By
Joshua Shapiro,
The Crystal Skull Explorer
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© Joshua & Desy Shapiro
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”.
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Greetings to the readers of the various groups who have permitted us
to share this article with their members. This is our webpage
version. 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! |
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 the ‘Heck’ 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:
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© Joshua
Shapiro
photo by Vera Manaleo
“Portal de Luz”
– a smoky quartz crystal skull created by a Master Brazilian
Carver. Caretaker – Joshua Shapiro
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“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.
“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.
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“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 Musče 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 1975, 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.
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© Stan Chan
& Al Ramirez
“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.
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“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.
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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:
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© 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’ “
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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
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Final Comments from the writer:
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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
Twello, Holland
February 2003
Contact Information:
Joshua & Desy
Shapiro, Twello, Holland
Email: joshuashapiro@hetnet.nl
Phone: +31 571 290 813
Website:
http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/cs.html
For information about the new book (in English as an e-book
visit)
http://www.v-j-enterprises.com/csexplorer.html
(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!!
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