Dulce_Angel_Whispers Posted May 7, 2004 Posted May 7, 2004 Can anyone tell me....if you break a mirror does it really mean you will have 7 Years bad luck? I have heard this and just want some other opinions.... I broke a mirror today it slipped out of my hands and shattered, I put it back together but it is still cracked bad! Anyway I just want to know if this is true or just something dumb and made up?
Pyrannaste Posted May 7, 2004 Posted May 7, 2004 Originally posted by Dulce_Angel_Whispers Can anyone tell me....if you break a mirror does it really mean you will have 7 Years bad luck? *cough*bullsh*t*cough*
befuddled11 Posted May 7, 2004 Posted May 7, 2004 It's nothing but a very longstanding RIDICULOUS superstition that has no basis in fact whatsoever. I've accidentally broken many mirrors over the years...big and small, and I've had lots of blessings in life since then.
bluechocolate Posted May 7, 2004 Posted May 7, 2004 Originally posted by Pyrannaste *cough*bullsh*t*cough* *cough*bullsh*t*cough**cough*bullsh*t*cough*
Pyrannaste Posted May 7, 2004 Posted May 7, 2004 On second thought, I'll explain where the superstition came from. I didn't want to dismiss your post, and if you are genuinely worried I'd like to help. Before mirror were invented, when people looked at their reflection on a shiny surface they thought they were seeing their soul. The ancients thought mirrors were deities'tools. In medieval ages people thought mirrors were devil's tools. You break a mirror--> you damage an item with your soul in it---> you damage your soul-->woe on you!!!! Very same logic according to which in some cultures to damage someone you use his picture as a pincushion. Very same logic according to which in some other cultures you never ever should take pics of people:you'd be stealing their soul. If you are feeling superstitious and you risk auto-suggestion induced misfortune, I'm telling you a way to counter the 7 yrs of bad luck: you pick up the mirror shards, you paint them black, and you throw them in a river.
HokeyReligions Posted May 7, 2004 Posted May 7, 2004 *cough*bullsh*t*choke*cough*bullsh*t*cough*madeup*choke*cough*
Dulce_Angel_Whispers Posted May 7, 2004 Posted May 7, 2004 OK thanks I just had heard this and wanted to see if I was the only one who wasn't sure. Glad to hear it's bull sh*t!
ladyangel Posted May 10, 2004 Posted May 10, 2004 Originally posted by Dulce_Angel_Whispers Can anyone tell me....if you break a mirror does it really mean you will have 7 Years bad luck? I have heard this and just want some other opinions.... I broke a mirror today it slipped out of my hands and shattered, I put it back together but it is still cracked bad! Anyway I just want to know if this is true or just something dumb and made up? Here's my theory on it: If YOU think it will give you bad luck, then it will. If you think it won't, then it won't. We create our own destiny and much of it is in our heads. If you have a negative outlook, bad things will happen to you. If you have a positive outlook, it can go a long way towards having good things happen.
Papillon Posted May 11, 2004 Posted May 11, 2004 s*** happens. (I wonder what they used for bad luck before the advent of mirrors? )
Pyrannaste Posted May 11, 2004 Posted May 11, 2004 Originally posted by Papillon s*** happens. (I wonder what they used for bad luck before the advent of mirrors? ) Sticking strictly to the "damaging your soul by breaking/damaging an item in which your soul abides", they did well with lakes and pools of water. Someone threw a rock in some water mirroring your image, they hurt you. For general bad luck they had tons of evil signs of omen (spotting certain kinds of birds, lightning, births of twins, animals that had certain coulours/patterns, killing certain animals, anything), all of them different depending on the cultures.
Papillon Posted May 11, 2004 Posted May 11, 2004 Ah....I think mirrors were a good choice as the global currency of bad luck
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