Most people are forced to combine several rooms in one, using various design techniques. Mirrors and sliding wardrobes with mirrors help to visually expand the space. But when placing a mirror in the bedroom, people do not think why signs and beliefs forbid sleeping in front of the mirrors and the entrance to the room.
The magical properties of mirrors
Since the Bronze Age, mirrors have been credited with magical and frightening properties. The looking-glass world in ancient times was perceived as a fabulous and mysterious space, fraught with a threat.
There is an opinion that a mirror is a kind of door, a portal through which one can get to another dimension. The Slavs believed that the mirror opens the door to the hostile otherworldly world of the dead.
The shamans of the north claim that a pair of eyes is watching a person sleeping near a mirror. And it is simply impossible to get enough sleep when you are being closely watched.
Due to their magical properties, mirrors have become an attribute of fortune telling, which is fraught with danger. The otherworldly world of the dead can lay claim to a person who decides to look into it.
In the European tradition, it is believed that the mirror is the border between the worlds. It is very difficult to open it, but to close the open one is impossible, therefore it is impossible to break the established connection with the other world.
There is a belief: when a person sleeps, his soul leaves the body and wanders around the worlds. Returning to the body, the soul can look into the mirror in the bedroom, get scared and not come back, then the person will no longer be able to wake up.
Also, the ability to take positive energy from a person is attributed to the mirror. This is manifested by insomnia and irritability. This ability is displayed in signs that prohibit looking in the mirror for a long time.
Beliefs say that a child under one year old should not look in the mirror, otherwise he will be painful and fearful.
A woman during menstruation, pregnancy is also prohibited from looking in the mirror. It is believed that at this time her energy is weakened and the mirror can lead to misfortune and illness.
A person is in a helpless state during sleep, so a mirror in the bedroom is highly undesirable. If it is not possible to remove the mirror, you can curtain it overnight with a cloth.
Every morning you need to go to the mirror, hold your hand over it and ask it to protect the house, family and reflect troubles.
Dangers of placing the bed in front of the door
Putting your bed in front of the door is dangerous. The threshold is the dividing line between worlds and energy fields. Therefore, when a person is resting in front of the door, he gives up his energy to outside forces and loses his vital energy.
It is believed that a mirror reflecting the door and the matrimonial bed doubles all the failures and attracts trouble.
If, waking up in the morning, a person does not feel vigor, and during sleep he is tormented by nightmares, the bed may be incorrectly positioned. It is recommended to rearrange the room, then in the morning you will feel a surge of vivacity and vitality.
