A mirror keeps more than it shows. Clear the Clouded Glass is a cleansing mirror spell — an advanced full-moon working that wipes a looking glass free of the faces, moods, and long nights it has stood witness to. By washing the surface with salted water beneath the fullest light, you empty not only the glass but the room it watches and the one who stands before it, so the mirror wakes clean and reflects nothing but the present.
Correspondences for This Spell
- Colours: white with light blue
- Herbs: sage, rosemary, hyssop
- Crystal: selenite, clear quartz, black tourmaline
- Day: Monday
- Planet: the Moon
- Element: Water
- Moon phase: waning moon (to clear away)
For more on how these pairings support one another, see the correspondences guide.
What You Will Need
- A mirror — the one you wish to cleanse, or a small handheld glass
- A small bell with a clear, carrying tone
- Salt — sea salt or plain table salt
- Cool, clean water in a bowl
- A soft, lint-free cloth to wipe with, and a second dry cloth to shroud the glass
- Optional: a sprig of rosemary or hyssop, or a wand of selenite to seal the clarity
The Best Time to Cast
Cast beneath the Full Moon, when the glass can catch the brightest light of the month — the moon at the top of her hour, as the incantation names her. The fullness of that light lends itself to the emptying: what is most luminous is best able to expose and lift away whatever has settled in the glass. Work on a Monday, the Moon’s own day, to double the lunar current that carries this spell. If the residue feels heavy and you would rather draw it out slowly, cast instead during the waning moon, whose diminishing light naturally sweeps clutter away as it shrinks toward dark.
The Working
- When the full moon is high, set the mirror where its light can reach the glass, even faintly.
- Ring a small bell once close to the surface, and watch the sound move across it.
- Stir a little salt into cool water until it turns cloudy, then wet a clean cloth in it.
- Wipe the glass in slow circles from the center outward, saying what you would have it release.
- As you work, do not meet your own eyes; watch only your hands and the clearing surface.
- When the glass is dry and bright, ring the bell a final time and let the note fade to nothing.
- Pour the salt water away outside, and cover the mirror with cloth until morning.
The Incantation
Glass that has watched and glass that has kept,
give back the faces, give back the years.
Every long night that a sleeper slept,
every reflection heavy with tears.
Bell to wake you, salt to scour,
water to carry the clouding away.
Clear as the moon at the top of her hour —
show me nothing until the day.
Variations & Substitutions
- No bell? A single clear note from a struck singing bowl, a tuning fork, or a wine glass rung with a wet fingertip will part the air just as well.
- To deepen the cleansing, steep a sprig of rosemary or a hyssop leaf in the salt water, or pass a wand of selenite over the dried glass to seal its brightness.
- For fragile silvering, antique and backless mirrors can be marred by salt water — set a bowl of salted water beside the glass and wipe with a barely damp cloth instead, letting the salt witness rather than touch.
A Word on Intent
The Wiccan Rede counsels, “an it harm none, do what ye will.” Cleansing is gentle magic, but keep it consensual: clear your own mirror, or one whose owner has asked you to. A looking glass can hold memory that matters to another person, so do not strip a shared or borrowed mirror without a word between you. Set your intent to release only what no longer serves — to clear, not to erase — and the working stays wholly in keeping with the Rede.
Related Cleansing Spells
Record what your glass gave up, and how it felt to clear it, in your Book of Shadows — then explore more workings like this one in the Grimoire.