MAGIC WORDS ant. Together they hurried out through the crack in the door. When they were outside the shoemaker said, 'Foken falk,' and became a bird. The princess repeated, 'Foken falk,' and set out flying with him." -- Richard Dorson, "The Shoemaker and the Princess," Bloodstoppers and Bearwalkers (1972) Mirror Mirror The magic is in you, and the mirrors reflect it. -- Uma Reed, Developing Your Intuition With Magic Mirrors (1998) Mystique: Mirror. There is a "shivery thrill" to the word. "Mirrors have been used as special, magical devices for thousands of years. . . . It is not surprising that the magical words 'Mirror, mirror on the wall' play such an important part in the story of Snow White." As in Lewis Carroll's famous novel Through the Looking Glass, mirrors entice us with the idea that they might show "alternative worlds or realities."24 Small wonder that mirrors have played such an important, historical part in the art of conjuring. In Literature: • "Mirror, mirror, mirror. The words reflected back and forth endlessly in his mind." -- Ian Irvine, A Shadow on the Glass (1998) Figure 28. The Chinese symbol of "the mirror," one of the "Eight Precious Things." 22 Ian Irvine, Dark is the Moon (1999) 2 Richard Webster, Soul Mates (2001) 24 Stephen R. Donaldson, Mirror of Her Dreams (1986)