The art or process of "seeing" is known as "scrying", whereby images are claimed to be seen in crystals, or other media such as water, and are interpreted as meaningful information. The "information" gleaned then is used to make important decisions in one's life ( love, marriage, finances, travel, business, etc.).By contrast, some professed seers say that they do not actually see images in the crystal, but rather that the featureless interior of the crystal facilitates them in clearing their mind of distractions so that future truths or events will become known to them.When the technique of scrying is used with crystals, or any transparent body, it is known as crystallomancy or crystal gazing.
