Magic Mirror | Top 10 Shocking Stories from Magic Mirrors and Crystal Balls of The Future

Magic Mirror | Top 10 Shocking Stories from Magic Mirrors and Crystal Balls of The Future
People have always had a fascination with predicting the future. From staring at tea leaves to examining animal entrails, self-proclaimed seers have found a myriad of ways to do so throughout history. One object stereotypically associated with attempting to see one’s future is the crystal ball.
Crystal gazing or “scrying” is what psychics do when they gaze into a crystal ball or reflective surface and claim to know your future. Mediums have been scrying for thousands of years, and their predictions obviously have mixed results. Sometimes, the prophecies are truly eerie.
The Magi
Some of the earliest known historic accounts of scrying came from Persia. The seers who used the reflections from water to see the future were called the Magi, which is where the word “magic” came from. A Persian poet named Firdausi wrote a poem in the tenth century which said, “He took up the cup, and gazed. He saw the seven chimes reflected there, and every act the presage of high heaven. In that cup, the wizard king was wont to see futurity.”
The High Count
An Italian man who went by the name “Count Alessandro di Cagliostro” was an alchemist, magician, and Freemason who claimed he was capable of seeing the future through a crystal ball. He would entertain the nobility in the royal Italian court during the late 1700s. He predicted several things that apparently came true, including telling a young woman that she was going to die soon. Di Cagliostro was appointed by a prince, who he informed would come into some grave misfortune. He was also able to reveal scandalous secrets that people were trying to keep hidden from society.
The Lady Speaks
William Lilly was an astrologer and a political leader during the 1600s. In his autobiography, he wrote about scrying. Specifically, he included the story of a woman named Sarah Skelhorn. The first time Sarah predicted the future, she was staying with a family friend named Mrs. Stockman on the Isle of Purbeck. Mrs.
The Ghost Mirror
Johann Georg Faust was a German alchemist who inspired the famous Faust legends. He wrote a book of spells grimoire called the Hollenzwang. According to the instructions in the book, if one wants to see the future in a mirror, they must go to the market on a Friday and buy the first mirror they find, no matter how expensive it is.
The Visions Of ‘Miss X’
An anthropologist named Northcote W. Thomas wrote a few books during his life. Many of them were typical titles you would see from an anthropologist, like studies of tribes in Nigeria and the Aboriginal natives of Australia.
A Portal To The Underworld
In the 1200s, Friar Bacon was practicing the scientific method and experimenting with things that made people uneasy. He would look into a mirror and apparently talk to people who were far away.
The Legend Of The Magical Tower
An Egyptian pharaoh stood in his tower. He had a magic mirror that allowed him to see his entire kingdom.
Demons In Hand
During the Middle Ages, when paganism was being persecuted and Christianity was on the rise, some of the customs of predicting the future were still used, only adjusted to fit what was considered non-witchcraft. John of Salisbury became a bishop of the Catholic Church, and he wrote several manuscripts about his life and theology.
The Queen’s Magician
During the 16th Century, Dr. John Dee was a genius scholar who was known for his studies in a variety of subjects, including mathematics, alchemy, and astronomy. He was also known to dabble in “magic,” looking into his crystal ball to make predictions of the future.
The Prophecies
One of the most famous fortune-tellers in history was Michel de Nostradame, but most people know him as Nostradamus. In the 1500s, he worked as a doctor, treating victims of the plague in Italy and France.

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