The Crystal Skulls
Joshua "Illinois" Shapiro April 1996
Co-Author of Mysteries of the Crystal Skulls Revealed In November of last year, my wife and I had the fortune to finally visit Australia (Hooray). We were sponsored by our friend Norm (from Sydney), who had accompanied us to Peru in October. Norm helped us to have a booth at the Festival for Body-Mind-Spirit in Sydney (November 22nd - 26th) and we also were accompanied by our friend Joke, who just happens to be a caretaker of three quartz crystal skulls. It was an absolutely amazing experience watching the Australian reaction to the two crystal skulls at our booth. But I would imagine the Reader is probably asking by now, "What the heck is a Crystal Skull?" (please excuse my slang, after all I am one of those chaps from the states ...)
A Crystal Skull is an object composed of quartz crystal shaped in the form (or approximating that) of a human skull. There are two types of crystal skulls that exist, ones which have been crafted today by a modern-day carvers, referred to as contemporary crystal skulls and the other type is known as an old or ancient crystal skull because they have been uncovered within or near various ancient ruins. The most interesting type of crystal skulls are the old/ancient ones especially those which are human size or larger. In working with these ancient crystal skulls, we have found an incredible energy connected to this artifact and many strange psychic phenomena.
The places where the human sized ancient crystal skulls have been found predominately are in Mexico or Central America with other reports of some skulls being discovered in South America, Europe and Russia. Thus far, four types of ancient quartz skulls are known including clear quartz, amethyst, rose quartz and smoky quartz. The contemporary carved Crystal Skulls are being manufactured in Mexico, Brazil, Germany & Nepal and there are many local crystal stores which sell them. Although modern carvers are getting closer to duplicate the sophisticated outer form of some of the known ancient skulls, the strange phenomena associated with these ancient artifacts is still puzzling to scientists and archaeologist (and also even people who study metaphysics and paranormal subjects!)
For example, several (purportedly) ancient crystal skulls have been brought to Hewlett-Packard (HP), located near the San Francisco area in California. HP has long been known as a manufacturer of computer printers and systems, in addition to having one of the most extensive scientific and crystal research laboratories in the world. The scientists working at HP who have had a chance to examine some of these ancient crystal skulls were hard pressed to explain how a primitive culture could have carved crystal into such precise shapes and especially against the natural axis of the crystal without the use of sophisticated tools. The theory about the axis is being disputed by modern day carvers however.