Jan 16, 2008

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Diana's Mirror is three things: Firstly it is the lake of Nemi, Lago di Nemi, near Aricia, just outside Rome. The romans called this lake Lacus Diana, Lacus Trivia or Speculum Diana: Diana's Mirror. It is situated down in a volcano, and by the lakeside, there was in ancient times a forest with a sacred grove with a shrine for Diana Nemorensis. The shrine and the surrounding Alban hills is one of the most inportant sacred and historic places for the romans and the Latins.

Secondly there are all the goddesses that are like Diana, who we may call a Mirror of Diana. Diana at Nemi is called Diana Nemorensis. Sometimes she is called the Scythian Diana, and is related to Artemis, Cybele and other goddesses like Hecate, Nemetona, Trivia, Isis, The Black Madonna or Luna. All of these are mirrors of Diana.

Thirdly it is a method: To see all the images of Diana we have to use a tool. Diana's Mirror is our magic tool through which we can her mirror-images. But the mirror's magic can be used by others as well. If Jesus looks into it, he'll see Dionysos, perhaps Tammuz, or who knows?

So this is what we are going to do: to look into Diana's Mirror from different angles and see what turnes up!

By the way, there also is a novel by AR Homer (!) called "The Mirror of Diana", which you can read online.