The Mirror and the Heart

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 105317

aboutthe1910s 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, previously:
>> 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....<<


aboutthe1910s replied: 
> I was thinking that the Mirror of Erised has everything--either on 
> the other side or in the reflection, depending on whether or not you
> believe the theory floating about involving the inscription being
> backwards and what actually lies on the other side--I don't think 
> that in this context it necessarily makes a very big difference...


SSSusan again:
Thank you for taking the time to clarify.

I find it so interesting, because my first thought was that you meant 
it the OPPOSITE way.  It depends, I suppose, upon what a person 
believes about an afterlife?  Since DD has said death is just the 
next great adventure (paraphrasing), it occurred to me that you MIGHT 
have meant that *everything* is actually behind the VEIL and that 
*nothing* is actually behind the MIRROR, since it only shows desires 
and not truth....

Just a thought. :-)

Siriusly Snapey Susan