The Mirror and the Heart

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 105296

Iris wrote:
> > And, maybe, Sirius' small mirror will play a part in the outcome. 
> > Simply because mirrors, small or huge, play an important part in 
> > initiatory processes. For example, they are used in the Masonic 
> > loges; the initiate is locked in what they call a `meditation 
> > room', where he/she finds a curtain and the following sentence: 
> > `If you have a genuine wish, if you possess courage and 
> > intelligence, draw this curtain.' 
 

aboutthe1990s wrote: 
> I imagine the veil in the Department of Mysteries to be a visually 
> very similar object to the mirror--one has glass where one has a 
> curtain, but I imagine the frames having very simliar structures.  
> I also see a certain connection between the function of the two, 
> but maybe this is just me--on the other side of one is everything 
> you want.  On the other side of the other is nothing.  Now I'm 
> really just throwing this out there for consideration and wouldn't 
> really count on it, but it seems to me that there is a possibility 
> that they were created as intentional opposites...  


SSSusan:
Just to make sure I understanding you...which is which??  The one 
which has everything you want on the other side is the veil?  the one 
which has nothing is the mirror?  Or vice versa?  I'm asking because 
I'm not sure if you mean literally ON THE OTHER SIDE of the mirror or 
IN THE REFLECTION of the mirror....

Siriusly Snapey Susan