crystal gazing

British newspapers carried blow-by-blow accounts of the trial with headlines like 'Mussoorie murder trial', 'hotel mystery' and the 'crystal gazing trial'.

Determining when quantum computers will become ubiquitous and what problems they will solve is an exercise in crystal gazing.

“Some people might do a tarot-card reading or crystal gazing, trying to get a sense of things coming up, a sense of where things might be going,” said Raymond.

Ms. Williamson took umbrage at the interviewer’s “crystal gazing” remark, declaring that “there is no crystal” in her home.

He had his copy of Unfogging the Future open on his lap at the pages devoted to crystal gazing.