contemplation of one's navel as part of a mystical exercise.
Origin
< Greekomphal(ós) omphalos + -o--o- + sképsis act of looking
Word Origin and History for omphaloskepsis
n.
1925, from omphalo- + Greek -skepsis, from skeptesthai "to reflect, look, view" (see scope (n.1)). Also omphaloscopy (1931), and used in the sense of "navel-gazer" were omphalopsychic (1892), omphalopsychite (1882).