Divination with a crystal ball; that is, the act of staring into a crystal globe (crystal ball) supposedly in order to arouse visual perceptions of the future, etc.

Spheromancy, or crystal gazing, may be used by practitioners; sometimes called "readers" or "seers" for a variety of purposes; including predicting distant or future events, to give character analysis, to tell fortunes, or to help a client make choices about current situations and problems.