During the act of crystal-gazing the seer may perceive images or shapes which are supposed to provide answers to questions that the seer him/herself has or someone else has on whose behalf the seer has been performing crystallomancy.
In this sense crystallomancy is a form of scrying which involves looking into any polished surface and gleaning hidden meanings from the reflections or images. Scrying however can take on many forms, ranging from looking into a pool of water, or a mirror to gazing on a crystalline surface. Crystallomancy though is a more refined and specific form of divination. The energies of the crystal resonate with the energies of the reader till his/her psychic abilities are sharpened and he/she can look into the past, future and present.
Practitioners and believers of crystallomancy claim that crystal gazing engenders visionary experiences and supernatural insight which enables the seer to look into the past, present and future. However critics of the practice claim that the supposed visions are either fiction or arise from the subconscious mind of the crystal gazer. Some experts on the subject have tried to resolve the conflict by claiming that the two positions as not mutually incompatible and it is possible that the psychic insight of the gazer is transposed on the crystal during a trance-like state and which he/she then uses to find answers to pertinent questions.
The history of crystallomancy goes back to scrying which existed in some form or other in almost all ancient cultures of the world, including the Babylonians, Ancient Egyptians, Hindus, Greeks, Mayans, Incas, North American Indians and Australian Aborigines. the crystal ball has been known to exist in Britain as early as 2000 BC and here the Druids were the first people to use crystals in divination...read more>>>...
