A few months ago I was researching mirrors and came across one I had not heard of before – The Witches Eye.

I’ve worked with black mirrors, normal mirrors and even haunted ones but had never even heard of this one.

The Witches eye is basically a convex mirror, during the medieval times in France, convex mirrors was believed to have very strong magical powers often being referred to as ‘oeil de sorcière’ – which literally translates as ‘witch’s eye’!

It was thought that the convex mirror acted as a huge eye – observing the surroundings and repelling evil forces.

Convex mirrors was mainly placed either at the top of doorways or at the side of windows or doors to prevent evil entering the home.

Aimee noticed that on the mirror I had brought there was a tudor rose. She thought this was interesting as Mary Queen of Scots mother in law – Catherine Medici used a convex mirror to predict her future and to predict the future of France.

Flowers on mirrors was strongly associated to occult practices and was thought to be a satanic tool – it was widely believed that even the devil sometimes appeared in the shape of a flower.