Crystal ball, a crystal or glass ball believed by some people to aid clairvoyance
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It concerns the Mystery Man, a typical guru or psychic, offering to help the narrator reach Nervanna sic for a "nominal service charge," and the narrator's refusal to buy into his act, "Look here, brother, who you jiving with that cosmik debris?" When the Mystery Man gets pushy, Zappa as the narrator tells how he snatched the crystal ball, hypnotized the Mystery Man, stole his stuff and blew his mind.
In the film Labyrinth the crystal ball manipulations seen to be performed by David Bowie's character were actually done by Moschen, who stood behind Bowie during filming.
A publication of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, the Crystal Ball was founded by political analyst Larry Sabato, the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia.
: For information on the Crystal Ball used on New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square see: Times Square Ball