POOR LITTLE ANNA

"Poor Little Anna" is certainly one of the more enduring legends that surround supernatural mirror mythology, and many unanswered questions exist. There are also very few images of Anna available, but we've been scouring libraries, bookstores, and the web for more. We'll be putting together an ongoing series that will highlight the "Anna enigma," and find out what it's really all about.

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COGNITIVE MELTDOWN

A video was confiscated by police outside of Tulsa, OK, depicting the grisly death of a man looking in a mirror.

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HOMEMADE CRYSTAL BALL

A simple and effective crystal ball can be made out of a miror and the white of an egg.

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EARTH'S GIANT MIRROR

In Salar de Uyuni there is a salt flat over 4000 square miles.

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MIRROR/FRACTURE

Mirrors are the first and most primal example of a technology that fractures the human mind.

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A POOR REFLECTION

A 1994 paper edition of the Hawkinge Gazzette reports on a document unearthed in the local library from 1632 describing a community effort to "Builde ye greatest offe mirrors."

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EXPERIMENTS IN VIDEOFEEDBACK

While a mirror reflection shows us a perfect atomic remapping of visual reality, VideoFeedback reveals an electromagnetic substratum of pure reality -- a reflection that melts past what the eye can see.

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DEFLECTION MIRROR TOWER (DMT)

An unpublished Princeton University study claims that "mirror particles" are revealed to be an integral part of cognitive substratum, revealed through experiments using DMT.

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THE FAIREST ONE OF ALL

When the wicked queen stares into her magic mirror looking for the fairest one of all, she expects to see herself. But when she sees Snow White she undergoes a psychotic break that results in a murderous rage.

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THE MYLAR MIRROR

In the distorted, warped images of Ira Cohen's Mylar photography, people turn into liquid and flow forward into a prophetic or visionary future. By pushing reflections of reality through the twisting shapes of Mylar, the psychedelic poet-photographer became an Alchemist of Light.

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DEAD TWIN SISTER IN MIRROR!!

This one sure has people talking online. The Dead Twin Sister video on all viral video websites features an asian girl looking into a mirror..as she turns away, her "dead twin sister" does not and keeps looking at the camera.

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SEVEN YEARS OF MISERY

Breaking a Mirror
The first mirror-makers were the ancient Romans, who believed that glass reflected a person’s soul. They also believed that life renewed itself every seven years, so breaking a mirror—and, thus, your soul—meant seven long years of misery.

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MIRROR MYTHS YOU DON'T KNOW

Never look into a mirror by candle light. It may show you a very haunted version of your home.
If you stare into a mirror between two tall white candles you might see the spirit of a loved one who has passed away, and their soul is stuck in the mirror.

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THE SIGN OF DEATH

Andamese Islanders believe that the reflection one sees in a pool or a mirror is the soul, while Fijians believe that man has two souls, the dark one is his shadow and the light one is his reflection is a mirror.

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DEMONIC GODDESS ENTERS THROUGH BODY

Legend of Demonic Goddess Lilith and her daughters The Succubi.
The daughters of Lilith watch closely the surface of mirrors, seeking a naïve and narcissistic human. She then passes through the portal of the worlds and enters the human body through the mortal’s eyes, resulting in a Demon Posession, and other superstitions.

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THE SUPERSTITION

Breaking a mirror can even make a skeptic shudder for a brief moment! The superstition is an old one and has managed to keep its strength over the years. In fact, many superstitions exist for mirrors but the particular beliefs centering around broken mirrors are the most common today.

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BLOODY MARY

In folklore and children's street culture, "Bloody Mary" is a game in which a ghost of the same name (or sometimes other names, such as "Mary Worth") is said to appear in a mirror when summoned.

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MIRRORS IN STORIES

Several stories are centered on the magic mirror, one bewitched, that talks or shows the opposite of what is really true. Such stories were a delight to young children in their early years.

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MIRROR MYTHS YOU DON'T KNOW - PART 2

Although viewed with suspicion by some, it is generally said that having a large number of mirrors in the home is lucky. This is probably because of the mirror's ability to deflect evil and attract good.

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THE GHOSTS OF BELCOURT CASTLE

"One of Newport, Rhode Island's most exquisite landmarks is the French Renaissance-style château known to locals as the Belcourt Castle.

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MIRROR CULTURE

Chinese believed that demons avoided mirrors because they would be made visible in them. They would hang global mirrors over the bed’s in one’s house to protect the family. Evil spirits could not avoid being reflected and would have to avoid the place.

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RELATIVE POSSESSED IN MIRROR

I recieved an email this weekend from a man doing school research on his family tree. He claims to have dug up some interesting things about a woman in his family.

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GRAN'S MIRROR

When I was young, I used to visit my grandparents on Saturday and spend the night. It was rather boring, except for going out to eat and the big breakfast she would cook in the morning.

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THE MIRROR OF MATSUYAMA

In ancient days there lived in a remote part of Japan a man and his wife, and they were blessed with a little girl, who was the pet and idol of her parents.

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