a friend of mine used to live in a rented converted attic and i think he and his brother inadvertantly created some kind of portal. i was totally innocent in this as i was just sat there watching, gobsmacked.
we were all just chillin, kickin back, and yes this is the damning part -smoking dope. this you might say is the explanation, tripping out on it, too much weed, paranoia, etc etc.

but i was almost straight having just turned up joining in the festivities. those two were blasted.
anyway, they started rearanging all this weird artifact crap that my friend has around his flat, voodoo masks, mirrors from his dead grandma, lighting candles and generally trying to make an atmosphere conducive with chilling out in a big way.
they had light from the candles bouncing round the room off various mirrors creating some weird effects, and to be honest it was pretty cool, sat there in this light show, getting wrecked. as the final mirror was being placed on the wall in a suitable position (his dead grandmothers ornate anicient thing) it, the mirror was sucked to the wall, trapping my friends fingers behind it,. this is when the room became filled with a wind, this is only how i can describe it, a penetrating wind, not actually blowing paper around or flame, but a rushing which went through all of us, all this time my friend was freaking out starting to shout that he couldnt get his fingers out, his brother stood behind him was wide eyed, he looked at me, i was helpless and couldnt believe what the hell was happening.

it all ended up with a broken mirror frame where my friend had to break it to get his fingers out, and us totally numb from the experience. i estimate it to have lasted around a minute. from peace to complete chaos and back.

a portal guys?? what do you reckon??

i can honestly say it was not a mass hallucination. i was watching this event happen right in front of me and i can remember distinctly the beggining and end of the wind which coincided with the placement of the final mirror.

How many:

Mirrors?

Candles?

Masks?

And what was the geometric arrangement?

And what part of the world was this in?

i cannot be specific about the items, just that stuff around the room was used, not in any geometrical pattern, that im aware of.

the masks were african things, like the tourists are given. candles...i suppose 8 or 10....

the idea was to make the candle reflections bounce off the mirrors creating weird effects. something was done right cuz of what happened. sorry i cant be any clearer.

am i right in assuming you wish to create a portal as well????

Kind of off topic, but I have heard a few reports from self-proclaimed "mediums," my own mother among them (and I have little reason to doubt her, I swear to God she can read my mind), that mirrors and candlelight have a profound effect in the channelling of extradimensional beings, ie ghosts. It stands to reason, then, that a proper arrangement of candles and mirrors could be used to open a door to another plane, or possibly even channel forth the very spirits that the masks represented. Many of those older religions used foci to invoke the powers and blessings of their gods. Mayhap your buds accidentally did that with the mask/mirror/candle thing. Possibility? Hmmmmm.....

I agree with naholith. Really though I think that in order to really do some research into it you would need to give more details and possibly try to re-create the same effect again.

yeaa i think you guys created a portal...
that sound cool..

I can't comment on the reality of the Portal , however I can add to the candle and mirror thing .
It is quite a popular belief amongst those in the know that placing a lit candle in front of a mirror is an apparent way of opening a gateway to the spirit world . This belief seems to stem from the practice of scrying , which is when you stare at a reflective suface in a medatative manner (relaxed mind) with background lighting , all suposed to help you make contact with the spirits or more practicly your subconcious.

yeah. i suppose the only way to find out more is to try to recreate this somehow.
my friend has moved since this happened,quite a few years ago now. but he still has his weird crap with him.

i was a big ouija user at one time and have abstained from using it for a good while. i had one hell of a job ridding myself and my house of all the entities.
i asked for knowledge and now i know too much.

my point is i am a little aprehensive doing this portal attempt, mainly cuz i dont wish to drag up all the old bad $hit that happened.

im getting the "feeling" now typing this. it doesnt take much.

i dont believe a word you say, sorry bucko

er... "seeking"... i suggest you seek a little harder. or better still refrain from seeking at all.