THE CRYSTAL SKULLS
Incredible energy and strange physical phenomena...
by Joshua Shapiro
Today the topic of quartz crystals is a hot item! You will find books about crystals in almost every bookstore (even non-metaphysical ones). There is a great battle occurring between holistic doctors/healers and the traditional medical profession about whether crystals can actually be effective in facilitating some form of healing. However, the intention of this article is to go beyond what has been publicly shared on this topic and discuss one of the most amazing uses of quartz by the ancients -- the Crystal Skulls.
What are we referring to when we say a Crystal Skull? A Crystal Skull is a piece of quartz crystal shaped in the form (or approximating) of a human skull. There are two types of skulls that exist, those which have been carved in a known process by contemporary craftsmen, thus called contemporary skulls and others which have been discovered in or near ancient ruins, known as ancient crystal skulls. The most interesting of these skulls are the ancients one which are human size or larger. In working with these ancient crystal skulls, we find an incredible energy generally linked to the artifact and many strange physical phenomena.
A Little History
The places where the human sized ancient crystal skulls have been found is Indian ruins (Mayan, Aztec, etc....) in Mexico or Central America with unsupported rumors of some skulls being discovered in South America. Thus far, four types of quartz skulls are known including clear quartz, amethyst, rose quartz and smoky quartz. The contemporary carved Crystal Skulls have been manufactured in Mexico, Brazil, Germany & Nepal and there are many local crystal stores which sell some of these skulls. The ancient skulls not only have baffled our scientists (when a skull was available for research) regarding how they were made, but have a great deal of psychic phenomena occurring around them. For example, several of ancient skulls have been brought to Hewlett-Packard, located in the San Francisco area which has one of the best scientific and crystal research laboratories in the world. The scientist their were hard pressed to explain how a primitive culture (because the skulls are known to be at least several hundred years old and as we believe, much older) could have carved crystal into such precise shapes and especially against the natural axis of the crystal. Crystal is a substance that has a perfect symmetry of how its molecules align. When a carver cuts crystal, if they attempt to carve against this axis, the crystal shatters. Even with our elaborate laser equipment, it would be very difficult to create such Crystal Skulls as are be uncovered and do so against the axis. This does not even begin to address the strange phenomena that occurs in the presence of an ancient Crystal Skull.
What Crystal Skulls are known today? The most famous Crystal Skull is called the Mitchell-Hedges Skull. It is an almost exact copy of a human skull, totally clear as glass with two pieces including a movable jaw. It was found in the ruins of a Mayan city called Lubaantun, in Belize in 1924, by Anna Mitchell-Hedges, on her 17th birthday. Her father, famed explorer F.A. Mitchell-Hedges, who was leading this expedition (funded by the British Government), was looking for evidence of lost Atlantis. At first they found the top part or cranium of the skull in what appeared to be an altar room. Three months later they found the lower jaw nearby. The natives went into a frenzy when the skull was first brought out. Mr. Mitchell-Hedges did not have the heart to keep this sacred object from the Maya so he gave it back to the natives. In 1927, when the expedition was ready to leave, the Head Mayan Priest presented the Crystal Skull back to them in gratitude for the food, medical supplies and clothing that the expedition had provided for his people. It has been in their family ever since. Recently, Anna Mitchell-Hedges has had the Crystal Skull on display at several New Age conferences around the United States. Also, she has allowed private appointments to see the Crystal Skull in her home (now in Canada).
Two other Crystal Skulls that can be seen on public display at times, are the British Crystal Skull, in the Museum of Mankind in London, England and the Paris Skull, in the Trocadero Museum in Paris, France. Both of these single piece skulls were found by soldiers of fortune in Mexico in the late 1890s. They are both cloudy clear quartz and neither is as intricately carved nor as precise as the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull. In 1936, a report by the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britian published in their journal called "Man," compared the British Skull and Mitchell-Hedges Skull, since they are somewhat similar in size and shape, trying to decide which Crystal Skull was created first and which was a copy. Arguments were presented in the article for both possibilities and no conclusive decision was reached.
In our book "Mysteries of the Crystal Skulls Revealed," we discuss several other skulls which are unknown to the public. I would like to just briefly mention them here in order to bring the reader up to date on what is known so far. In 1979, coauthor Mr. Nocerino was contacted by a Mayan Priest in Mexico and was able to work with another clear frosty skull for four months with over 30 researchers. They called it the Mayan Crystal Skull because many of the psychic impressions received depicted scenes from the Mayan culture. It is not as human-looking, with circular indentations in the temples and is one piece. At present, its whereabouts are unknown. In 1982, the same Mayan Priest brought to the United States an Amethyst (a purple-colored quartz) Skull which is currently held by private owners in San Jose, California. This skull is similar in style to the Mayan Crystal Skull but slightly smaller. Both of these skulls were brought to Hewlett Packard for research and also found to be cut against the axis of the crystal.
During the Second World War in France, Mr. Nocerino saw another clear Crystal Skull known as the "Light of Christ", that was clear and one piece, held by a secret society. In the late 1940's near the Guatemala-Honduras border, he saw a rose quartz skull including a separate movable jaw that was an almost exact copy of the style of the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull except this skull was slightly bigger and very well guarded by local natives. He has also seen two other Amethyst Crystal Skulls, one in Marin County of California and another in Mexico which was buried in a tomb dated ninth or tenth century. There is also a report of another clear skull with a movable jaw existing in Peru kept in secret by the Peruvian Government. We have also heard through a spiritual teacher in Peru known as Willaru, that he saw a Crystal Skull with one of the Indian tribes in the Northern Part of Peru. He said this skull was perfectly formed, clear quartz, one piece but had a blue coloring in its eyes and on the top of the head. He felt this skull had great knowledge and could be used for healing. The Indians who guard the skull said it was a sacred artifact.
Even after our book was published, additional crystal skulls have surfaced. In 1988, the Parks of Houston, Texas, begin to share a large frosty clear quartz skull that weighs 18 lbs. The name of this skull is the Texas Crystal Skull. The Parks inherited this skull from an American who was trained as a Tibetan Monk and used the skull in his center to help heal people. In appreciation for the support he received from the Parks, he gave them the skull when he died. The Parks are open to have people come to visit them and the skull which has been on display at a number of New Age and UFO conferences (next one is in Colorado in March/April 1995) in the U.S. Lastly, the Parks are working with a spiritual channel who is receiving telepathic communication with the skull and she speaks a strange language (possibly a Space Language). They are creating activations, activating the energy grid in certain places.
When I was in Las Vegas during some lectures to promote my book in 1989, I met an elderly gentlemen named Jose, who was born in Mexico. He told me that he had a small clear quartz skull that had Mayan Symbols on it. He had this skull since 1942 and found it in a Mayan ruin when his class from school was at this sight for a field trip. He claimed that after the skull came into his possession every dream and desire he had for his life was fullfilled. I had a chance to work with this skull in the summer of 1989 and found that it indeed had a powerful energy. Jose died in 1993 and the whereabouts of this skull are not known at this time. Jose told me that a small amethyst skull was also found next to his and that a friend in Mexico had this skull.
In April of 1991, I was in Los Angeles to participate in a local conference and speak about the Crystal Skulls. I have a friend Eric, who at that time, had a beautiful crystal store in this area. He had a booth at the conference and told me that he had received a crystal skull from Central America and the person who was going to buy was in town. He permitted me to meet this new owner and see the skull. This skull is a one piece smoky quartz skull that has a pointed head and the teeth come to an overbite. The guardian has decided to call it "ET" (since the skull looks a bit extraterrestrial). I did have an opportunity to meditate with the skull and definitely felt it was an ancient one. Since 1991, the guardian has acquired an amazonite skull that was found in China, a rose quartz skull that was purchased from a family who lived in Russia where the skull was discovered and a small clear quartz skull possibly associated with the Jessuits in Italy. It is the guardian's intention to have 12 skulls and she is a very magical person and seems to always hear when new skulls are around. Generally she has a feeling when the next one will come up.
Unusual Phenomena
What type of unusual phenomena has occurred around the Crystal Skulls? First, I would like to share a few personal experiences with the ancient Crystal Skulls I have seen. I was in the presence of the Amethyst Crystal Skull in April of 1983 and the Mitchell-Hedges Skull in May & June of 1986. One of the psychic or inner gifts which I have discovered and seems to come naturally, without effort, is the ability to feel or sense energy/vibration. When I first came in contact with each of these skulls, I felt as if they were quiet or as if there was absolutely no energy within them. After seeing the Mitchell-Hedges skull, I discussed this experience with one of the other co-author of my book, Sandra Bowen. Sandra had worked with Mr. Nocerino for three weeks of intensive research with this Crystal Skull in November of 1985. At this time, she had a totally different reaction from mine as she instantly connected with the skull and felt tremendous energy around it. Thus I concluded that this skull could conduct totally different sessions with individuals around it at the same time. Apparently, when one first begins to work with a Crystal Skull, there is a period of getting acquainted. Now, if I am in the presence or even see a picture (or a mold, in 1993, we came in contact with a person in Chicago who had a cement type mold of the Mitchell-Hedges Skull and I still felt an energy with this) of either of these Crystal Skulls, I immediately feel a connection and a great deal of energy around and inside of me. I begin to receive mental images of places and people of which I am not always certain what it means. Also I receive tremendous insights into myself, universal knowledge or an intuitive understanding of spirit and a feeling of being charged. I know within my being that I have worked with the Crystal Skulls in prior lifetimes as I will inwardly hear suggestions of how to activate and work with the skulls.
Some people who have been in the presence of the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull have told the owner that they received a healing of some form or found that their psychic abilities became expanded. Other people have fallen into a trance while being with this skull. But the most dramatic phenomena which occurs around the Crystal Skulls, which is a very special part of my coauthor, Mr. Nocerino's research, are the holographic images which appear inside of the crystal skulls when they are activated through a combination of color, light, sound or human energy. Some of the scenes that have appeared within the skulls are UFOs, Big Foot, Unicorns, flying people, mermaids, dolphins, whales, mountains, other Crystal Skulls, alien beings, forest, caves, etc.... To this date, no one is quite sure of the exact process which manufactures these pictures. Even when any of the co-authors have done public lectures sharing the crystal skulls through slides and video, there are always people who see images inside of the skulls!
Just exactly how many Crystal Skulls are there? In this article we have discussed more than ten ancient human and sized and shaped skulls. However, it is the general consensus among the researchers that many more skulls exist and will be coming out in the near future and also that there may be multiple sets of 13 skulls that work together. As we view each of the different Crystal Skulls that are known, we see that there are some which are very similar in shape and size and perhaps belong to one specific group of 13 whereas others of a different shape could be in a another group of skulls. Some of the skulls appear to be an attempt to duplicate the more ancient ones. If one studies most of the world's major religions, the concept of 13 comes up repeatedly. For example in Christianity there is Jesus and the 12 apostles or what about the 12 tribes of Israel and their priests. It has even been speculated that our solar system once had 13 planets, one of which was destroyed (Maldek, a planet between Mars and Jupiter which is now the asteroid belt between the two planets) and two others which we have yet to discover, one possibly beyond Pluto.
What are the Crystal Skulls?
The most productive research we have done on the Crystal Skulls to obtain such answers involves using psychic procedures. This is because Carbon 14 dating does not work on inorganic objects such as quartz crystal and our scientists are still unclear how the skulls were made. In other words, we have interviewed and received reports from people who have either been in the presence of one or more Crystal Skulls and given us their psychic impressions or from various spiritual channels. These channels have received information from a variety of sources including dolphins, extraterrestrials or multidimensional beings who talk through them. From the synthesis of their information, I would like to share with the reader the following conclusions. However, as was discussed in the first book published about the Crystal Skulls, done by Richard Garvin (1973), there are numerous theories which have been given through these sources and very few of which completely agree.
We believe the Crystal Skulls are a form of computer which are able to record energy and vibration that occur around the them. The skull will pictorially replay all events or people who have come into contact with them (i.e., -- they contain the history of our world). Just as our modern computers can receive or send energy/information from similar types of machines, so too can the Crystal Skulls send information amongst themselves. We believe, as the ancient legends describe, that the Crystal Skulls can and have been used for healing. They played a key role in many cultures who saw the skull as the Godhead. We have also found a very strong link with extraterrestrials and feel that Space Beings either brought these skulls to our world or gave us the techniques to fashion them. We believe that the holographic images of UFOs and Aliens that are displayed in the skulls and have been observed by various researchers and sensitives adds support to such a theory.
If the Crystal Skulls were not brought by extraterrestrials then certainly we must conclude their have been civilizations much more technologically or spiritually advanced than our own today. We have had several channels suggest the skulls were created in Atlantis or Lemuria. That the Crystal Skulls could have originally been a human bone skulls that were changed to crystal through the power of the mind. Also, that the skulls are connected to the people who live in the Inner Earth. This idea presents the theory that our earth is Hollow with a small central sun at its core and openings at the poles. Gravity, which is located at the center of the Earth's crust, 800 miles thick, hold objects and people to the inner or outer surface. Supposedly, 13 master Crystal Skulls hold the genetic coding of Twelve Inner Earth Tribes and the thirteenth or central skull represents the family of these tribes.
I personally feel that the Crystal Skulls are not only here to share ancient knowledge and wisdom, but to assist in awakening our race to higher spiritual laws and understanding of itself. They are announcing that many of the ancients tools are coming back now because the planet is ready to use them again in a harmonious way. The Crystal Skulls are a tangible sign that indeed a Golden Age is fast approaching our world. They are inwardly calling those who have worked with them in past lifetimes and will help to activate the inner divinity and higher knowledge within these individuals.
From Shapiro J, Bowen S, and Nocerino FR. "Mysteries of the Crystal Skulls Revealed." This article was written for a local Chicago, New Age publication in November, 1988, in conjunction with a lecture offered through the center that published this magazine. Article was updated in 94/95.
