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Introduction

Skulls are humanity's foremost symbol of death, and a powerful icon in

the visual vocabularies of cultures all over the globe. Thirteen crystal
skulls of apparently ancient origin have been found in parts of Mexico,
Central America and South America, comprising one of the most
fascinating subjects of 20th Century archaeology.

© Joshua Shapiro photo by Vera Manaleo

These skulls, found near the ancient ruins of Mayan and Aztec
civilizations (with some evidence linking the skulls with past civilization
in Peru) are a mystery as profound as the Pyramids of Egypt, the Nazca
Lines of Peru, or Stonehenge. Some of the skulls are believed to be
between 5,000 and 36,000 years old.

Many indigenous people speak of their remarkable magical and healing

properties, but nobody really knows where they came from or what they
were used for.
Were they left behind after the destruction of a previous world, such as
Atlantis? Are they simply ingenious modern fakes or can they really
enable us to see deeply into the past and predict the future?

Much research is currently being done on the skulls. However, their origin
is still a baffling mystery. They seem to defy logic. Everything that is
known about lapidary work indicates that the skulls should have been
shattered fractured, or fallen apart when carved.

Famous Crystal Skulls

This report examines the known history of crystal skulls, various

viewpoints on where they might have came from, and the secrets they may
reveal.

Copyright 1996 ParaScope, Inc.

The Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull

The most widely celebrated and mysterious crystal skull is the Mitchell-
Hedges Skull, for at least two good reasons. First, it is very similar in form
to an actual human skull, even featuring a fitted removable jawbone. Most
known crystal skulls are of a more stylized structure, often with unrealistic
features and teeth that are simply etched onto a single skull piece.
Second, it is impossible to say how the Mitchell-Hedges skull was
constructed. From a technical standpoint, it appears to be an impossible
object which today's most talented sculptors and engineers would be
unable to duplicate.

The Anna Mitchell-Hedges Skull

was discovered in British Honduras in 1927

The discovery of this baffling artifact is a controversial matter. It was

brought into prominence by British explorer F. A. Mitchell-Hedges, who
claimed that his daughter unearthed it in 1924. Mitchell-Hedges led an
expedition in the ancient Mayan ruins of Lubaantun, in Belize (then
British Honduras), searching for evidence of Atlantis.
The story goes that his daughter, Anna, was rummaging inside a structure
believed to have once been a temple, when she found the beautifully
carved cranium of the crystal skull. It was lacking its jawbone, but the
matching mandible was found three months later, some 25 feet away from
the first discovery. Mitchell-Hedges claimed that he refused to take the
skull away, and offered it to the local priests, but the Mayans gave the
skull back to him as a gift upon his departure.

It now appears that this tale of the skull's discovery was entirely
fabricated. Mitchell-Hedges apparently purchased the skull at an auction at
Sothebys in London, in 1943. This has been verified by documents at the
British Museum, which had bid against Mitchell-Hedges for the crystal
artifact.

This revelation is consistent with the known history of Mitchell-Hedges's

involvement with the skull. There are no photographs of the skull among
those that were taken during his Lubaatun expedition, and there is no
documentation of Mitchell-Hedges displaying or even acknowledging the
skull prior to 1943.

The skull remains in the possession of the octogenarian Anna Mitchell-

Hedges. She resides in Canada and displays the skull on frequent tours.
Anna has maintained for all these years that she discovered the skull, even
though there is reason to doubt that she was present at the Lubaatun
expedition at all.

The Mitchell-Hedges skull is made of clear quartz crystal, and both

cranium and mandible are believed to have come from the same solid
block. It weighs 11.7 pounds and is about five inches high, five inches
wide, and seven inches long. Except for slight anomalies in the temples
and cheekbones, it is a virtually anatomically correct replica of a human
skull. Because of its small size and other characteristics, it is thought more
closely to resemble a female skull -- and this has led some to refer to the
Mitchell-Hedges skull as a "she."

The Mitchell-Hedges family loaned the skull to Hewlett-Packard

Laboratories for extensive study in 1970. Art restorer Frank Dorland
oversaw the testing at the Santa Clara, California, computer equipment
manufacturer, a leading facility for crystal research. The HP examinations
yielded some startling results.

Researchers found that the skull had been carved against the natural axis
of the crystal. Modern crystal sculptors always take into account the axis,
or orientation of the crystal's molecular symmetry, because if they carve
"against the grain," the piece is bound to shatter -- even with the use of
lasers and other high-tech cutting methods.

To compound the strangeness, HP could find no microscopic scratches on

the crystal which would indicate it had been carved with metal
instruments. Dorland's best hypothesis for the skull's construction is that it
was roughly hewn out with diamonds, and then the detail work was
meticulously done with a gentle solution of silicon sand and water. The
exhausting job -- assuming it could possibly be done in this way -- would
have required man-hours adding up to 300 years to complete.

Under these circumstances, experts believe that successfully crafting a

shape as complex as the Mitchell-Hedges skull is impossible; as one HP
researcher is said to have remarked, "The damned thing simply shouldn't
be."

The British Crystal Skull and the Paris Crystal Skull

There is a pair of similar skulls known as the British Crystal Skull and the
Paris Crystal Skull. Both are said to have been bought by mercenaries in
Mexico in the 1890s, possibly at the same time. They are so similar in size
and shape that some have guessed that one was copied to produce the
other. In comparison to the Mitchell-Hedges skull, they are made of
cloudier clear crystal and are not nearly as finely sculpted. The features
are superficially etched and appear incomplete, without discretely formed
jawbones. The British Crystal Skull is on display at London's Museum of
Mankind, and the Trocadero Museum of Paris houses the Paris Crystal
Skull.
 The British Crystal Skull

It is currently residing in the British Museum of Man

in London, England, and has been there since 1898. It
is a one piece clear quartz full size quartz crystal
skull.

(c) John Shimwell

The Paris Crystal Skull

It is currently residing in the Trocadero Museum

in Paris, France.
You may notice a slight indentation on the top, which
is a hole that was cut into the skull purported to hold a
cross.

(c)Photothèque Musée De L'Homme

Mayan Crystal Skull and the Amethyst Skull

Further examples of primitively sculpted skulls are a couple called the

Mayan Crystal Skull and the Amethyst Skull. They were discovered in the
early 1900s in Guatemala and Mexico, respectively, and were brought to
the U.S. by a Mayan priest. The Amethyst Skull is made of purple quartz
and the Mayan skull is clear, but the two are otherwise very alike. Like the
Mitchell-Hedges skull, both of them were studied at Hewlett-Packard, and
they too were found to be inexplicably cut against the axis of the crystal.

Texas Crystal Skull (Max)

A skull known as "Max," or the Texas Crystal Skull, is a single-piece,

clear skull weighing 18 pounds. It reportedly originated in Guatemala,
then passed from a Tibetan spiritualist to JoAnn Parks of Houston, Texas.
The Parks family allows visitors to observe Max and they display the skull
at various exhibitions across the U.S.

ET Skull

"ET" is a smoky quartz skull found in the early 20th Century in Central
America. It was given its nickname because its pointed cranium and
exaggerated overbite make it look like the skull of an alien being. ET is
part of the private collection of Joke Van Dietan, who tours with her skulls
to share the healing powers she believes they possess.

Rose Quartz Crystal Skull

The only known crystal skull that comes close to resembling the Mitchell-
Hedges skull is one called the Rose Quartz Crystal Skull, which was
reported near the border of Honduras and Guatemala. It is not clear in
color and is slightly larger than the Mitchell-Hedges, but boasts a
comparable level of craftsmanship, including a removable mandible.

Origin Theories: Celestial Gifts or Skullduggery?

Regardless of any unearthly properties the crystal skulls may or may not
possess, the question remains: where did they come from? There are
countless hypotheses that they are the legacy of some higher intelligence.
Many believe they were created by extraterrestrials or beings in Atlantis or
Lemuria. One elaborate theory maintains that the skulls were left behind
by a sophisticated Inner Earth society which lives at the hollow center of
our planet, and there are thirteen "master skulls" which contain the history
of these people.

The most obvious answer to the mystery is that native artisans in Latin
America or elsewhere crafted the skulls themselves. The Mayans are most
often associated with them, although some doubt that they could have
made the skulls, and not simply because of the technical conundrum the
job poses. One theory holds the Aztecs as a more likely candidate to have
created them. Skull imagery figures prominently in Aztec art and religious
symbols, and not in that of the Mayans. The Aztecs were also more highly
skilled in sculpting with crystal. It could be that the skulls found in Mayan
ruins are actually displaced Aztec relics... or, as some suspect, this
incongruity may indicate that some accounts of the skulls' origins are
phony.

Many skeptics feel that the crystal skulls are probably of a much more
recent vintage than their accompanying stories suggest. This, they believe,
is the best way to explain their existence, since no one could have created
them without technologies available only within the past century. Since
carbon-dating only works on organic substances, it is impossible to
determine just how old a crystal skull is. But one recent study found
reasonable signs of some skulls' relative youth.

A May broadcast of the BBC documentary series "Everyman" reported on

studies of a number of crystal skulls and other artifacts of supposedly
ancient origin conducted at the British Museum. Using electron
microscopes, the researchers found that two of the skulls possessed
straight, perfectly-spaced surface markings, indicating the use of a modern
polishing wheel. Genuine ancient objects would show haphazard tiny
scratches from the hand-polishing process. The report speculated that
these skulls were actually made in Germany within the past 150 years.

Even the regal Mitchell-Hedges skull is not without scandalous

accusations of fraud. Some believe that F.A. Mitchell-Hedges had the
piece commissioned by a sculptor, and planted it in the Lubaantun ruins
for his daughter to find as a spectacular birthday present.

The validity of this charge is uncertain, but even if the Mitchell-Hedges

skull is of modern origin, its structure is no less extraordinary. In all
likelihood, every crystal skull in the world was fashioned by plain old
human beings of some sort, and regardless of whether the work was
carried out five years ago or five hundred years ago, we still don't have
any idea how they did it.

Source: Parascope

The Crystal Skull Enigma

by N Charles C. Pelton

In the realm of ancient artifacts there are few antiquities that are as
thought provoking as the carved quartz crystal skulls. Very little is known
about these ancient wonders of the world, largely due to the fact that so
few of them exist which are accessible to the researcher. In the last few
years, interest has risen intensely in these works of antiquity. For many
years, when the subject of the crystal skulls was discussed, few people
were aware of the fact that the Mitchell- Hedges skull was not the only
crystal skull known to man. It may have been the most perfectly carved,
even viewed by more people throughout the world than any other skull,
but, certainly not the only skull. In fact, there are many skulls in various
locations around the world which range in size from a few pounds, or
softball sized, to over forty pounds.

Only a few crystal skulls have been expertly authenticated as ancient.

Many have been carved within the last five years. Presently, the accepted
authentication by which a carved skull can be termed ancient is through a
complicated process of casting a mold of the skull and placing it under an
electron microscope to examine the minute markings left by the carver.
These markings are the clues by which the age of the carving is
determined. The telltale pattern of the marking will verify what method
was used to carve and polish the skull; thereby, the antiquity expert is able
to confirm the age based on methods used on other known works which
range from the ancient to the very contemporary. By comparing these
various methods with those of the crystal skull, a time-line is developed
which will place the skull along that line.

The widely known Mitchell-Hedges skull, located in Canada, one of the

most beautiful skulls I have had the pleasure of seeing, is now shrouded in
controversy. It is presently suggested that the skull is not ancient, but a
work of more recent times, perhaps orchestrated by F.A. Mitchell-Hedges,
himself, to promote interest and financing for his adventures. Coined The
Skull of Doom', by some associates of the adventurer, actually a misnomer
for a term used in the 1930s, The Skull of Dunn. Dunn was an associate of
F.A., on the expedition to Luubantun, in 1927, which is when young Anna
Mitchell-Hedges, then age 17, reports she found the skull in the ruins of a
temple.

The Museum of Man, in London, contains a crystal skull which is called

the Aztec Skull. It is no longer on display in that museum. Museum
personnel as well as visitors claim the skull moves on its own within the
glass case in which it is enclosed. It was acquired by the museum at the
turn of the century from an antiquity dealer in New York.

The Paris museum of Man also contains a crystal skull called The Aztec
Skull, which is no longer on display. Both the Paris Skull, and the British
Skull are much smaller than the Mitchell-Hedges skull, and not nearly as
perfectly carved or as clear.

In more recent times, several quartz crystal skulls have appeared. Some
are suggested ancient by their owners. Extensive examinations of these
skulls have, however, determined many are not ancient at all. It is not
certain as to the origin of these imposters. In the early 1980s, a human-
sized quartz crystal skull surfaced in Texas. It was in the possession of
Norbu Chen, a Tibetan healer. The skull was given to Carl and Jo Ann
Parks to satisfy a debt. The skull was placed in a cosmetic case and stored
on the floor of a closet in their Houston home for several years. It was
while Jo Ann Parks was watching television that she realized that her skull
may be an important artifact.

The program was about the Mitchell-Hedges skull, and F.R. Nick
Nocerino, a world-renowned expert in crystal skull research, was a guest
on the show. After viewing the program, Jo Ann, contacted Nocerino,
upon which he traveled to Houston from his home near San Francisco to
examine the skull. He determined that the skull was authentic and that it
was ancient. He had indeed been aware of the existence of the skull, but
had not been able to determine its location. Soon after Nocerino's visit, Jo
Ann, after several discussions with the rock, as she fondly referred to it,
was told its name was Max.

Also in the mid 80s, Joke van Dieten Maasland, who presently resides in
Miami Beach, Florida, acquired a smokey quartz crystal skull from a
dealer in Los Angeles. It was reported that this skull had been in the
possession of a family in Guatemala, whose parents found the skull
in1906, while excavating a Mayan Temple. Joke credits the skull, which
she calls E.T., as instrumental in a personal healing of a brain tumor. She
shares the story in her book, Messengers of Ancient Wisdom.

In early 1990, a skull weighing more than 40 pounds, which was carved
from rock quartz crystal but hollowed out, was donated to the Smithsonian
Institution, in Washington. There was little or no documentation as to its
authenticity. Since there was no documentable evidence of the age or
origin of the skull, the curator determined not to place the skull in the
museum for viewing until its authenticity was established.

During a lecture tour in Mexico many years ago, Nocerino was invited to a
location in Guerro Provence, to assist in locating the buried ruins of an
ancient city. It was during this visit that Nocerino provided the
information as to the location of what he thought was an ancient temple.
(Due to the current political situation in Mexico, the safety of those
currently involved with this excavation would be compromised should I
reveal the exact location of the excavation, or the name of the city.)
Excavation of that location later revealed several carved crystal artifacts.
Among these artifacts were two crystal skulls, one of which is currently
owned by Nocerino, which is 13 pounds 3 ounces and is carved of clear
quartz crystal. Nocerino calls the skull Sha-Na-Ra, in memory of a
Shaman Healer he once knew. The second is currently owned by DaEl
Walker, a well- known crystal researcher and author of several crystal
healing books. It is smaller than Sha-Na-Ra, about 9 pounds, also quartz
crystal. DaEl calls it The Rainbow Skull, due to the rainbow of colors that
dance through the skull when in the natural light.

There were many other artifacts found at this location. Several small
carved crystal skulls, half skulls which were hollow and a very rare and
powerful item we call The Jaguar Man. It is five inches high, two inches in
diameter and is carved of quartz crystal. It depicts the head of a Jaguar,
with the head of a man in its mouth. The facial features of the man do not
appear Mayan. This piece is currently owned by me, and is being exposed
to extensive research. Excavation continues in this area and additional
finds are expected.

The Pelton Foundation of Applied Paranormal Research, The Institute of

Psychic and Hypnotic sciences and The Society of Crystal Skulls,
International, launched a research project and video documentary which
included the Rainbow, Sha-Na-Ra, E.T., Jesuit, Max, and the Agate Chip
skulls. Members of the various organizations who were expert in the field
of psychometry, scrying and gazing were brought in to work with the
skulls in an attempt to learn more about the skulls using these methods. It
would be the first time in recorded history that more than two authentic
carved quartz crystal skulls would be together in one room at the same
time.

Our project included X-rays, to determine if any were broken or had been
more than one piece and glued together, laser light penetration, and
startling close-up video of the skulls. The results of phase one of the
project can be viewed in our production Skull Trek: The journey of the
Crystal Skulls. This production also includes information and photographs
of 16 additional crystal skulls, such as the Mitchell-Hedges, Paris, British,
Marin, San Jose and Amethyst skulls to mention just a few. Portions of the
scrying sessions are also provided.

Psychometry and scrying provided glimpses of the past and wonderful

scenarios of ancient ceremonies. A connection with the fabled Atlantis
was also brought out during one of the sessions. What were these
magnificent objects used for? Who carved them? Is it possible that
contemporary society can make use of their wisdom for physical and
mental healing? Further research may provide the answers. Perhaps it will
provide only more questions!

During my personal research with the skulls, I stumbled upon a

phenomenon that I am continuing to pursue. While working with the
skulls, performing scrying, I was using various colors and sounds. I placed
the skull on a small light box and alternated several colors over the light
source opening. After recording my sessions over a period of several
weeks, I began a review of the results. I was shocked to learn that when I
used a certain color over the light source it seemed to activate a time
period. Researching my results further, I determined that each time I used
the same color blue, for example, that I would revert to the same time
frame. I could almost pick up where I left off at the end of the previous
session that I used the particular color. The energy that these skulls
produce is staggering. Are they indeed holding the knowledge of
mankind? Were they left by an extraterrestrial intelligence? The ages of
some of these skulls are estimated to be 100,000 years old. Without
ancient documentation, psychometry may be the only tool that can be
utilized to obtain the information. Our research continues daily.

In April of 1996, The BBC, in association with the British Museum and
Everyman Productions, of London, performed tests on several crystal
skulls to determine the age of the caning through electron microscope.
Nick Nocerino was invited to bring Sha-Na-Ra. Carl and Jo Ann Parks
were invited to bring Max. The British museum offered their Aztec skull
and the Smithsonian Institution was invited to bring their 40-pound skull.
Also included was a skull from Guatemala, an ancient gold and silver
plated reliquary cross which rested in a carved crystal skull and a small
skull. Anna Mitchell-Hedges was also invited. However, she declined.

A documentary was produced of the tests by the BBC. The results were
shocking to the museum staff. It was determined that the British skull and
the Smithsonian skull were not ancient, but in fact carved using very
contemporary methods from the 1800s. Sha-Na-Ra and Max were also
examined. While the officials of the museum would not publicly comment
as to the results, it was confidentially revealed, by the antiquity expert
brought to the museum by its officials, that the method used to carve Max
and Sha-Na-Ra, was used more than 5000 years ago! The skull in the
British museum was a fake. The Smithsonian skull was a fake. The
Mitchell-Hedges skull? Well, we wonder why Anna declined. Her only
comment was that it had been tested enough in the past. The BBC aired
their documentary in July, 1996 and will be aired by U.S. television,
however, no date has yet been set. In a letter to me from Everyman
Productions, in London, it was reported by the BBC that they had never
aired a program in this series with a larger audience.
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The documentary produced as a result of the research project is titled Skull

Trek: The Journey of the Crystal Skulls, and can be purchased from Pelton
Publications as advertised in this issue of Atlantis Rising. Additional
information about the crystal skulls can be obtained by writing F.R. Nick
Nocerino, P. O. Box 302, Pinole, CA. 94564, Pelton Publications P. O.
Box 377, Pinole, CA. 94564 or you can contact Carl and Jo Ann Parks,
directly in Houston, Texas. Jo Ann travels extensively with Max. Her
appearance schedule may be obtained from her or Pelton Publications.
Joke van Dieten may be contacted directly in Miami Beach, Florida. She
also is now traveling with E.T., Sha-Na-Ra, The Rainbow Skull and The
Jaguar Man are not available for viewing, however, additional information
regarding these artifacts can be obtained by contacting Mr. Nocerino or
myself at Pelton Publications.

Source: Atlantis Rising, An Article In Issue Number 10 (Winter 97)

Letters from our Visitors

Letter from Scotty
Casa Grande, AZ

I'm listening to the interview on George Noory's "Coast To Coast AM"

radio talk show, and the topic is Max. It jarred my memory a bit. I believe
I briefly met and experienced Max during a Phoenix workshop about 10
years ago in a bookstore, after formerly experiencing the Mitchell-Hedges
skull. Interesting, I must say.

The emotional responses of observers are because of the

purifying/rebalancing energies of the skulls. The soul responds. It would
be frightening to someone who lives from fear, but exhilirating to
someone who is more open to life. There is the subconscious recognition
of the connection with Spirit, and only one's interpretation of his personal
experience needs to be feared.

I've heard some statements made during the program that perhaps could be
amended to be more accurate. I'm no expert, other than working with
Arkansas quartz crystals extensively since the mid-1980s. They taught me
what I know about them. I first set them out on the dining table before me
night after night and used a pendulum tool to study their "energy flows."
Then I was led to put them in patterns to create environmental treatments
for varied needs. Crystals do not originate and generate energy, not a one.
Rather they act like radio transceivers to "breathe in" crystals at one point
(sometimes at one end, sometimes at a spot inbetween) and spiral the
energies like double helixes throughout, then "exhale" it at the other end,
or elsewhere. I had to get acquainted with each crystal individually this
way to map its energy flow. They are as individualistic as humans, but
there are patterns that they fall within. For that reason, I have my
collection of crystals separated into groups, depending upon their
beneficial uses. I think of them with the same appreciation as a
magnifying glass that collects sunlight rays and focuses them together for
a seemingly stronger, more focused concentration that appears to do
miracles.

Imperfections of quartz are not to be overlooked or downplayed. Those are

key spots of energy accumulation/release. I would not expect or want to
use a perfect, clear quartz tool. It’s the occlusions and "flaws" that give
them their specific uniquenesses of application possibilities.

The comment was given on the program: "Max has expanded. He has
enhanced my life." That sums it all up perfectly.

No doubt Max hated hibernating in the box so long. Light rays are the
lifeblood of quartz. They thrive in the light, just like flowers and we do.
Isolation and darkness make them withdraw and go inert.

Anyway, since discovering their properties as tools, not as mystic gods

with minds of their own, but as extensions of my own consciousness, I had
to learn to control my emotions before handling them so that I didn't keep
blowing out light bulbs, etc. They exemplify that adage about giving out
10 times what is received. Their use to purify any form of water is a
fascinating attribute of quartz. I use them now in place of bandaids and ice
bags when I stub toes and sprain ankles, etc. I put them into patterns,
according to the need, and they seem to draw out the excessive energy
buildup of tissue damage repair going on within 20 minutes and all is well
from there on as if nothing ever happened.

The Mitchell Hedges skull experience was indescribable, even in a public

setting. When I had a minute to sit at the card table with Max, the lighting
and room conditions seemed out of accord and I experienced no affinity
with him. But I have channeled through Spirit to ask about crystal skulls.
This is what I was led to believe:

"The skull is a duplication, not a model. It was made by humanoids who

were not of this earth. They would be termed Pleiadeans to your
knowledge. They extended within another parallel galaxy to your Milky
Way as an invisible counterpart of your sixth dimensional existence, like a
sister galaxy.

"The skull was actually brought to earth realm fully created. It was
teleported along with visitors who came to teach earth mortals about their
Pleiadean heritage and purpose for being here, also how the transposition
came about. These themselves were experimental tools developed for
mortal use. They used the skull for teaching mortals about themselves and
their spirit-living-in-earth existence. The skull was displayed for use in
expanding mortal awareness of physical life in order to regain
understanding of relationship with light-and-sound life forces inherent
within the realm. This is the foundation of what you now identify as
'priesthoods.' Thus, the skull was not a religious object of worship, for no
such worship existed. Rather, it was a teaching device left with mortals to
apply similarly in order to teach future generations and perpetuate
satisfactory supra-conscious evolvement.

"There were other such quartz crystal skulls besides this one [the Mitchell
Hedges skull] used for various purposes of teaching throughout South
America at key areas of cultures. They were brought to key points of
location among mankind for use by the Pleiadean visitors to benefit them.
These skulls were connectors interlinking the sites, like fingers of one
hand. Each functioned individually as well as collectively.

"The skull becomes a tool into your soul's awareness that houses all
knowledge of experience. All that is discovered through them becomes
applicable to mortal capability that has become forgotten temporarily
while in mortal capability that has become forgotten while in the mortal
living state. Freedom is possible to be gained, depending upon the state of
fears entertained by false beliefs of the person. In truth, there is nothing to
be feared by the user. Thus, he must purify himself of his illusionary
beliefs in order to gain the benefit. It is a tool for reawakening and
reteaching oneself. Limitations of time and space become transcended as
he opens awareness to greater realms and the totality of Life permeating
his mortal home. ... Mankind must learn how to listen within his own
innate sensing channels and to trust himself in that. It is like a helpmate
for more direct communication within oneself in totality beyond his mortal
identity.

"This is the gist of the crystal skull of quartz. Do not make it become
idolized or venerated more than it is designed to be. Do not become
enamored with scientific provings and testings of phenomena nor
construction. It cannot be explained with the proof that is sought. Science
can only test its physical effects of its properties, but what is to be gained
by that? Then it becomes a curiosity item."

All I know from my experience is that these are like transportation tools
that need the human driver to direct their course of application. They are
like orchids in a floral garden that need caretakers so that do not fall into
disarray or get lost again. Like everything in Nature, they are like gifts for
use to enhance life. Everything I learned about the properties of quartz
crystals is likewise applicable to myself. And I believe that is the key to
discovering how to attain and retain harmony in a chaotic world.

Scotty
Casa Grande, AZ

The Mysterious Crystal Skulls

© by Joshua Shapiro, The Crystal Skull Explorer

Reprinted with permission.

The purpose of this article is to provide a short concise description about

the crystal skulls, one of the greatest mysteries in our world.
An Australian magazine originally had requested an article from me and I
had to write in but a few days. So it was not an easy task by any means as
the study about the crystal skulls is very involved and complex (to a
degree). But, being an Aries born individual, I definitely accepted this
challenge and I think the end results weren’t bad. So, now is our time to
share this information with you!

Joshua and Desy Shapiro (U.S. &

Holland) holding their three personal
crystal skulls, (from your left to right)
“Portal de Luz”, “Unity”and “Moses of
Peace”.
© Joshua & Desy Shapiro

Who am I?

My name is Joshua Shapiro (American born in Chicago) and in April of

1983,
I was minding my own business when I walked into a metaphysical
bookstore in San Jose, California and saw a picture of an almost human-
sized Amethyst Crystal Skull. What was amazing is that when I gazed at
this picture, I felt a strong and powerful vibration throughout my entire
body and heard in my head the words, “What is this (the skull) doing out
now?” Within an hour, while I was still in the same bookstore speaking to
the owner, a powerful earthquake hit a city in California not far from us
and the table with the pictures of this crystal skull was shaking as well.
With an inner and outer confirmation, my journey with the crystal skulls
had begun. Now almost 20 years later, having given over 200
presentations in the U.S., Canada, South America, Australia and all over
Europe (10 different countries), boy do I have some important things to
tell you about the crystal skulls!!

Next Question you may ask, “What is a Crystal Skull?”

Well as the name does imply, we are speaking about skull shaped objects
made from various types of quartz crystals (clear, amethyst, smoky, rose,
etc …).
 There are three types discussed in
the world today within the crystal
skull community:

© Joshua Shapiro photo by Vera Manaleo
“Portal de Luz” – a smoky quartz
crystal skull created by a Master
Brazilian Carver. Caretaker – Joshua
Shapiro
“NEW or CONTEMPORARY”
– crystal skulls being manufactured
by modern carvers of which
thousands upon thousands now
exist (and this has only really
started to explode since the middle
part of the 1990’s). These skulls
come in all shape and sizes (one
new skull made was well over 100
pounds or 50 kilo) and are being
primarily done by carvers in Brazil
and China. Even being sold on E-
Bay.

“OLD” – a crystal skull that was fashioned from over 100 years ago to
about 1000 years ago. Most of these types of skulls have been discovered
within or near ancient ruins in Mexico or Central America and many of
them are guarded by descendants of various indigenous people throughout
the world. Usually with the “Old” crystal skulls we can have find some
type of tool mark left by the carver, as is the case with the “New” crystal
skulls.

“ANCIENT” -- a crystal skull that was created from 1500-2000 years ago
to whenever (they could be hundreds of thousands of years old). There are
a few crystal skulls that exist today which are considered “ANCIENT”
crystal skulls.

However, there is absolutely no known technique we have that can date

when a quartz crystal was fashioned. In general if we don’t find any tool
marks this infers the skull was either done by hand or using some advance
technology we don’t know about (Lasers [of which primitive tribes did not
have], Thought Projection into the Ethers, a Gift from the Gods [ETs],
made by an advance culture that existed on the earth long ago [Atlantis,
Lemuria] or they may have come from some advance civilizations that
live in the Inner Earth [the Hollow Earth theory,
a whole new article by itself].

It is my personal belief that the true understanding of the ancient crystal

skulls can be found within various traditions of the indigenous cultures
that exist in our world. In particular, there is a definite connection with the
crystal skulls with the Mayans and the Aztecs, and there is even
information coming from various Native American sources that they know
about the skulls as well. In most cases, the crystal skulls are linked to
sacred world prophecies held by these people.
Also if such cultures have their own crystal skulls (which seems very
likely) they are protecting and guard these skulls in secret as they consider
these artifacts very sacred and take the responsibility to hold them very
seriously. To determine what type of crystal skull one might have, either
we can go by the Legends of the Indigenous People who have them, or by
working with trained sensitives who can psychically link into the energy
and history of the skull.

History of the Crystal Skulls

The public first became aware of the crystal skulls during the later part of
the 19th century. At this time, many museums of the world became
interested in displaying antiquities from past civilizations (Egypt, Greece,
Mesoamerica, etc …).
Thus, in the 1878, in the Musèe de l’homme (Museum of Man in Paris --
for our French readers) and in 1898, in the Museum of Man of London
(for our British readers), each had a clear quartz skull on display (both
came out during the 1860’s during the French occupation of Mexico,
purportedly found or acquired by Soldiers of Fortune, linked to Mayan
sites in this country).
However, in the research conducted for our new book, “Journeys of a
Crystal Skull Explorer” (to be released as an e-book and published book
this year) there were a number of other old and ancient crystal skulls that
were uncovered in various ways during this same century which
eventually found their way (after passing through the hands of various
people) to specific individuals who are publicly known today!

Again in the early part of the 20th century, usually connected with ancient
Mesoamerican ruins or areas, more crystal skulls were uncovered:

• “The Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull”: named after famed explorer

and adventurer, F. A. Mitchell-Hedges, discovered in Lubaantum,
an ancient Mayan city in Belize in 1924, human size, clear quartz,
removable jaw, an almost exact duplicate of our own modern skull,
now in the hands of Anna Mitchell-Hedges in Canada;

• “ET”: discovered by a Mayan family near Guatemala while

digging on their property in 1906; purchased by Joke Van Dieten
in 1991 through a crystal store near Los Angeles, is the only
 human size ancient crystal skull made from smoky quartz which
has a resemblance to an “ET” shape, this skull now travels the
world and was shown at a major exhibition of Mysterious Objects
in Vienna in 2001;

• “Max”: 18 lb (9 kilo) clear quartz crystal skull purportedly

discovered in a Mayan tomb in Guatemala between 1924-1926.
The skull was gifted by a Mayan Shaman to a Tibet trained lama in
1970, used in a healing center in Houston, Texas and then upon the
lama’s death, was given to Carl and JoAnn Parks, who tour with
this crystal skull with many people in the U.S. primarily. The name
comes from a telepathic communication between the skull and
Mrs. Parks, where the skull informs this is the name.

• “Ami”, the Amethyst Crystal Skull:

Its history is unsure, purportedly it was part of a collection of
crystal skulls held by the Mexican President Diaz from 1876-1910,
but also we have reports the skull was discovered in the Oaxaca
area (Mexico) and was hand down generation to generation
through an order of Mayan Priests. Now it resides in San Jose,
California with a group of businessmen who are offering this skull
for sale.There are of course many other crystal skulls which are
believed to be “ANCIENT” or very old, but this group of four is a
good representation.

“Ami” – an ancient amethyst crystal

skull. Notice the circular indentation in
the temple and the white squiggly line
that cuts the skull in half as it travels
the full circumference of the quartz
piece. © Stan Chan & Al Ramirez

So, why are the Crystal Skulls so Important?

It would take a good book (like the one we are doing) to be able to answer
this question, so I will just give a few ideas or thoughts for the readers:

• “The ancient Crystal Skulls are the computers of the ancients, they
contain important information that help humanity to pass through it
current series of challenges to take us into a Golden Age.”
 • “They were a powerful tool for healing [Body Mind Spirit] by
ancient civilizations such as the Mayans or the Atlanteans”

• “Today, we have witnessed so many people’s lives profoundly

affected when they have had an opportunity to be in the presence
of an ‘ANCIENT’ crystal skull (healing of all types of illness,
expansion of ones spiritual awareness, bringing to a head
emotional or mental blocks, being a catalyst for a positive change
in a person’s life and the list goes on) or even now, this phenomena
is beginning to happen around the ‘NEW’ crystal skulls.”

Has Any Research Been Done to Understand the Skulls?

Yes indeed, there has been some interesting conducted by the Crystal
Skull Society International in California, headed by crystal skull expert, F.
R. “Nick” Nocerino for almost 60 years. Additionally, in 2001, a group of
us formed the World Mystery Research Center (based in the U.S. and
Holland) where we began to focus on two aspect related to the crystal
skulls:

1. To use various electronic

devices to see if we could provide
some proof and understanding why
the energy or presence of a crystal
skull is affecting people in such a
powerful manner (and our blind
test showed us this was indeed
occurring using such devices as
meridian based machines, EEG,
lecher antenna and Krilian
machines sensitive to recording
and displaying the Aura.

2. We also discovered secret codes

contained within the crystal skulls
in the form of images that came out
using a special process of analysis
using scanned images of the crystal © Marc van de Velde
skulls (reversal images that was
developed by the Mayans) and Here a group of researchers based in
Belgium, using what is called a Lecher
very importantly, the Bible Code Antenna (like a dowsing rod but able
(secret information encoded within to measure specific frequencies of
 the Torah, the first five books of
the Old Testament by a numerical
skipping of letters) conclusively
discusses the crystal skulls, their
link to the Mayans, Prophecy,
speaks about the Mitchell-Hedges
Crystal Skull, their ability to work
as a computer and for healing.
energy) test “Portal de Luz”.
They were amazed to find that our
crystal skull was broadcasting all the
same frequencies as a human being:
“The senses of ‘Sight’, ‘Smell’, ‘Taste’
and even ‘Hearing’ “

Final Comments from the Writer

I believe the crystal skulls are one of the most important ancient artifacts
that have surfaced into the public’s attention which exist today. I believe
the crystal skulls hold key information that will to bring to our world a
time of perfect peace and harmony by the year 2013 (or in the ‘Year
Zero’, December 21st, 2012 as stated by the Mayans). This special date is
so significant that my new wife Desy and I married on December 21st, of
last year, in the presence of our own crystal skulls and images of several
ancient crystal skulls, 10 years before.

Regardless of the sources from which these skulls originated from (other
worlds brought here by the ETs, Atlantis, Lemuria, the Inner Earth, etc
…) they are now helping many people to awaken to their true potential
and to see that we are all members of the same spiritual family who must
unite together and work in a cooperative manner to create a world of
peace and harmony for ourselves and the generations to come. The
Crystal Skulls are a sign from the Universe and unseen spiritual helpers;
that this time of Peace that has been prophesized is now here and at hand,
if we each could but do what only makes our hearts sing.

Thank you for reading and listening. Hopefully in the near future, Desy
and I will be able to personally meet with you to share the energies of the
crystal skulls as we continue our personal journey and odyssey all over the
world, guided by the presence linked to these special crystalline friends.

In Peace and Light always,

Joshua & Desy Shapiro,

The Crystal Skull Explorers

NOTE: Read the updated version of this article:

http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/CrystalSkullsbyJoshua204.html
About Joshua and Desy Shapiro

Joshua and Desy have been working together since 2001, traveling throughout
Europe and North America, sharing their crystal skull events with the public.
Joshua saw his first ancient crystal skull ("AMI") in 1983 and since that time has
been actively involved in investigating the skulls. He is the co-author of the book,
Mysteries of the Crystal Skulls Revealed (with Bowen and Nocerino in 1989) and
the founder of the World Mystery Research Center (2001). Desy is a universal
healer and a gifted visionary artist. She is the caretaker of nine crystal skulls that
she shares with her husband. She has assisted Joshua with the crystal skull
research conducted over the last 2 years.

Contact Information

Joshua & Desy Shapiro, Twello, Holland

Email: joshuashapiro@hetnet.nl and desyrainbow@hotmail.com
Phone: +31 (0)642 460 975 (mobile phone)
Web site: http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/cs.html
For information about their new book (in English as an e-book) visit:
http://www.crystalskullexplorers.com
or http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/csexplorer.html

What is New in this Book?

• REPORTS OF NEW ANCIENT CRYSTAL SKULLS

• A CRYSTAL SKULL HISTORY
• WE HEAR FROM THE CARVERS OF THE NEW SKULLS
• THE RESULTS OF SOME FASCINATING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH CONDUCTED
OVER THE PAST 3 YEARS
• WHAT ROLE DO THE NEWLY CARVED SKULLS PLAY?
• SECRET CODES FOUND WITHIN OR LINKED TO THE CRYSTAL SKULLS
• IS THERE A CONNECTION WITH THE CRYSTAL SKULLS AND THE CROP CIRCLES?
• HOW TO WORK WITH AND ACTIVATE YOUR OWN CRYSTAL SKULL?
• WHAT IS THE BLUE CRYSTAL SKULL ......??
• WHAT DO THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE SAY AND KNOW ABOUT THE CRYSTAL SKULLS?
• AND SOME OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE STORIES AND EXPERIENCES AROUND THE
CRYSTAL SKULLS
The new book is scheduled to be released as an e-book, first coming out in
an abbreviated version in March of 2003 with the comprehensive version
released by August of 2003. Additionally there will be a published book
appearing in Poland sometime this Spring and in Holland in the early Fall
of 2003

PS – if anyone would have an interest to bring one of our crystal skull

events
to your part of the world, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Thank you!!

Copyright by Joshua Shapiro, The Crystal Skull Explorer

Reprinted with permission.

P.S.
Crystal Skulls 'are Modern Fakes' ?

By Paul Rincon
Science reporter, BBC News

Two of the best known crystal skulls - artefacts once thought to be the
work of ancient American civilisations - are modern fakes, a scientific
study shows.
The skulls were made with tools
not available to Pre-Columbian cultures

They are the focus of the story in the latest Indiana Jones film
[ Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ].

But experts say examples held at the British Museum in London and the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC are anything but genuine.

Their results show the skulls were made using tools not available to the
ancient Aztecs or Mayans.

Researchers say the work, which is published in the Journal of

Archaeological Science, should end decades of speculation over the
origins of these controversial objects.

A team including Margaret Sax, from the British Museum in London, and
Professor Ian Freestone, from Cardiff University, used sophisticated
techniques to work out how the two skulls had been made.

"There are about a dozen or more of these crystal skulls. Except for the
British Museum skull and one in Paris, they seem to have entered public
awareness since the 60s, with the interest in quartz and the New Age
movement," Professor Freestone told BBC News.

"It does appear that people have been making them since then. Some of
them are quite good, but some of them look like they were produced with
a Black & Decker in someone's garage."

He added: "There seems to be the assumption that if it is roughly worked,

it is more likely to have been made by a traditional society. That's untrue
of course, because people were quite sophisticated. They might not have
had modern tools, but they did a good job."

The researchers used an electron microscope to show that the skulls were
probably shaped using a spinning disc-shaped tool made from copper or
another suitable metal.

The craftsman added an abrasive to the wheel, allowing the crystal to be

worked more easily.

Modern technology

This "rotary wheel" technology was almost certainly not used by pre-
Columbian peoples. Instead, analysis of genuine Aztec and Mixtec
artefacts show they were crafted using tools made from stone and wood.

The British Museum skull was worked with a harsh abrasive such as
corundum or diamond. But X-ray diffraction analysis showed a different
material, called carborundum, was used on the artefact in the Smithsonian.

Carborundum is a synthetic abrasive which only came into use in the 20th
Century: "The suggestion is that it was made in the 1950s or later," said
Professor Freestone.

Who made the skulls is still a mystery. But, in the case of the British
Museum object, some point the finger of suspicion at a 19th Century
French antiquities dealer called Eugene Boban.

"We assume that he bought it from, or had it made from [craftsmen]

somewhere in Europe," said Professor Freestone, a former deputy keeper
of science and conservation at the British Museum.

Anonymous donation

Contemporary documents suggest Mr Boban was involved in selling at

least two of the known crystal skulls - the one held in London and another
in Paris.

The London skull was probably manufactured no more than a decade

before being offered up for sale.

Despite the findings, a spokeswoman for the British Museum said the
artefact would remain on permanent display to the public.
The skull held by the Smithsonian was donated to the museum
anonymously in 1992, along with a note saying it had been bought in
Mexico in 1960.

Nothing is known of its history before that date, but like the British object,
it was probably manufactured shortly before being purchased.

The researchers were not able to determine where the quartz used in the
skulls was quarried. But locations with suitably large deposits include
Brazil, Madagascar and, possibly, the Alps.

Professor Freestone said the work did not prove all crystal skulls were
fakes, but it did cast doubt on the authenticity of other examples: "None of
them have a good archaeological provenance and most appeared
suspiciously in the last decades of the 20th Century. So we have to be
sceptical," he explained.

The findings are likely to be a disappointment to enthusiasts and

collectors; the skulls have become a part of popular culture, appearing in
numerous films and novels.

Paul.Rincon-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk

Story from BBC NEWS:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/sci/tech/7414637.stm

Published: 2008/05/23 10:05:42 GMT © BBC MMVIII

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 Rock Crystal Skull - Probably European, 19th century AD
© Trustees of the British Museum Source >>

Large quartz crystal skulls have generated great interest and fascination
since they began to surface in public and private collections, during the
second half of the nineteenth century. Some of them have been attributed
to the work of Aztec, Mixtec or even Maya stone workers. Others are said
to be examples of colonial Mexican art, for use in churches, perhaps as
bases for crucifixes.

Scientists at the British Museum have concluded that the quartz crystal
used in the manufacture of this example is likely to have come from
Brazil. Moreover, it bears traces of the use of a jeweller's wheel, which
was unknown in the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans. These
traces and the high polish of its surface indicate that it was carved using
traditional European techniques.

The crystal skull was said to have come from Mexico, brought to Europe
by a Spanish officer, before the French occupation. Sold to an English
collector, upon his death it was acquired by Eugène Boban, a French
antiquities dealer. It became the property of Tiffany and Co., N.Y., from
whom it was purchased for The British Museum. Boban could have
acquired the skull in Germany, where large quantities of Brazilian quartz
crystal were shipped in the early nineteenth century.
 Known as Time's Special Witness, 7th century Mayan prophet Pacal Votan left a
universal message for future generations of an evolving Earth.

Proclaiming,"If Humanity Wishes To Save Itself From Biospheric Destruction

It Must Return To Living in Natural Time," he foretold of our accelerated
technological society, and the resulting damage of our collective divergence from
Natural Law in exchange for materialist values.

Pacal Votan's prophetic call is alerting present-day humanity that our biological
process is transforming, approaching the culmination of a 26,000 year
evolutionary program. Bringing the return of universal telepathy, heightened
sense capacity, and self-reflective consciousness, this is a return to the sacred
domain of our inner technology.

This grand cycle of evolution will culminate

winter solstice, December 21, 2012 AD.

This time we are now in has been called "The Time of Trial on Earth,"
"Judgement Day," "The Time of Great Purification," "The End of this
Creation," "The Quickening," "The End of Time as We Know It," "The Shift of
the Ages." It is foretold that the completion of the Precession brings regeneration of
Earth, offering awakening to all open, willing hearts. Many peoples spoke of these
last days of the Great Cycle, including the: Maya, Hopi, Egyptians, Kabbalists,
Essenes, Qero elders of Peru, Navajo, Cherokee, Apache, Iroquois
confederacy, Dogon Tribe, and Aborigines.
 As avid stargazers, the ancient Maya were keen to an astrological cycle we call the
Precession of the Equinoxes. This is close to a 26,000 year cycle in which Earth
transits through each of the 12 signs of the zodiac for about 2152 years each. Each
of these astrological ages represents one month of the grand, Cosmic Year.
Sumerians, Tibetans, Egyptians, Cherokees, Hopi, and Mayans refer to this
same 26,000 year cycle in their mystical belief systems and each have developed
calendars based on this great cycle.

The Maya messengers, reknowned for their architectural, artistic, mathematical and
scientific achievements, left a calling card as a series of super-human sized stone
monuments and pyramids with precise calendrical computations. Planted with
great intention, these dates were left to ensure that future generations
would be alerted to the coming end point of this great 26,000 year cycle. A
cycle which corresponds also to a 26,000 year relationship of our Sun orbiting
Alcyone, the central star of the 7 Sisters Pleiades constellation. According to the
Maya, the "future" which lies beyond this end date is literally "a new world age" - "a
new creation."

The 26,000 year cycle of the Homo Sapien's evolution and development is mirrored
by the 260-day cycle of human gestation. Collective humanity is right now
maturing into the being we have long been encoded to be. As with any labor,
it is not the mother, or the baby, who is in charge - it is the primal process of Birth
itself unfolding its own destiny.

Thus the December 21, 2012 AD is not the day where all of the sudden a light switch
will flip on and everything will change, rather, we are NOW in the process of this
transition from one World Age to the next. The changes are underway and
will continue steadily accelerating as we head towards the culminating date!
 The ancient Maya understood this 26,000 year cycle to be specifically
composed of 5 lesser cycles, each 5,125 years each. Each of these 5 cycles was
considered its own World Age or Creation Cycle. As depicted on the familiar, circular
MesoAmerican Sun Stone, (often called the Aztec Calendar) each Creation Cycle is
said to have been ruled and destroyed by one of 5 elements. Specifically, 4 Jaguar, 4
Wind, 4 Rain, 4 Water.

Our present great cycle (3113 B.C. - 2012 A.D.) is called the Age of the Fifth
Sun. This time period is ruled by 4 Earth. This fifth age is the synthesis of the
previous four. 4 Earth (called Caban in the Maya language and Ollin in Aztec) has
several meanings, including: movement, shift, evolution, earthquake,
navigation, synchronicity, clue tracking, turtle. In the Maya language, the word
"ol" of ollin means consciousness.

In Mayan calendrics, the initial date that Earth entered the Fifth World was August
13, 3113 BC, written in Mayan long count notation as 13.0.0.0.0. Every day from
that point was reckoned by the number of days passed since the event of this cosmic
beginning point.

As Dr. Jose Arguelles writes in "Time and The Technosphere" -

"August 13, 3113 BC is as precise and accurate as one can get for a beginning of
history: the first Egyptian dynasty is dated to ca 3100 BC; the first 'city,' Uruk, in
Mesopotamia, also ca 3100 BC; the Hindu Kali Yuga, 3102 BC; and most
interestingly, the division of time into 24 hours of 60 minutes each and each minute
into 60 seconds [and the division of the circle into 360 degrees], also around 3100
BC, in Sumeria. If the beginning of history was so accurately placed, then must not
the end of history, December 21, 2012 also be as accurate?"

(Sidenote: Regarding the World Age cycle we are closing in 2012 and the new World
Age cycle to dawn, there are varying cosmologies as to whether we are closing the
Fifth World and entering the Sixth, or closing the Fourth World and entering the
Fifth. For example, In the perspective of the living Maya Timekeepers of Guatemala,
calendrically speaking, each element has a 5,125 year cycle. They teach that we
have been through fire, earth, air and water already. The next cycle (beginning Dec
21, 2012) will be ether - the Fifth Age - the Age of Center. Likewise, the Hopi teach
we are closing the Fourth World of Destruction, and preparing to begin the Fifth
World of Peace. Regardless of the title given, what is clear is that we are on poised
on the brink of a World Age Rebirth!)

Within the 5,125 year cycle lies 13 smaller cycles, known as the "13 Baktun
Count," or the "long count." Each baktun cycle is 394 years long, or 144,000 days.
Each baktun was its own historical epoch or Age within the Great Creation Cycle,
carrying a specific destiny for the evolution of those who incarnated in each baktun.
For example, almost all of the Mayan inscriptions were seeded precisely during
Baktun 9 (435-830 AD). This era is known as the time of the Classic Maya. After this
point, around 830 A.D., the great Mayan centers were abandoned and their thriving
culture mysteriously disappeared. To this day, no one can verify or prove why they
left or where they went.
The Classic Maya of Baktun 9 were of a specific destiny, distinct from Maya of
other times. As Dr. Jose Arguelles writes, "In 830 A.D. the engineering team
departed back to space, back to the other dimensions from which the Maya keep
their watch on things. Slowly the terrestrial Maya melted back into the jungles. The
time of darkness was setting in. Sure enough the conquerors came. By 830 A.D.
Warrior tribes who took the ancient name of Toltec, which means Master Builder,
entered the Yucatan. War and human sacrifice were introduced."

Earth and her inhabitants are currently travelling through the 13th baktun
cycle - the final period of 1618-2012 AD. This cycle is known both as "the
triumph of materialism" and "the transformation of matter." The Maya predicted this
final baktun would be a time of great forgetting in which we drift very far from our
sense of Oneness with Nature and experience a kind of collective amnesia. Like a
memory virus in which we begin to believe the limited reality of appearances and
grow dense to the spiritual essence which fuels this world, so humanity's sense of
ego and domination has grown.

We entered this baktun cycle right after establishing the world wide coordination of
Pope Gregory XIII's 12 month calendar system (1582) as well as the perfection of
12 hour 60-minute mechanical clock (1600), which had been evolving for
centuries. These are no small matters. According to Valum Votan, these 2
instruments are what manifested humanity's "error in time" which is the following
of artificial instruments of time that served to separate man apart from the rest of
nature, operating by our own false timing frequency, to the detriment of the natural
world.

The Gregorian calendar is not based on logic, science, or nature. It denies and covers
up the true annual human biological cycle conserved in the body of woman. It is the
current world standard because of the forceful issuance of this system upon
conquered (indigenous) peoples who lost their land as well as their religious
freedoms. The Gregorian calendar is a product of its predecessors - Julius
Caesar's calendar and the earlier Roman Empire calendar.

The clock was the first existing machine - going on to become the heart of all
machine technology to come.

The presence of the clock gave birth to the notion that time lies outside our
bodies - that it can be tracked by a machine, and that we can sit and watch it "fly"
by tick-tock as though it is something linear, containable, and separate from the
organic, flowing process of life. The adherence to the clock for our sense of time and
timing is noted as the greatest obstacle to allowing the full telepathic abilities of
the human to flower.
Next came the Cartesian Coordinate Rectilinear Grid System (1637) which went on
to establish the foundational platform of all modern math and science. Thanks to
Rene Descartes (the man infamous for his quote "I think therefore I am,") the ceiling
of perception validated only the reality of the 3 dimensions of physical space. The
coordinates of X,Y, and Z rendered the fourth dimension obsolete from our
worldview.

At that moment, time became reduced from its qualitative essence to that of
a quantity. The mind who adopted the lens of the linear grid also adopted the
limited perception of time as a 3rd dimensional linear progression of pure duration.

Our societal paradigms have continued to operate with these limitations in place.
Thus if something can not be seen, touched, or proven with measurements, it does
not, in effect, exist.

Through the Cartesian lens, Nature has become reduced to pure quantifiable
resources - no longer a living qualitative aspect of ourselves, but now
something outside of ourselves which we observe, analyze and ultimately come to
replicate, manipulate, dominate, toxify, and even destroy or extinguish. As Rene
Descartes stated plainly,"I perceived it to be possible to arrive at knowledge highly
useful in life...and thus render ourselves the lords and possessors of nature."

It seems the modern world wants nothing more than to improve upon Nature, or at
least extract her wisdoms and magical properties in order to make a buck by fulfilling
increasing consumer demand.

And so, here we are - currently living the last 7 years of both a 5,125 year
Creation Cycle, and the last 8 years of a 26,000 Grand Cycle, the Precession
of the Equinoxes.

The coming end date of December 21, 2012 is also written as 13.0.0.0.0. in Mayan
long count notation; just like the beginning date.

Scholar and author John Major Jenkins reports,"On 13.0.0.0.0, the December
solstice sun will be found in the band of the Milky Way. We can call this an
alignment between the galactic plane and the solstice meridian. This is an
event that has slowly converged over a period of thousands of years, and is
caused by the precession of the equinoxes. The place where the December solstice
sun crosses the Milky Way is precisely the location of the "dark-rift in the Milky
Way...'xibalba be' - the road to the underworld."

On the winter solstice of 2012, the noonday Sun exactly conjuncts the crossing point
of the sun's ecliptic with the galactic plane, while also closely conjuncting the exact
the center of the galaxy.

Jenkins further proposes that this grand cross in time is symbolized by the Mayan
Tree of Life, found at the core of Mayan cosmology.
 We are being invited to realize that we are Time. We are the Living
Prophecy. The Synchronic Order of Natural Time governs the unfolding of our lives.
Time's cycles are found within our bodies and within Nature's daily rhythms and
cyclic seasons. We have forgotten this, thinking that time is money or that time is
the clock, or the relentless progression of work weeks and weekends. Time is the
ever-changing, unfolding Now as it synchronistically coordinates the Whole living
Universe.

From his studies into ancient Mayan Time-Science, Dr. Jose Arguelles decoded the
mathematical nature of the Synchronic Order,
The Law of Time:
There is only one timing frequency which unifies the whole galactic order
from its largest constituent to its smallest. This timing frequency is the
13:20 ratio, found within the harmonic structure of the 13 moon calendar as
well as our human bodies - our 13 main joints and 20 fingers and toes.

Knowing that we are the prophecy, what does it mean to be nearing this return,
and what can we expect - personally as well as planetarily?

These times are so accelerated that no answer could encompass the vast
implications of the phase we are in. A range of responses are available to us.
Depending on who you talk to and what area you research, one can find all kinds of
claims as to what can be expected. From cataclysm to enlightenment, world
war to world peace, massive earth changes and physical destruction, to massive
spiritual awakening to our inherent oneness, there are many views of the
implications of the approaching year 2012, 2013, and beyond. One thing is clear -
we are right in the thick of this critical, transformative period! As this date
approaches, we are collectively in a transition phase of the old world dying and a
new world being born.

This moment on Earth, with all of its heightened energies, has never existed
before. The opportunities and challenges of today's world are the climax of all that
has preceded us. Never before has the population of this planet increased by
216,000 people a day! Never before has the Earth's biosphere been in such a
precarious state. That which seems like normal lifestyle decisions and behaviors are
but precedents set by our modern standards - not necessarily reflecting the most
balanced, healthy, or sane way to operate. It is for us to decipher how to live our
lives with integrity; to determine what truths empower us to model our lives
according to our greatest harmonious potential.

All that is manifesting on the inner and outer planes reflects the sacred
intensity of these prophetic times. More than ever, the polarities and imbalances
within us and around us are becoming clearer. Love, beauty, exuberance, and
 compassion permeate this world - multi-faceted victories of art, co-creation,
community support, healing and evolution shine all around us, illumating the spirited
grace of our true nature. Meanwhile, this world is steeped in fear, brutality, pain, and
disease - endless anguish of anxiety, separation, disconnection, confusion, isolation -
alongside the toxic realities of egoic, callous greed and corruption, materialism,
addiction, and dangerous ignorance. This is now the time to embrace all that has
been dishonored or denied, for it is emerging to be purified and sanctified.
Accountability is required on all levels of our existence. The cosmic climate is
changing at rapid rates, allowing us to now transduce and shed egoic programs of
fear and limitation easier than in the past.

Science reveals that Earth's base resonant frequency is increasing (Earth's heart-
beat), and that the magnetic fields of the planet are dropping - reflected in the
shifting migration patterns of animals. These shiftings of the Earth's body allow us to
release unwanted baggage - mental, physical and emotional patterns, conditioning,
beliefs, attitudes, and programming. Simultaneously, that which we think or
desire is becoming actualized more and more swiftly.

A peak point in this time on Earth is what's called the "transition of the biosphere
into the no-osphere." According to Russian scientist V.I.Vernadsky,"This is the result
of a climax of human self-reflective thought and industry upon the environment,
resulting in an exponential change in consciousness in which all becomes
revealed and known."

As many of us are well aware, much of the genetic potential we are born with is lying
dormant within us, waiting to be turned on. This is definitely an important aspect of
this time of Quickening. We can only imagine what the full activation of our DNA will
allow us to accomplish and manifest for Planetary healing and restoration. It has
been foretold that we will be able to transmute the problems of our 3rd dimensional
physical reality by utilizing our own stored, internal technology. More and more this
is happening.

Now in action is the worldwide grassroots movement which utilizes sound vibrations
to clear pollution and (geopathic) earth stresses, producing amazing results.
www.earthtransitions.com. Using the ancient sciences of focused prayer and
intention, channeled through post-Tesla energy technology, toxic matter is being
transformed.

The time has never been so ripe to realize eachother as "one planetary organism in
contact with itself anywhere on the planet." The Emergence of our Empowered
Potential, Our Divinity is presenting itself to be claimed. How to experience this
reality consciously? Where-ever one looks, the universal answer points to one's own
body, one's own mental attitude, the energy of one's own heart, one's own
 living breath as the beginning place of orientation to feel one's unique
connection to and expression of the functioning of Totality.

As the frequencies continue to raise, our connection to the fourth dimension

continues to rapidly increase. This allows for maximum transformation and mutation
of who we are and how we live life, or how life lives us! Doors of opportunity ever-
presenting themselves, any limit we might place upon what's possible in these next 7
years is not recommended. Let us instead Dream the Exaltation of Humanity and
all of Life on Earth.

Returning to Natural Time

Valum Votan, "Closer of The Cycle" - final messenger of Pacal Votan's prophecy,
prescribes the fulfillment of human destiny as a collective return to natural time via
the synchronization of the 13-moon 28-day calendar. Using this harmonic, ancient,
and accurate standard of measure, we make a whole-systems transition into
conscious resonance with our living universe.

In these intense times of uncertainty, we need all the navigational assistance

possible for our everyday consciousness to be in harmony with Earth. The 13 Moon
calendar helps us re-harmonize our bodies and minds to the natural
patterns and cycles of the Earth and Stars.

Learning a new calendar may seem hard or even intimidating, but this is the time to
try something new. As Valum Votan states, "It's the untried solution; the harmonic
solution." What we're being asked to do is let go of what has been common for so
long - the irregularity of the 12-month calendar - and embrace the accuracy of the
13-moon calendar.

Overlayed upon the perfect framework of the 13 moon year, is another layer of
natural time - the "sacred count of days," a cycle of 260-days which flows through
the year, giving each day a unique "Galactic Gateway." This sacred cycle composed
of 260 distinct energies is called the Galactic Spin cycle. As a modern version of the
ancient Mayan Tzolkin, it puts us directly in touch with the creational energies which
compose our inner and outer world.

The benefit of utilizing this harmonic module (Tzolkin) is that it serves as a clear map
of the 260 energetic portals of self inquiry which assist our quickening. As we use
these lenses to see deeper into ourselves, we come to know the purpose
which every moment holds. We come to hear the guidance which calls to us in
every interaction of our lives. We perceive the clues which are waiting to bestow
information. The more we surrender into the natural flow of life's timing, the
more directly we are informed by time as the universal frequency of
synchronization.

The source of these calendar codes is the "Dreamspell" - the modern application of
ancient Mayan time-science, brought to us by Dr. José and Lloydine Argüelles. As a
 tool of synchronization, unification, and telepathic development, by
speaking a language of light, this template unites us in a harmony which
transcends our language barriers. By following the 13-Moon Natural Time
Calendar, every day we meet eachother in the consciousness of the energy and
sacred symbol of the day.

Rather than labeling today's date as:

"Thursday, December 22, AD two-thousand-and-five,"
to a growing global population who tracks the Dreamspell count, today is:
"Red Rhythmic Skywalker, Gamma Rhythmic 10, Year of the Yellow Cosmic Seed."

It is beneficial to come together and dicuss what it means to live by these cycles,
and how to enhance our connections and share resources!

The "Dreamspell" is subtitled "Timeship Earth 2013." If we understand that Time

refers to the fourth dimension of Mind which governs third dimensional space,
(Intention preceding manifestation), then what if we translate this as "Mindship Earth
2013?" As humans all over the planet unite through this synchronization tool, we are
in fact linking minds over the next 7 years, and beyond. Perhaps the design and the
quality of the Ship of 2013 will reflect the consciousnesses of those minds who have
linked up! All aboard!

"The purpose of the 13-moon calendar is to assist in converting third-dimensional

materialism into the fourth-dimensional rainbow nation."
-The Dreamspell

"Like the Maya who preceded us, we shall understand that the path to the stars is
through the senses and that the proper utilization of our mind as the auto-regulatory
control factor will help facilitate the passage to different levels or dimensions of
being." -José Argüelles

This prophecy is unfolding, right now!

As Valum Votan said: "We are the Peacemakers we've been waiting for!"

All that has been unconscious is becoming conscious.

May Our Paths Be Illumined By The Highest Light Of The Creator That We May Live
In Harmony With All Our Relations, In Service to the Whole.
 Personal and Planetary awakening is here, now.
As Werner Erhardt says:
"Now is when it is. Here is where it is. You are what it is. Celebrate!"

IN LAK'ECH
YUCATEC MAYAN CODE OF HONOR
"I AM ANOTHER YOURSELF"

- Xa Ta Zac Xa Ta Amac -
"Only May There Be Peace In Your Presence"

Tikal, Guatemala

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