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What the Helen of Troy is This?
Can you see the little mirror thing above the door? I think it is to ward away the evil spirit, right? Anyone know from what country it comes from? It’s from a house being renovated in Mt. Vernon Square.
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It is a traditional “Spirit Mirror” most likely brought here from Molvania. http://www.molvania.com.au/molvania/
eh?
http://www.symbolic-meanings.com/2008/05/24/symbolic-meaning-of-octagon/
Ding ding I win. It is a ba gua mirror, used in Taoism and/or Feng Shui
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba_gua
http://images.google.com.qa/images?q=ba+gua+mirror&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=8kjySvbbBODOjAe859iRDg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=4&ved=0CCUQsAQwAw
New Dharma Initiative HQ. Shhhhh!
A lot of cultures probably use it, but I know East Asia (China) definitely used/uses mirrors to deflect/blind bad spirits.
come on PoP, that’s the camera from the security system.
The guy rennovating the space is Chinese (my old landlord). I live across the street. Great building but he is putting in way too many units.
that’s an infrared security camera printed on a circuit board.
Definitely a Molvanian Spirit Mirror. I visited Molvania last summer and nearly every household has one of these over their front door. It’s not too different from the traditional horseshoe over the door.
DEFINITELY a ba gua…it’s used to deflect bad feng shui energy facing your home.