Think of the macrocosm as the universe that you and I and all else exists in and the microcosm as the univserse that exists within you yourself. The microcosm is a part of subtle reality. A reality who's nature is a sort of sub-reality. Its not as direct as the one we exist in yet we can affect it in ways that create direct changes in our macrocosmic lives.
A mirror acts like a door way between the two. It exists within the macrocosm yet reflects light and other forms of energy to your eyes, allowing one to see into their own microcosm or out into the macrocosm. Therefore, using a mirror, one is able to see (as in divine the properties of either) and project energy from one to the other and there by see into time and space or create change - cause magick to happen.
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