Aztecs referred to this rock as the Black or Smoking and they believed the stone itself is a manifestation of the God Tezcatlipoca. The Worshipers of the God Tezcatlipoca were sorcerers and warriors
One of its most famous known users of an obsidian scrying mirror was Nostradamus, who could tell by staring into the mirror events far into the future.
Scrying mirrors are a divination tool for looking into past lives, and past, present, and future events. Its been used sort of like a pendulum, reveling secret hidden knowledge. It's also similar to what we know as crystal ball gazing. Images and clairvoyant abilities come to the surface and can act as a portal to other planes of existence in our universe.
