APA Dictionary of Psychology

crystal gazing

Updated on 04/19/2018
  1. in certain alternative therapies, a technique in which an individual is instructed to visualize significant experiences or produce associations while staring into a glass ball, light bulb, mirror, or other shiny or transparent object.
  2. the occult practice in which a fortune teller or clairvoyant looks into a crystal ball to “see” visions of future or hidden events, usually in the life of a particular client. It is a form of scrying.
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