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The Book of Mirrors is a personal journal kept in some wiccan traditions. If the Book of Shadows is a collection of the magical knowledge of a witch, the Book of Mirrors is a collection of opinions, feelings, reactions, and thoughts on magical and mundane events in the witch's life. For the book series Wicca see Sweep (book series) and Circle Of Three. ... The Book of Shadows is the religious text of Wicca, containing the core rituals, practices, and wisdom of a Wiccan tradition. ...
Generally, the Book of Mirrors is kept as a log of reactions and reflections on magical workings of the witch. After a spell worked in the Book of Shadows is completed, the witch studies its perceived effects and records these perceptions in the Book of Mirrors. This provides the witch with a foundation from which to reinterpret the meaning and utility of the spell that has been cast.
Use of a Book of Mirrors is not a part of Gardnerian Wicca or many of the mainstream offshoots it has produced. However, it is a growing tradition among some of the more obscure traditions of wicca that are further removed from the Gardnerian tradition. This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...