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Crystal Gazing, also known as Crystallomamancy, is a method of scrying into a transpaarent, translucent, or opaque crystal ball or natural rock crystal. | Crystal Gazing, also known as Crystallomamancy, is a method of scrying into a transpaarent, translucent, or opaque crystal ball or natural rock crystal. | ||
Because of the inherent beauty of crystals balls, the craftsmanship that goes into making them, and the difficulty of depicting their lucent qualities in art, they have become a popular subject in art. They are seen both as still-life subjects and, when a person is shown using them for scrying, as props in genre art that depicts fortune tellers. Their high price means that they are not the tools of folkloric or domestic divination systems such as [[:Category:Palmistry|Palmistry]], [[:Category:Dice Reading| Dice Reading]], [[:Category:Domino Reading| Domino Reading]], or [[:Category:Cartomancy|Cartomancy]] -- and their traditional point of origin -- India -- leads to the use of "exotic" sets and costumes, both when the art is documentary and when it is a romantic fantasy. | |||
Several methods of crystal gazing are revealed in "Secrets of the Crystal Silence League" by Claude Alexander Conlin. | Several methods of crystal gazing are revealed in "Secrets of the Crystal Silence League" by Claude Alexander Conlin. | ||
Revision as of 18:23, 23 March 2023
Crystal Gazing, also known as Crystallomamancy, is a method of scrying into a transpaarent, translucent, or opaque crystal ball or natural rock crystal.
Because of the inherent beauty of crystals balls, the craftsmanship that goes into making them, and the difficulty of depicting their lucent qualities in art, they have become a popular subject in art. They are seen both as still-life subjects and, when a person is shown using them for scrying, as props in genre art that depicts fortune tellers. Their high price means that they are not the tools of folkloric or domestic divination systems such as Palmistry, Dice Reading, Domino Reading, or Cartomancy -- and their traditional point of origin -- India -- leads to the use of "exotic" sets and costumes, both when the art is documentary and when it is a romantic fantasy.
Several methods of crystal gazing are revealed in "Secrets of the Crystal Silence League" by Claude Alexander Conlin.
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Pages in category "Crystal Gazing"
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