Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crystal-seer.
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- noun One who divines, sees or predicts the future by means of a scrying tool; especially a crystal ball.
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Examples
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It appears that Kelley, who probably did possess some mediumistic powers, the results of which he augmented by means of fraud, interested himself in these experiments, and not only became the doctor's "scryer," but also gulled him into the belief that he was in the possession of the arch-secrets of Alchemy.
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Yet there is genuine dramatic frisson delivered by the ice-cold counter-tenor of Christopher Robson as Edward Kelley, the psychic or "scryer" who became Dee's ultimate undoing.
Dr Dee, Palace Theatre, Manchester | First night review 2011
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One voice said the magician was the reincarnation of Edward Kelley, the con man scryer who saw the Angels in his visions, with John Dee whispering about it to Queen Elizabeth, using the codes to call the angels/demons in to create a language to use for spying and controlling the world, though never as much as desired.
Clock Tantra Bensko 2011
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Yet there is genuine dramatic frisson delivered by the ice-cold counter-tenor of Christopher Robson as Edward Kelley, the psychic or "scryer" who became Dee's ultimate undoing.
Dr Dee, Palace Theatre, Manchester | First night review 2011
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True, she wasn't primarily a scryer nor a far-seer; she hadn't the practice in it that specialists did.
Music to My Sorrow Lackey, Mercedes 2005
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True, she wasn't primarily a scryer nor a far-seer; she hadn't the practice in it that specialists did.
Music To My Sorrow Lackey, Mercedes 2005
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It is, says Theodore Bestermann in Crystal-Gazing, “a method of bringing into the consciousness of the scryer…the content of his subconsciousness…and of bringing into operation a latent faculty of perception.”
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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It is, says Theodore Bestermann in Crystal-Gazing, “a method of bringing into the consciousness of the scryer…the content of his subconsciousness…and of bringing into operation a latent faculty of perception.”
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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She had learned a new spell, or to be more precise, she had improvised it out of a scrying spell in Sarah's grimoire, that was supposed to use mirrors, linking the mirrors together, like a transmitter and a wireless radio, so that whatever was reflected in the target mirror was reflected in the one that the scryer held.
Phoenix And Ashes Lackey, Mercedes 2004
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It is, says Theodore Bestermann in Crystal-Gazing, “a method of bringing into the consciousness of the scryer…the content of his subconsciousness…and of bringing into operation a latent faculty of perception.”
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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