The Cursed Mirror
An old, antique wooden mirror, covered with a cloth, stapled to its four corners, sits on top of my late maternal grandmother's closet. As a kid, I wondered why such an antique artefact was placed in such an inconspicuous corner and covered and stapled with a cloth. As my late maternal grandmother told it, "Grandson, when we were young, it was like this..." "Kim Lian! Come and pray to the mirror. Then let's drink tea. Later, we'll sacrifice a pig to the Holy Spirit." "Kim Lia
