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David H. Childress, in his book referred to earlier, reports that the Hewlett-Packard Laboratories estimated that the Skull would have required a minimum 300 years’ work to be carved by a suc- cession of extremely gifted artisans. Since rock quartz is rated at 7 on Mohs' Scale of hardness (diamond is 10), it would take cen- turies of work to produce a skull of such quality. Hewlett-Packard Laboratories in Santa Clara, California—at the David H. Childress, in his book referred to earlier, reports that time, the world leader in electronics and computers. The lab was _ the Hewlett-Packard Laboratories estimated that the Skull would expert in the production of precision quartz crystals used in oscil- have required a minimum 300 years’ work to be carved by a suc- lators and quartz crystal thermometers, which involves cutting and _ cession of extremely gifted artisans. Since rock quartz is rated at shaping quartz crystal wafers to vibrate at a precise frequency. 7 on Mohs' Scale of hardness (diamond is 10), it would take cen- In one major test, the lab technicians first submerged the Skull tries of work to produce a skull of such quality. in a bath of index-matching benzyl alcohol. They then viewed it under polarised light to determine whether it was cut from one chunk of quartz, and also to find out the angle it was cut in rela- THE ATLANES COPORETION tion to the natural axis of the crystal. Childress goes on to suggest one theory that the Skull is a This test confirmed that the Skull and the jawbone were cut _12,000-year-old Atlantean relic handed down through the Knights from one single piece of quartz—a piece of rare size and quality. Templar, eventually coming into the possession of the inner circle According to Alice Bryant, the staff at the Hewlett-Packard of the Masonic Lodge. It is also alleged that Mitchell-Hedges was Laboratories were very excited to be able to examine such an an inner circle Mason, and theory has it that he somehow acquired amazing piece. The Skull's exquisite workmanship and high- the Skull and then planted it the Lubaantun ruin some time sheen finish made it look as if it had been cut yesterday. between 1924 and 1926. Another possibility is that the Skull was Hewlett-Packard lab experts looted from a Mexican ancient city concurred that, given a crystal site, and Mitchell-Hedges bought it of the same size, they, the fore- as a stolen artefact, hiding his pur- most producers of quality cut chase by planting it in the ruins. quartz in the world, could not F. A. Mitchell-Hedges, in his produce a skull of comparable autobiography, Danger My Ally quality. (1954), claims that the Skull is Frank Dorland himself had 3,600 years old and was used by the the Crystal Skull in his posses- High Priests of Maya when per- sion for six years. During that time, he managed to subject it to every known scientific and non-destructive test he could conceive of and that was avail- able to him. He concluded that even with the advanced tech- nology available to us today, it would be nearly impossible to carve as extraordinary an object as the Mitchell-Hedges Skull. forming esoteric rites. He suggests that the Skull could have been used to ‘will’ death. It was often referred to as the "Skull of Doom” by news- papers of the 1930s and ‘40s. Sensationalism was big in newspa- pers of the time, and Mitchell- Hedges appeared to relish promot- ing it. Interestingly enough, Childress points out, Mitchcell- Hedges survived three knife attacks and eight bullet-wounds by the time of his death at 77 years! In the book, Mysteries of the WHO MADE THE CRYSTAL Crystal Skulls Revealed!! (Bowen, ? SKULL? Nocerino and Shapiro), a number of Fascinating ideas, theories trance sessions are reported with and speculations abound as to (Source: The Message of The Crystal Skull (Bryant & Galde)] people involved in Crystal Skull the Skull's origins. In Arthur research, on the origins of the C. Clarke's A-Z of Mysteries, several ‘explanations’ are offered. G. Mitchell-Hedges Skull and other skulls. An excerpt from Anna Morant, in a journal called Man (July 1936, Royal Mitchell-Hedges’ book, The Skull Speaks, is included, quoting a Anthropological Society of Great Britain and Ireland), published channelled communication from the trance medium Carole Davis. the results of his detailed examinations of the Mitchell-Hedges The channel revealed that the Skul] had originated in Atlantis and Skull and the British Museum Skull (see later), concluding that had been on Earth for 17,000 years. Its true origin was part of the both were European in shape; however, he did not dismiss the pos- Great Crystals of Atlantis, and within it are locked the secrets to sibility that they could have come from South America. healing, weather, the power for growth, controlling personality, Commenting on Morant's findings, Adrian Digby of the British | comforting and awakening. Light refracted through the artefact Museum cautioned at the time that it would be “extremely rash to becomes power, the message said. suggest that either skull was of European rather than Mexican In an interview in the same book, F. R. "Nick" Nocerino sug- manufacture". H. J. Braunholtz, during this 1936 debate, suggest- _ gests that the Mitchell-Hedges Skull is one of 13 skulls, only some ed that the Mitchell-Hedges Skull was a good example of Mexican of which have been discovered. The Mitchell-Hedges Skull is the art and typical of Aztec craftsmanship. clearest and the purest yet found. Gemmologist Allan Jobbins who examined the two skulls for Joshua Shapiro, in another chapter, proposes that the creators of Arthur C. Clarke’s Mysterious World in 1980, said that the most _ the Skull were a superior race of beings who are still here on the likely source of the quartz was Brazil, but suggested it could have Earth and who may have been here for a very long time, possibly been worked in the Honduras, Mexico, Japan, China or any- _ millions of years. where—he did not know where. Frank Dorland put forward the Michael Kant claims in an interview that the Skull was original- proposal that the crystal from which the Skull is carved matches _ly located in one of the thirteen healing temples of Atlantis. It is crystal from Cavalaveras County, California. of a female, the priestess "Sha-Tree-Tra", who was killed during NEXUS ¢ 65 THE ATLANTIS CONNECTION OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1994