>[!NOTE]+ Meta Author:: [[Sachiko Tamashige]] Reference:: https://garlandmag.com/article/alchemy-in-japanese-traditional-craft-forging-and-polishing-the-spiritual-world/ Date:: 2022 Tags:: #Japan #metal WeftLinks:: [[Spiritual value of craft]] Claim:: [[Claim - Craft plays an important role in worship]] > [!SUMMARY] Summary > The making and polishing of the mirror has great spiritual significance in Shinto religion. ![[Pasted image 20220511115548.png]] Sachiko Tamashige writes about the value of the mirror in the Shinto shrine. It is moulded and polished to emanate a sacred design. The processes in its manufacture and maintenance are testaments to belief. Sachiko also showed how these traditional metal skills have been allied to polishing of mirrors in modern telescopes.