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Crystal gazing or
crystallomancy is a
method for
seeing visions achieved through trance induction by
means of
gazing at a crystal. Traditionally, it has...
- divination,
indicating that
these crystal globes may have been used for
crystallomancy. John Dee was a
noted British mathematician, astronomer, astrologer...
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various cultures throughout the world. A
recently more
common variant is
crystallomancy also
known as
crystal gazing.
Using quartz as a
crystal ball it is stereotypically...
- and lack a
standardized structure.
Practitioners coin
terms such as "
crystallomancy," "spheromancy," or "catoptromancy,"
naming practices based on the medium...
- cup),
cartomancy (fortune
telling with cards),
tarot card reading,
crystallomancy (reading of a
crystal sphere), and
chiromancy (palmistry,
reading of...
- 'prophecy')
crystal ball
gazing → see
scrying crystal gazing → see
scrying crystallomancy /ˈkrɪstəloʊmænsi/ → see
scrying (Gr**** krustallos, 'crystal' + manteía...
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first time an
example of
those combinations of
lecanomancy with
crystallomancy or
catoptromancy to
which I
alluded previously. The text of the Irish...
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Spirit Circle formed in January, 1857.
Hockley practiced the art of '
crystallomancy' or 'the art of
invocating spirits by the crystal' and
believed this...
