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  2. Catoptromancy - Wikipedia

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    There are many different methods of catoptromancy. Some practitioners use a single mirror, while others use multiple mirrors or even crystal balls. Some people look into the mirror in a dark room, while others prefer to do it in natural light. Some practitioners focus on their own reflection, while others look for visions of other people or events.

  3. Psychomanteum - Wikipedia

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    In parapsychology and Spiritualism, a psychomanteum is a small, enclosed area set up with a comfortable chair, dim lighting, and a mirror angled so as not to reflect anything but darkness intended to communicate with spirits of the dead. [1] [2] [3]

  4. Methods of divination - Wikipedia

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    crystal ball gazing → see scrying; crystal gazing → see scrying; crystallomancy / ˈ k r ɪ s t ə l oʊ m æ n s i / → see scrying (Greek krustallos, ' crystal ' + manteía, ' prophecy ') cubomancy / ˈ k juː b oʊ m æ n s i / → see cleromancy (Greek kubos, ' cube ' + manteía, ' prophecy ') cyathomancy / ˈ s aɪ ə θ oʊ m æ n s ...

  5. Scrying - Wikipedia

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    Scrying, also referred to as "seeing" or "peeping," is a practice rooted in divination and fortune-telling.It involves gazing into a medium, hoping to receive significant messages or visions that could offer personal guidance, prophecy, revelation, or inspiration. [1]

  6. 30 Stunning Colorized Images That Bring History To Life

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    Image credits: Downey, Jack,, photographer. Many of us love using black-and-white filters on our photos today, but back in the day, that was the only option! Imagine a world where every photo was ...

  7. Perceptions of religious imagery in natural phenomena

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    People have been found to perceive images with spiritual or religious themes or import, sometimes called iconoplasms or simulacra, in the shapes of natural phenomena. The images perceived, whether iconic or aniconic , may be the faces of religious notables or the manifestation of spiritual symbols in the natural, organic media or phenomena of ...

  8. Melong - Wikipedia

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    The mirror is part of the iconography of Akshobhya, one of the Five Tathagatas, who is the embodiment of "Mirror-like Awareness" (Sanskrit: ādarśa-jñāna, [2] which is "devoid of all dualistic thought and ever united with its 'content' as a mirror is with its reflections"; [3] [b] This type of wisdom is a transformation of the eighth consciousness, the Alayavijnana.

  9. Mirrors in Mesoamerican culture - Wikipedia

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    Far from being a personal cosmetic accessory, mirrors in Mesoamerica were divinatory aids and also formed a part of elite status costume. [5] Mirrors were viewed as metaphors for sacred caves and as conduits for supernatural forces; they were associated with fiery hearths and pools of water because of their bright surfaces.