Scrying (nonfiction)

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The Crystal Ball by John William Waterhouse (1902).

Scrying (also called seeing or peeping) is the practice of looking into a translucent ball or other material with the belief that things can be seen, such as visions of distant times and places.

The most common media used are reflective, translucent, or luminescent substances such as crystals, stones, glass, mirrors, water, fire, or smoke.

Scrying has been used in many cultures in the belief that it can divine the past, present, or future.

The visions that come when one stares into the media are believed by some to come from one's subconscious and imagination, though others believe they come from gods, spirits, devils, or the psychic mind, depending on the culture and practice.

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