



" Men have wasted away before it, not knowing if what they have seen is real, or even possible." - Albus Dumbledore explaining the danger of the mirror to Harry Potter Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi. The writing engraved on the frame of the mirror was supposedly in a foreign and probably dead language, but if one looked closely it said " I show not your face but your heart's desire" backwards, with the spaces rearranged. But of course, it is intrinsically inherent for human nature to desire something greater than one's own self - meaning that an event wherein the mirror fails to carry out its intended purpose rarely, if at all, happens. The happiest and most satisfied person in the world would look in the mirror and see a reflection of them, exactly as they were, for they would then have no one and nothing more to yearn or desire for that the mirror could ever show them. The Mirror of Erised was a magical mirror, which, according to Albus Dumbledore, shows the " deepest, most desperate desire of our hearts." The name "Erised" is "desire" spelled backwards, as if reflected in a mirror. " The mirror shows the most desperate desire of a person's heart, a vision that has been known to drive men mad." - Description It has clawed feet and a gold frame inscribed with the phrase " Erised stra ehru oyt ube cafru oyt on wohsi. " The Mirror of Erised is an ancient, ornate mirror.
