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One of the most mysterious artifacts that has been discovered upon our planet are known as the Crystal Skulls. A Crystal Skull is simply defined as an ancient artifact discovered made from various type of quartz crystals that has the appearance of a human size (or larger) and shaped skull. Most of these ancient Crystal Skulls have been uncovered near or within ancient ruins located in Mexico or Central America, possibly linked to the Mesoamerican cultures of this region. However within recent years, crystal skulls are now surfacing or being reported in other parts of the world such as in South America, Europe and Asia.
The Crystal Skulls are considered to be one of the world greatest mysteries. Some of these artifacts have been researched by Hewlett Packard ( reported in Richard Garvin's book, "The Crystal Skull", 1973) and continue to baffle the modern scientific community. There have been a number of phenomena associated with the crystal skulls including:
Individuals receiving a healing in the presence
Psychics and sensitives channeling or receiving impressions
Holographic Images forming inside of the crystal skulls
A Powerful energy measured within or around the skulls when activated
Many believe that crystal is an inherently powerful substance, capable of transmitting and absorbing "vibrations" and acting as conduits of psychic energy. Such enthusiasts avoid the question of scientific explanation for this phenomenon by asserting that crystal vibrations cannot be detected or recorded.
These vibrations and psychic emanations are said to be particularly pronounced in crystal skulls. People who claim to be sensitive report powerful visions and sensations of well-being in the presence of the artifacts. At exhibitions and in owner's homes, the public is often permitted to have private meditations sessions with the skulls. Some are even able to commune with only a photograph or a plastic mold cast from a crystal skull.
The healing properties often associated with crystals have also been made in conjunction with crystal skulls. Visitors of the Mitchell-Hedges skull have reported subsequent healing experiences, and Joke Van Dietan credits a skull in her collection, the one called ET, with helping her fully recover from a brain tumor.
Another recurring claim about the crystal skulls is that they are repositories of hidden information of some kind. The idea is that the advanced race that created the skulls encoded them with vast quantities of data, whether a record of their lost people, prophecies of future events, or a complete history of Earth. The problem is figuring out how to unlock these secrets.
Some claim to "read" the skulls' information through simple meditation. Psychic visions come to them, or they even see images flickering inside the skull. A process called "activation" involves a group gathering around a skull and conducting a seance-style exploration. Using their collective energies to journey within the skull's spiritual dimensions, the activation team sometimes speak in tongues and share common visions.
There are other methods of decoding the skulls by physical manipulation. One recurring notion is that they were designed to reveal their secrets when light is shined on them in a particular way. While studying the Mitchell-Hedges skull at Hewlett-Packard, Frank Dorland discovered that its interior contained a well-formed prism and tunnels for the passage of light, and the eye sockets were perfectly placed concave lenses. When Dorland shone a beam of light up from beneath the skull, he observed that it lit up "like it was on fire." Dorland also reported that the skull sometimes spontaneously changed color, and that hallucinatory images and sounds emanated from inside it.
J.W. Voakes of Seattle claims to decipher meaning from crystal skulls by means of a process he terms "4th Dimensional Mirror Imaging." Using a graphics program on his personal computer, Voakes selects a small area of surface detail from a skull or other artifact, copies it, and pastes a reverse of the selection alongside the original, creating a new, symmetrical image. Voakes discerns forms such as faces and alien-type bodies amid the patterns he creates, and is convinced that they were placed there by whatever intelligence created the crystals.
It should be noted, though, that the human mind tends to impose order on any pattern that is random but symmetrical. Any two blobs and a line can become a face. Voakes could conceivably be onto something, but his findings are likely little more than a self-administered Rorschach test.
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."
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