scry
Divine through gazing
Scry is to see visions in a reflective or translucent surface—a crystal ball, mirror, pool of water, or flame.
The practice belongs to fortune-telling and divination: The witch scryed into her obsidian mirror.
In fantasy games and fiction, scrying often means magical remote viewing: The wizard scryed on his enemies from across the kingdom.
Authoritative wisdom source
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- sibylAncient female prophet
- pythiaHigh-energy physics simulator
- seeressWoman who foretells
prophetess · augur · diviner · medium · psychic · clairvoyant · fortune-teller · mystic
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- visionAbility to see
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
- entrancementState of being spellbound
- hypnosisInduced trance state
mesmerism · dream · oneiric · manifestation · ecstasy · somnambulism · surrealistic · unreal
Predict future events
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- prognosticateForetell future events
- presageIndicate beforehand
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
premonition · prescience · revelation · vision · foreknowledge · augury · omen · portent
Divination card set
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- auguryOmen interpretation practice
- runesOld Germanic script
- pendulumSuspended swinging weight
tea-leaves · palmistry · astrology · horoscope · geomancy · hydromancy · pyromancy · bibliomancy
Ceremonial set of actions
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- witchcraftPractice of supernatural magic
- necromancyCommunicating with the deceased
- conjurationMagical act of summoning
spellcasting · incantation · arcane · esoteric · grimoire · magick · enchantment · invocation
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- sibylAncient female prophet
- pythiaHigh-energy physics simulator
seeress · prophetess · augur · diviner · medium · psychic · clairvoyant · fortune-teller · mystic · shaman
trance
Semiconscious, unresponsive condition
- visionAbility to see
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
- entrancementState of being spellbound
hypnosis · mesmerism · dream · oneiric · manifestation · ecstasy · somnambulism · surrealistic · unreal · disorientation
foretell
Predict future events
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- prognosticateForetell future events
- presageIndicate beforehand
foresight · premonition · prescience · revelation · vision · foreknowledge · augury · omen · portent · soothsaying
tarot
Divination card set
pendulum · tea-leaves · palmistry · astrology · horoscope · geomancy · hydromancy · pyromancy · bibliomancy · dowsing
ritual
Ceremonial set of actions
- sorceryPractice of dark magic
- witchcraftPractice of supernatural magic
- necromancyCommunicating with the deceased
conjuration · spellcasting · incantation · arcane · esoteric · grimoire · magick · enchantment · invocation · ceremonial
peer
One of similar standing
discern · behold · envision · witness · observe · see · reveal · penetrate · unfocus · stare
- flip the scriptSubvert expected dynamics
- off script
- film scriptWritten work for cinema
- script fontsTypefaces resembling handwriting
- flipped the scriptSubverted the expected dynamic
- flipping the scriptReversing established dynamics