16th-century necromancy mirror ritual in Dresden museum. A small iron mirror from the 16th century sits in a museum in Dresden, Germany Names carved into its surface include Hutzai, Eric, Groman, and Floren at its center The mirror is documented in the Munich Handbook of Necromancy, hidden for centuries in the Bavarian State Library
A 16th-century iron mirror sits in a Dresden museum with names carved into its surface. Names documented include Floron and possibly others at its center. Documented in a medieval necromancy manuscript, decoded by a historian, the ritual required offerings of milk, wine, honey, and rare incenses. A young boy held the steel disc against his chest while entering a trance, speaking deliberately distorted Arabic to summon an armored knight who could reveal the future.
Key Facts
- A small iron mirror from the 16th century sits in a museum in Dresden, Germany
- Names carved into its surface include Hutzai, Eric, Groman, and Floren at its center
- The mirror is documented in the Munich Handbook of Necromancy, hidden for centuries in the Bavarian State Library
- The manuscript was decoded by historian Richard Keffer
- The ritual required purification, offerings of milk, wine, honey, and scents including aloes, frankincense, myrrh, and ambergris
- A young boy was required to hold the steel disc against his chest while entering a waking trance
- The incantation was deliberately distorted Arabic, not an ancient language
- The ritual promised the summoning of an armored knight on horseback who could reveal the future
- The mirror exists today behind glass in the Mathematisch-Physikalischer Salon museum
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