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one of the last earthquakes in Atlantis. Her skull was transmuted _ reality in an instant. This true story from Michael Roads, author into crystal through a process Kant calls "morphocrystallic trans- of Journey Into Oneness (see extract and review, NEXUS 2/19) formation". The spirit of the woman is no longer with the Skull. _ illustrates a very funny but embarrassing side to this. Roads tells The actual transformation work, he says, was done by seven _ of a Canadian man and his wife, she being into ‘new age’ philoso- Atlantean priests who still have the ability to project their con- _ phies and he not. She'd wanted to see the. Crystal Skull for a long sciousness into it at any time. time, and the opportunity came when it was brought to Toronto for This proposition is interesting because of the forensic work a special viewing. He agreed to accompany his wife to the show. done with the Crystal Skull in 1986. Francis Joseph, a freelance The viewing of the Skull was preceded by a talk, slide show and historical writer, learned of the Skull while researching lowland video. As each of these unfolded, the husband kept thinking to Mayan civilisations. himself, "Boring, boring, boring!" while sitting through what Joseph decided to attempt to reconstruct the face from pho- _ seemed interminable presentations. At last they got to where the tographs of the Skull, working on the assumption that the object Skull was uncovered for viewing, and all present lined up to file was from a real human skull. Then, he hoped to be able to identi- _past it. 7 fy the race of the person who modelled for it. He contacted Dr By this time he was bored out of his brain, and as he reached the Peggy Caldwell, consulting forensic anthropologist for the Chief | Skull and looked at it, he thought to himself, "What a load of Medical Examiner of New York City, who was keen to assist. crap!" Within seconds of the thought, his bowels just opened up With the help of Detective Frank and filled his pants. He had-no'con- Dominigo, composite artist with the New trol. Overcome with embarrass- York Police, she came up with a face | By this time he was bored out of § ment and shock, he pulled down from a plaster model and photos of the * . his parka as far as he could and, Skull. i. his brain, and as he reached the Jf excusing himself, waddled over io The face was that of a young woman, | Skull and looked at it, he thought the toilet to clean himself up. 17 to 20 years of age with It was then he remembered one Oriental/Mongoloid features. Francis to himself, "What a load of crap!" of his wife's friends saying to set cart Mesoamerica citations sr | Within seconds of the thought, fore rine Stull He said eher the period. his bowels just opened up and = wards, though he still could not filled his pants. He had no ae ee ae EXPERIENCES WITH THE CRYSTAL t I about, he now ad tremendous control. respect for its power. SKULL In some special way not yet really understood by those who experience it, the Crystal Skull has pro- SPECIAL EFFECTS found effects on many of those who see it or dwell in its presence. Frank and Mabel Dorland, for example, who had the Skull in their Joshua Shapiro, in Mysteries of the Crystal Skulls Revealed!!, keeping for six years, drank neither alcohol nor coffee, nor did _ reports on his experiences with the Skull at crystal conferences. they smoke tobacco while researching the Skull. In fact, they both He viewed a face inside it that was actually the face of someone became vegetarians under its influence. living who was using the Skull to communicate. Others at the People experience all sorts of reactions to the Skull: some conference saw such things as dragons, buildings, underwater become short of breath, others start to fall asleep, while many find _scenes, strange creatures and faces. their hearts pounding and blood racing. Shapiro speculates that the Skull, or the consciousness that At various times, Frank Dorland saw a halo surround the Skull _ works through it, seems to hook into the person viewing the Skull, about 18 inches from its surface lasting for six minutes, and lights _ producing images or effects that are most needed in that person's and colours appear inside. He also wimessed entire scenes— _life. He also suggests that the Skull is presenting us with alterna- including temples and other skull images—reproduce themselves __ tive realities, thus encouraging us to look beyond the conventional within the Skull. Sometimes he saw a dark spot appear and grow _ explanations for physical and universal laws. All of this implies in intensity. The sounds of small bells and the voices of humans some sort of consciousness resides within the Skull or is perhaps in a choir-like effect have been heard emanating from the Skull. operating through it from somewhere else. On one occasion, several people visiting the Dorlands organised Shapiro also points out that the effects which show up on film, a special meditation where the lights were all dimmed and a small video and photographs are sometimes different from those seen if light placed underneath the Skull. As they watched, the forehead _ one is looking directly at the Skull. Cameras and video cam- of the Skull began to go milky; then a dark spot appeared at one _corders seem to pick up images in the Skull that are invisible to temple which grew in size until a large part of the central mass of the naked eye. On videotapes recorded when Anna Mitchell- the Skull just disappeared. The outline was there but the centre of | Hedges and Nick Nocerino presented the Skull on cable TV, there the Skull was gone. Comparing notes afterwards, they all agreed were images visible in the Skull which could not be seen by the each had seen much the same effect. unaided eye. Alice Bryant, co-author of the book, The Message of the Crystal The Crystal Skull reportedly has had some extraordinary Skadl, saw the artefact in 1986 after a nine-year absence and was _ impacts on people when they encounter it or if they associate with immediately overcome. Her hands shook, her breath became short _ it over long periods of time. and a strong rush of emotion overtook her which brought up all What is the reason for the amazing effects of a piece of carved her memories of searching for answers about the Skull. Lasting rock quartz on human beings, and how long will it be before we more than an hour, the experience left her physically and mentally _ have a full understanding of the Skull's origin and purpose? shaken. 5 The Skull also seems to have a way of making thoughts become Continued on page 84 EXPERIENCES WITH THE CRYSTAL SKULL Joshua Shapiro, in Mysteries of the Crystal Skulls Revealed!!, reports on his experiences with the Skull at crystal conferences. He viewed a face inside it that was actually the face of someone living who was using the Skull to communicate. Others at the conference saw such things as dragons, buildings, underwater scenes, strange creatures and faces. Shapiro speculates that the Skull, or the consciousness that works through it, seems to hook into the person viewing the Skull, producing images or effects that are most needed in that person's life. He also suggests that the Skull is presenting us with alterna- tive realities, thus encouraging us to look beyond the conventional explanations for physical and universal laws. All of this implies some sort of consciousness resides within the Skull or is perhaps operating through it from somewhere else. Shapiro also points out that the effects which show up on film, video and photographs are sometimes different from those seen if one is looking directly at the Skull. Cameras and video cam- corders seem to pick up images in the Skull that are invisible to the naked eye. On videotapes recorded when Anna Mitchell- Hedges and Nick Nocerino presented the Skull on cable TV, there were images visible in the Skull which could not be seen by the unaided eye. The Crystal Skull reportedly has had some extraordinary impacts on people when they encounter it or if they associate with it over long periods of time. What is the reason for the amazing effects of a piece of carved rock quartz on human beings, and how long will it be before we have a full understanding of the Skull's origin and purpose? 66 ¢ NEXUS Continued on page 84 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1994