Mayan Crystal Skulls

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MAYAN CRYSTAL SKULL CEREMONY
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.
compiled by Dee Finney
9-11-09 - DREAM - I was laying in bed sleeping with newspapers folded so that the headlines were
showing at regular intervals all over the bed covering the blanket I was sleeping under.
When I got out of bed, I knew that this all had to be preserved just as it was.
Out in the yard, my husband had a new wife and we were surrounded by an oval shaped stand of trees
and we were trying to determine what kind of trees they were. The trees had very small leaves and were
about the size of almond trees. I thought they were basil. The new wife told us what they were and how to
cook the nut that grew on the tree. It wasn't eaten alone, it was made into some kind of casserole with
vegetables. [They could have been copal trees - see herb section below]
http://www.greatdreams.com/mayan/Mayan_crystal_skulls.htm 20/01/2011
http://www.marc.ucsb.edu/elpilar/features/trail/documents/plants/copal.htm
I went into the livingroom and on the sofa sat a very old grandmother covered in two very large and heavy
afghans I had made that were multicolored. The afghans weren't quite square on her lap and she didn't
really need two to keep warm so I took one off of her and folded it into a square and set it next to her on
the sofa, Then as she sat there, I slid the folded afghan onto her lap and removed the second afghan and
folded that into a square and set that one on the sofa next to her.
She asked me when all this started.
I can't remember what I answered.
NOTES:
What I didn't figure out was the meaning of the afghans I made for the grandmother. In real life, I knit and crochet
afghans almost constantly and have for years. Something that Joe Mason said yesterday rather rings a bell with me.
He said that Pallas Athena is the goddess of 'weaving'. Interestingly enough, in a meditation last week, a spirit called
me Pallas. I'm still wondering about that connection.
Mayan: Ixchel of Fertility — As a mother goddess she was the inventor of sewing, and was portrayed as the Weaver of
the World. As a wise crone she was the storm-bringer who transformed and cleansed the earth. She also appears in her
moon maiden aspect with her fecund rabbit companion. This traditional image of the highland Maya peoples of
Guatemala is associated with crop (especially corn) fertility, and with safety for women during childbirth.
My whole day has revolved around the Mayan knowledge. Drunvalo Melchizedek states that the crystal skull ceremony
is held once every 1,000 years, and the owner of the crystal skulls and the 'grandmother' would make a special
concoction of special herbs, psychedelic plants and mushrooms and make it very strong, which would take them in their
spirit into the crystal skulls in their minds, but not their physical body. Through that, they would remember the
previous knowledge that had been lost. The Mayans are going to be doing this soon, 13 Shamans, which can be either
men or women or both will do this ceremony. The holy place is called "Cepa pu'
The cave was 28 killometres long
The wind blows through the trees when the elders raise their arms. as if directed by the elder. It is very impressive.
The crystal skull path of knowledge
1st skull came from Atlantis
the 2nd skull came from Atlantis
Each skull contains 1,000 years of history. There are now 13 skulls which must be gathered together.
The grandmother's job was to choose a crystal to make it into a human skull shape, the the grandmother would select a
man or a woman or both for othe ceremony.
Once the grandmother selected the person for this ceremony, the person would be chosen at birth and would study all
their lives for the Mayan knowledge, and he would become a shaman in his trianing.
Then the grandmother prepared the crystal skull ceremony. That would seal the knowledge for another 1,000 years.
Drunvalo tells us that Native Americans have 'grandmother' societies.
THE MAYAN DAYKEEPER EXPLAINS WHY WE NEED THE CRYSTAL SKULLS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoPAxkgIO5k&feature=related
MAYAN CAVE TO THE UNDERWORLD WITH TEMPLES INSIDE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-uc4uCc7jQ&feature=related
SECRETS OF THE MAYAN UNDERWORLD - GLOBAL CATASTROPHE FORMS CENOTES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-UQi6NkHm8&NR=1
THE SECRET OF THE 13 CRYSTAL SKULLS
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=11919897
THE MAYAN NEW DAWN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr__EgM3c9U
THE DAWN OF THE MAYA - PART 1 - PART 2 - PART 3 - PART 4 - PART 5 - PART 6
Crystal skull
The crystal skull at the
British Museum, similar
in dimensions to the more
detailed Mitchell-Hedges
skull.
The crystal skulls are a number of human skull models fashioned from blocks of clear or milky quartz crystal rock,
claimed to be pre-Columbian Mesoamerican artifacts by their alleged finders. However, none of the specimens made
available for scientific study were authenticated as pre-Columbian in origin. The results of these studies demonstrated
that those examined were manufactured in the mid-19th century or later, almost certainly in Europe.[1] Despite some
claims presented in an assortment of popularizing literature, legends of crystal skulls with mystical powers do not figure
in genuine Mesoamerican or other Native American mythologies and spiritual accounts.[2]
The skulls are often claimed to exhibit paranormal phenomena by some members of the New Age movement, and have
often been portrayed as such in fiction. Perhaps the most widely known of such portrayals occurs in the 2008 film
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Crystal skulls have been a popular subject appearing in numerous
sci-fi television series,[3] novels, [4] and video games.[5]
Crystal skull collections
A distinction has been made by some modern researchers between the smaller bead-sized crystal skulls, which first
appear in the mid-19th century, and the larger (approximately life-sized) skulls that appear toward the end of that
century.[citation needed] The larger crystal skulls have attracted nearly all the popular attention in recent times, and
researchers believe that all of these have been manufactured as forgeries in Europe.
Trade in fake pre-Columbian artifacts developed during the late 19th century to the extent that in 1886 Smithsonian
archaeologist William Henry Holmes wrote an article called "'The Trade in Spurious Mexican Antiquities"' for Science.
[6] Although museums acquired skulls earlier, it was Eugène Boban, an antiquities dealer who opened his shop in Paris
in 1870, who is most associated with 19th-century museum collections of crystal skulls. Most of Boban's collection,
including three crystal skulls, was sold to the ethnographer Alphonse Pinart, who donated the collection to the
Trocadéro Museum, which later became the Musée de l'Homme.
Research into crystal skull origins
Many crystal skulls are claimed to be pre-Columbian, usually attributed to the Aztec or Maya civilizations.
Mesoamerican art has numerous representations of skulls, but none of the skulls in museum collections come from
documented excavations.[7] Research carried out on several crystal skulls at the British Museum in 1967, 1996 and
again in 2004 has shown that the indented lines marking the teeth (for these skulls had no separate jawbone, unlike the
Mitchell-Hedges skull) were carved using jeweler's equipment (rotary tools) developed in the 19th century, making a
supposed pre-Columbian origin problematic.[8] The type of crystal was determined by examination of chlorite
inclusions, and is only to be found in Madagascar and Brazil, and thus unobtainable or unknown within pre-Columbian
Mesoamerica. The study concluded that the skulls were crafted in the 19th century in Germany, quite likely at
workshops in the Bavarian town of Idar-Oberstein renowned for crafting objects made from imported Brazilian quartz
at this period in the late 19th century.[9]
It has been established that both the British Museum and Paris's Musée de l'Homme[10] crystal skulls were originally
sold by the French antiquities dealer Eugène Boban, who was operating in Mexico City between 1860 and 1880.[11] The
British Museum crystal skull transited through New York's Tiffany's, whilst the Musée de l'Homme's crystal skull was
donated by Alphonse Pinart, an ethnographer who had bought it from Boban.
An investigation carried out by the Smithsonian Institution in 1992 on a crystal skull provided by an anonymous source
who claimed to have purchased it in Mexico City in 1960 and that it was of Aztec origin concluded that it, too, was made
in recent years. According to the Smithsonian, Boban acquired the crystal skulls he sold from sources in Germany –
findings that are in keeping with those of the British Museum.[12]
A detailed study of the British Museum and Smithsonian crystal skulls was accepted for publication by the Journal of
Archaeological Science in May 2008.[13] Using electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography, a team of British and
American researchers found that the British Museum skull was worked with a harsh abrasive substance such as
corundum or diamond, and shaped using a rotary disc tool made from some suitable metal. The Smithsonian specimen
had been worked with a different abrasive, namely the silicon-carbon compound carborundum which is a synthetic
substance manufactured using modern industrial techniques.[14] Since the synthesis of carborundum dates only to the
1890s and its wider availability to the 20th century, the researchers concluded "[t]he suggestion is that it was made in
the 1950s or later".[15]
Speculations on smaller skulls
None of the skulls in museums come from documented excavations. A parallel example is provided by obsidian mirrors,
ritual objects widely depicted in Aztec art. Although a few surviving obsidian mirrors come from archaeological
excavations,[16] none of the Aztec-style obsidian mirrors are so documented. Yet most authorities on Aztec material
culture consider the Aztec-style obsidian mirrors as authentic pre-Columbian objects.[17] Archaeologist Michael E.
Smith reports a non peer-reviewed find of a small crystal skull at an Aztec site in the Valley of Mexico. [18] Crystal skulls
have been described as "A fascinating example of artifacts that have made their way into museums with no scientific
evidence to prove their rumored pre-Columbian origins.[19] Until any crystal skulls are reported in peer-reviewed
papers describing their excavation, Occam's Razor suggests that all of them are fabrications."
Individual skulls
Mitchell-Hedges skull
Perhaps the most famous and enigmatic skull was allegedly discovered in 1924 by Anna Le Guillon Mitchell-Hedges,
adopted daughter of British adventurer and popularist author F.A. Mitchell-Hedges. It is the subject of a video
documentary made in 1990, Crystal Skull of Labaantun.[20] It has been noted upon examination by Smithsonian
researchers to be "very nearly a replica of the British Museum skull--almost exactly the same shape, but with more
detailed modeling of the eyes and the teeth."[21]
Anna Hedges claimed that she found the skull buried under a collapsed altar inside a temple in Lubaantun, in British
Honduras, now Belize.[22] As far as can be ascertained, F.A. Mitchell-Hedges himself made no mention of the alleged
discovery in any of his writings on Lubaantun. Also, others present at the time of the excavation have not been
documented as noting either the skull's discovery or Anna's presence at the dig.[23]
In a 1970 letter, Anna also stated that she was "told by the few remaining Maya, and was used by the high priest to will
death".[24] The artifact is sometimes referred to as "The Skull of Doom", either because of its seemingly inexplicable
properties and the supposed ill-luck of those who have handled it, or perhaps a play on 'Skull of Dunn' (Dunn being an
associate of Mitchell-Hedges). Anna Mitchell-Hedges toured with the skull from 1967 exhibiting it on a pay-per-view
basis,[25] and continued to give interviews about the artifact until her death in 2007.
The skull is made from a block of clear quartz about the size of a small human cranium, measuring some 5 inches
(13 cm) high, 7 inches (18 cm) long and 5 inches wide. The lower jaw is detached. In the early 1970s it came under the
temporary care of freelance art restorer Frank Dorland, who claimed upon inspecting it that it had been "carved" with
total disregard to the natural crystal axes without the use of metal tools. Dorland reported being unable to find any tell-
tale scratch marks, except for traces of mechanical grinding on the teeth, and speculated it was first chiseled into rough
form, probably using diamonds, and the finer shaping, grinding and polishing achieved through the use of sand over a
period of 150 to 300 years. Although various claims have been made over the years regarding the skull's physical
properties, such as an allegedly constant temperature of 70°F (21°C), Dorland reported that there was no difference in
properties between it and other natural quartz crystals.[26]
While in Dorland's care the skull came to the attention of writer Richard Garvin, at the time working at an advertising
agency where he supervised Hewlett-Packard's advertising account. Garvin made arrangements for the skull to be
examined at HP's crystal labs at Santa Clara, where it was subjected to several tests. The labs determined only that it
was not a composite (as Dorland had supposed), but was fashioned from a single crystal of quartz.[27] The lab test also
established that the lower jaw had been fashioned from the same left-handed growing crystal as the rest of the skull.[28]
No investigation was made by HP as to its method of manufacture or dating.[29]
As well as the traces of mechanical grinding on the teeth noted by Dorland,[30] Mayanist archaeologist Norman
Hammond reported that the holes (presumed to be intended for support pegs) showed signs of being made by drilling
with metal.[31] Anna Mitchell-Hedges refused subsequent requests to submit the skull to further scientific testing.[32]
F. A. Mitchell-Hedges mentioned the skull only briefly in the first edition of his autobiography, Danger My Ally (1954),
without specifying where or by whom it was found.[33] He merely claimed that "it is at least 3,600 years old and
according to legend was used by the High Priest of the Maya when performing esoteric rites. It is said that when he
willed death with the help of the skull, death invariably followed".[34] All subsequent editions of Danger My Ally
omitted mention of the skull entirely.[32]
Eugène Boban, main
French dealer in pre-
Columbian artifacts
during the second half of
the 19th century and
probable source of many
famous skulls
The earliest published reference to the skull is the July 1936 issue of the British anthropological journal Man, where it is
described as in the possession of Mr. Sydney Burney, a London art dealer said to have owned it since 1933.[35] No
mention was made of Mitchell-Hedges. There is documentary evidence that Mitchell-Hedges bought it from Burney in
1944.[32] The skull was in the custody of Anna Mitchell-Hedges, the adopted daughter of Frederick. She steadfastly
refused to let it be examined by experts (making very doubtful the claim that it was reported on by R. Stansmore
Nutting in 1962). Somewhere between 1988–1990 Anna Mitchell-Hedges toured with the skull.
In her last eight years, Anna Mitchell-Hedges lived in Chesterton, Indiana, with Bill Homann, whom she married in
2002. She died on April 11, 2007. Since that time the Mitchell-Hedges Skull has been in the custody of Bill Homann. In
April 2009, Five, a television channel, took the story and revealed that the Mitchell-Hedges Skull, recently tested under
a special microscope in the Smithsonian Institution, had been manufactured with tools that Aztecs and Mayans simply
did not have. Like the other skulls, this one is a fabrication dating from the second half of the 19th century. Bill
Homann however continues to believe in its mystical properties.[36]
British Museum skull
The crystal skull of the British Museum first appeared in 1881, in the shop of the Paris antiquarian, Eugène Boban. Its
origin was not stated in his catalog of the time. He is said to have tried to sell it to Mexico's national museum as an Aztec
artifact, but was unsuccessful. Boban later moved his business to New York City, where the skull was sold to George H.
Sisson. It was exhibited at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in New York City in
1887 by George F. Kunz.[37] It was sold at auction, and bought by Tiffany and Co., who later sold it at cost to the British
Museum in 1897.[38] This skull is very similar to the Mitchell-Hedges skull, although it is less detailed and does not have
a movable lower jaw.[39]
The British Museum catalogs the skull's provenance as "probably European, 19th century AD"[40] and describes it as
"not an authentic pre-Columbian artefact".[41] It has been established that this skull was made with modern tools, and
that it is not authentic.[42]
Paris skull
Crystal skull at the Musée
du quai Branly, Paris
The largest of the three skulls sold by Eugène Boban to Alphonse Pinart (sometimes called the Paris Skull), about 10 cm
(4 in) high, has a hole drilled vertically through its center.[43] It is part of a collection held at the Musée du Quai Branly,
and was subjected to scientific tests carried out in 2007–08 by France's national Centre de recherche et de restauration
des musées de France (Centre for Research and Restoration of the Museums in France, or C2RMF). After a series of
analyses carried out over three months, C2RMF engineers concluded that it was "certainly not pre-Columbian, it shows
traces of polishing and abrasion by modern tools."[44] Particle accelerator tests also revealed occluded traces of water
that were dated to the 19th century, and the Quai Branly released a statement that the tests "seem to indicate that it was
made late in the 19th century."[45]
In 2009 the C2RMF researchers published results of further investigations to establish when the Paris skull had been
carved. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis indicated the use of lapidary machine tools in its carving. The
results of a new dating technique known as quartz hydration dating (QHD) demonstrated that the Paris skull had been
carved later than a reference quartz specimen artefact, known to have been cut in 1740. The researchers conclude that
the SEM and QHD results combined with the skull's known provenance indicate it was carved in the 18th or 19th
century.[46]
Smithsonian Skull
The Smithsonian skull was mailed to the Smithsonian anonymously in 1992, and was claimed to be an Aztec object by
its donor and was purportedly from the collection of Porfirio Diaz. It is the largest of the skulls, weighing 31 pounds and
is 15 inches high. It was carved using carborundum, a modern abrasive. It has been displayed as a fake at the National
Museum of Natural History.[47]
Paranormal claims and spiritual associations
Some believers in the paranormal claim that crystal skulls can produce a variety of miracles. Ann Mitchell-Hedges
claimed that the skull she allegedly discovered could cause visions, cure cancer, that she once used its magical properties
to kill a man, and that in another instance, she saw in it a premonition of the John F. Kennedy assassination.[48] In the
1931 play The Satin Slipper, by Paul Claudel, King Philip II of Spain uses "a death's head made from a single piece of
rock crystal," lit by "a ray of the setting sun," to see the defeat of his Armada in its attack on England (day 4, scene 4,
pp. 243-44).[49]
Claims of the healing and supernatural powers of crystal skulls have no support in the scientific community, which has
found no evidence of any unusual phenomena associated with the skulls nor any reason for further investigation, other
than the confirmation of their provenance and method of manufacture.[50]
Another novel and historically unfounded speculation ties in the legend of the crystal skulls with the completion of the
current Maya calendar b'ak'tun-cycle on December 21, 2012, claiming the re-uniting of the thirteen mystical skulls will
forestall a catastrophe allegedly predicted or implied by the ending of this calendar. An airing of this claim appeared
(among an assortment of others made) in The Mystery of the Crystal Skulls,[51] a 2008 program produced for the Sci Fi
Channel in May and shown on Discovery Channel Canada in June. Interviewees included Richard Hoagland, who
attempted to link the skulls and the Maya to life on Mars, and David Hatcher Childress, proponent of lost Atlantean
civilizations and anti-gravity claims.
Crystal skulls are also referenced by author Drunvalo Melchizedek in his book Serpent of Light.[52] He writes that he
came across indigenous Mayan descendants in possession of crystal skulls at ceremonies at temples in the Yucatan,
which he writes contained souls of ancient Mayans who had entered the skulls to await the time when their ancient
knowledge would once again be required. The book is a log of the authors experiences, which are related in a manner
requiring suspension of judgment.
The alleged associations and origins of crystal skull mythology in Native American spiritual lore, as advanced by
neoshamanic writers such as Jamie Sams, are similarly discounted.[53] Instead, as Philip Jenkins notes, crystal skull
mythology may be traced back to the "baroque legends" initially spread by F.A. Mitchell-Hedges, and then afterwards
taken up:
By the 1970s, the crystal skulls [had] entered New Age mythology as potent relics of ancient Atlantis, and
they even acquired a canonical number: there were exactly thirteen skulls.
None of this would have anything to do with North American Indian matters, if the skulls had not attracted
the attention of some of the most active New Age writers. [54]
See also
 For the Love of God, a diamond-encrusted skull made by artist Damien Hirst
 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, film that revolves around a fictional back-story to the lore of
crystal skulls
 Legend of the Crystal Skull, video game which involves searching for a lost crystal skull
 Blood Mountain (album), music album with a storyline revolving around a crystal skull
 The crystal skull, an episode of The A-Team centered on a crystal skull
 "Crystal Skull", episode 21 of Season 3 in the fictional TV series Stargate SG-1. The plot involves a Crystal Skull
found on another planet, the backstory references a Crystal Skull found in South America in the 1960s, with a
legend that staring into it would allow you to see aliens from another planet.
Notes
1. ^ British Museum (n.d.-b), Jenkins (2004, p.217), Sax et al. (2008), Smith (2005), Walsh (1997; 2008)
2. ^ Aldred (2000, passim.); Jenkins (2004, pp.218–219). In this latter work, Philip Jenkins, former Distinguished
Professor of History and Religious Studies and latterly an endowed Professor of Humanities at PSU, writes that
crystal skulls are among the more obvious of examples where the association with Native spirituality is a
"historically recent" and "artificial" synthesis. These are "products of a generation of creative spiritual
entrepreneurs" that do not "[represent] the practice of any historical community".
3. ^ For example, in Stargate SG-1 season 3 episode #65, "Crystal Skull".
4. ^ See for example the Indiana Jones novels by Max McCoy (1995, 1996, 1997, 1999).
5. ^ For example, the video game Legend of the Crystal Skull and Illusion of Gaia.
6. ^ Holmes (1886)
7. ^ Walsh (2008)
8. ^ Craddock (2009, p.415)
9. ^ British Museum (n.d.-b); Craddock (2009, p.415).
10. ^ The specimen at the Musée de l'Homme is half-sized.
11. ^ See "The mystery of the British Museum's crystal skull is solved. It's a fake", in The Independent (Connor
2005). See also the Museum's issued public statement on its crystal skull (British Museum n.d.-c).
12. ^ See the account given by Smithsonian anthropologist Jane Walsh of her joint investigations with British
Museum's materials scientist Margaret Sax, which ascertained the crystal skull specimens to be 19th century
fakes, in Smith (2005). See also Walsh (1997).
13. ^ Sax et al. (2008)
14. ^ Carborundum (Silicon carbide) occurs naturally only in minute amounts in the extremely rare mineral
moissanite, first identified in a meteorite in 1893. See summary of the discovery and history of silicon carbide in
Kelly (n.d.)
15. ^ See reportage of the study in Rincon (2008), and the study itself in Sax et al. (2008).
16. ^ Such as at Teotihuacan; see Taube (1992).
17. ^ See for eg Olivier (2003).
18. ^ Michael E. Smith, "Aztec Crystal Skulls," Publishing Archaeology Blog
19. ^ "Smithsonian puts its fake- crystal skull- on display". San Francisco Chronicle (July 18). 2008.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/11/DDV111N1T2.DTL. Retrieved 2008-09-21.
20. ^ "Crystal Skull of Labaantun (1990)". http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/11717/Crystal-Skull-of-
Lubaantun/overview?scp=6&sq=%22crystal%20skull%22&st=cse. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
21. ^ Walsh (2008). See also the 1936 debate on its resemblance to the British Museum skull, in Digby (1936) and
Morant (1936), passim.
22. ^ See Garvin (1973, caption to photo 25); also Nickell (2007, p.67).
23. ^ Nickell (2007, pp.68–69)
24. ^ Garvin (1973, p.93)
25. ^ Hammond (2008)
26. ^ Dorland, in a May 1983 letter to Joe Nickell, cited in Nickell (2007, p.70).
27. ^ See Garvin (1973, pp.75–76), also Hewlett-Packard (1971, p.9). The test conducted involved immersing the skull
in a liquid (Benzyl alcohol) with the same diffraction coefficient and viewing it under polarized light.
28. ^ Garvin (1973, pp.75–76); Hewlett-Packard (1971, p.9).
29. ^ Hewlett-Packard (1971, p.10).
30. ^ Garvin (1973, p.84); also cited in Nickell (2007, p.70).
31. ^ Hammond, in a May 1983 letter to Nickell, cited in Nickell (2007, p.70). See also Hammond's recounting of his
meeting with Anna Mitchell-Hedges and the skull in an article written for The Times, in Hammond (2008).
32. ^ a b c Nickell (2007, p.69)
33. ^ See Mitchell-Hedges (1954, pp.240–243); also description of same in the chapter "Riddle of the Crystal Skulls",
in Nickell (2007, pp.67–73).
34. ^ Mitchell-Hedges' quote, as reproduced in Nickell (2007, p.67).
35. ^ See Morant (1936, p.105), and comments in Digby (1936). See also discussion of the prior ownership in Nickell
(2007, p.69).
36. ^ Stelzer, C.D. (2008-06-12). "The kingdom of the crystal skull". Illinois Times.
http://www.illinoistimes.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:7678. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
37. ^ "A Great Labor Problem. It Receives Attention from the Scientists. They devote attention, too, to a beautiful
adze and a mysterious crystal skull.". New York Times (August 13). 1887. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-
free/pdf?_r=1&res=9803E5D71430E633A25750C1A96E9C94669FD7CF&oref=slogin. Retrieved 2008-07-17.
38. ^ British Museum (n.d.-a, n.d.-b)
39. ^ Digby (1936)
40. ^ British Museum (n.d.-a)
41. ^ British Museum (n.d.-c). See also articles on the investigations which established it to be a fake, in Connor
(2005), Jury (2005), Smith (2005), and Walsh (1997, 2008).
42. ^ Rincon (2008), Sax et al. (2008)
43. ^ Kunz (1890, pp.285–286), see description in "Ch. XIV: Mexico & Central America"
44. ^ Quote reported by Agence France-Presse, see Rosemberg (2008).
45. ^ Quote reported by Agence France-Presse, see Rosemberg (2008). See also Walsh (2008).
46. ^ Calligaro et al. (2009, abstract)
47. ^ "Smithsonian Puts Mysterious Crystal Skull on Display". http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,378923,00.html.
Retrieved 7-10-2008.
48. ^ Various authors. "The Crystal Skulls" Skeptic magazine. Vol. 14, No. 2. 2008. Page 89.
49. ^ Claudel, Paul. The Satin Slipper. Trans. John O'Connor and Paul Claudel. London: Sheed & Ward, 1931.
Originally published as Le Soulier de Satin (Paris: Nouvelle Revue Française).
50. ^ See Nickell (2007, pp.67–73); Smith (2005); Walsh (1997; 2008).
51. ^ John Schriber (Executive Producer). Kevin Huffman, Erin McGarry, Andrew Rothstein and Andrea Skipper
(Producers). Jayme Roy (Director of Photography). Lester Holt (Presenter). (May 2008) The Mystery of the
Crystal Skulls [television program]. New York: Peacock Productions (NBC), in association with the Sci Fi
Channel. URL accessed on 2008-06-06.
52. ^ Serpent of Light - Beyond 2012, ISBN 1578634016
53. ^ See discussion of the various claims put forward by Sams, Kenneth Meadows, Harley Swift Deer Reagan and
others concerning crystal skulls, extra-terrestrials, and Native American lore, in Jenkins (2004, pp.215–218).
54. ^ Quotation from Jenkins (2004, pp.217–218).
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 Mitchell-Hedges Official website Biography of Anna Mitchell-Hedges and account of the discovery of the skull.
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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:
“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.

© Joshua Shapiro photo by Vera Manaleo
“Portal de Luz” – a smoky quartz crystal skull created by
a Master Brazilian Carver. Caretaker – Joshua Shapiro
“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 skulls (reversal images that was developed by the
Mayans) and very importantly, the Bible Code (secret
information encoded within 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.
© Marc van de Velde
Here a group of researchers based in Belgium, using what
is called a Lecher Antenna (like a dowsing rod but able to
measure specific frequencies of 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 - artifacts once thought to be the work of ancient American civilizations - 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 artifacts 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 artifact 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.
 British Museum More information about the rock crystal skull
 Legend of the Crystal Skulls: http://www.archaeology.org/0805/etc/indy.html
 Arthur C Clarke On Crystal Skulls & Antikythera Mechanism 1
FROM: http://www.world-mysteries.com/sar_6_1.htm
Mystery of Mayan Crystal Skulls
By Catherine Keller
Aug 21, 2005
Epoch Times French Staff

Mystery of thirteen skulls,
www.photos.com/en

A legend was transmitted in Central America for a very long time. Both the Mayas and the Aztecs believed that the
world had already been destroyed four times and that we live here under the fifth Sun. Giants lived under the first Sun;
their world was destroyed by water. The second Sun witnessed the aerial serpent destroying the world and people being
transformed into monkeys, only one man and one woman were saved. The third Sun was destroyed by heavenly fire (a
meteorite), people of that time ate fruit only...
At the time of the fourth Sun, people had died of hunger, which followed a flood of fire and blood. It was predicted that
the end of the fifth world would have happened because of the Earth vibrating and shaking (due to possible inversion of
the terrestrial magnetism). Then all life would disappear.
Perhaps, you’ve heard about Mayan calendar. It started on August 13, 3114 BC, and the end was destined to come on
December 21, 2012. It was related to Venus. Mayan scribes left manuscripts, called codices, with many "prophecies",
particularly about solar eclipses. They were regarded to be famous astronomers.
From the times when people inhabited twelve planets, there were thirteen crystal skulls left. Those inhabitants left them
to people of Earth. Atlantes had left them to the Mayas. If put together, these skulls could have revealed information
about our origins and how to avoid future catastrophes. Our predecessors could make them speak, their jaws could
move. One may suppose that they were super-powerful computers.
Results of multiple examinations of these skulls are astonishing. Namely, the research on the famous skull of Anna
Mitchell-Hedges, carried out by the Hewlett Packard laboratories, was summarized as follows: "Our scientists cannot
explain how these skulls could have been carved in ancient times without instruments and tools of today".
According to experts at Hewlett Packard, it would have taken no less than a year to carve a scull of Anna Mitchell-
Hedges even with modern tools. Also, it is not clear how such a precisely engraved fragile object could have been
preserved under the permanent effects of the vibrations and heat.
The answers to all these questions could have helped to give credit to the authenticity of the legend.
It’s worth mentioning that since the end of the 19th century the crystal skulls trade began but most of them were
duplicates. So is it a legend or...?
FROM: http://www.theepochtimes.com/news/5-8-21/31477.html
May 24, 2008
Real-Life Mayan Crystal Skull Worship
There is a legend that the ancient Maya possessed 13 crystal skulls which, when united, hold the power of
saving the Earth — a tale so strange and fantastic that it inspired the latest Indiana Jones movie. Experts
dismiss the hundreds of existing crystal skulls as fakes that were probably made by colorful antiquities
traders in the 19th century. But Mayan priests worship the skulls, even today, and real-life skull hunters still
search for them. The true story of the skulls stretches over continents and hundreds of years, and may be
even more extraordinary than the tale portrayed in this fourth installment of the Harrison Ford franchise....
It's possible that the near-human sized fakes may have been inspired by two real crystal skulls now on
display at Mexico City's respected National Anthropology Museum... where the museum classifies them as
either late pre-Hispanic or early colonial. The skulls' legend has spawned a new breed of followers. New-
agers have associated the skulls with the belief that the Mayan "Long Count" calendar runs out on Dec. 21,
2012, when it reaches the end of a 5,126-year cycle... Shapiro has traveled the world seeking out skulls, and
believes they link us to knowledge of past worlds like the Mayas, the lost civilization of Atlantis or
extraterrestrials.
FROM: http://www.rb59.com/prophecy-news/2008/05/real-life-mayan-crystal-skull-worship.html
From AbundantHope.net

FIRST TIME IN OVER 500 YEARS MAYAN COUNCIL SPEAKS ON 2012...

By Don Alejandro Cirilo Perez & Drunvalo Melchizedek
Aug 29, 2009, 08:30

Candace: I understand one or more of these video's is about crystal skull ceremonies. You can ignore that, because the
crystal skulls is a black ops project. But there is otherwise some truth in these. I have not actually watched them, too
long, but there was a lot of feedback on GLP on the skulls.

FIRST TIME IN OVER 500 YEARS MAYAN COUNCIL SPEAKS ON 2012...

According to the ancient Mayan Calendar we are living in the last days of a great cosmic cycle known as the "Long
Count". Traditionally this is labeled as the Death of the 4th period of the Sun and the Birth of the new 5th Sun. The
Maya kept accurate and detailed records of Earth's past transitions, and the civilizations that experienced major
adjustments in their collective realities. It's no coincidence that the majority of the indigenous traditions and world
religions mark our phase of existence as one that harbors a radical adjustment in the perception of reality. This
transition to a new era has become known as the "Shift of the Ages".

At this time light-workers are unifying, forming alliances and underground networks to assist the mainstream with this
great human transition. One emissary of light is Don Alejandro Cirilo Perez Oxlaj, a 13th Generation Quiche Mayan
High Priest. To the indigenous world he is known as "Wandering Wolf". Don Alejandro, in behalf of the Mayan
Council of Indigenous Elders in Guatemala, has commissioned a film to be made to reveal visions, concepts, and subject
matter previously concealed from the masses. According to Mayan prophecy, we have entered into a period when it is
safe to release this information to the public.

The Ancient Ones left stories, glyphs and prophecies to be considered by each successive generation. "The Shift of the
Ages" gives expression to the voice of the ancient ones who have known of this period of time for eons. "Wandering
Wolf" and other indigenous elders are now sharing their message with the people of our planet. Hear their words, feel
their hearts, and see their visions! Positive seeds are being sown for the future. The "Shift of the Ages" is a heart
warming, soul inspiring, and mind blowing experience. Support the Shift!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWhgN3-7aYI&feature=related

http://www.shiftingages.com/

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Ron: Here are my notes on a web broadcast by Drunvalo Melchizedek about the Mayan prophecies concerning 2012
and beyond. The leader of the Mayan Council of Elders representing 440 Guatemalan tribes, Don Alejandro Cirilo
Perez has given his approval to Drunvalo Melchizedek to tell the world what the Mayans themselves have to say about
the 2012 prophecies, this is the first time they reveal to the world what they think will happen after 2012!

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At www.fyi-fla.com an AUDIO FILE talks about Atlantean culture being comprised of three rings (three spheres). The
external ring was the large body of the population. The middle ring comprised Maya priests and the center ring were
the enlightened beings Kattalls(sp?) that came from the stars. Maya served as gateway communication between outer
and center ring.

They say that technology is not the sign of an advanced civilization...its the sign of a civilization about to advance. Maya
have been through many pole shifts and are preparing for the next one which they say (and certain scientists agree)
could happen any minute...look for the missing of our magnetosphere. (watch pbs nova 2003 "magnetic storm" on
google video for *scientific* confirmation)

The audio at the link explains the discrepancies between the 2012 rumour and the 2012 Maya truth. This is said to be
the first time in over 500 years that the Mayan Council has spoken on the "end of time" (beginning of a new civilization)

*********************

The Maya of Eternal Time 2012 and Beyond Drunvalo Melchizedek Webcast – Parts 1-14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5lX6B47CJE&feature=related
(In 14 parts each of which is about 10 minutes)
And: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kr__EgM3c9U&eurl=
DRUNVALO MELCHIZEDEK SPEAKS ABOUT THE MAYANS AND THEIR PROPHECIES ABOUT 2012
PART 1 - PART 2 - PART 3 - PART 4 - PART 5 - PART 6 - PART 7
- PART 8 - PART 9 - PART 10 - PART 11 - PART 12 - PART 13 - PART 14

Parts 1-5:
According to the Mayan Council we are all now living in the window of “the end of time” which the Council says began
on 24 October 2007 NOT on 21 December 2012. They verify the explosion of the Comet Holmes as the Blue Kachina.

The Blue Kachina exploded and grew into a blue fiery sphere larger than our Sun on 24 October 2007.

It was documented by scientists as the largest object ever observed in our solar system.
********************************

The Maya came from Atlantis and the Hopi Indians were originally Maya. Some 13,000 years ago, a group of Maya
were sent on for a purpose but the purpose they do not say at this time. This group became the Hopi tribe.

The Maya have a second prophecy about a red star, but are not speaking on this yet.

Many ceremonies (communications between mother earth, father sky and the tribal councils) are being conducted in
many sacred sites. One of the ceremonies being prepared for is the 13 crystal skull ceremony.

Part 6 -
The Maya say there will be a physical pole shift sometime in this end of time period. It will end up in Russia. The May a
say the shift will be about 16 degrees whereas 3D scientists are saying it will be about 17 degrees.

The magnetic field began to change about 40 years ago. The magnetic lines were changing because the magnetic field
was changing. The Maya appear to be saying that this magnetic pole shift could occur at ANY MINUTE and THE
PROCESS ONLY TAKES 20 HOURS. [Ron: Of course the fact that past pole shifts occurred in 20 hours doesn’t
necessarily mean that this one will be over in that time since Star Fleet may seek to slow the process down to minimise
physical damage on Urantia’s surface.].

When there is a magnetic pole shift there is ALWAYS NO MAGNETIC FIELD. Thus a total loss of magnetosphere will
signal a magnetic pole reversal which will signal a physical pole shift 16 to 17 degrees into Russia. It will take
approximately 20 hours and the world will be in total darkness for 30 hours. [Ron: Given that the Sun will presumably
continue to shine it’s difficult to see how the whole Earth will be in darkness for 30 hours]

Part 7 –
It is suggested that during the process, after about two weeks the Earth’s rock crust turns liquid! The crust will move
towards centre [16 degrees into Russia according to the Edgar Cayce prophecy and 17 degrees of movement according
to today's 3D scientists.]
The crucial message the Maya are giving is that humanity need to understand what is happening and not go into FEAR.
Survival depends on staying still and not worrying until everything comes back.
[Ron: In fact stasis will presumably overcome this problem].

However, these movements will mean that everyone and everything on earth will change location as a result of the Earth
movements involved.

The key to survival is to learn to live in the vibration of the Earth, Sun and Universe.
The heart is the key. – in the heart one is one with ALL. – We need to focus on the sacred space of the heart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR97nwxMozU&NR=1

Part 8 –
Mayans are originally from Atlantis and the Hopi Indians were originally Maya. Some 13,000 years ago, a group of
Maya were sent on for a purpose but the purpose they do not say at this time. This group became the Hopi tribe.

Drunvalo says the 13 crystal skulls ceremony will be performed for the first time in 13, 000 years although a single
crystal skull ceremony has been performed for each thousand year period within that period.

[NB Candace says that the crystal skulls are a black ops project. This casts doubt on this aspect of the videos and on the
basis of the information being given to Drunvalo, at least in this regard. I got the impression from these videos that
Drunvalo is conscientious, genuine and humble and do not think that he is consciously giving out disinformation.]

The evolution involved in the coming change is like child birth, painful but positive.

Part 9 -

The Maya are said to be preparing preparing for the final 13 crystal skulls ceremony. Each skull is said to represent
one period of a thousand years in the interval since the last pole shift and each is infused with the knowledge of the
millennium in which it is created. The first skull is said to have been made by the Atlanteans prior to the previous shift .
Since then another 12 have allegedly been made by the Maya who are descendants of post-shift Atlantean priests and
peoples. However, Candace says that the whole crystal skulls scenario is a black ops disinformation project.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX1Qw8NtRNs&NR=1

Part 10 –
“You are the ancestors we have been waiting for”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGMtTdnEZN0&NR=1

Part 11 –

The long cycle is ending – everything is beginning to collapse due to natural causes. A new cycle begins. We will enter
the FIFTH world.
Everything is to achieve balance

Duality consciousness disappears – human ego ceases to exist.
The human quarantine will be lifted – all life everywhere is linked in consciousness. We will become one with the
Creator…
Don’t worry, be happy.
We live in a dream … “You will soon know a part of yourself that is … timeless …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlkevBhskf8&NR=1

Part 12-
Drunvalo answers some questions from correspondents.
The Maya emphasise that this change will take place over a window period from 2007 to 2015. He thinks that there’s no
reason to fear. We should just follow our hearts into a level of unity consciousness. The pain of thousands of years is
going to be over with.
Drunvalo says he is is going to New Zealand to take part in ceremonies at Waitaha (sp?) from 8 to19 August. The Maori
say that something incredible is about to happen next month but he cannot say more.
We are about to be born onto a new level of existence.
[Ron: I am unaware of the outcome of those ceremonies in New Zealand but sure hope that the Maori are right about
the incredible new energies about to be experienced globally in September]

Part 13 -

We have a responsibility to life. We should try to live to the best of our ability, doing everything normally but being
aware of our responsibility for all life everywhere. Continue to do everything as before BUT with love … Live fully and
completely…So, we will be prepared.

It is easy. We can all do this. Prepare by developing your inner life … to discover who you truly are. Search in a really
deep way. You do have a responsibility to life everywhere. An inner change is what’s needed.

Drunvalo says he can’t talk about the Waitaha (Sp?) Prophecy from NZ – but he can say that the Maoris expect that
next month there will be an enormous shift in energy. The Maoris are from Lemuria and hence a MUCH OLDER
culture than the Maya.

The Maoris have been very, very specific! But Drunvalo has not been given permission to talk about their prophecy.

The actual change in consciousness occurs after the change in the CYCLE… somewhere between 2007 and 2015. [Ron:
As I understand it the change in consciousness for those left behind on Urantia may take considerably longer than the
six years or so between now and 2015.].

Drunvalo says he understands and agrees with a correspondent who says: 'All enlightened beings have said that truth is
beyond these transient things. To move beyond the dual world and wonders. that ceremony, ritual, sacrifice,
phenomona, sitars, crystals etc, however fascinating are not it.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we-zyrYYJxI&NR=1

Part 14 –

In relation to the statement that: 'All enlightened beings have said that truth is beyond these transient things. To move
beyond the dual world and wonders. that ceremony, ritual, sacrifice, phenomona, sitars, crystals etc, however
fascinating are not it.'

Drunvalo also says:
'As regards ceremony used by the Mayans it is not about the crystals or the fire, or the objects that they are using at
those times, you could throw those things away; they could sit there with their eyes closed and use nothing. It is, again ...
it is about a consciousness change occurring within humanity at this time. and the truth is the only thing that really
matters. And that truth is about to unfold on Earth. I'm just here out of love for you, and for all life everywhere; and
trying to get you excited to begin to search within yourself at this time. We are so close to the end of this cycle. and
again, those things you saw on the screen, the crystals and the crystal skulls and all that stuff was related to the Mayan
experience but its true, what you just said there ... I agree with you on that.
Moreover, this message was not intended to trigger you into fear or to stop with your jobs etc.

The Mayans have seen this happen twice before.

This is about a consciousness change within humanity - physical things are NOT essential to it. Continue with your life
but do not go into Fear.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNeL8QioxXE&NR=1

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THE 13 CRYSTAL SKULLS GATHER
Only five of the thirteen crystal skulls have been found. In several parts of the world. Although, we would like to turn
our minds to such nonsense, it is something we cannot choose to look away from. OUR FUTURE.

IN the Museum Of American Indians sits one of these thirteen crystal skulls. A rare piece of history still not explained
as to how without modern tools could this have been carved. It was said that the skulls were passed from generation to
generation to fulfill the prophecies of these strange crystal skulls. There are many fakes surfacing up now. But, rest
assured. There are real crystal skulls that have been found. And, they are rare and wil be a mystery until the day , in
which, all are found.

Are you Ready? To see if the myth holds true?

Until then, I presume we will all await the day of December 21st 2012. Will this be another astronomers foretelling or
will the earth open up its secrets to all. We will have to wait and see.

by, Sabrina October 25th 2006
******
Yucatan to Host Crystal Skulls Conference
Published on: September 17, 2009
Yucatan, Mexico will host the Maya Crystal Skull Conference and Journey from March 18 through April 2, 2010,
where people from around the world will gather with their crystals and crystal skulls. The three-day conference
will be followed by a journey to Maya sacred sites throughout Yucatan and Chiapas with leading Maya teachers,
crystal skull caretakers and healers. The purpose is to work with the crystal skulls in the sacred Maya sites to
promote personal healing, healing for humankind and healing for Earth. The highlight of the conference will be a
Maya Sun Ceremony performed in Izamal to activate the crystal skulls and the ancient pyramid. The journey in
Yucatan will include a visit to Chichen Itza to witness the descent of the Serpent of Light during the spring equinox.
In Chiapas, there will be a visit to the site of Palenque, often linked with the mystery of the 13 crystal skulls.
Ancient Maya oral tradition says, "There exist thirteen crystal skulls of natural human size around the world, and
when they come together they will reveal all the Maya Sacred Knowledge of Life, but only if we are ready, only if
we return to innocence and purity in our spirit." Maya Ancient Wisdom says that crystal skulls are a key to the
transformation predicted for 2012. For more information, call 604-288-7003, email Trudy Woodcock at
trudy@iluminado-tours.com, or visit www.iluminado-tours.com.
******
Crystal Skulls Key to Maya Predictions for 2012
MERIDA, Mexico, Sept. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- In March 2010, people from around the world are gathering in
Yucatan, Mexico with their crystals and crystal skulls. The event encompasses a three-day conference in Merida,
followed by a journey to Maya sacred sites throughout Yucatan and Chiapas with leading Maya teachers, crystal
skull caretakers and healers. The purpose is to work with the crystal skulls in the sacred Maya sites to promote
personal healing, healing for humankind and healing for Mother Earth.
The highlight of the conference is a special Maya Sun Ceremony performed in Izamal to activate the crystal skulls
and the ancient pyramid. The journey in Yucatan includes a visit to Chichen Itza to witness the descent of the
Serpent of Light during the spring equinox. In Chiapas there will be a visit to the site of Palenque, often linked with
the mystery of the 13 crystal skulls.
Ancient Maya oral tradition says, "There exist thirteen crystal skulls of natural human size around the world, and
when they come together they will reveal all the Maya Sacred Knowledge of Life, but only if we are ready, only if
we return to innocence and purity in our spirit."
Presenting at the conference and leading many of the ceremonies throughout the journey is Miguel Angel Vergara,
noted Maya expert. "Nobody can say exactly what is going to happen on December 21, 2012. It is going to depend
on each one of us and what we do now in these days leading up to the end of the Maya calendar. It is clear that a
great deal of healing is needed to allow us to move forward. Having the crystal skulls at Chichen Itza during the
equinox is going to give us a very powerful healing opportunity," says Miguel Angel.
Another presenter and leader of the journey is Erik Solis. Erik is Maya with deep roots in the Yucatan. "The
Yucatan is a special place for transformation. 65 million years ago a meteor crashed here and completely
transformed every living thing on earth. Now as the planet faces a major transformation in consciousness, it is not
surprising that the Yucatan once again has an important role to play," says Erik.
There are three crystal skull caretakers presenting at the conference and joining in the ceremonies throughout the
journey: Star Johnsen-Moser, ShavatY and Lia Scallon. They are coming from America, Europe and Australia to
share their healing work and their crystal skull experiences with everyone attending.
Maya Ancient Wisdom tells us that crystal skulls are a key to the transformation predicted for 2012. The Maya
Crystal Skull Conference and Journey will give people an opportunity to learn more about both crystal skulls and
2012 while visiting ancient Maya sites, participating in Maya ceremonies and contributing to important healing
work for our planet.
Contact Trudy Woodcock at trudy@iluminado-tours.com or info@casakin.org for details.
MAYA CRYSTAL SKULL CONFERENCE AND JOURNEY
Bringing Healing and Hope to Humankind and Mother Earth
March 18 - April 2, 2010
Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Iluminado Tours and Casa K'in
Marie Allizon attended January 07 Earth-Sky Living in the Heart workshop in Washington, DC, and was granted an
interview with Drunvalo.

Marie: During our previous interviews (December 2000 & July 2002), you did not seem as optimistic about what is
happening in the world as you are today .

Drunvalo: I know we are going to make it because I have been allowed to see into the future. However, even though I
optimistically say "we make it" we are still going to pass through this little "eye of the needle" where it is going to look
like it is hopeless. And they [my guides] wouldn't let me see what this was - but something happens and what looks so
hopeless turns around very quickly.

Marie: Is it like the three days of darkness that we used to talk about?

Drunvalo: No, this doesn't have anything to do with that. It looks as if the outer environment we live in will completely
and totally die, and everything in it. We are going to come to that stage. So it is going to look hopeless. My angels
didn't show me that part of it. All they would say is that you are going to witness in your life a place where it looks like
it is just over. Then this "thing" is going to happen. And the world situation is going to be quickly and completely
turned around .

Marie: In the workshop you spoke about "waves" of people who will die. Can you explain what you were talking
about?

Drunvalo: The waves are spoken about in Native American prophecy. There was an American Indian from a long time
ago that was allowed to go to all the various tribes - mostly in the United States and to the secret societies (the
Grandmother societies) and to collect and write down the prophecies from these tribes to find out what they had in
common. He found one thread which ran through all the prophecies which talks about the time which is approaching.
There are three waves of people on the earth who are said to die in a very short amount of time. I don't know what that
is about exactly, but when I was reading about it, it felt like it occurs in about 10 days time. Something very quick,
something VERY BIG happens and kills an enormous number of people.

Outwardly it looks horrible. It could be Atomic war, the bird flu, or who knows what. Outwardly, to the survivors, it
looks like a catastrophe, but inwardly the people who leave this way have planned it. They want to leave, and they want
to leave together. When they collect over the top of the earth, the first wave goes to a specific place in
time/space/dimension so they can be with their own kind. Because they are not really in tune with the Earth, they can be
in harmony together (elsewhere).

Then it is said that there is another bigger change coming with another wave of people leaving the planet. Again this is
by choice on the inner levels -.not a kind of suicide- but on the inner these people know something is about to occur and
they come together in order to go to another place in space/time.

Then there is a third wave where a massive amount of people die. This group called "hitchhikers" in the prophecies
does not know where their home is so they leave, looking for that place and eventually they do find there home.

After these waves pass, there are only millions (not billions) of people left in the world - a much smaller number. The
people that are left over will come together in one heart, according to Native American prophecy. They become as one
living being. Regardless of race or religion, all the divisions are dropped and the remaining people become as one
family. Then, with this new found higher consciousness, those that are left take the earth and they fly it - as if the earth
is turned into a space ship which is flown to a new place, and a beautiful new way of living emerges on earth. The
prophecies actually use the word, space ship.

Marie: So the actual earth is used as a space ship... so do you mean Mother Earth is going to clean herself in this
process?

Drunvalo: Yes, everything is solved. We totally fix everything through pure Consciousness, not through technology or
anything like that, but through our very being. From a Melchizedek point of view, we actually change orbit.

Marie: In our last interview, you said that we move into a parallel earth, and then another parallel earth, and so forth.
Has this theory changed or evolved?

Drunvalo: All I am saying is this is a Native American prophecy. The Melchizedeks believe there is more to this - a lot
more. But the idea with the Native American prophecy is that most of the people are going to die and leave the earth
and go somewhere else. This may very well happen. I don't know for sure. I am just saying that many tribes have this
in common.

Marie: But hearing you this week, it feels like humanity (we) will be "going home"...

Drunvalo: Oh yes, because after that, we leave the earth altogether. There comes a point where we completely leave the
earth, we transcend it, we go into another level of existence and that is the beginning of a very rapid, but very long
journey. And we end up completely beyond the stars and planets. We end up existing in another way and in another
octave of existence.

Marie: Do we leave with our body?

Drunvalo: Initially we do. We leave with our body and then our body mutates into something that would look more like
an ET. After that we become Everything. But that is only the beginning of the journey.

Marie: That's exciting. That is what Barbara Marx Hubbard is talking about in her new DVD "Humanity Ascending".
We can't keep going in the way we are today. It is sick.

You mentioned that in the case of the-end-of-the-world prophecy of August 1999, that they were wrong for the first
time. I was wondering... since everyone seems to be saying that something is happening "soon, soon, soon", do you feel
this end-of-the-world scenario will be happening before February 2013? Or much sooner?
Drunvalo: Yes, and for many South American tribes, there is even a prophecy about this year - 2007. I don't want to
say what that prophecy is - I'll let them say it, but there is many indigenous tribes expecting much change to take place
this year. So I think between now and 2013, we will be going through a lot of transformation.

Marie: I personally watch the galactic center and Pluto at 29 degrees Sagittarius. So I wouldn't be surprised if it
happens around those dates (12/28/07). So are you saying there may be several stages, you know like Phase I, Phase II,
Phase III?

Drunvalo: It does go in stages. It isn't something that goes like that (Drunvalo snaps his fingers). You never see a plant
grow from a seed to a big tree instantly. Life always moves in segments though sometimes those segments can be pretty
big and sometimes very violent. But the primary thing I hope people will realize is that they will be fine. The most
important thing right now that I can see is to find the sacred place in the heart. ( on the Spirit of Ma'at website and read
about Dry/Ice/Global Warming Revealed http://spiritofmaat.com/announce/ann_dryice.htm.
Now you have Al Gore's movie An Inconvenient Truth, whom I find very optimistic, as he gives us ten years. But I
don't know a single scientist on the planet who gives us ten years or anybody else who gives us that long.

What the Pentagon talks about is the rapid changes in climate, making it impossible to live in certain areas. Exactly
where those areas are, they don't know. All they can do is go back to those last two times in history and see what
happened. But will it be the same? Maybe and maybe not. What they do know is that there will be areas that will be
uninhabitable. The time before last, where it stopped, which is what we think it is doing now, the place which is now
New York City was uninhabitable. It went under about a mile of ice. You can't live under a mile of ice. It's just not
possible. In fact, Norway, Denmark and Sweden went under ice and the Pentagon's predicting that they'll also be under
a half mile of ice soon.

Marie: Does very soon mean within three years?

Drunvalo: It will begin soon. There will probably be a constant storm that never goes away - a time when it is
winter, all the time. So, people will have to leave that area. It is the migration patterns that the Pentagon is mostly
worried about. Because you are going to have billions of people forced to leave from where they are and will have to try
to survive somewhere else. This causes everything to collapse. No more food in the grocery stores, the economy
collapses, etc. You can't grow food when this begins, because there's no beginning and ending to the growing seasons.
Plants go crazy, and food then becomes one of the most important commodities.

Marie: So a solution may be to learn how to breathe and stop eating?

Drunvalo: It is a good stepping stone. There is a book in Germany, published by my new publisher showing how in 9
days you can learn to go without food and water. You totally get your nutrients from the prana and air so you can live
completely without anything. (for Peter & Jolanda Kamp book and information, go to:
http://www.selfempowermentacademy.com.au/copy_of_jasmuheen/light.htm . Or better
you can now order it in English: : "Life from Light " by Michael Werner, Clairview books , ISBN 978 1905570 05 8.
Yogananda is about to demonstrate that to the world. Everyone thinks he is dead. He's not dead. When Yogananda
"died" in the 1950s, all of his bodily functions stopped. After 20 days, according to mortuary officials, his
body appeared completely normal, but he wasn't breathing, no heart beat, nothing. At some point he's going to wake
up and say, See? I've been sleeping for 50 something years with no food, no water, nothing and I am fine. That's Kriya
yoga. That's the effect of working with the devas and light energy of Mother Earth. That's our God-given right though
most people don't seem to believe this.

Marie: You were talking about Goddess Amaterasu (in earlier interviews). How old is she now?

Drunvalo: The Japanese see Amaterasu as the light of the sun. She is the energy that gives light to the earth, and
consciousness. Amaterasu is in everything that is alive, at this point. And she is linked to everything coming from the
Sun, solar flares included.

The spirit of the earth is a different thing, and Mother Earth is roughly 23 or 24 or 25 years old. Really smart, really
aware.

Marie: During your workshop we learned about getting out of our mind and into our heart and operating from the
sacred place in the heart. You explained how the mind works in duality and while existing in the heart, we just "are"
pure being. If all the participants of your workshops practiced your heart meditation, would this energy expand
exponentially, helping all of us to eliminate fear and transition smoothly?

Drunvalo: It will help get rid of fear but that is not exactly how it works. Mother Earth is changing the world. She is in
control now, so we don't have to do anything but just be of service. If she says to do something, okay we do it, and if she
doesn't, then we can relax. We've won the game, everything is almost in place. Everything is in balance. There are
things to do, but they will be taken care of ... We just have to keep moving. But a time is coming when sitting in a
restaurant like this is going to be a memory. We won't be able to do this and the most important thing I'm concerned
about in this time is that good light workers don't go into fear and think "oh, it is all over". No, it is just beginning.
Stay out of fear and just believe in the presence of God. We will probably lose a few people during that time, because if
you go into fear then it is over.

When everything starts breaking down, the Taos Indians say, go into your house, and pull the drapes so you don't see
all the craziness going on, which could cause fear. And just stay in your heart and let Mother Earth and all the energies
that you are intimately part of do their job and stay in trust. It is easy to say and harder to do. It is just like when you
get cancer or something like that and people are told that they are going to die, then they get really worried. But we are
immortal, we've always been alive, we are going to get through this one. Remember it is a time of transition.
Transitions always get crazy. Stay out of fear and be in the presence of God.

Marie: I personally believe that people back home, once you leave the flock, will miss you.

Drunvalo: Are you talking about me? Oh, no! I'm staying with Earth. Where we are going to as a planet is where I
came from. That's why I was sent here, because there had to be a memory connection to it. So now, the ascended
masters have made their way back to that place, some of them HAVE come back here, so humanity has already got the
path and the understanding. It is already in us. It is in who we are, it is our very DNA, at this point.

Marie: I was fascinated by your sharing about the earth's kundalini energy moving out of Tibet. Then being stuck at the
Panama Canal for a while and finally released --thanks to the help of hundreds of tribes five years ago-- and reaching
Peru and Chile. Can you tell us more please, especially about the White Pyramid?

Drunvalo: There was a White Pyramid in Tibet which the explorers have found. There was also one before that in
Atlantis. Now the energy has moved to Chile. Somebody will physically build one there because it will become the most
important place in the world.

Marie: So when was the energy released from Panama?

Drunvalo: It was September 2001. Right about 9/11. But it took a longer period of time for it to reach South America,
so it was sometime in mid-2002, when it actually arrived in Chile. There were 112 tribes forming a circle waiting for the
energy. Since 2002, everything has been completed. I'm writing a book about this now -- so all these stories and
everything around this whole subject will be coming out in print soon.

Marie: Can you then talk about your next book then?

Drunvalo: The book about the Kundalini of the Earth, its movement and everything that has happened with the
indigenous tribes and the ceremonies relative to this new energy. It is a story of hope and inspiration because this is a
very POSITIVE EVENT that is taking place. This is also a story of inspiration for females because it is a story about the
change of energies moving from the male to the female.

Marie: Could you comment about Mikael Zayat new oils, like the Archangel Series?

Drunvalo: I did not try them all but I really like the oils called Archangel Metatron, and also Archangel Michael and
Mary Magdalen. Divine Feminine and Fearless had a nice aroma too. If you are drawn to something, then that is good
for you. But you know me, I like all the oils created by Mikael Zayat. I like also crystals, but somewhere down the line,
we need to come to realize that the human body has everything all by itself. We don't even need food. You will reach a
point when you don't need all this. You will just stay in your heart and just BE.

Marie: Thank You so much Drunvalo.
NB: Check our website at http://www.4dshift.com
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Drunvalo's Cepa pu cave is not on the internet:
For the first time, Drunvalo began a live/interactive series of web casts on the subject of higher consciousness and
expanding awareness. Just being himself and sharing his experience in spiritual matters, we will all explore the inner
worlds of the ancient and modern ways of perceiving the Reality.

His first web cast called THE MAYA OF ETERNAL TIME - 2012 began with the realization that everything our
modern world knows of the Maya and their knowledge, including the most accurate calendar know to man, did not
come from the Maya themselves, but from the modern world – archeologists, universities, governments, researching
individuals. The Maya themselves find the interpretation of the Mayan evidence differently then the modern world.
How do we know that to be fact?

Because Don Alejandro Cirilo, the living Dali Lama of the Maya, said so, and he is the head of the Mayan Council of
Guatemala, which is represented by all 440 Mayan tribes in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala, the entire Mayan nation.
According to Don Alejandro, a 13th generation Mayan shaman, the Maya have not spoken or written a single word with
permission from the Mayan Council in 527 years.

To initiate a change in this silence, The Mayan Council brought a global assembly of people from all the continents of
the world into sacred ceremony deep in the jungle of Guatemala in November of 2007, and in so doing, began to initiate
the whole world into an amazing release of knowledge and wisdom to prepare the planet for a transformation into a
new world of Light and realization.

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The Naj Tunich Caves, were rediscovered in 1979. They can only be explored with the permission of the government.
There are tour agencies that will get the necessary permission for you, as well as guide you through the caves.
These caves hold a wealth of artifacts and drawings, which are only now being discovered. The Naj Tunich Caves may,
in fact, be the most sacred caves of the Mayans. Text written on the walls of the caves gives an idea that this is probably
one of the most important caves in the area. Mayans considered caves to be holy shrines, and connections between
earth and heavens. The caves have being closed for almost a decade, and the have been vandalized, like many other
sites.
Recently a new cave has been discovered in the area, La Cueva de Las Pinturas. It has panels with glyphs. These wall
paintings are the only ones with a lot of information that might help to understand more about the Mayan culture of
that epoch.
How to get there: Contact one of the tourist agencies. Far Horizons offers trips to this caves.
Text by Tony Oldham (2004). With kind permission.
“Qanachin” comes from the Mayan language Q’eqchi’ and means “respectable woman.”
1. “Qana” can also mean Goddess, and “chin” can mean little.

2. “Qa” can also mean our, and “nachin” can mean grandmother or female ancestor.
FOR THE NEXT SEVEN GENERATIONS - THE GRANDMOTHERS SPEAK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKGXpK8LXR4
GRANDMOTHER DRUM IN TIKAL FOR SPRING EQUINOX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6_Uw2w1d3E&feature=related
THE MAYAN GRANDMOTHER
Juliana Tepec, Mayan Grandmother
Twenty-five members and associates of The Wisdom Conservancy traveled far to the south in March of this year to
participate in ceremonies on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula with Mayan and Tibetan elders. The pilgrimage came about
as the result of a call for unity from elders of the Maya nation, whose ancient texts and calendars identified March 21,
1995 as a critical opportunity to strive through ceremony to bridge the gaps between the continents, religions, cultures,
and races. They asked people of good heart to take a stand for unity on this date, and to strive to awaken to fulfill their
sacred destiny: "to stand in peace as true sons and daughters of the Cosmic Light."
In addition to the 25 pilgrims from The Wisdom Conservancy, well over 1,500 people joined in the ceremonies at the
spectacular Pyramid of Ku'Kulkan in Chichen Itza, and at other temple sites including Dzibichaltun, Uxmal, and
Palenque. Thanks to the global reach of the Internet, many thousands of people around the world were also informed of
this opportunity, and awoke early on the morning of March 21 to greet the sunrise in prayer circles of support. As calls
and cards to TWC indicate, this combined effort apparently had a profound effect on many people.
An Age of Knowledge
By the use of their ancient calendar cycles -- widely recognized as more sophisticated and accurate than the Gregorian
calendars now used by the Western world -- the Maya understood that the 1995 Vernal Equinox, marked the
completion of teachings that they have held and passed on for many generations.
In the year 1475, before the arrival of the Europeans, The Supreme Maya Council revealed the long-held teaching of an
ancient Solar Grandmother named X'Nuuk'K'in that a calendar cycle of twice the Kal'Tun calendar of 260 years had to
go by in order for the Solar Culture to flourish again for the benefit of all humanity. In the spring of 1995, this 520-year
period reached completion. Thus, the long-held teaching advises, the human race will have to enter upon an awakened
spiritual path if it is to remain a thinking species. The Maya said they understand 1995 as the end of the "age of belief"
and the start of "the age of knowledge."
Some observers expressed reservations about this gathering, because, it seemed to smack of what was termed "New
Age-ism in the extreme." Perhaps,in some respects, that is an accurate characterization of the gathering,especially since
our Mayan hosts spoke often of "The New Itza Age" designated by their calendars, suggesting that we are now in a time
of transition leading to this "age" in the year 2012. Certainly the hundreds of people who gathered for these ceremonies
represented all the continents, and many of the world's religions. Their skins were white, yellow, brown, black, and red.
The pilgrims in Chichen Itza sacrificed their time and money to make the journey, and they gathered to pray for
"peace, unity, and awakening." We heard prayers and sacred songs in Russian, French, Mayan, Japanese, English,
Tibetan, Spanish, Lakota, Belgian, Nigerian, and a host of other languages. People looked different, and had to
accommodate differences in appearance and custom. But people got along and they brought their minds and hearts
together. If that's New Age, so be it. It could also be said, perhaps in a more edifying context, that the Mayan Solar
Pilgrimage of 1995 was a group of human beings doing something that they deeply felt needed to be done.
The ceremonies themselves were very powerful, though that is hard to describe, as anyone who has participated in
ceremony will understand. I will make no effort to characterize them, beyond stating that many people were touched,
uplifted, and confirmed in their dedication to help reunite the Sacred Hoop.
A General Tone of Reverence
In general, the hundreds pilgrims from all over the world were neither unmindful nor unsympathetic to the larger
plight of the Maya in Guatemala and Mexico, and many discussions were held on these situations, and support (moral
and financial) was generously offered to various peaceful efforts to bring about social, economic, and environmental
justice. But the main thing offered was respect -- not just for the spiritual mysteries being revealed, but also for the
Maya as fellow human beings. The gestures and deeds of respect were deeply meaningful to our indigenous hosts, as
they made plain in their formal and informal remarks.
The council we met with and joined in ceremony was comprised of elders from the village of Mayaon, located near
Chichen Itza. The approximately 10 elders represented their village of about 70 people, who are direct descendants of
the people and families who built the temples and pyramids in that region. The Maya elders stood in ceremony with
three Tibetan lamas (Lama Tsang Tsing, Lama Tsewong Jurmay Kekong, and Lama Gelong Tshering Wangt). The
feelings of mutual respect, and a general tone of spiritual reverence among all, were plain to see.
Lama Tsering delivered a simple yet powerful message for the delegation of Tibetan Lamas: "Today, " he said, "many
depend on modern technology and enjoy it's benefits. But technology can also be a problem. We can destroy life on our
planet. This is a reality. Long ago people did not believe this. They said it was impossible. But now, for those who
examine the facts honestly, it is clear that this is a problem, a real problem. We need peace and loving compassion. We
need kindness.
"Many times we are confused because of race, color, or religion. But we are all really not so different. We all want to be
happy, and not suffer. We are all human beings. On this point there is no debate. In the same way, no one wants to
suffer. We all grieve from this, from the suffering in the world...It's important to practice kindness. If so we each will be
happier. Without kindness, no matter how rich we are, we will not be happy. With a warm, kind heart, you will be
happy even if you are poor. So, if just one person in a family practices kindness, soon the whole family will be more
peaceful. Peace can grow from this., -- family to family, village to village, city to city, country to country. Kindness
creates peace. Anger and hatred create suffering. We make the problems. We make the unhappiness. We can make
kindness and happiness, too. Kindness is a responsibility."
Recover the Use of Sacred Sites
Toward the end of our time in the Yucatan, the Mayaon Council and Mayan Daykeeper Hunbatz Men released a
statement calling for the recovery of sacred sites around the world: "The Kal'Tun sacred calendar has completed its
cycle," the statement said. "The participation of all Solar Brothers and Sisters, and that of the sacred Lamas of Tibet,
was instrumental in the fulfillment of the vision given over 520 years ago by the Solar Grandmother, X'Nuuk'in. The
Sacred Mayan Centers have been activated and the Mayaon Maya Council was pleased by the Solar Initiation work.
What all participants felt during this event was evident in their faces.
A spokesperson for the Mayaon Mayan council said his group works to preserve and recover many of the things lost
over the centuries: "When the Europeans arrived they were astonished at the knowledge the Maya had, and the general
harmony we lived in with our environment and surroundings, even though we were at a high state of development in
our mathematics, literature, art, agriculture, architecture, astronomy, social customs, and spiritual practices. The
missionaries destroyed the records of this knowledge. And Modern society has destroyed many of the values that give
birth to all of this. Now the loss of these values and teachings is affecting life all around us...After a few days with you
(pilgrims), we are being helped to remember that all life is not material, but also spiritual. Help us to support the
struggle to return these centers to people so they can be used again for ceremony. We need help with this."
Author Alberto Ruz Buenfil, who participated in the ceremonies and also spoke at a related conference, observed "For
2,000 years we have systematically consumed and destroyed the Earth. The bureaucracies and the armies have been the
high priests. Now it is time for a spiritual revolt against the clock and the consumption ethic. It is time to begin to relate
to nature, and to all the people of the world, with respect...We have come here on this pilgrimage to reawaken our
relationship with the Earth, to begin again to see ourselves as equals, to recover our personal power and learn how to
share it."
His remarks were amplified by comments from Mayan Daykeeper Hunbatz Men: "The waves of awakening and change
have begun to roll. Nothing can stop it now. This is a movement to reclaim the great ceremonial centers of the world. To
rescue them from museums and tourists, and to return them to the uses for which they were intended.
"The Mayan ceremonial centers are now activated," he said, "and they will continue to emit solar vibrations to other
centers around the world to activate them so that they might be used in the ways they were designed. It is time, now, to
live out our true solar destinies in good relation with the whole circle of life."

FROM; http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/mayanpr.html
THE 13 MEMBER GRANDMOTHER'S COUNCIL
13 Grandmothers' Council
"We come together to nurture, educate and train our children. We come together to uphold the
practice of our ceremonies and to affirm the right to use our plant medicines free of legal restrictions.
We come together to protect the lands where our peoples live and upon which our cultures depend,
to safeguard the collective heritage of traditional medicines, and to defend the Earth herself. We
believe that the teachings of our ancestors will light our way through an uncertain future."
More photos
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Aggie was one of 13 women from indigenous cultures from around the world who were invited to the International
Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers in October, 2004. Since then, she has been very active in following up on
this first meeting.
For more information, see the sources in the "Links" section of this website, and the article in the second issue of
World Pulse Magazine, p.37. www.worldpulsemagazine.com
Here's an update the Center for Sacred Studies, September 19, 2005.
Hello dear friends and supporters of the Grandmothers,
We hope this finds all of you in good health and spirits. In this time
of purification, things are really shaking up and falling apart so
that new life can emerge. We are experiencing this on all levels, as
we are sure you all are. Fortunately the grandmothers herald a new
growth of compassion and kindness.
We know that many of you were wanting a response from us much sooner,
and we apologize for that. The interest in the 13 grandmothers has
been enormous and many changes are afoot. We are doing our best to
keep up with this, update our web sites and contact everyone by email.
Many of you may know by now that their council meeting in Dharamsala
has been moved forward to October, 2006. Please check out the update
letter below for details.
With much love and gratitude for the prayer that you carry in your
hearts,
Ann and Jyoti
Jyoti
Spiritual Director
Ann Rosencranz
Program Director
Center for Sacred Studies
info@grandmotherscouncil.com
sacredstudies.org grandmotherscouncil.com forthenext7generations.com
209-532-9048
PO Box 745
Sonora CA 95370
INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THIRTEEN INDIGENOUS GRANDMOTHERS
MISSION
"We, the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers
represent a global alliance of prayer, education and healing for our
Mother Earth, all Her inhabitants, all the children, and for the next
seven generations to come. We are deeply concerned with the
unprecedented destruction of our Mother Earth and the destruction of
indigenous ways of life. We believe the teachings of our ancestors
will light our way through an uncertain future. We look to further our
vision through the realization of projects that protect our diverse
cultures: lands, medicines, language and ceremonial ways of prayer and
through projects that educate and nurture our children."
PROGRAM BACKGROUND
2004 Fall- First Council Gathering, Menla Mountain Retreat, New York
On October 11, 2004, 13 Indigenous Grandmothers from all over the
world--the Arctic Circle, North, South and Central America, Africa,
and Asia, arrived in the Tibet House mountain retreat in upstate New
York. Within a few days of convening, the grandmothers agreed to form
a global alliance; to work together to serve both their common goals
and their specific local concerns. The first council gathering was a
time of hope and inspiration. The grandmothers are both women of
prayer and women of action. Their traditional ways link them with the
forces of the earth. Their solidarity with one another creates a web
to rebalance the injustices wrought from an imbalanced world; a world
disconnected from the fundamental laws of nature and the original
teachings based on a respect for all of life.
2005 Spring—Second Council Gathering, Pojoaque Pueblo, New Mexico

The Grandmother Council convened in May for their second council,
hosted by the Mayan Grandmother, Flordemayo. They solidified their
alliance, created a mission statement, voiced prayers at sacred Pueblo
sites and approved projects to further their vision:
* Development of a web site to disseminate their teachings to adults

and children.
* Development of a pilot project for the establishment of a network of
local grandmother councils with the Cheyenne grandmother, Margaret
Behan.
* Development of a pilot project to apply permaculture methods to
protect their local waters.
* Review of trailer for the film about them entitled "For the Next
Seven Generations,"
* Review of copies of their biographical material written for the
Shambala book about them.
At the end of their week together, the grandmother council decided to

gather regularly, to travel the world to each other’s homeplaces
cultivating their unified prayer for peace.
TIMELINE
2006 Spring--Third Council Gathering, Oaxaca, Mexico
The next step for the council is to continue their mission for global
peace in Mexico. Julieta Casimiro, the Mazatec Grandmother, has
invited the Council for the fourth council gathering at her homeplace
in the Sierra Madres.
2006 Fall-Fourth Council Gathering, Dharamsala, India

In October the Grandmother Council will reunite in the exiled home of
the Tibetans, hosted by the Tibetan grandmother Tsering Dolma
Gyaltong. Their intention is to have a private audience with H.H. the
Dalai Lama, to strengthen their prayer for global peace and to
acknowledge their solidarity with the Tibetan people to reclaim their
homeland.
2007 Spring- Fifth Council Gathering, Black Hills, South Dakota The
Grandmothers will gather as a council for the fifth time in the home
of the Oglala Lakota grandmothers. At this time the council will be
celebrating the 80th Birthday of Beatrice Long Visitor Holy Dance in a
Native American prayer service.
2007 Fall- Sixth Council Gathering, Gabon, Africa

The sixth council gathering will be held in the African rainforest
surrounding Libreville, Gabon, at the temple of Bernadette Rebienot.
CENTER FOR SACRED STUDIES

The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers has
requested to come under the umbrella of the non-profit organization,
the Center for Sacred Studies (CSS). The Center for Sacred Studies is
a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to sustaining
indigenous ways of life through cross-cultural spiritual practices,
ministry and education, and a commitment to peace and unity for all
peoples.
This global prayer for peace calls on all of us to gather hands and
hearts across borders. Many have volunteered their time, inspiration
and funds for the realization of this unity. In order to fulfill the
vision of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous
Grandmothers, the Center for Sacred Studies is continuing to seek
support of all kinds. Thank you for joining in with us. We stand
united in this prayer, and we are grateful.
grandmotherscouncil.com
sacredstudies.org
forthenext7generations.com
Center for Sacred Studies

P.O. Box 745 Sonora, CA 95370
info@grandmotherscouncil.com
Jyoti, Spiritual Director
Ann Rosencranz, Program Director
FROM: http://www.agnesbakerpilgrim.org/Page.asp?PID=87
THE 13 ELDERS GO TO PITTSBURGH FOR CEREMONY
What began as a fund raising effort in Pittsburgh for the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers
and their messages of world unity, unfolded into an astonishing modern day miracle.
Unexpectedly, The Grand Elder of the Mayan Council of Elders of Guatemala, Don Alejandro Oxlaj, initiated a visit to
Pittsburgh after being told about information in the Winter 2007 Point of Light article “We Are the Ones We Have
Been Waiting For..." that detailed the Pittsburgh Mayan 2012 connection. Waiting For..." that detailed the Pittsburgh
Mayan 2012 connection. Don Alejandro’s former student Flordemayo—the Nicaraguan Mayan Grandmother of the
Grandmother’s Council, planning to come to Pittsburgh for the fund raiser—had forwarded that information to him
after receiving it herself from Carole Hart, the filmmaker of the Grandmother’s documentary.
"For the Next 7 Generations: The Grandmothers Speak. \"
The rest, as they say, is history.
Grandmother Flordemayo
On December 12 and 13, 2007, Don Alejandro and Flordemayo were welcomed to Pittsburgh with a Mayor’s
Proclamation acknowledging their sharing of "cultural, historic, and spiritual information with our City, specifically
related to the recognition of Pittsburgh's Three River's connection with the Mayan prophetic teachings, and the
Grandmothers Council message of world peace and unity," and celebrating the "cultural, historic, and spiritual link
between Pittsburgh and the Mayan people.”
The elders met with a gathering of Pittsburghers at the Point on December 12, in a ceremony to bless the three
celebrated rivers as well as the fourth underground river, which was also acknowledged as sacred, and called the
“hidden jewel” and “the hope for the future” as a source of pure uncontaminated water. The elders also visited a
sacred Portal related to the Point, under Frank Keller and Nance Stewart’s stewardship, and met a private gathering of
guests on that evening to share teachings and answer questions.
On the 13th, the elders were hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Center for Latin American Studies and the Council
of Three Rivers American Indian Center for an intimate talk with the Latino and Native American Pittsburgh. Then
their visit culminated with a public fundraiser event for the Grandmothers documentary movie, with filmmaker Carole
Hart previewing the movie trailer, and presentations by the elders. Over 400 attended, some flying in from the West
Coast, others driving from Ohio and West Virginia.
From their various talks and private conversations, the Mayan elders left a rich legacy of his toric, spiritual, and
cultural information, verifying our City’s modern day link with the ancient Mayan prophetic teachings. The visit also
opened the pathway for Pittsburgh to stand with the Grandmothers, with surprising plans by the filmmaker, Carole
Hart, to include footage of the Pittsburgh rivers’ connection to the ancient 2012 prophecy as part of the Grandmothers
documentary.

So Pittsburgh will be traveling with the Indigenous Grandmothers and their messages of world peace and unity as their
movie opens in theatres worldwide. Their documentary is being hailed as the spiritual version of Al Gore’s
“An Inconvenient Truth.”
Don Alejandro left two important cultural/spiritual gifts to the City of Pittsburgh’s leaders and people: his excerpt from

the Mayan prophetic 2012 teachings, brought by him to verify the PittsburghMayan connection, called the “Statement
of Revelations and Prophecies;” and the message of his spontaneous Mayan T’zite Oracle ceremony, offered to Vikki
Hanchin on behalf of the City of The T’zite fore casted the outcome of Pittsburgh’s shift into global center for healing
and spirituality as predicted by visionaries Nance Stewart and Frank Keller. Flordemayo offered her revelation
concerning the fourth river and the fountain at the Point. (See these Mayan messages, and the commentary by Vikki Hanchin
on the significance of the prophetic statement, in the boxed inserts).
As the people of our City of Rivers begin to learn about and understand the deeper significance of these Mayan
messages, we will be better able to connect with our rivers as our pathway to unity. We will come to support the
Indigenous Grandmothers’ call to serve peace and the greater good. We will assist the City’s predicted shift into a
global center of healing and spirituality, as Nance and Frank foretold. In fact, these two Pittsburgh visionaries were
prompted by the “signal” of the Mayan Elders visit to reveal the next piece of information concerning this very shift:
that by 2010 or 2011, the waters of the fountain at the Point, fed by the underground fourth river, will become healing
waters “like those at Lourdes, but without the religious affiliation.” (For details see www.twinmiracle.com) They
predict that people from around the world will come to Pittsburgh for miraculous healings. Since Nance and Frank’s
prior revelations have proved 100% accurate so far, Pittsburgh and the world should definitely stay tuned. Pittsburgh: We
are the ones we have been waiting for! For more information about the Mayan and Grandmothers messages and their
significance, or to schedule a talk on these topics for your group, contact Vikki Hanchin at 412-241-7001 or email her at
vikkihanchin@yahoo.com. For the 13 Grandmothers movie, see www.forthenext7generations.com.
Mayan Elders visit Pittsburgh and verify our city’s three rivers link to their 2012 Prophecies By Vikki HancHin 2008
by Vikki Hanchin. all rights reserved. Photography by Larry Rippel. First published in Point of Light Magazine,
March 2008. confluence ofmiracles The T’zite Oracle The present situation: The T’zite Oracle shows that the city has
many worries about how things are at this moment: there is confusion, corruption, and disarray in general.
Next: it is shown that there are those with a good way of thinking, with ability to see truly what is really happening at
the deeper levels, beyond the superficial level of appearances. Choice, there are two paths: the city is still walking the
path down into a dark ravine, to a< low place, but there are those still trying to find the better, healthier path.
The challenge: How can Pittsburgh emerge together in a safe way from this dark, low ravine How can this be done,
with so many in Pittsburgh who are asleep?
The Outcome: The T’zite shows a promising outcome, the best possible outcome, of hope and solutions. There could
have been outcomes of no hope, being stuck in that ravine. Or an outcome of at least having some company stuck
with each other in that dark ravine. Or an outcome of an exhausting struggle to come out. But this T’zite shows the
best possible outcome, it shows that in a world of living like in nighttime, in darkness, that the sun comes and
illuminates our steps. Solutions are coming for these serious problems.
The Hope: Hope is within the community already here. There are authorities and there are community people who
understand this higher path, and who see already how to set things right, to set the course to the higher path. it is a
worthy struggle.

Caution: When inviting guidance, use discernment that the person is legitimate in serving the greater good. in Pittsburgh
and in the world, there are entanglements of greed and confusion that do not lead to the greater good.
But the times are changing, and Pittsburgh is being born now into destiny to assist this change, this transformation.
Those walking the higher path in wisdom will untangle the knots of confusion and help us all become free.
Next, the T’zite shows strength: time, Pittsburgh’s work on that higher path will be like the force of a tornado. This
tornado swirls like a woman’s skirts and hair, and when she swirls, her movement brings others into the higher force.
Pittsburgh is the spirit of that movement.
Next, the T’zite shows death—bot literal physical death: There is helpful communication with the wisdom of those gone
before, the ancestors, and ideas resurrecting to serve the higher good. not far into the future, more and more people
will join together to deal with the big problems. a big community of women and men, a big community involved.
The outcome: Pittsburgh is moving onto the higher path, and step by step we will see the beneficial effect.
Do not fear, but keep working together using intelligence and awareness, not force.
Here in Pittsburgh, we will link with other cities in similar struggle who will also rise up, and join us, seeing our higher
path. Given by Don Alejandro Oxlaj, 13th generation Mayan High Priest, Primary Keeper of the teachings, visions
and prophecies of the Mayan people, Day Keeper of the Mayan Calendar, and Grand Elder of the Mayan Council
of Elders of Guatemala, to Vikki Hanchin, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, 12/13/07.
A Gift to the City A Sacred T’zite Oracle Ceremony given by Mayan High Priest, Don Alejandro Oxlaj
2008 by Vikki Hanchin. all rights reserved. Photography by Larry Rippel. First published in Point of Light Magazine,
March 2008
Don Alejandro’s “Statement…” reminds us that for thousands of years there have been hidden wisdom teachings,
protected by the wise ones, that are meant to guide the multitudes into a deeper understanding of life and the
Source of life. The Mayan teachings of the Long Count are among these.
Even though these wisdom teachings do not make sense to the “average human understanding” because of a lack
of spiritual maturity in the masses, we have nonetheless arrived at the moment in history when it is time for even
the average person to “wake up.” The prophecies are saying that the multitudes must awaken now to participate in
the larger universal process of growth towards unity, with each person taking individual responsibility for his/her
own part. Don Alejandro came to Pittsburgh to remind our city about one of these ancient wisdom encoded wake-up
messages. This is a message that he says was placed in the geography of our converging rivers by the Creator
long ago. This message is for NOW, which is indicated by the timing and purpose of Don Alejandro’s visit. He
brought an excerpt of their ancient Mayan 2012 prophetic teachings with him to verify the Pittsburgh-Mayan
connection, and to show us that our three rivers, and our fourth underground river, carry the message of oneness
and unity central to their 2012 prophecies.
The Mayan 2012 teachings say that the three rivers represent our capacity for oneness and the promise of unity,
shown by the three rivers joining and flowing to Source, represented by the ocean. This ability to perceive that
“we are all one life” is the promise for the future in a world that is still operating under the destructive belief
system of separation and fear. This “three becoming one” image of unity is repeated in the stone-carved
petroglyphs of the humans holding hands, and in the three guiding stars seen in the heavens.
Don Alejandro added that the fourth underground river is a “hidden jewel” of pure uncontaminated water that
will insure our future survival. Few places on Earth have such an uncontaminated water source. And he reminded
us that we must be mindful of our dependency on Mother Earth and her sacred waters that sustain our lives. We
must protect Mother Earth as our ultimate source of survival.
The actual directional flows of our three rivers correlate in an uncanny way to the prophetic teaching of the reunited
flights of the “eagle of the north with the condor of the south united by the quetzal of the center.” The Allegheny
River flows from north to south, the Monongahela River flows from south to north, and they are united by the Ohio
River, emerging in the center. Symbolically, this message is teaching humans that it is time to unite our intellects/
head (north) with our intuition/earth connection/belly (south) through the wisdom of our hearts (center). This
integration shows a way to become a divinely human being. The human intellect thus becomes the servant of
wholeness, rather than the cause of divisiveness. This unity can then show up as well at the level of nations: the
people of the intellect/technology and the people of earth wisdom/intuition sharing their knowledge with each other
through a genuine heart connection of greater good. Indeed, our rivers hold significant messages of awakening into
a higher consciousness of oneness and the greater good, for those who have “eyes to see and ears to hear.”
Commentary on Don Alejandro’s “Statement of Revelations and Prophecies” by Vikki Hanchin “There are

places hidden in the shadows, hidden to the average human understanding. In the passage of time we discover
these mysteries of creation: writings, petroglyphs, stele, pyramids, astrology, numerology, naturopathy, and the
Mayan long Count of 5200 baktuns, or years, which is a cycle of the sun,
In this world there is profound knowledge; it is in our lives: we are guided by the stars and are connected to Mother
Nature. The prophecies are being fulfilled. In their true mandate they say that the loyal guardians, the wise servants,
the keepers of the great traditions are returning. If you are sleeping—awaken!
In the passage of time we find out what the Creator left for us since creation: We see the three rivers. The Creator
is happy with those humans who understand the meaning of the three rivers, which show us unity.
The 4th river has been hidden; it is like a jewel, a promise for the future. It is the hope for life in the future The
rivers tell us that Mother Earth has blood like us. The rivers are the Mother’s blood. The rivers are our sacred
drink, our nourishment. The rivers show us oneness, with the understanding that all life flows to the ocean, to the
source. We all go to the source—rich, poor, Indigenous, or not. The rivers show us this unity that is the future.
Now is the time of 13 Baktun and 13 Ahow, when the prophecies of this unity are being fulfilled. If we look up
above, we see the three guiding stars in the sky. If we look down to Earth, we find the three brothers holding hands,
engraved in petroglyphs. If we look down, we find the three rivers of water. All this symbolizes that we are all brothers
and sisters: those of the North, those of the Center, those of the South. Those of the Center, with their mystical bird,
the quetzal, unite with the eagle of the North, with the condor of the South. We come together, for we are one—like
the fingers of the hand. Mayan prophecy tells us the dawn is coming for this unity. This is the predicted time of the
return of the Ones of Wisdom.” Statement of Revelations and Prophecies Given by Don Alejandro Oxlaj to
Pittsburgh 12/13/07, that addresses the Pittsburgh rivers connection to the Mayan Prophecies
2008 by Vikki Hanchin. all rights reserved. Photography by Larry Rippel.
First published in Point of Light Magazine, March 2008.
13 Grandmothers Share Their Earthly Wisdom
Run Date: 11/25/07
By Kristin Bender
WeNews correspondent
The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers came together three years ago as the fulfillment
of a shared prophecy among female spiritual leaders. Since then they've been traveling the world, praying and
offering home-grown advice.
MARIN COUNTY, Calif. (WOMENSENEWS)--They come from the Amazon, the Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers

Arctic Circle, Asia, Africa, Mexico and the Northwest, Southwest and Midwest
sections of North America. They are 13 women, ranging from their 50s to their 80s, with dozens of grandchildren
among them.
In their villages, towns and cities they are spiritual activists, medicine women, tribal elders and advocates for
sustaining indigenous ways of life.
As individuals each is recognized for her work to preserve her indigenous culture.
One advises the president of Gabon on governmental affairs.
Another helped found the Tibetan Women's Association, which has 47 branches worldwide, to raise public
awareness of the abuses faced by Tibetan women under Chinese rule.
Together, they form the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers with headquarters at the
Center for Sacred Studies in Sonora, Calif.
Their purpose is to offer the world an increasingly scarce resource: earthly wisdom and prayer.
Eating a Proper Diet
One grandmother--a Mayan elder named Flordemayo--spoke to Women's eNews recently on the phone about a
typically grandmotherly topic: a proper diet.
"We are losing the way of understanding nature and that processed food doesn't have light," she said. "If we are
going to eat anything it should be intact. It should have the optimum amount of light so it is healthy for us to
nourish the body and the spirit."
Flordemayo was born on the Nicaragua-Honduras border and is now a healer living in New Mexico, where she
founded the Institute of Natural and Traditional Knowledge.
On the grandmothers' council she is entrusted as the "seed carrier," who oversees the exchange of seeds among the
women and spreads the word about the importance of raising and nourishing seeds, plants and animals
organically.
Twice a year the council gathers in one of their homelands to discuss such environmental threats as the melting of
the Arctic glaciers; the right of those in the Amazon rain forest to grow and use traditional medicines; the risks
associated with arsenic in water; the unemployment, suicide and drug problems that affect Native Americans; the
contaminated water in developing countries. Then they pray.
"They are not women of politics but women of prayer," said Jeneane Prevatt, a Cherokee spiritual leader with the
Center for Sacred Studies. "They want their homes to be OK. They want good air, good water, and they want to
live where families can take care of each other. They are realizing our Western world is living in a disassociated
manner."
Purely Spiritual Framework
"The International Council was born within a framework that is purely spiritual," said Bernadette Rebienot, a
Bwiti elder and grandmother of 23 from Gabon, through a translator.
Next July the grandmothers plan to meet in Rebienot's homeland. With their costs paid by private donations they
are trying to raise about $225,000 for the trip.
Prevatt says the idea for the grandmothers' council arrived in the form of a prophecy. A woman came to her in a
vision saying, "I am going to hand you my basket. In it are some of my most precious jewels. They are lines of
prayer that go back to the original time. You are not to mix them or change them. You are to protect them and
keep them safe. Bring them through the door of the millennium and hand them back to me, for I have something I
am going to do."
At the same time, Prevatt says others at the Center for Sacred Studies and elsewhere also received messages that
said, "When the grandmothers speak the door to unity will open to us all."
Prevatt--who prefers to be addressed as Jyoti--went to Gabon to study with Rebienot, where they discovered they
had a shared vision of the grandmothers, and then began to organize the group in earnest.
Documentary makers have filmed the group since their start in 2004 and hope, with enough funding, to release
next year "For the Next 7 Generations: The Grandmothers Speak."
Last year, author Carol Schaefer published "Grandmothers Counsel the World: Women Elders Offer Their
Vision for Our Planet" about the group of women.
"There are so many people who are waiting and really looking for this kind of wisdom because they already have
some wisdom, some teaching from their own grandmother," said Schaefer in a telephone interview from her home
in New York.
Part of the group, already in Brazil for their 2005 biannual prayer meeting, journeyed to the Amazon River to
pray for and support residents of the rain forest who want to preserve the right to grow and use traditional
medicines essential to their lifestyle.
In fact, since their formation in 2004 at Tibet House's Menla Mountain Retreat in upstate New York, the
grandmothers have convened and led talks and prayers in Pojoaque, N.M; the Brazilian Amazon; Oaxaca,
Mexico; Dharamsala, India and the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Addressing the Bioneers
Most recently, the grandmothers addressed the Bioneers conference, held in San Rafael, Calif. Bioneers, a diverse
group--scientists, artists, gardeners, economists, political activists, public servants, architects, ecologists, farmers,
shamans, policymakers and journalists--share ideas about how to save the earth. They are particularly concerned
with preserving biological and cultural diversity, traditional farming practices and environmental restoration in
California's Marin County.
Supporters of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers say they met last year in private in
India with the Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama, who advised the grandmothers to turn their "prayer into action."
But at the Bioneers conference the grandmothers stuck to giving advice.
On the subject of living more harmoniously, one grandmother pointed to the importance of treating young
children well.
"If you grow up the first five years being loved you will later know how to love and be loved," Grandmother
Margaret Behan from Lame Deer, Mont., told a crowd of 400.
Behan is a dancer, author, artist and traditional healer who uses the medicine plant peyote and sweat-lodge
ceremonies, a thermal bath offering relaxation, purification and healing that is practiced in some form in many
cultures. She also leads workshops for adult children of alcoholics and co-dependents and is researching
generational trauma.
At 82, Agnes Baker Pilgrim is the oldest in the council and describes herself as the oldest Takelma Indian from
southwest Oregon.
As part of her spiritual activism Baker Pilgrim revived 14 years ago the ancient sacred salmon ceremony on
Oregon's Rogue River and speaks out for the protection of sacred waters worldwide.
"I hope everybody's got the message that prayer works," she said. "We can turn this world around."
The Bioneers audience gave the grandmothers many standing ovations and begged them to pose for pictures.
Rita Pitka Blumenstein, who introduces herself as a Yupik tribe elder, talked to one group of Bioneers about the
connections between self-knowledge, generosity and taking care of the environment.
"Elders used to tell us, 'When you know yourself--share. Nothing belongs to you, it belongs to the universe.' So you
figure that out," she said with a laugh. "Study yourself and if you become happy then those around you will
become happy. That's medicine."
Kristin Bender is a newspaper reporter at the Oakland Tribune in Oakland, Calif., and a freelance writer. She has
fond memories of her own late grandmother, Rita Bender Lehman.
Women's eNews welcomes your comments. E-mail us at editors@womensenews.org.

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PREPARING FOR THE CEREMONIES

The Vision Serpent

The Mayan culture is very rich in spiritual wisdom memorialized in pictures carved in stone.
Mystical symbols were crafted in mural relief on the walls and grounds of magnificent
Temples towering out of the jungle all over Central America.
The Maya are venerated for the way they lived and built with nature. Some of their
architectural wonders cannot be duplicated today. One of these structures is the Temple of
Quetzal Coatl or Kul Kum Kan at Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico.
It is here that each spring equinox a pattern of 7 triangles of light and 6 triangles of dark
appear on the grand stairway.

At the very Center of Classical (3115BC) and then Post Classic Mayan culture (600BC) is the
traditional belief in the person and mission of The Plumed Serpent or Quetzal Coatl. The
mythical symbol of the Plumed Serpent embodies the highest aspirations of mankind. The
Vision Serpent is seen as the consciousness of Quetzal Coatl coming to visit mankind to
deliver wisdom and new understandings. The Vision Serpent is a Dragon with mouth very
wide open. From the mouth a man is appearing. This symbolizes the vision / message /
inspiration being delivered by the Plumed Serpent's consciousness, can now be recognized
by humankind and so become part of our consciousness as well. Thus the evolution of
consciousness continues.
The Plumed Serpent is known by the Maya to represent the flow of Creation. Quetzal Coatl
when he came as a man to the Maya and Toltec people could be compared to Jesus in our
own culture as he stood for equal treatment of all and the recognition that spirit is senior to
physical in all respects. He also called for the end of human sacrifice. That demand was the
reason that the high priests of the time banished Quetzal Coatl out of his city of Tula and
out of all Maya lands.

He warned the priests and the people that he would return on the Day Reed 1 in the Year
Reed 1 on the Mayan calendar.

If the priests were still doing human sacrifice he promised to utterly destroy the civilization
That day Reed 1/ Reed1 1, on the Mayan or Aztec calendar was April 12th, 1519 on the
Gregorian calendar, is the very day that Hernandez Cortez landed at Vera Cruz and began
the invasion of Europe into The Americas…
Editors note: The Mayans accepted Christianity well because of the sacrifice of Jesus -
God's son - just like their own sacrifices of people they had been doing.
Deep in naturally medicated trance the Mayan king and Shaman priests await the given
hour of prophecy. High atop the temple a cloud of incense billows up into the torch light
and stars of the galaxy lighting the night from above, The ceremony unfolds as the herbs,
chanted prayers, ritual and magic mushrooms open channels of communication and
awareness to realms not so distant in space but to unseen realms of different time
frequencies. In these altered states the Mayan mystics could travel the time lines and
discover prophecies of the future. These prophecies were delivered by the appearance of
the Vision Serpent. The many symbols on the pipe that are defined below
1. Vision serpent. In all ancient cultures serpents and dragons were seen as bearers of
great wisdom. Quetzal Coatl was not just a man who the Maya worshiped. It was a concept
of the pursuit of wisdom on the part of anyone or everyone. When wisdom does arrive it
comes from the mouth of the Vision Serpent. The messages travel in a wave or vibe rational
form symbolized by the movement of the serpent. All is vibration. All is motion.
2. Pattern of 6 triangles. Each of these represents a period of 394 years on the Gregorian
calendar. It is a "Night" or period of rest on the part of Creation according to the Mayan
sacred calendar. These are the same dark triangles that can be seen appearing on the
serpent stairway of the Temple of Quetzal Coatl at Chichen Itza each Spring Equinox.
Triangles represent the sacred geometry of Creation, the proportion of 1/3rd to 2/3rds in
everything. Past, present and future, Man, Woman and child, the proportions of all your
body's joints in the skeleton and water (H2O) as a few examples.
3. The Body's seven sections of light, The serpent's body is divided into seven sections
representing the seven days or awakenings during the Grand cycle of the Mayan calendar
that covers all of written history, or the last 51000 years of humanity. Each of these "Light"
or "Day" sections are 394 solar years in duration as well. (We are now living in the last of
these sections of time and this is a 7th day or awakening period 1992 - 2011)
4. The Oval Spots. These mark the High Noon of the "Days" in Creation's wave like motion.
These are known pivot points in time where and when consciousness changes direction.
The most recent of these events was Sept.30th 2001. Consciousness was surely changing
direction right then wasn't it?
5. The Feathery Scales on the Stem. This describes the undulating path of the flight of the
Plumed Serpent. His movement through time and Creation is propelled by the quaking of
his feathers that could be seen as the astrological movements of planets and stars. It was
the study of this movement that the Maya shaman dedicated their lives. By working with the
energy and direction of Creation they would be rewarded with a bountiful existence. This
bounty is symbolized by the ear of maize or corn that floats among the flow of the feathers.
6. The Four Crosshatched Areas at the Mouth of the Pipe Stem. When you see an X in
Mayan writing it means to make something manifest or make something happen. When you
see a field of these Xs, it means all potential manifestations or the Void where nothing yet
exists but all potential dwells. When there are four of these areas arranged in a clover type
pattern this mean the fourth dimension or the existence of time. It is through such a time
portal that you may draw inspiration from the void. So draw away my friends. Infuse
yourself with the wisdom from the movement of Creation as Quetzal Coatl.
7. The Cleansing Staff. This tool to clean the pipes air passage has the figure of one of the
Creation Gods of the Maya carved on it. He is offering you a good time with his hand
positions.
On the feathers of Intuition
Aspire to Higher
In service,
Ian Xel Lungold
From: http://www.mayanmajix.com/pipe1.html
Copal (Bereseru microphylla) (The tree appears in the dream above)
This resin was used by the Mayans as a food for the Gods. They believe that as the smoke
of the Copal would rise, it would carry their prayers to the ears of the Gods. Copal is used
in divination and in purification ceremonies. Copal is the
Frankincense of the Western Hemisphere. Primarily fire and water elements though can
also be used as for four-element general purposes. When burned, the scent is sweet,
resinous, slightly woody, mildly earthy and spicy. Was a holy incense used by the peoples
of Mesoamerica. The resin contains aromatic chemicals called terpenes. Used by Mayan
shamans prior to ingesting mushrooms.
Copal Resin
Incense
(Copariflora
Officinalis)250grms
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Copal Resin Incense (Copariflora Officinalis)250grms
Copal resin is traditionally burned in protection, cleansing and purification ceremonies. The dried resin,
when burned, emits an fragrance akin to frankincense but with a lighter, more citrusy tone.
Copal: Purification; consecration; contact with other planes; exorcism; spells.
FROM: http://www.adastracharms.com/index.php?
main_page=product_info&cPath=244_166&products_id=5004
Spiritual significance is found in all living things. The Maya revere each animal and plant. One tree - the
ceiba or cottonwood tree - holds special significance as the Maya use it as a symbol of the power of nature.
Symbolically, the branches hold up the sky and the roots keep the earth together. The copal tree is sacred
as well, as it produces the resin and the bark that are burned in censers during spiritual ceremonies.
The herbs and traditions come from the Rainforest in Belize, Central America. Belize is located on the
eastern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula, just east of Guatemala and south of Mexico. Many of the natives of
this beautiful tropical area are descendants of the Maya. a complex and powerful people who inhabited
the area around 900 C.E. The Mayan culture included the medicinal uses of a variety of plants in the
area . Unfortunately much of the Mayan ethnobotany is being lost as the accumulated wisdom of
generations not being passed down to a new generation.
Tagetes lucida / Mexican Tarragon / Compositae (Sunflower family)
As a native Marigold of Mexico and Guatemala, T. lucida is well known by the locals as a substitute for
Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus), and as such is used in teas, vinegars and dishes. The Zapotecs use
Tagetes as a primary herb in purification rituals. The plant is popular with the Tarahumara Indians of
Chihuahua and is used by the modern Huichol Indians in their religious Peyote rituals. Smoked, the plant
is said to enhance closed-eye visions. The botanical genus name Tagetes is in reference to a Roman deity,
Tages which, probably, was originally an Etruscan god of prophecy. The species name lucidus means
"bright", or "light". In Mexico, it is traditionally used as a tea but also as a flavoring for soups, sauces,
chicken dishes, etc. and harsh Turkish tobaccos. A strong Tagetes Lucida tea is said to produce similar
but milder effects than those of Peyote and has been used since pre-Hispanic times with many of its
properties ascribed to this plant, known as Yauhtli in the Nahuatl language. The leaves were an important
flavouring of "Chocolatl", the foaming Cocoa-based drink of the Aztec.

From the Marigold genus, this perennial herb grows 30-80cm tall. It is native to Mexico and Guatemala.
It was used to flavour the foaming, chocolate drink of the Aztecs and is reputedly hallucinogenic and
anaesthetic. Dried leaves and flower tops make a popular tea in Latin America. Dried plant is burned as
incense and to repel insects. It is smoked together with Nicotiana rustica or alone to induce visions. It is
often smoked along with the consumption of alcoholic beverages to enhance its effects.
Care and cultivation Sow seeds in a well drained potting mix in full sun. Cover seeds just enough to
weigh them down and keep warm until germination in 1-2 weeks. Separate when seedlings are large
enough and plant in a full sun position.
See: http://www.uni-graz.at/~katzer/engl/Tage_luc.html

Coca leaves

The leaves of Erythryoxylon coca, from which cocaine is obtained, were used by the Incas at
least 1,000 years ago. The annual consumption of coca leaf in South America (mainly Bolivia
and Peru) by about twenty million users amounts to about 150,000 pounds of cocaine. They
chew their leaves with lime (CaO, etc.) which degrades cocaine to ecgonine - but this compound
still relieves hunger and fatigue. Cocaine produces little effect orally, so sniffing is the preferred
route of administration. Regarding its supposed aphrodisiac properties, it is interesting that one
native legend ascribed the magical origin of the coca leaf to the fascination of a conqueror for
the bright eyes of a princess who loved him to death. The plant grows in Australia and Africa, as
well as in Western South America, and much cocaine was produced in Java. Other species of the
genus seem to produce little or no cocaine.
Coca-cola got its name from the coca leaf extract which it contained (as did a variety of wines)
until 1904. Neither tolerance nor physical addiction to cocaine seem to occur, so sniffing it
occasionally should be quite safe.
FROM;
MESCALINE: PEYOTE &
SAN PEDRO CACTUS
SHAMANIC SACRAMENTS
Mescaline is a naturally occurring psychedelic found in several cactus species, most notably,
Peyote (Lophophora williamsii) and San Pedro (Trichocereus pachanoi). Several other
members of the trichocereus family also contain mescaline.
Mescaline belongs to a family of compounds known as phenethylamines, making it quite

distinct from the other major psychedelics which belong to the indole family. LSD, psilocybin,
harmaline, and DMT are all indoles. Many synthetic "designer" psychedelics, such as ecstasy
(MDMA) and 2C-B, are phenethylamines, and are related to the chemistry of mescaline.
In addition to containing mescaline, the cacti mentioned above contain a large variety of
related psychoactive compounds, and will produce experiences that are qualitatively different
than pure mescaline. The experience produced by Peyote is also quite distinct from that
produced by cacti from the trichocereus family.
The literature I've read indicates that many members of the trichocereus family are
psychoactive. I've only tried three or four of these and found them to be basically equal in
potency. Many references indicate that one variety, Trichocereus peruvianus, is several times
as potent by weight as the other trichocereus species. Psychoactive species include:
T. bridgesii, T. cuzcoensis, T. fulvinanus, T. macrogonus, T. pachanoi, T. peruvianus,
T. taquimbalensis, T. tersheckii, T. validus, T. werdermannius.
FROM: http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/essential_psychedelic_guide/mescaline.shtml
San Pedro, considered the ‘maestro of the maestros’, enables the shaman to make a
bridge between the visible and the invisible world for his people. The Quechua name for
it is punku, which means ‘doorway’. The doorway connects the patient’s body to his
spirit; to heal the body we must heal the spirit. San Pedro can show us the psychic causes
of illness intuitively or in mythical dream language. The effects of San Pedro work
through various stages, beginning with an expanded physical awareness in the body. Soon
this is followed by euphoric feelings and then, after several hours, psychic and visionary
effects become more noticeable.
See also Ayehausca : http://shamanism.wordpress.com/2007/12/page/2/
OTHER FLOWER ESSENCES - http://www.druidlabs.com/hbr/flowers_s.html
The "spirit guides of the Mayan community" deem it necessary to cleanse a sacred site of "bad spirits" so
that their ancestors could rest in peace. Rites entail chanting and burning incense, herbs and candles . It
was a great honor to be chosen to handle the incense, herbs, and other items used in ceremony.
Dances and festivals are taken very seriously by the Maya. There is a great commitment to engaging in
these cultural celebrations in an authentic manner. Each costume, mask, and the dance looks the same as
it did many years ago. The spiritual essence of events has also been kept intact over the years.

Rituals of blessing items associated with the dances and personal activities of those who are part of the
dance, such as abstinence from intimate personal relations on the part of dance participants, is strictly
followed as it has been for many generations.
Spiritual activities are solemn and filled with ritual. Each generation of Maya has passed to the next the
specific way that spiritual practices are to be carried out. Rituals may involve a certain order of activities,
the voicing of specific prayers, and the involvement of particular people in the ceremony.
Spiritual activities may last for several minutes, hours, or days, depending on the ritual that is being
performed. One family, a small group, or a whole village may be included in the activities. A time of
reflection or meditation may be involved as well as a period of abstinence from physical intimacy.
When a structure is built, prior to the placing the main
structural posts in the ground, a chicken may be killed and
its blood dripped into the holes where the poles will be
placed. After the structure is built the house may be "fed"
once again by sprinkling blood on the rafters or main
structural poles. In addition, food or drink and candles may
be placed next to ceremonial masks, or blood dripped on
masks, while a group prays and moves the censer back and
forth over the items.
The "four corners of the earth" or the earth's cardinal points are also important to the Maya; they are even
associated with specific colors. The colors of blue and green are also important as they signify the sky and
the environment.

Corn Milpa
The four corners are important when praying; for example, a man may look to or turn to all four corners as
he prays in his milpa prior to planting his corn. The cultivation of corn is connected ecologically, socially,
and spiritually to Mayan culture. Sacred spiritual rituals specifically concerning the burning of a milpa,
selection and use of seeds, and the actual planting of the corn have existed since the time of the ancient
Maya.
Parts of the above, excerpted from: http://www.mayaviewkeeper.com/TLMweb/traditional_ways.htm
GODDESS IXCHEL
Ixchel of Fertility — As a mother goddess she was the inventor of sewing, and was portrayed as the Weaver
of the World. As a wise crone she was the storm-bringer who transformed and cleansed the earth. Here she
appears in her moon maiden aspect with her fecund rabbit companion. This traditional image of the
highland Maya peoples of Guatemala is associated with crop (especially corn) fertility, and with safety for
women during childbirth.
Ixchel World-Weaver — Mayan Goddess childbirth and healing. Here she sits entranced, accompanied by
her companion the nest-weaver bird, dreaming out the warp and weft of the Great Fabric of Life upon her
backstrap loom. She was worshipped throughout Mayan Yucatan as the Life giving Queen. The rite of
passage into womanhood required fashioning such a clay image of Ixchel, traveling to the sacred Isle of
Women (Isla Mujeres), and performing a ritualistic breaking of the image in her temple there. Ixchel is
identical with Spider Woman, the Creatrix worshipped widely by North American native peoples.
Ixchel Crone — Storm Goddess of Healing and Transformation. Called Old Goddess with the Tiger Claws
by the Mayas, she is the personification of torrential seasonal rains, which gush from her water pot. Her
hurricanes cleanse the earth and permit new growth. The feathered serpent/turtle crown identifies her as
patroness of fertility, goddess of the moon, and consort to Itzamna (the Sun God). She is the embodiment of
power and healing which ancient cultures attributed to wise elder women.
FROM: http://www.teenwitch.com/divine/mayan/ixchel.html
PINEAL GLAND ACTIVATION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BntNNnMxJPE&NR=1 VIDEO
741 - FREQUENCY ACTIVATION FOR INTUITION
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjjbVrDNNC8&feature=related
DNA, CROWN AND PINEAL GLAND AWAKENING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZliDxdop-vw&feature=related
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"The skull was actually brought to earth realm fully created. It was teleported along with visitors who came to teach

"There are about a dozen or more of these crystal skulls. Except for the British Museum skull and one in Paris, they

Contemporary documents suggest Mr Boban was involved in selling at least two of the known crystal skulls - the one

The skull held by the Smithsonian was donated to the museum anonymously in 1992, along with a note saying it had

Text by Tony Oldham (2004). With kind permission.

Hello dear friends and supporters of the Grandmothers,

Ann and Jyoti

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF THIRTEEN INDIGENOUS GRANDMOTHERS

through projects that educate and nurture our children."

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* Development of a web site to disseminate their teachings to adults

At the end of their week together, the grandmother council decided to

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Center for Sacred Studies

Commentary on Don Alejandro’s “Statement of Revelations and Prophecies” by Vikki Hanchin “There are

13 Grandmothers Share Their Earthly Wisdom

MARIN COUNTY, Calif. (WOMENSENEWS)--They come from the Amazon, the Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers

Copal (Bereseru microphylla) (The tree appears in the dream above)

shamans prior to ingesting mushrooms.

Mescaline belongs to a family of compounds known as phenethylamines, making it quite

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