Complete Definition of "crystallomancy"

English

Noun
en-noun|- (also crystalomancy, chrystallomancy, cristallomancy)

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

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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