Experience with a mirror. Mirror reflections and the Moody experience Experiments with reflection in a mirror
When did people first make mirror, they didn’t even suspect that they had created one of the most mystical things in the world. Only later did it become clear that “magic glass” is capable of not only reflecting pictures of the outside world or letting in sunbeams.
It is the entrance to a mysterious world where it is possible to communicate with otherworldly entities, predict the future and learn the secrets of the past. And that is not all. It turns out that all mirrors have... memory.
The history of mirrors is lost in the mists of time. They were made in Ancient Sumer, India and Egypt - initially from obsidian, bronze and silver. The first glass mirrors were learned to be made in the 12th century by Venetian craftsmen who lived on the island of Murano. One day, Murano glassblowers spread a sheet of tin on a smooth piece of marble and poured mercury over it.
The tin dissolved, forming what is now called amalgam. A piece of glass was placed on it, as a result of which a thin silver film appeared on it. This is how the first mirror appeared, which at that time cost fabulous money.
Today, in addition to their direct purpose, mirrors are widely used in fortune telling, magical rites, since it turned out that only half of the “aura” of the mirror belongs to our world, while the second half goes to the other world. It is this dual essence that is used in sessions of white and black magic. There are killer mirrors, there are mirrors that contain the souls of dead people, there are mirrors that constantly arouse passion... At the same time, rarely does anyone think about the influence of a mirror on the person looking into it.
There are many signs associated with the mirror. Thus, the inhabitants of the East installed mirrors in front of the entrance to the house, if there was a road nearby, in order to reflect bad energies. In Europe, it was customary to insert mirrors into windows to reflect the dark thoughts of an evil neighbor or the negativity emanating from nearby “harmful” buildings: hospitals, prisons and dangerous taverns.
In the old days they believed that mirrors connecting corridor between the world of the living and world of the dead. Therefore, when someone died in the house, the mirrors were covered with thick fabric so that the ghost would not take the living with him. It was also feared that a ghost might inhabit the mirror. Outsider ghosts can also enter it by taking advantage of the opened corridor in the first days after a person’s death. Then misfortune awaits the living.
Sometimes they say that it is necessary to hang mirrors in the house of the deceased so that the past is not reflected in them. In a sense, this is also true. The soul of a deceased person can get lost in a mirror maze and remain forever in the mirror, unable to find its way to where it is supposed to go. And the imprisonment of the soul in the mirror, even if involuntary, can weigh heavily on the karma of relatives and turn into troubles both in this life and in subsequent ones.
A mirror with a ghost has certain properties: the glass becomes cloudy, cold emanates from it, and candles go out next to it. It was believed that you could get rid of a ghost in a mirror only if you broke the glass and scorched its fragments with fire. With the help of a mirror, the living can meet deceased relatives. For example, he thinks Raymond A. Mode and, scientist, author of the acclaimed book "Life After Life". In his book All About Encounters After Death, he writes:
“A special technique of looking into a mirror allows people to see the spirits of deceased relatives at almost any time they wish, allowing bereaved people to find comfort. I think this property of the technique of looking in the mirror is the greatest reward for us, because such grief is one of the most severe mental pains.
With the help of a mirror, ancient Greek oracles talked with the spirits of the dead, and the priests were fumigated with sulfur and escorted to the river, where they performed a ritual ablution so that the ghost would not follow them to the people.”
After studying the history of the mirror-gazing technique, Moody attempted to gain visits with the dead by transforming the top floor of an old Alabama mill into a modern "psychomanteum." At one end of the dark room there was a mirror mounted on the wall. The only light source (15 W lamp) was located behind the chair opposite, in which the experiment participant sat. To set the mood for contact with the ghost, Moody invited visitors to bring things of the deceased, asked them to take off their watches, and held a preparatory conversation.
One of the first volunteers was a man slightly over forty years old who had never suffered from mental disorders. He wanted to see his mother, who died a year ago, for whom he missed very much. Coming out of the "vision room", he said to Moody:
“Without a doubt, the person I saw in the mirror was my mother! I don't know where she came from, but I'm sure I saw the real person. She looked at me from the mirror... She looked healthier and happier than at the end of her life. Her lips did not move, but she spoke to me, and I heard her words clearly. She said: “Everything is fine with me.”
Here's what the surgeon said when he wanted to see his mother, who died in 1968:
“When I looked in the mirror, a sort of veil, a smoky substance passed over it. Then a figure began to form, sitting on some kind of sofa. At first I saw only a general outline, no details. Then, maybe after a minute, some features began to appear that looked more like computer pictures. My face seemed to fill up from top to bottom, and soon I realized: it was my mother.
"How are you? - I asked. Her lips didn't move, but mentally we were connected. “I’m fine and I love you,” she replied. I asked another question: “Did it hurt when you died?” - "Not at all. The transition to death is easy..." I asked her probably ten questions, and then she melted... I was immensely touched..."
There are many similar stories, and in many ways they are similar. The main thing that unites them is the firm belief of the “psychonauts” in the reality of meetings with the dead. Often the entity that appeared did not look exactly like the person he remembered. At the same time, the impression was created that those who left our world not only continued to exist, but also developed, evolved, and acquired some new experience. They seemed to know something that the living do not know.
All participants in the experiments claimed that they actively communicated with the dead. True, there were quite interesting differences in this communication. Some say that they spoke without words, in their heads. Others heard the voice. Some clearly felt some kind of touch.
Having learned about Moody's experiments, the most people began to come to him. different people. And most of them actually visited where they wanted - in another world. But about a quarter of clients saw something completely different from what they expected. It turned out like in real life: you go to a certain place, knowing for sure that N “always happens there,” and you don’t find him. But you meet someone you never thought about. This is what happened with Moody’s “psychonauts.”
They prepare for a long time, mentally replay the future conversation... and suddenly the meeting breaks down or someone else comes to it. Is it because the one they wanted to see is not ready for it yet? Or were there some other reasons at work, independent of anyone? And don’t these facts confirm that the other world is not a figment of our imagination, that it lives its own life and, it seems, depends little on our consciousness, will and desires?
The discoveries made were truly amazing. At the same time, meetings with spirits did not always take place in the mirror itself. 11In approximately every tenth case the spirit left him. Participants in the experiment often said that the ghost touched them or that they felt its proximity. It also happened the other way around - about 10% of clients reported that they themselves went into the mirror and there they had a meeting with the dead.
One of the women said: “At first I saw colorful scatterings and small bright sparks in the mirror. The haze filled the mirror, and then it shone with a bright light. At first I saw landscapes and ordinary everyday scenes in the distance, and then a path caught my attention, and I knew that I had to follow it. And I walked, as it turned out, along a long corridor until I saw three women. It was my grandmother, Aunt Betty and some other woman whom I did not recognize.
Aunt Betty said it was my great-grandmother. She was very young, so I didn’t recognize her - in the photographs she always looked like an old woman. Throughout the entire meeting, I was filled with joy because they were telling me how good they were. This was a true relief for me - I no longer felt guilty towards my aunt.
Streams of wonderful light flowed from behind them. It should be noted that we did not say a word, but we knew that we wanted to say a lot to each other. I saw them at close range, but I felt that we were separated by an invisible barrier that did not allow me to approach my relatives.”
Moody also experienced the experience of meeting a mirror ghost. The ghost of a grandmother appeared to the researcher, who during her lifetime was stern and selfish. But her phantom turned out to be very friendly:
“It took some time, must have been less than a minute, before I identified the woman as my paternal grandmother, who died several years ago. I remember raising my hands to my face and exclaiming: “Grandma!” ... I felt warmth and love, emotion and compassion emanating from her, and it was beyond my understanding. She definitely had a sense of humor, and a quiet peace spread around her and joy."
My name is Yulia, I am 16 years old. In my free time, I usually sit in this group and read horror stories, watch movies... I like all this. My dream since childhood was the hope of meeting something paranormal. I have always envied the stories of people who saw something unusual. Well, now, having scrolled through the pages of this group, I came across this “TIP”: Late at night, between 12 and 1 am, get up, go into the bathroom, without turning on the light ANYWHERE, take a lighter or matches with you. Close the door behind you and standing in the dark, turn your face to the mirror, for 5 minutes try to peer into the mirror in pitch darkness, after that try to light a lighter/strike a match, BUT ONLY ONE TIME, if you don’t succeed, then IMMEDIATELY, IMMEDIATELY open the door and, as quietly as possible, without making sudden movements, leave the bathroom and turn on the light. If you succeed... well, you will learn and experience a lot of new things, but I once again ask you to forgive me for this.” I, being the bravest person, decided that there was nothing terrible in it, and if it were, I would survive. So I was fired up with ideas. My parents went to Moscow for a week, I was alone at home. A great opportunity. It was, I think, 00:10 on the clock. The time was right, I just grabbed a pack of cigarettes and went to the bathroom. There are no lights on anywhere in the apartment, only the poppy beech tree was left lying in the hallway (I left it there on the way to the bathroom). Having closed the door with the latch, I sat down on the bathroom, opposite three full-length mirrors. I sit, stare there, waiting for something unusual, peering, my eyes adjust in the dark. And then I notice some kind of movement, I think, okay, it’s a glitch, but I’m already freaking out like a child. I count down the seconds to five minutes in my head. There's not much left at all. I take out a cigarette, looking intently at the mirror without looking away, strike the lighter, but... it doesn’t light up, only small sparks illuminate the room in a split second. That was enough for me. behind me there were four girls, in white dresses, their hands reaching out to me. the eyes were huge, they were frightening. Everything is dirty. I jumped up from the edge of the bathroom and frantically began hitting the switch (I have it inside the bathroom), but the light did not turn on. I heard the rustling of the curtain in the bathroom and breathing... breathing such that it took my breath away. I struck the lighter again and turned it on (gasoline). I shouldn’t have done it... these girls’ mouths opened, as it seemed to me then, half a meter, they bent their heads strangely and reached out to me with their hands, I had a disgusting disgust to the point of vomiting. I screamed and started to open the latch in the bathroom, but it seemed to be stuck. Standing with my back to the door (to the mirror) and facing them, I began to kick the door. About the fifth time she gave in. I ran out of the bathroom with a wild squeal, without looking back, grabbed a poppy seed, and now I’m sitting on the landing in the entrance, smoking and writing to you here. Charging will last for 20 minutes. I feel their gaze on me...they are nearby.
Hello dear readers. Today, I want to tell you my life story, as you may or may not have guessed, well, in principle, it doesn’t matter whether you guessed it or not, it will be connected with mysticism.
Like you, I am a big fan of the paranormal, otherwise I simply wouldn’t be sitting here and writing here on this site right now. I was also not spared by similar legends and superstitions about mirrors. One of these legends says that if you look in the mirror at night, and in the period from 0:00 to 3:00, you can see the devil himself in the mirror. But I want to disappoint you, I didn’t see the devil. But today we are not talking about this, but about why in the mirror IT IS FORBIDDEN watch at night. I decided to experiment with a mirror and look into it at night, but in order to understand the whole essence of my experiment, I will first describe my room to you.
In my room there is a bed, opposite the bed there is a wardrobe with a large mirror, and next to the bed there is a fan. At night, without any light sources except the window, whose light came through a hole in the parted curtains, at exactly 0:00 I began to literally peer into the mirror, trying not to blink.
The first thing I saw was the silhouette of a woman. It resembled not even a silhouette, but a white shadow, so it was difficult to call the woman a ghost. She was sitting right on my bed on her knees, next to me, behind me. When I saw in the mirror how she touched me with her hand, in reality I felt a slight chill in that place. This suddenly sent shivers down my spine. When I turned around, naturally, I saw nothing. I won’t say that it was scary, but an unpleasant aftertaste still remained.
The second thing was that I saw just flying black shadow in the mirror, but this shadow did not cause me any harm, and thank God.
Third, when I looked at my reflection for a long time, my face slowly began to turn into a mask, perhaps this is an effect of vision, although who knows...
Having carried out this first experiment and waking up when it was already morning, I opened my eyes and at the same moment I saw a fan either growing right in front of my eyes or rising into the air. Then I was very scared of this phenomenon, but most likely it was just because of the pressure.
Later, after 2 years, I decided to conduct a second experiment, realizing that all these ghosts in the mirror are just my imagination and that it is impossible to see the devil in the mirror. I’ll say right away that if you look in the mirror at night, it will reflect the same thing as during the day. But... Actually, about the second experiment. At that time, I had completely lost my fear of looking in the mirror at night and, since I am a thrill-seeker, I decided to conduct a second experiment of my own. I lay on the bed and looked carefully in the mirror, without taking my eyes off it and without blinking. After about a few minutes, I felt my heart beating anxiously and loudly, but slowly. My heart rate is fast and high pitched, so I can hear it well through my right ear. After this, a sharp flashing occurred in front of my eyes, well, directly reminiscent of something like a rainbow or ultraviolet light. And at that very moment I felt a very sharp fatigue, as if something was sucking the energy out of me. Then I sharply turned my eyes away from the mirror, but it was not easy, since I even felt heaviness and stupor. After that, I didn’t experiment with the mirror anymore.
Bottom line... True legend about the mirror and the superstition I have tested is that a mirror may well suck the life energy out of you if you look at it for a long time, and even more so in the dead of night. Therefore, it is worth believing in it!
Conclusion: Be careful with mirrors...
Every day we look in the mirror. We want to know what we look like. Without a mirror, we would never know what color our eyes, eyebrows and ears are. Everyone needs mirrors - from dentists to space flight specialists.
Mirrors also came in handy for us to conduct experiments with.
The first experiments with mirrors were experiments with sunbeams. Light tends to reflect off obstacles. A ray of light changes direction when it meets a mirror. Using several mirrors, you can redirect the sunbeam according to a complex pattern. If you have a laser pointer, then experiments with the beam become very interesting. The beam from a laser pointer is clearly visible if it is directed into a cloud of steam or into water.
We played with the beam. We filled the bathtub full, put a mirror on the bottom and caught the refracted beam with another mirror, directed the beam into a cup of tea, into a glass of plain water. We came to the conclusion that in order to see the beam it is necessary that there be tiny particles of something in the liquid, each of which would reflect the light of the beam and it would become visible. We added just a little starch to the water, tried adding flour, but it didn’t work. The starch particles reflected the light and the beam appeared very beautifully in the water. The photograph shows very beautifully how the beam was reflected from the mirror, and you can also see that the beam was refracted when entering from air into water. By playing and experimenting with a laser pointer and mirrors we find confirmation basic properties of light
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Lots of reflections in mirrors
Using two mirrors and a small object you can conduct such a simple experiment. Usually when we look in the mirror, we see ourselves in the singular; if we look together with our mother, then the baby and mother will look from the mirror, but not two or three mothers. Is everything right?
And if you use two mirrors, you can see two, three, five or more objects reflected in the mirror. We took two mirrors and a shell. The mirrors were placed at a certain angle to each other (120, 90, 72). If you put the mirrors opposite each other, and put a shell between them, you will be able to observe an endless string of shells.
Interestingly, today everyone knows what headlights are. And the name is very ancient origin. It reminds us of the mirror reflectors of the lighthouse on the island of Pharos. This lighthouse was built in 280 BC. and stood for more than 1500 years. Faros lighthouse is one of the seven wonders of the world.
The simple experiments with mirrors described above can be easily reproduced at home, and you can also experiment not only with flat mirrors, but also with crooked mirrors .
Mirrors are a miracle invention of mankind. Such a gift for all of us. And the properties of mirrors are used in many places: in science and Everyday life. During the experiments, the children asked a lot of questions. And the questions are very interesting. I think your kids also ask you tricky questions. Send them to us. And in the upcoming issues of the section “ PocheMuk“We will answer them with an expert question: intelligible, voluminous and in understandable language. Let's do fun science together.
Happy experimenting! Science is fun!