16th-century necromancy mirror ritual in Dresden museum

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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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