The Crystal Skulls by Rev. Carol A. Ingle AKA Raven

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The Crystal Skulls

The last couple of decades there has been a growing interest in ancient crystal skulls. The most famous crystal skull, which is as big as a human skull, was discovered by Anna Mitchell-Hedges, daughter of the archeologist F. A. Mitchell-Hedges, while exploring the ruins of a Mayan city in British Honduras (Belize). When the skull was found, the Mayans became very excited and celebrated for days. Day after day more and more Mayans came to the place of discovery to see and venerate this mysterious object. It was obviously something sacred to them, so F. A. Mitchell-Hedges decided to give the skull to the Mayan people. When the archeological work was over the Mayans gave the skull back. Since then it has been in the hands of Anna, who has shown the skull numerous times to interested people in order to share this wonderful object with others.

The Mitchell-Hedges skull

The Mitchell-Hedges skull is a masterpiece of art. It was made from one piece of clear crystal, but the lower jaw is a separate piece and removable. The skull shows all the details of a normal human skull. It seems to have been made without the aid of metal tools because of the absence of typical scratches metal tools make. Laboratory tests tell us that it is impossible to duplicate this skull with modern equipment. One reason is that it has been made with total disregard to the axis of the crystal. Cutting crystal with disregard to the axis normally results in the shattering of the crystal, unless you have special equipment. Also, there are optical lenses inside the skull which produce a particular light phenomena. Light is channeled from the base of the skull into the excavated eye sockets by a set of concave and convex lenses built into the skull. If a fire or a light is placed underneath the skull its eyes will flicker with intense light.

There is another full size crystal skull around, it is in the British Museum of Mankind in London, England. It was found at the end of the last century in Meso-America. This one is not as detailed as the Mitchell-Hedges skull, but it is also a wonderful piece of art. The entire skull is made from one piece of crystal, that is the lower jaw is not detachable.

Musée de L'Homme, Paris

Ien the Musée de l'Homme in Paris, France, another smaller, primitive crystal skull is on display for visitors. This one was also found in Meso-America at the beginning of the 19th century. This skull was probably made by the Mayans. Other crystal skulls have since appeared.

The origin of the crystal skulls is unclear. The British and the Paris skulls are referred to as Aztec, but there is no proof of this. Some of the skulls could have been made by the Mayans, but the more sophisticated skulls, like the Mitchell-Hedges skull, were made by sophisticated means. Carbon-14 dating does not work with crystal, so there is no scientific way of dating the skulls. Psychics who have worked with the skulls, and have read the energies stored in them, tell us that some of the skulls date from the Atlantean period.

Atlantis was a mighty civilization believed to have existed from approximately 300,000 to 12,000 years ago. Much of it sank in what is now know as the Atlantic Ocean. Although the Atlanteans used crystal skulls in their temples, there are different stories about how the skulls were made. Edgar Cayce (1877-1945), also called the Sleeping Prophet, who was known for his accurate psychic readings, mentioned the level of technology in Atlantis. He said that the Atlanteans had great crystals that condensed light in a particular way and sent energy out to outlying home devices, as well as to ships or vehicles moving in the air, the water and even in the earth. Their technology was not limited to transport crafts, but also included photography at a distance, reading inscriptions through walls at a distance, overcoming gravity, and so on. Other sources mention that the Atlanteans also had vehicles with which they could travel into outer space. These vehicles seem not to have been made by the Atlanteans themselves, but by extraterrestrials with whom the Atlanteans had connections.

The owner of the Amethyst Skull, A Mayan priest, said that the amethyst crystal from which the skull was made had grown on another planet. This is not a unique statement about the outer space origin of the skulls. When I once showed a picture of the Mitchell-Hedges skull to the Hungarian shaman Joska Soos, he said that this skull was not made on Earth, but outside in space. Psychics say that some of the skulls come from other planets and others were made here on earth by extraterrestrials, whether or not in collaboration with Atlantean scientists. Some smaller skulls have been made by Mayans in later times, in an attempt to imitate the ancient crystal skulls.

One of the images that always turn up when people look into the skulls is UFOs. Psychics continually link the crystal skulls not only to extraterrestrials, but also to intraterrestrials and other-dimensional beings. Sometimes it is stated that the skull creators, or the beings who are still working through the crystal skulls, are non-physical beings residing in the ethereal realms. Intraterrestrials are also mentioned, but it is not always clear if they are physical beings residing in an underground world, or if they are ethereal beings living in another dimension situated inside the earth. The intraterrestrials are very concerned about the well-being of the entire planet and through the crystal skulls they are trying to make us more aware of our responsability for the planet and our own evolution. These beings are often seen by psychics while gazing into the skulls. They say that they resemble beings described by certain UFO contactees.

The crystal skulls have the ability to open consciousness of people who work with them. Actual physical contact is not necessary. people have reported contacts that were made by having only a picture of a crystal skull. Contacting the skulls also results in entering inner space, where the unconscious becomes more accessible, and one can explore hidden potentials in oneself. One may then enter inner realms linked to dimensions in which beings related to the crystal skulls are living. In short, working with the crystal skulls or with picture of them, one can contact these no-human beings.

Contacting other beings through the crystal skulls is not the only function they have. The skulls are also considered to be a kind of computer in which information and knowledge was recorded by people who worked with them in ancient times. Great knowledge can thus be derived from the skulls, although it is stated that our present civilization is not ready yet to receive all the information stored in the skulls. The skulls also contain images of the ages which have passed since their creation. psychics see past civilizations and events in the skulls, for example the destruction of Atlantis, and the struggle between good and evil forces to have the crystal skulls into their possession.

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Crystal skulls are fashioned from large pieces of crystal, usually from the mineral quartz. They are often life-sized and bear the same distinguishing characteristics as a human skull with eye sockets, a nasal cavity, and a rounded cranium. The most exquisite crystal skulls have finely crafted jaws with removable mandibles.

In addition to claims of paranormal activity, controversy concerning crystal skulls centers on their origins. More than a dozen of them were claimed to have been discovered in Mexico and Central America and are dated by

their founders or those who currently possess them as being hundreds, perhaps thousands of years old. Common methods for dating artifacts can neither confirm nor refute claims about when these crystal skulls were crafted, but, generally speaking, skulls sculpted with metal tools cannot be more than a few centuries old if they originated in Mexico and Central America.

Some crystal skulls are attributed to the Mayan culture that thrived in southern Mexico and Central America during the first millennium C.E. However, as established through studies of recurring symbols, artifacts, or references in hieroglyphics, there is no known cultural tradition among the Mayans that relate to crystal skulls or any kind of skull worship or fascination. There is some evidence of skulls being symbolically important in Aztec culture, which flourished earlier and further north than Mayan civilization, yet there are far fewer claims among crystal skull enthusiasts that connect the objects to Aztec culture. Radio-carbon testing is not applicable to crystal, because the method works only on previously animate objects.

Crystal skulls are credited by believers for having the ability to awaken human consciousness to a higher level of being. Some people assert that they experience a psychic connection when viewing a crystal skull, and commonly declare that they were infused with positive energy. Skulls of quartz crystal, like other quartz objects, are believed by mystic crystal enthusiasts to have the ability to record events, thoughts, and emotions that occur in their presence.

Some believers in mystical qualities of crystals credit ancient peoples with having crafted crystal skulls. According to them, ancients used the skulls to predict the future, to control the weather, as healing devices, as oracles to receive cosmic wisdom, as receivers of universal knowledge, and as a tool meant for future use to gain divine knowledge.

There is a crystal skull on display at the London Museum of Mankind, and the Paris Crystal Skull is on display at the Trocadero Museum. Both skulls can be traced back to Mexico, where records show they were purchased in the 1890s. The London Museum acquired its skull through Tiffanys of New York in 1898. Tests conducted in 1995 revealed scratches from steel tools, perhaps a jeweler's wheel, confirming the skull must be of modern origin. The date of the skull was moved from ancient Aztec times to the more recent period after the Spanish conquest of Mexico in 1520. Night workers at the museum reportedly refused to work near the skull unless it was covered, citing vibrations, colors appearing in the skull, or a simple association of skulls and death.

The Amethyst Crystal Skull and the Mayan Crystal Skull were found in Guatemala in the early 1900s. The latter skull received its name because it was found at the site of Mayan ruins. "Maya" is kept by a psychic who uses the skull to assist her in readings.

Two skulls exhibit particularly exquisite craftsmanship. The Rose Quartz Crystal Skull, found along the Guatemala-Honduras border, includes removable mandibles, as does the Mitchell-Hedges skull, the most famous and notorious of crystal skulls. Named after its founders and keepers, F. A. Mitchell-Hedges (1882–1959) and his daughter Anna (1910– ), it is considered the finest example of a crystal skull. Fashioned from clear quartz, the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull is realistic in size (the cranium approximates that of an average female adult), and its jaws were formed from the same piece of crystal as the skull. The jaws fit neatly into sockets and maintain a perfect balance with the skull.

The two biggest mysteries of the Mitchell-Hedges skull concern the craftsmanship used to make it and the story surrounding its discovery. The skull is believed to have been formed from a large block of crystal that was carved into a rough shape of a skull and then smoothed into its final shape with water and a solution of silicon-crystal sand or, perhaps, through some unknown technology. There are no scratches on the Mitchell-Hedges skull that would indicate the work of metal tools. Shafts within the skull are said to channel light from the base of the skull to the eye sockets in a manner similar to modern optic technology, and the sockets have concave forms that reflect light to the upper cranium. Internal prisms and light tunnels are believed to be the reason why objects are magnified and brightened when held beneath the skull.

Like other crystal skulls, the Mitchell-Hedges skull reportedly changes color, sometimes clouding up white, and other times growing from a small patch of black to intensely black. Many of those who have viewed it report strange visions when looking in, and some have detected a faint hum or a scent. Like other mystical crystal objects, the Mitchell-Hedges version has been reputed to have oracular and healing powers, to be able to accumulate natural magnetism, and to amplify and transmit energy. Its keeper and early publicist, F. A. Mitchell-Hedges, also claimed it had the power to kill, citing several of his enemies who died before he did.

Mitchell-Hedges was an explorer and gambler who wrote books about his searches for remnants of lost tribes and the lost continent of Atlantis (Lands of Wonder and Fear, 1931) as well as his encounters with sea monsters (Battles with Giant Fish, 1923, and Battles with Monsters of the Sea, 1937). In 1927, Mitchell-Hedges and his daughter Anna were clearing debris atop a temple in the ancient Mayan city of Lubaantum (modern-day Belize) when Anna discovered what became known as the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull on her seventeenth birthday. Weeks later, near the same site, she found the jaw of the skull.

Mitchell-Hedges did not publicize the skull until 1943, when he began referring to it as the Skull of Doom and claimed it was 3,600 years old. Curiously, he barely mentioned the skull in his autobiography, Danger, My Ally (1954). After he died in 1959, daughter Anna became the keeper of the skull.

It is now generally accepted that Anna Mitchell-Hedges did not discover the fabled crystal skull in the ruins of a Mayan city in 1927, but Mitchell-Hedges bought the artifact at an auction at Sothebys in London in 1943. Such claims have been verified by records at the British Museum, which had bid against Mitchell-Hedges for ownership of the object.

In 1970, the Mitchell-Hedges skull was examined by art conservator and restorer Frank Dorland. He claimed to have seen a spirit after studying the skull late at night in his home. According to Dorland, tests conducted at Hewlitt-Packard laboratories in Santa Clara, California, vouched for its craftsmanship including an absence of scars that would indicate metal tool work, and evidence that it was cut against the crystal axis. The validity of the tests has been questioned, as has the whole story of how the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull was found and how far back it dates.

Jo Ann and Carl Parks became owners of the famous Texas Crystal Skull, whom they affectionately call Max, in 1980 when a Tibetan healer bestowed the artifact on them in payment of a debt. Admittedly unaware at first of the significance of this object, Carl and Jo Ann, residents of Houston, placed the skull in a closet for the next seven years. Not until they came into contact with F. R. "Nick" Nocerino of Pinole, California, one of the world's foremost authorities of crystal skulls and director of the Society of Crystal Skulls, did they learn what an important artifact it was. Nocerino had been searching for that skull since the 1940s. He knew of its existence, but its actual location had sent him on a quest that had led him around the world.

Of the 13 crystal skulls known to researchers that are the actual true size of a human head, Max is the largest, weighing 18 pounds compared to the others, which weigh nine to 11 pounds. Max was found in a Mayan tomb at a site in Guatemala, and it has been estimated that Max came from a 50-to-60-pound piece of crystal that was more than a half a million years old. Other than Max and the crystal skull owned by Anna Mitchell-Hedges of Canada, all the others, each differing somewhat in size and detail, are held in museums or private collections.

People claim that being in Max's proximity provokes images and visions within them.

They believe to see scenes from the past history of Earth, and frequently they perceive UFO-related scenes and messages. "Whether you believe any of that or not, if you simply look at the artifact on a scientific and archaeological level, you cannot help being over-whelmed and awed at the skilled worksmanship that was involved in creating him," Jo Ann Parks has commented.

The British Crystal Skull on display at the London Museum of Mankind is considered to be a nineteenth-century artifact. Scientists, at least, are convinced that all evidence weighs toward recent origins of all crystal skulls. Until convincing evidence that a known civilization venerated such an object, or that crystal skulls are remnants of a vanished civilization, belief in special qualities of the skulls are in the minds of beholders of mysticism.

Many works and objects that are found worldwide makes the most renowned scholars and researchers crazy to study their mysteries, just as some of these artifacts could not have been made at the time they were created.

One of the most mysterious objects that have been found are the Crystal Skulls. Thirteen pieces that intrigued many scholars around the world.

During the course of the last century, archaeologists found several skulls made of crystal in different parts of the world. Each was carved from a single piece of crystal, but the details in each one cause they are a mystery with no answer, for only with a current technology could be manufactured as perfect a piece.

Each of the skulls weighs 5 pounds and measures 13 cm by 18 cm deep and 13 cm wide. The details of each piece is intriguing science, because the complexity of them is amazing, some of the skulls even have moving jaws that moves with an incredible lightness, so that the precision of its construction is only achieved today with more advanced machines.

Still there is a bigger mystery surrounding these skulls, which can be considered unexplained so amazing, something that not even study and current technologies are capable of responding.

Inside the skull there are three-dimensional holographic images, which recently was dominated by humans. Thus how could a people who lived thousands of years ago have inserted in these works such kind of images?

This is a question for which there is simply no answers, not even an explanation that is the least plausible.

The Mystery of the Crystal Skulls

The lack of a logical explanation meant that the researcher Joshua Shapiro, tried a new approach to the skulls. For this he enlisted the help of psychics, which capture the energy that exists on the skulls to try to answer questions that science does not know the answer.

Strange as this attempt may seem, there may be a certain logic. According to the chemist Don Robins, the crystals have a certain energy that is released at the touch of a human being, and has information that can be deciphered.

“Paranormal whom we have worked with say that the skulls were human bone initially and they turned into crystals by the power of the mind. They still believe that the skulls are connected in some way the people living inside the Earth”, revealed Joshua.

Of course this is still unattainable, but who knows one day be possible to discover what information and keep these stones because they have a system that makes the light hitting on them is sent through the mouth and eyes, as if each of these skulls were a part of a larger scheme involving all of them.

Finally, several mysteries surrounding the crystal skulls, but the answers to all questions around these stones is beyond human reach.