crystallomancy

English

Alternative forms
  • crystalomancy
  • chrystallomancy (obsolete)
  • cristallomancy (obsolete)

Etymology

crystallo- +‎ -mancy

Noun

crystallomancy (uncountable)

  1. The use of a crystal ball or other transparent solid for the purpose of divination.

References
  • "Chrystallomancy, by glasses..." - The Magastromancer xix, Gaule, 1652
  • "Precious stones were much used by crystallomancers in the past, the favourite stone being the beryl in pale sea green or reddish tints. By the ancients crystallomancy was practised with a view to the invocation of spirits." - Encyc. Occult, L. Spence, 1920
  • Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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