Posted by fixerupper on December 28, 2012 at 18:47:18 from (100.42.82.30):
In Reply to: wake...? posted by samn40 on December 28, 2012 at 17:01:04:
There's nothing morbid about your post in my opinion. We're all going to end up 'not living' someday. Marilyn was raised in a devout Catholic family so I asked her about the mirrors. She said she's heard about it but can't remember anything about it so I Googled it and here's what I found. I hope I didn't cross the boundary by cutting and pasting from a website. Jim
"While some death, mourning and burial practices vary widely, the practice of covering mirrors after a death seems to be one ritual which spans time, cultures and religions. In many traditions, there appears to be a connection between the soul and the mirror, with a belief that the soul can be reflected or captured by the mirror's reflective surface"
"inherent in the myth was belief in the existence of a double, or of a soul taking on substance." Thus, according to Fioratti, "some ancients even believed that looking at one's reflection could invite death since the image was thought to capture the soul. Consequently, mirrors had to be veiled and water-filled vessels covered after death" to prevent others from dying as well".
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