our crystal skulls
This page introduces you to Samadhi, our Clear Quartz crystal skull, who was the catalyst for the grounding, connection and awakening of the artwork, known as "The Stranger" (and hence my connection to Unity Consciousness) and to Tzoltze, our Astrophyllite crystal skull. You will also find some of my thoughts on the purposes for which modern skulls are being created today, and the reasoning behind their being.
THE ARRIVAL OF SAMADHI:
Samadhi, our Clear Quartz crystal skull, was purchased in the autumn of 2008
along with several other items including two more skulls for our Inner Light Crystal
Sales site just two months before the Stranger's awakening occurred
(see more about this portrait and his awakening on our page "The
Stranger"). On a factual level he is 15cm long x 11cm wide and tall
and is carved from Madagascan Clear Quartz. He has some internal fractures and
inclusions, including some of iron and some of chlorite. Although fascinated
by carved skulls and their esoteric history, on a personal level I had never
felt particularly drawn to keep one (having found them rather macabre, if I am
honest!) but had been asked to look for some by customers who wished to work
with them. As a bit of a joke (luckily he seems to have a sense of humour) I
nicknamed him "Duggery" (skull-duggery - get it?) when he first came
home. However following Alison's awakening and bonding session with him he
came out of his shell and I feel now that he will stay with us, at least for
the foreseeable future. It may be that he will wish to work with "The
Stranger" and people that come to sit with it. He told me that he is (for
the present at least) called "Samadhi" and that we can call him Sam!
Following his words to me, I then researched the word "Samadhi" and
found that it is a Sanskrit word - literally meaning "putting
together" or "uniting". In Hinduism samadhi is seen as a state
of profound concentration or absorption resulting in perfect Union with God.
In Buddhism samadhis are numerous modes of concentration believed to
ultimately result in higher spiritual powers and the attainment of
enlightenment, or Nirvana. He certainly exudes the energies of Peace and
serenity. In view of how he worked with Alison and the work to which he will
now be put, I think he has given a very appropriate name for the present,
although I feel that at some point his true name and further purpose will be
revealed.
THE ARRIVAL OF TZOLT'ZE:
Tzolt'ze, our black Astrophyllite crystal skull came to us in the spring of
2010. On a factual level he is 12cm long and 9cm wide and tall and is carved
from Russian Astrophyllite, being predominantly black with radiating star
shaped golden / bronze crystals over his domed top. According to the Book of
Stones, this crystal's purposes, amongst others, are "...to shine a
light on the mirror of consciousness and illuminate the True self...
Astrophyllite activates and connects Earth Star and Soul Star enabling one to
resonate with and radiate the full spectrum of energy that IS the Light...
reminding us that the entire spectrum is necessary to our health and spiritual
growth... It also encourages intergalactic and interdimensional communication
and telepathy... and allows one to face ones darkest fears and claim ones full
power..."
Throughout 2008/9 we had been working with South American / Peruvian energies
in our research for our School's Ascension course, and Mayan Deities, pyramids
and other symbolism cropped up in small ways in several meditations, and I can
explain a bit about what I feel his purpose is, firstly by recounting a vivid
dream I had in the spring of 2009:
… we emerged into a street, which was light and hot and sunny, with
houses that were made of pale clay or mud bricks, with dusty unpaved streets
– strangely different architecture to where we had been. We were on a narrow
street and I faced a low building that had a long low mound of grass-covered
earth piled up against its left hand side. In the front of the mound was a
wide but narrow opening and as I stood there, suddenly a great mass of bats
flew out of the cave and surrounded me, as if I was in a great black rustling
cloud. Hundreds of them flew past for what seemed like ages so that I was
completely surrounded for a few minutes - yet none of them touched me. Then I
turned as some people came out of the house behind me. It was a poor and
run-down house, narrow and squat within a terrace of similar houses. The
people looked South American, dressed in the bundled up native clothing in
Peruvian style. An old woman came to the front of the family group and
beckoned to me, and then took me into the house and into the room at the back,
which was a kitchen / living room. Above the fireplace with its mantelpiece
and high up on one wall was a shelf with lots of bundles, baskets and pots on
it. She reached up and took down a cloth wrapped bundle and gave it to me. She
gestured for me to unwrap it, and when I did so I found a skull. Looking back
I don’t recall exactly what it looked like, but remember it being more
opaque and stone-like than clear quartz crystal. She impressed upon me that
this was an ancient skull of the Mayans and she as clan leader had been its
Keeper. It was very old. She was now passing it to me….
I no longer recall exactly what else was said, but she did give me a reason
for passing it on, which I know made sense at that time. I also knew that
somehow I had been chosen because of the bats coming out to surround me, which
they would not usually do in broad daylight. So I looked up "Bat" in
the Medicine Cards, which said "…Steeped in the mystery of
Mesoamerican tribal ritual is the legend of Bat... Akin to the ancient
Buddhist belief in reincarnation, in central America Bat is the symbol of
rebirth, and has for centuries been the treasured medicine of the Aztec,
Toltec, Tolucan and Mayan people… Bat is connected with the concept of
shamanistic ritualistic death… Bat signals rebirth of some part of yourself
or the death of old patterns…" As I awoke the dream stayed with me
very vividly for several days, and in the back of my mind was seeded the
thought that I should be on the alert for another skull, which somehow would
be connected with this dream.
TZOLT'ZE IS FOUND!:
As a consequence, I had idly been checking out e-bay now and then for skulls
over some months, just in case anything caught my eye at a reasonable price.
Then one day this skull caught my attention. At first I was put off as it was
so black, but then realised that the theme of the balance between light and
dark was what we had been teaching over the last few years. Mark won the
auction and the skull arrived and we cleansed him and left him firstly with
Ivor (our main house crystal) and then with Sam so that his energies could
settle down over several weeks. I was calling him Skully by then, in honour of
the X Files - even more amusing, once you read on... Then on 16th April
the time finally seemed right to sit with him, and this is what he said to me:
"Joy within joys, the pages of a book ever turning. One by
one they are turned, recording the movements of the stars and the changes of
the soul. Turn again once more and they are gone. Sparked out of existence as
fast as they became. They know your soul and contain the very part of you that
cries out for succour in your need for hope, and for life and for the heart of
all that is. The words rebound and echo from the deepest and darkest recesses
of the Universe. You fear that none can hear… you fear that none will reply,
that none cares. But that is not so. The pebble drops into the well and the
sound of its falling reverberates and resounds into the heart of the Creator.
For even though you see him not, he knows you and he knows your spark. And he
will not fail you, even when all seems lost and despair surrounds and
encompasses your being. Look to the Light: the golden rays that penetrate the
smallest crack, that expand and thrust into the darkness, enlivening and
filling it with hope and with joy. He comes! The Creator hears and answers and
all is NOT lost… all is found: and I AM whole and complete once more. I am
the Hidden One, the joy within the depths of the soul. Often hidden from view
and discernible only with eyes that see True. I am the conqueror, the bringer
of courage for those that have the strength to look within and without, past
the darkness and into the recesses of the mind. I am Tzolt'ze (said and
spelled out very clearly!), Bringer of Death.... and
Rebirth."
In fact it was only after this encounter that I remembered my dream of the
previous year, as recounted above, and looked it up in my journal. Then just
for a giggle, I thought I would Google "Tzoltze" on the off-chance
it would come up as something / someone, and to my amazement found that
Tzoltze is one of the names for Nibiru / Planet X. The article said: "...Mayan
Elder, Hunbatz Men, who revealed that the Mayans have known about Tzoltze ek'
(Nibiru) - a massive planet on an elliptical orbit - for many years, says that
the seventh moon of Nibiru will activate the Kundalini - the serpentine energy
that activates the 7 chakras or power-zones along the spine … Tzoltze ek'
will also activate our genetic memories, and all the pyramids on Earth and
under the Oceans…. The planet ... visits us 4 times every 26,000 year cycle
("the Great Calendar of the Pleiades" that ends on 21st December
2012). The planet is inhabited by beings who operate on a higher "mental
frequency..."
I next discovered that "ek" in Mayan translates as
"star", which made sense, and then also realised that Astrophyllite
(the stone from which the skull is carved) gets its name from the Greek root
word Astron, also meaning "star"!
I then did some research about Nibiru and found some VERY illuminating stuff
highlighting recurring themes of winged orbs and dragons (more on that later!)
Extracts from that article say: "… Nibiru (planet of passing) or Neb
Heru as it was called in Khemet, is most commonly called Planet X. ... During
its pass through our orbit, it is said by the ancients to be responsible for
severe global devastation… The majority of those in the conventional (real
pseudo-science) community dismiss Nibiru as another 'myth' thought up by
so-called primitive peoples to pass the time, yet Nibiru is mentioned by the
scribes of countless ancient civilizations, under many different names. In the
biblical book of Revelations it is called Wormwood, among the ancient Chinese
it was 'Gung-Gung'- great black or red dragon, ... to the
Mayans it was the Celestial Quetzalcoatl or Tzoltze ek, and
in the Latin tongue it was called Lucifer or light bringer.
… The ancient Hebrews referred to it as the "Winged
Globe" because of it's long orbit high among the stars…. and an
early English prophet also gave the name "The Fiery
Dragon" for the planet, as seen from her second sight.
Between my original dream and acquiring Tzolt'ze I had two other visions,
which again highlights the Lucifer / dragon / Mayan aspects: The first was a
visualisation with Archaeon Michael, where I met "Lucifer": ….
I looked through the door to see what was held there, and looking very fed up
was a being I thought may be Lucifer. He looked part human, part angel, part
dragon and sat with elbow on knee, head in hand. I could see he was chained
round the tail / lower body to a massive ring set into the floor of the room.
Michael asked me if I wanted to go within the room, and I decided to do so. I
went in and the beast looked at me – oh no! – red eyes. Then I thought
that I may be being tested and asked him to show me his true eyes. I felt sure
this was Lucifer (or the Luciferian part of myself) and as such had to trust
that his role was not that of pure darkness. He blinked slowly and his eyes
cleared to show emerald pupils (what else!) I asked him what he was doing
there and he told me that he was captured and holding the dark and shadowy
aspects of my selves – in fact he was sitting on a big box (like Pandora’s
box?). Was I prepared to set him free, and in so doing release what he was
holding. I thought with care and agreed. ... and Lucifer in his chain was
freed. He rose up and got huge and black, towering above me. For an instant I
wondered what I had set free - if I had been conned and made a big mistake! He
spread his bat-like wings out and his eyes glowed red. Then I told him that I
had seen his dark side, and now would he show me his greatest Light, for I
know that is part of him also. With that he changed and grew even bigger and
turned to a silvery-platinum grey and gave off a light that was so bright I
had to close my eyes and turn my head. Then he lifted off the ground and went
out through the ceiling, trailing his chain behind him, leaving my box behind,
which had turned into a golden egg….
Then before coming back from that session I travelled further with Michael
and we very briefly visited an Aztec / Mayan stepped pyramid that had Mayan
style heads carved into the wall. One in particular stood out: it had dark
skin (painted black) with creamy yellow wide/big lips and enormous eyes
outlined in red-orange. When I researched this I found a similar face
connected with the Mayan "long-count" (associated with the end of
time /2012 theories), and in the Toltec number system the last number (20)
looked very like the head I saw. This symbol is that of Ajaw / Ahau (meaning
'Lord') - the radiant Sun god; or Ruler. This symbol and number was also
associated with a Mayan bird deity, often depicted as a disc or
Sun with wings.
POSTSCRIPT:
Following on from the winged orb theme, a few weeks later I had a mail from a
dear friend who was telling me about a tattoo she had felt guided to have,
which is her website "On Wings of Light" logo and which just
"happens" to be a winged disc/orb. She told me: "…It
is the signature of the ARCHAEoNS - I bear their Standard as witness to them.
It feels rather like the Knights of old - I am called to wear their colours
and bear arms against the darkness. This I have undertaken as best I can…."
This had been confirmed to her by the Archaeon in their July message to
humanity, channelled through her, which reads: "Beloveds….You
are called upon by the Realms of Light, as Exemplars. Each of you has a gift
of destiny which has revealed, or is revealing itself through this process of
Life. You have been called the “Way showers” and each humble footprint
that you leave upon the ether is marked in Light, that others may follow. If
you are able to engage with your Destiny with all your Heart, to embrace the
potentials as they come to you, without seeking to know the end result,
without applying conditions and constraints, then you will glance over your
shoulder and see the masses who are following in your wake. You are
impeccable, living a life immaculate. That is not to say this life is judged
as “perfect” (although perfection exists in every beat of your Heart). It
is enough that you have said “YES!” and do your absolute best with the
knowledge and information that you have available to you. Within each chapter,
there is a plot and a subtext which can be appreciated in its entirety, taken
for what it is, enjoyed whole. However, there are many chapters as yet unread,
and if you have the courage to keep turning the pages, you will know that
beyond the microcosm there is a macrocosm, and endlessness of the unknown and
the unknowable which only time can make known….."
Then finally the penny dropped and I realised that a few weeks prior to that
I'd had a profound encounter with Archaeon Michael, AND that this all tied up
with Tzolt'ze and HIS symbol, which is also a fiery winged orb!
Here I outline that encounter:… he had a vast golden body and golden
hair flying round his head, like liquid golden fire. I knew also that around
his brow he wore a wide golden band, and that there was a massive flaming
winged orb set on its centre. The orb was 3D and emitting vast quantum of
golden-white Light. He held his arms wrapped around his body, holding a floor
length robe or cloak to fully enclose his energies, neck to floor. …. he
came this time to stand before me. He then "opened" his cloak and
held his arms to his sides and unfolded a MASSIVE set of golden wings, which I
could see in great details above his shoulders and fanning out around his
feet. …. Then a vast and brilliant Light shone out from his chest, like the
Sun. It entered my brow and filled my head entirely. And as it did so it was
as if I could see the Universe, with all its stars and Galaxies, within my
head – so that all was both "within" and "without" at
the same time…. then he folded his wings and "cloak" back to
shield the Light once again as the process was completed. …. I had a flash
of inspiration that told me that I now carry an energetic imprint of a
fiery winged orb upon my brow, and that Michael had countersigned and
accepted the vow I made when writing and teaching our new AMD course and so
acknowledged my part (as an Exemplar!) towards spreading the Light and Word on
Earth. The vow I had given reads as follows:
I AM a Temple of the Light. I AM a guardian of the Sacred Arc of the
Covenant. I carry the Divine Laws within my heart. I step between the veils
and speak with my Source. I AM a Temple of the Light. I shine forth the
letters of the Holy Name from my brow. I AM a guardian of the Threefold
Flame of the Ain Soph and the Ain Soph Ur. I AM a priest within the temple of
my spirit. I AM a Temple of the Light. I AM a guardian of the Sacred Arc of
the Covenant and shine forth the flame of the letters to the world, so that
ALL may be a Temple of the Light and a Keeper of the Covenant. And this now I
vow. So Be It.
Finally, and additionally, I realised that the "dragon theme" was
also a recurring one, as I had been consciously working with dragon energy for
the last couple of years. I was reminded of a journey in the autumn of 2009,
when I was with Ascended Lady Master Quan Yin and my dragon, who told me: "Our
breath helped form the morning. Dragon's breath is sacred fire – it is the
fire of creation..." and Quan Yin added: "...Get
ready to ride the dragon…" Then in July our Blue Lotus group linked
with a group of dragons of "oriental" serpentine shape, who told us "Those
dragons of the rainbow realm pledge themselves to your paths…" and
just to finish the tale, it now looks as if a few more skulls are on their way
to us, including a couple of dragon skulls! So watch this space….
(Brief Update: our order of 15 skulls from Skullmaster "Raven" has
arrived, and 4 of them have claimed us as Keepers - the other 11 are very
eager for the right home and their Keepers to step forwards too! [follow this
link to our Crystal Sales on-line shop to find out more.] Stories from our
new skulls [ASZ'KHAGHAR and CELESTREii, the 2 dragons, and HAL and XCiiELLE
T'UK] will be coming soon....)
Some Observations on Modern Crystal Skulls:
At first thought, carving a crystal into the form of a skull might seem somewhat at odds with the positive esoteric purposes to which crystals are usually put. Perhaps the skulls might be regarded as rather "creepy" or macabre - perhaps they remind us of dark magic, horror, death or decadent rites. However when we step beyond our initial impressions we might see that the shape that the crystal has chosen to be made manifest in simply and literally shows humanity stripped back to the "bare bones" of who we are. It is as if we look into a mirror and are confronted with our mortality - yet we are also reminded of what we are as physical beings and of our innate capacity for exploring the nature of our reality through learning and understanding. Our physical body is simply a temporary housing - a vehicle through which our consciousness is given the opportunity to learn and grow, and as such our physical skull is primarily a container for our brain, which is the centre for our reasoning, functioning and direction. Here are seated our eyes, ears, nose and mouth - our most important sensory organs and the means through which we make sense of the world around us and communicate our thoughts and feelings. In turn, I feel that each crystal skull that is carved today also has the potential to be a receptacle - a place wherein a Being, energy or consciousness may choose to place themselves in order to work with or through its human Keeper.
Traditionally the Ancient crystal skulls were formed from quartz - usually clear quartz - yet the new skulls carved today may be found in a huge range of materials, perhaps reflecting the current varied and wide-ranging needs of humanity. I believe that at some level each mineral or crystalline material that is selected to be shaped into the form of a skull will have chosen to do so as a part of its destiny and its work with and for humanity and our planet. It is rare for modern skulls to be carved from a terminated crystal, being usually shaped from large blocks of massive or crystalline material - the size of the block required as a starting point being nearly twice the mass of the finished product. The nature of the material from which the skull is carved as well as its size (although size is not always important!) will need to have a resonance with the Being or consciousness that will choose to connect with it, and likewise with the person who is drawn to claim it as its Keeper, whose inner self and purpose at that time will also need to resonate with or be reflected in the properties and vibration of that mineral or crystal.
Each crystal skull is a profound amplifier of intent and as such, once awoken, their nature and the nature of their work will depend greatly upon their Keeper - what that person has to offer to the world; what their pathway is; what the main thrust of their work is at that time; the level of Power and vibration they are capable of working with; and also how they live their life, whether righteous or not. I believe that this means that each skull forms a deep bond or energetic link with its Keeper and the resonance and direction of its energies will therefore reflect those of the person with whom it has formed that link. This places a huge responsibility upon all those who have stepped up to be a Keeper or guardian for one of these skulls, as it is equally possible for the focus of a skull to be directed towards a positive OR negative purpose - minerals and crystals having an innate consciousness, but not a conscience. I further feel that the Being, energy or consciousness generally enters the skull AFTER the Keeper has stepped forwards to claim it, having formed a decision to do so dependant on the appropriateness of the Keeper to work with that particular Being, energy or consciousness.
It seems to me that the Being, energy or consciousness does not permanently occupy the skull, or "live" within it - rather that the skull makes its connections and then acts as a relay station between the Being, energy or consciousness and the Keeper or user. To draw an analogy we may see that the skulls perform a function similar to that of a radio set that is tuned to a specific frequency and - just as with a radio - the "sound" (information etc.) comes THROUGH the skull, which is not in itself the source of the "sound". This may mean that the energies working through the skull might change as the Keeper changes their energy or vibration, or that at some time it will be appropriate for the Keeper to pass guardianship of the skull and its energies to a new Keeper. Whatever the case, all those who are contemplating acquiring a crystal skull should know that in doing so they will be asked to take on the duty of being a skull Keeper and will need to fully appreciate and understand the commitment they are making, which should include working with the skull and the energies it channels in a positive and respectful manner.
