking at an object to receive a message or vision. In scrying, the intention is to “see deeper”, to get visions or messages, or to gain inspiration, guidance, and revelation. The object could be for example a crystal ball.
Catoptromancy is scrying, in which the chosen medium is a mirror. Sometimes you may also hear people speaking about captromancy or enoptromancy, and they mean the same thing.
Extra Tips:
Breaking a mirror is not unlucky, with intention, breaking a mirror will bring better energy. Recommended for breaking the mirror outside to set the energy free back into the air
A mirror in the Dining Room area can bring about Abundance & Happiness
Speaking into a mirror with emotions, good or bad, will manifest itself quickly
Never accept a mirror as a gift or buy a used mirror without cleansing it
Cleanse a mirror in the Sunlight & Moonlight
If your reflection is not quite right, it is a sign your energy is changing
Source: https://templeofchrysalis.com/mirrors-the-basics-of-mirror-magic/
