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); to Tzoltze, our Astrophyllite crystal skull; and to Ketu, our Blue Lepidolite 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.
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Although fascinated by carved crystal 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 in 2008 I had been asked to source some by customers who wished to work with them. One thing led to another and I became (initially against my will!) hooked...
THE ARRIVAL OF SAMADHI:
Samadhi, our Clear Quartz crystal skull, was purchased in the autumn of 2008
along with two other skulls (who have since found homes with good friends)
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 Samhadi is 15cm long by 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.
According to the Book of Stones, clear quartz's purposes include"...
to show the value in becoming a vessel for the Light of the Divine... to bring
heightened spiritual awareness... and to establish a strong, clear connection
to higher guidance..." additionally Madagascan quartz is described as
"... associated with ancient knowledge... activates the spiritual mind
and assists in vision work and meditation... stimulates the body's ability to
carry an expanded range of Light frequency." 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 and
although we spent a little time together he stayed very quiet and so it was
never my intention to keep him, thinking he was destined elsewhere. However
following Alison's awakening and bonding session with him a few months after
he arrived he came out of his shell and is now part of "the family".
He then told me (although he remains not much of a talker!) that he is
"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. In view of how he worked with
Alison, his bond with "The Stranger", his aura of stillness, and the
work he is now doing, I think he has given a very appropriate name. He
certainly exudes the energies of Peace and serenity and, as we have also
discovered, is a great channeler of pure white Light energy. He enjoys working
with "The Stranger" and people that come to sit with it, and more
recently, since Tzoltze has joined us, they both have been doing healing /
Lightbody assimilation sessions with people: individually, as "meditation
/ journeying" crystals, and as a pair in a healing layout. Here they work
well at the extremes of our energy bodies: Earth Star / Soul Star; Omega
Centre / Alpha Centre. This work helps people bring their polar extremes into
balance and assists them in accepting and then integrating ALL aspects of
their Self (Light and Dark) into ONE.
Samadhi
THE ARRIVAL OF TZOLT'ZE:
Throughout 2008/9 we had been working with 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. Then in the spring
of 2009 I had a very vivid dream, which I recount here: ... 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. We were on a narrow
street and I faced a low building that had a bank of grass-covered earth piled
up against its left hand side. The earth bank had 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 me 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 bundled up clothing in native 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 rather 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 knew that somehow I had been chosen because of
my encounter with the bats. 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. I also 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 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 a skull caught my attention: at first I was unsure if I wanted
it, as it was so black, but then I realised that the theme of the balance
between light and dark was what we had been working with over the last few
years - and thus Tzolt'ze 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 cranium. 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..." I
began by nicknaming him "Skully", in honour of the X Files
(actually very appropriate, 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."
The name was so clear that I "Googled "Tzoltze" and to my
amazement found that Tzoltze is one of the names of 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" is a Mayan word meaning "star", 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"!
A little more research revealed that Nibiru/Tzoltze has also been called
"Light Bearer" (Lucifer) "Great Dragon" and "Winged
Globe". This proved very interesting, because I then recalled two other
dream encounters I'd had, one when I had encountered Lucifer in the guise of a
dragon, and one where I visited a Mayan pyramid and had seen a carving of a
head that I later discovered was the Toltec symbol for the number 20, which
means "Ahau". This is the name of their Sun God, who was associated
with a Mayan bird deity, often depicted as as a disc or Sun with wings
(noticing the connections here?!) As if all these "coincidences"
were not enough, a few weeks later I had a mail from a dear friend who'd had
the logo from her website ("On Wings of Light") tattooed onto her
wrist. She told me "... this 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..." 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 of a fiery winged orb. In that encounter Michael gave me an
energetic imprint of a fiery winged orb upon my brow, in acknowledgement of
the vow I had made when writing our new AMD course, which included the words: "...
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 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." And so
it seems that Tzoltze was meant to be part of our "family" too!
Tzoltze
THE ARRIVAL OF KETU:
Once again the arrival of this skull had been prompted by a dream - I do
dream a lot, but most tend to be confused and not very clear. Some times,
however, a dream is and remains very vivid and it is those that I know I must
pay attention to, for they hold importance for me. The exact context of this
dream was not clear, but I recall seeing our planet from outer space, and then
watching as the Earth morphed into the form of a skull. Then it became small
enough to sit in my hands, and I could see it was coloured blue and white,
with the greatest regions of blue sitting over one half of the cranium, with
the rest being mainly white. I had no idea what stone this might be, despite
being a bit of a crystal "expert", and so once again decided to scan
the web at intervals, just in case I saw something that seemed right. Sure
enough, some months later I found a skull (a bit more expensive than I would
have preferred!) carved from a new material that had been found in Western
Australia, and which was blue and white. Even the distribution of blue/white
was very like I had recalled from my dream. And so, with the help of my
"flexible friend" Ketu arrived in autumn 2010. On a factual level,
he is 14cm long by 12cm wide and tall and has been carved from Australian Blue
Lepidolite, which has a nice distribution of blue and white material, with
some small areas of purple, and what I believe to be clear petalite. The
mineral (lepidolite) I was familiar with, but not the colour. Usually
lepidolite is pink, purple, grey or white (or combinations thereof) - but this
type has a larger than normal inclusion of a rare mineral called rubidium,
which meant that it was coloured blue, rather than purple. Nothing much has
been said about the uses and attributes of this new blue lepidolite on an
esoteric level, although some things Melody says about lepidolite in general
are very apt in this case: "...lepidolite ... opens the crown chakra
and allows for the flowering of the inner blue lotus, assisting one to become
aware of the subtle vibratory energies both within and without the Self; ...
assists in the transformation of the energies... to those of universal light,
hope and acceptance... it is recognised as a stone of transition... from one
life to another, and in birth and re-birth..." The reference to the
"Blue Lotus" is very relevant for me, both because the etheric
retreat of Lord Himalaya within the Himalayas * is known as the retreat of the
Blue Lotus, which is connected with self-mastery and inner contemplation; and
because it is the name of the earth-working group
we formed in 2005, and being a symbol of creation and rebirth. (*see also
"K2" below)
Like most of our skulls he took a while to settle in, and for several months
it did not feel the right time to access him, although I straight away felt he
has a connection to the Cosmic Avatar XCii (more on Avatars'
page). Then 2011 dawned and on the 11/01/11 he claimed my attention.
Firstly I sat and thought about the impressions I was getting and got the
words "Change... balance... victory... peace... calm..." Then
he spoke and said: "The place where I was born was one of
the firstborn of Earth and my essence is of the first ground. Gathering forces
awaken. To your True reality, arise. I greet you; I that am both sea and sky
and the bleached bones of the Ancestors, revered through time by those that
have gone before. And now, in turn, you sit, and gather your thoughts; your
mind; your breath; your soul, waiting for the time to be signalled in its
purity and strength of Will. Turn once; turn twice, and see. Gaze into my eyes
that you might see my soul, and in it reflected your own. Greatness within
smallness, movement within Light and stillness and contemplation within
darkness. For all is the same and of the same - all in its right time and
rhythm, rotating in and circling the great Hub of the Universe; pulsing in
time with the heartbeat of the Godhead - the leader and Creator of all life
streams, both great and small. As with the steady ticking of the clock, you
watch the Galaxies revolve and the Stars wink into and out of existence.
Purity coming; darkness leaving - a mission done; a task completed at
last." Then I saw magenta Light surround me and felt both peaceful
and calm, yet paradoxically with an underlying current of great electrical
energy. Then I hear the word "Ketu" and then "K2" and then
a pause, like a held breath suspended. When I ask the skull how it wishes to
work with/through me, I see a snake coming out from its eye sockets, and
interpret this as meaning or representing fundamental Creation/manifestation
through visioning. Then my guides tell me "With this you
can look into the depths unseen by others... the depths of the Cosmos and
Universe - yet you might also say your own depths, your own inner world, for
what is exterior to yourself is also within. There are always two passageways,
for neither one nor the other is exclusive in their access to All That
Is." A little later, Ketu said also of his
essence, the ground from which he was born, that he is "Kailo-san",
which translates as "Master Healer".
As usual, I did some research on the words I heard and found a few things that
seem relevant to the skull and how he is likely to work with us: As one of the
aspects of the Hindu God Vishnu, Ketu wears a clear gem at his crown,
signifying the spiritual process of the refinement of materialisation to
spirit. He is considered to have the power to precipitate (potentially
painful, but always empowering) catalytic change in order to persuade a more
spiritual outlook or a change to a more spiritual way of being. Ketu is also
connected with the positive spiritual attributes of intelligence, wisdom,
non-attachment, penetrating insight and psychic abilities. K2 is the
second-highest mountain on Earth after Mount Everest, located in the
Himalayas, on the border between China and Pakistan. One mountaineer
considered K2 an appropriate name for so remote and challenging a mountain,
concluding it was "...just the bare bones of a name, all rock and ice
and storm and abyss. It makes no attempt to sound human. It is atoms and
stars. It has the nakedness of the world before the first man..."
Ketu
OTHER ARRIVALS, INFORMATION TO COME:
Here is a brief foretaste of our two dragon skulls, Asz'khagar and
Celestreii... They have now found new homes with committed Lightworkers (and
Dragon-keepers!), but we have 4 other dragon skulls that we are currently
working with, and I will write about them when I have more time!
Celestreii and Asz'khagar
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.
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