The Mirror That Reflects Your True Soul
Tales From The Forbidden Library
[{'start': '0.100', 'end': '2.700', 'text': 'there are mirrors we look into every day'}, {'start': '2.733', 'end': '5.433', 'text': 'mirrors that show us what we expect to see'}, {'start': '5.533', 'end': '7.600', 'text': 'a face a body'}, {'start': '7.833', 'end': '11.966', 'text': 'a carefully maintained illusion of who we think we are'}, {'start': '12.500', 'end': '14.833', 'text': 'but across cultures and centuries'}, {'start': '15.200', 'end': '16.633', 'text': 'there have always been whispers'}, {'start': '16.633', 'end': '18.166', 'text': 'of another kind of mirror'}, {'start': '18.600', 'end': '20.666', 'text': 'a mirror not made for vanity or light'}, {'start': '20.666', 'end': '21.766', 'text': 'but for truth'}, {'start': '21.933', 'end': '25.033', 'text': 'a mirror that does not show the skin but the soul'}, {'start': '25.033', 'end': '29.000', 'text': 'according to legend there exists a ritual obscure'}, {'start': '29.000', 'end': '30.333', 'text': 'almost forgotten'}, 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'64.600', 'text': "it's passed down through fragmented oral accounts"}, {'start': '64.733', 'end': '67.233', 'text': 'strange footnotes in forbidden texts'}, {'start': '67.333', 'end': '68.900', 'text': 'or the journals of mystics'}, {'start': '68.900', 'end': '71.100', 'text': 'who lived and died in isolation'}, {'start': '71.533', 'end': '74.166', 'text': 'some call it the ritual of the true gaze'}, {'start': '74.333', 'end': '77.200', 'text': 'others simply call it the mirror test'}, {'start': '77.733', 'end': '81.933', 'text': 'but the process is always similar and always dangerous'}, {'start': '82.033', 'end': '84.800', 'text': 'it begins at night not just any night'}, {'start': '84.800', 'end': '86.300', 'text': 'but one without a moon'}, {'start': '86.833', 'end': '88.933', 'text': 'total darkness is key'}, {'start': '89.500', 'end': '92.300', 'text': 'the mirror must be placed in a room with no windows'}, {'start': '92.300', 'end': '93.700', 'text': 'and no other light'}, {'start': '94.200', 'end': '97.333', 'text': 'the only illumination allowed is a single candle'}, {'start': '97.333', 'end': '99.033', 'text': 'placed behind the observer'}, {'start': '99.266', 'end': '101.900', 'text': 'casting no light onto the mirror itself'}, {'start': '102.700', 'end': '104.433', 'text': 'before the ritual begins'}, {'start': '104.666', 'end': '107.933', 'text': "a circle of salt must be drawn around the mirror's base"}, {'start': '108.333', 'end': '110.400', 'text': 'along with a spoken incantation'}, {'start': '110.866', 'end': '112.333', 'text': 'not to summon anything'}, {'start': '112.733', 'end': '115.233', 'text': 'but to prevent something from getting out'}, {'start': '115.900', 'end': '118.333', 'text': 'then the rules become simple'}, {'start': '118.600', 'end': '121.233', 'text': 'terrifyingly simple you sit'}, {'start': '121.266', 'end': '123.433', 'text': 'you stare you do not blink'}, {'start': '123.433', 'end': '126.700', 'text': 'for as long as possible you do not look away'}, {'start': '126.800', 'end': '129.300', 'text': 'and no matter what you see in that mirror'}, {'start': '129.366', 'end': '133.000', 'text': 'no matter how it changes shifts or distorts'}, {'start': '133.133', 'end': '135.733', 'text': 'you must not speak not a word'}, {'start': '135.866', 'end': '137.300', 'text': 'because the moment you do'}, {'start': '137.300', 'end': '140.600', 'text': 'the ritual ends but something else continues'}, {'start': '140.600', 'end': '142.433', 'text': "they say the mirror doesn't lie"}, {'start': '143.033', 'end': '145.100', 'text': "it doesn't show you what you want to see"}, {'start': '145.100', 'end': '147.200', 'text': 'or what others believe about you'}, {'start': '147.633', 'end': '151.233', 'text': 'it shows you what you are without denial'}, {'start': '151.266', 'end': '153.800', 'text': 'without memory without Protection'}, {'start': '154.300', 'end': '156.566', 'text': 'it shows you the shape of your soul'}, {'start': '157.133', 'end': '160.400', 'text': "and for many that shape is not something they've ever"}, {'start': '160.400', 'end': '162.000', 'text': 'truly been ready to face'}, {'start': '162.133', 'end': '164.733', 'text': 'some who complete the ritual are never the same'}, {'start': '164.866', 'end': '167.900', 'text': 'some go silent some become obsessed'}, {'start': '168.300', 'end': '171.366', 'text': 'some report seeing their reflections move on their own'}, {'start': '171.466', 'end': '173.200', 'text': 'blinking at the wrong time'}, {'start': '173.200', 'end': '174.633', 'text': 'smiling without cause'}, {'start': '174.666', 'end': '177.633', 'text': 'whispering soundlessly from the other side of the glass'}, {'start': '178.033', 'end': '180.900', 'text': 'it is not just a mirror it is a doorway'}, {'start': '181.066', 'end': '185.000', 'text': "one that opens both ways and once you've looked into it"}, {'start': '185.200', 'end': '188.066', 'text': 'something on the other side may decide to look back'}, {'start': '193.200', 'end': '194.333', 'text': 'the origin of the Soul'}, {'start': '194.333', 'end': '196.900', 'text': 'Mirror is not tied to any one place'}, {'start': '197.000', 'end': '198.366', 'text': 'culture or faith'}, {'start': '198.633', 'end': '201.966', 'text': 'and that perhaps is what makes it so disturbing'}, {'start': '202.666', 'end': '203.800', 'text': 'stories of reflective'}, {'start': '203.800', 'end': '206.033', 'text': 'objects that show more than just the face'}, {'start': '206.033', 'end': '208.000', 'text': 'have surfaced all over the world'}, {'start': '208.133', 'end': '210.533', 'text': 'separated by oceans and centuries'}, {'start': '210.666', 'end': '212.633', 'text': 'yet eerily similar in tone'}, {'start': '213.700', 'end': '216.500', 'text': 'these are not tales of vanity or folklore'}, {'start': '216.666', 'end': '218.766', 'text': 'they are warnings quiet'}, {'start': '218.800', 'end': '219.933', 'text': 'persistent echoes'}, {'start': '219.933', 'end': '222.400', 'text': 'of something older than language itself'}, {'start': '223.300', 'end': '224.400', 'text': 'some accounts claim'}, {'start': '224.400', 'end': '227.200', 'text': 'the mirror was never made by human hands at all'}, {'start': '227.433', 'end': '230.500', 'text': 'that it was a gift or more accurately'}, {'start': '230.600', 'end': '234.800', 'text': 'a curse left behind by something not of this world'}, {'start': '235.433', 'end': '236.600', 'text': 'in one version'}, {'start': '236.666', 'end': '239.266', 'text': 'the mirror was found at the base of a collapsed temple'}, {'start': '239.266', 'end': '243.200', 'text': 'in ancient Mesopotamia buried beneath stone and sand'}, {'start': '243.200', 'end': '245.333', 'text': 'that predated recorded time'}, {'start': '245.400', 'end': '247.766', 'text': 'it had no frame no markings'}, {'start': '247.866', 'end': '250.366', 'text': 'and no reflection when placed under sunlight'}, 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'280.600', 'text': 'only used when a new initiate claimed to be free of sin'}, {'start': '281.333', 'end': '283.133', 'text': 'the results were never shared'}, {'start': '283.133', 'end': '286.933', 'text': 'only the outcome some ran screaming into the night'}, {'start': '287.133', 'end': '289.100', 'text': 'others begged to be blinded'}, {'start': '289.633', 'end': '292.100', 'text': 'a few simply stopped speaking entirely'}, {'start': '292.233', 'end': '295.133', 'text': 'choosing silence over the burden of what they had seen'}, {'start': '295.133', 'end': '297.400', 'text': 'but perhaps the most unsettling theory'}, {'start': '297.400', 'end': '299.766', 'text': "is that the mirror isn't ancient at all"}, {'start': '300.000', 'end': '302.333', 'text': 'not in the way we understand time'}, {'start': '302.333', 'end': '303.933', 'text': 'some occult historians believe'}, {'start': '303.933', 'end': '306.200', 'text': 'it exists outside of time'}, {'start': '306.666', 'end': '308.733', 'text': 'that it appears when it is needed'}, {'start': '308.733', 'end': '310.966', 'text': 'or when it is summoned through ritual'}, {'start': '311.233', 'end': '313.600', 'text': 'arriving not as a physical object'}, {'start': '313.733', 'end': '316.100', 'text': 'but as a temporary tear in the veil'}, {'start': '316.100', 'end': '318.133', 'text': 'between self and soul'}, {'start': '319.266', 'end': '322.233', 'text': 'they suggest that it is not the mirror itself'}, {'start': '322.233', 'end': '325.033', 'text': 'that is dangerous but what it connects to'}, {'start': '325.033', 'end': '329.100', 'text': 'a place or a consciousness that feeds on identity'}, {'start': '329.200', 'end': '331.133', 'text': 'that hungers for recognition'}, {'start': '331.133', 'end': '333.633', 'text': 'there are scattered reports of identical mirrors'}, {'start': '333.800', 'end': '336.566', 'text': 'surfacing in vastly different parts of the world'}, {'start': '336.666', 'end': '338.800', 'text': 'sometimes within days of each other'}, {'start': '338.866', 'end': '341.366', 'text': 'always under strange circumstances'}, {'start': '342.033', 'end': '344.666', 'text': 'a broken mirror in a burned out asylum'}, {'start': '344.666', 'end': '346.566', 'text': 'in 19th century Germany'}, {'start': '346.566', 'end': '349.900', 'text': 'a polished obsidian shard found in a jungle temple'}, {'start': '349.900', 'end': '352.333', 'text': 'with no known civilization nearby'}, {'start': '353.033', 'end': '356.733', 'text': 'a plain silver mirror still warm to the touch'}, {'start': '356.833', 'end': '358.800', 'text': 'recovered from the wreckage of a ship'}, {'start': '358.800', 'end': '360.966', 'text': 'that had never sent a distress call'}, {'start': '361.466', 'end': '363.500', 'text': 'each one bore the same traits'}, {'start': '363.800', 'end': '365.733', 'text': 'no reflection in daylight'}, {'start': '365.866', 'end': '368.433', 'text': 'a shifting pulsing gleam in the dark'}, 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'406.100', 'end': '408.633', 'text': 'but every rule exists for a reason'}, {'start': '409.200', 'end': '412.166', 'text': 'every step is there not just to complete the ritual'}, {'start': '412.266', 'end': '414.033', 'text': 'but to protect you from what lies'}, {'start': '414.033', 'end': '415.566', 'text': 'on the other side of the mirror'}, {'start': '415.566', 'end': '417.433', 'text': 'it begins with isolation'}, {'start': '417.800', 'end': '419.833', 'text': 'the room must be completely sealed'}, {'start': '419.833', 'end': '421.800', 'text': 'no windows no ambient light'}, {'start': '421.800', 'end': '423.966', 'text': 'no sounds from the outside world'}, {'start': '424.400', 'end': '426.933', 'text': 'the mirror is placed upright at eye level'}, {'start': '427.033', 'end': '429.633', 'text': 'preferably with no frame or ornamentation'}, {'start': '430.300', 'end': '433.300', 'text': 'the plainer the mirror the stronger the effect'}, {'start': '433.800', 'end': '436.533', 'text': 'the candle is positioned behind the observer'}, {'start': '436.533', 'end': '437.733', 'text': 'never in front'}, {'start': '437.866', 'end': '440.333', 'text': 'its light must not touch the surface of the mirror'}, {'start': '440.333', 'end': '441.166', 'text': 'directly'}, {'start': '441.500', 'end': '443.966', 'text': "it's not meant to illuminate what's in the glass"}, {'start': '444.500', 'end': '446.833', 'text': "it's meant to cast just enough shadow"}, {'start': '446.833', 'end': '449.766', 'text': 'to separate what you see from what you think you see'}, {'start': '449.933', 'end': '452.966', 'text': 'the ritual must be performed at midnight on a new moon'}, {'start': '453.200', 'end': '455.433', 'text': 'not before not after'}, {'start': '456.100', 'end': '457.800', 'text': 'the window of time is brief'}, {'start': '458.066', 'end': '461.000', 'text': 'and those who have tried outside the allowed hour'}, {'start': '461.000', 'end': '464.533', 'text': 'often report nothing more than static reflections or'}, {'start': '464.533', 'end': '466.933', 'text': 'worse warped images of themselves'}, {'start': '466.933', 'end': '469.033', 'text': 'that linger after the mirror is covered'}, {'start': '469.600', 'end': '471.200', 'text': 'before the ritual begins'}, {'start': '471.400', 'end': '473.933', 'text': 'you are required to cleanse the space'}, {'start': '474.266', 'end': '475.900', 'text': 'salt around the perimeter'}, {'start': '476.033', 'end': '479.600', 'text': 'a spoken invocation not one of Protection'}, {'start': '479.666', 'end': '480.933', 'text': 'but of permission'}, {'start': '481.233', 'end': '483.600', 'text': 'you are not shielding yourself from harm'}, {'start': '483.633', 'end': '484.900', 'text': 'you are opening yourself'}, {'start': '484.900', 'end': '487.533', 'text': 'to whatever may answer from the other side'}, {'start': '488.000', 'end': '489.833', 'text': 'this distinction is crucial'}, {'start': '490.433', 'end': '490.833', 'text': 'many'}, {'start': '490.833', 'end': '493.600', 'text': 'who have approached the ritual with defensive energy'}, {'start': '493.600', 'end': '496.233', 'text': 'have found that the mirror reacts violently'}, {'start': '496.500', 'end': '497.933', 'text': 'shattering on contact'}, {'start': '497.933', 'end': '500.200', 'text': 'or refusing to show anything at all'}, {'start': '500.200', 'end': '503.233', 'text': 'once seated you must stare directly into the mirror'}, {'start': '503.233', 'end': '506.500', 'text': 'without blinking the longer you hold the gaze'}, {'start': '506.500', 'end': '509.633', 'text': 'the more clearly your true reflection begins to form'}, {'start': '509.933', 'end': '512.933', 'text': 'it may take minutes it may take hours'}, {'start': '513.300', 'end': '515.200', 'text': 'you may see nothing at first'}, {'start': '515.300', 'end': '517.033', 'text': 'only your normal face'}, {'start': '517.100', 'end': '519.600', 'text': "flickering slightly 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'1603.266', 'end': '1605.300', 'text': 'and were those eyes truly yours'}, {'start': '1605.466', 'end': '1607.900', 'text': "because for some who've performed the ritual"}, {'start': '1607.933', 'end': '1609.633', 'text': "the shift isn't immediate"}, {'start': '1609.766', 'end': '1610.800', 'text': "it's subtle"}, {'start': '1611.166', 'end': '1614.366', 'text': 'a sense that their reflection no longer feels familiar'}, {'start': '1614.600', 'end': '1616.666', 'text': 'that the timing of a blink is off'}, {'start': '1616.666', 'end': '1619.866', 'text': 'or a smile appears before their lips begin to move'}, {'start': '1619.966', 'end': '1623.700', 'text': 'most brush it off blame it on nerves or imagination'}, {'start': '1624.466', 'end': '1627.666', 'text': 'but as the days go by they begin to notice more'}, {'start': '1628.166', 'end': '1630.166', 'text': 'the reflection grows bold'}, {'start': '1630.333', 'end': '1633.600', 'text': 'it begins to follow them not through footsteps'}, {'start': '1633.600', 'end': '1636.866', 'text': 'but through moments it stares too long'}, {'start': '1637.200', 'end': '1639.033', 'text': "it twitches when they don't"}, {'start': '1639.300', 'end': '1641.700', 'text': 'it lingers even after they turn away'}, {'start': '1641.700', 'end': '1644.766', 'text': "and sometimes it doesn't stay in the mirror"}, {'start': '1644.900', 'end': '1646.900', 'text': 'there are stories rare'}, {'start': '1647.133', 'end': '1649.166', 'text': 'whispered and terrifying'}, {'start': '1649.166', 'end': '1651.800', 'text': 'of people who swear their reflections stepped out'}, {'start': '1651.866', 'end': '1652.833', 'text': 'not literally'}, {'start': '1652.966', 'end': '1655.566', 'text': 'not in a burst of smoke and shattered glass'}, {'start': '1655.966', 'end': '1658.266', 'text': 'but spiritually slowly'}, {'start': '1658.466', 'end': '1661.566', 'text': 'one behavior at a time a change in voice'}, {'start': '1661.700', 'end': '1664.800', 'text': "a look in the eye that others notice but can't explain"}, {'start': '1665.133', 'end': '1666.133', 'text': 'a growing sense'}, {'start': '1666.133', 'end': '1668.166', 'text': 'that the person who came back from the ritual'}, {'start': '1668.166', 'end': '1670.166', 'text': 'is not the same one who began it'}, {'start': '1670.366', 'end': '1672.766', 'text': 'that something else returned in their place'}, {'start': '1672.866', 'end': '1675.600', 'text': 'wearing their face breathing their air'}, {'start': '1676.200', 'end': '1678.800', 'text': 'what that thing is no one can say'}, {'start': '1679.466', 'end': '1681.666', 'text': 'a soul fractured and inverted'}, {'start': '1681.800', 'end': '1684.200', 'text': 'a shadow self long buried'}, {'start': '1684.766', 'end': '1686.600', 'text': 'or something far older'}, {'start': '1686.733', 'end': '1689.600', 'text': 'drawn through the mirror by attention and belief'}, {'start': '1690.300', 'end': '1694.066', 'text': "whatever it may be it 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'1724.000', 'text': 'would you survive seeing your true soul'}, {'start': '1724.400', 'end': '1727.166', 'text': 'or would it be the last thing you ever recognize'}, {'start': '1727.266', 'end': '1728.900', 'text': 'if this story haunted you'}, {'start': '1728.900', 'end': '1730.766', 'text': 'share your thoughts in the comments'}, {'start': '1731.133', 'end': '1732.933', 'text': 'have you ever looked into a mirror'}, {'start': '1732.933', 'end': '1735.000', 'text': 'and felt like someone or something'}, {'start': '1735.500', 'end': '1736.766', 'text': 'was looking back'}, {'start': '1737.466', 'end': '1740.500', 'text': "I'd love to hear your theories and experiences"}, {'start': '1741.100', 'end': '1743.400', 'text': 'and if you want to hear more forbidden rituals'}, {'start': '1743.400', 'end': '1744.966', 'text': 'and terrifying truths'}, {'start': '1745.100', 'end': '1748.200', 'text': 'be sure to like this video and subscribe to the channel'}, {'start': '1748.733', 'end': '1750.433', 'text': 'there are more stories waiting'}, {'start': '1750.500', 'end': '1752.966', 'text': 'and the next one may be closer than you think'}, {'start': '1753.000', 'end': '1755.033', 'text': 'because some mirrors never forget'}, {'start': '1755.300', 'end': '1755.900', 'text': 'and neither'}, {'start': '1755.900', 'end': '1758.433', 'text': 'do the things staring out from the other side'}]