No disrespect to Octavius - but crystal balls DO work. Several of my friends, and myself included, have one. I really don't know how the "pictures" appear in the depths, but after years of practising and seeing nothing, it suddenly happened one day, and I realised that I'd been staring into it wrongly. As with seeing "ghosts" and the rest of it, no one actually believes until they've witnessed these events for themselves, so those who scoff, have a right to - unless something happens to make them change their minds.
Is yours just as an ornament then Aprilis? x