| Due to the current Indiana Jones movie there has | | | | pyramid after having been left there many |
| been much interest in crystal skulls. | | | | centuries previous. Legends abound , but no one |
| My first encounter with a crystal skull was in July | | | | really knows where it came from or how old it is. |
| of 1989. At the time I was a member of a | | | | Many legends seem to point to it having been |
| metaphysical study group and had just returned | | | | created in Atlantis or left by Aliens. |
| from a month of studying the Aboriginal way of | | | | It certainly was beautiful! Made of pure crystal, |
| life in Australia. | | | | there wasn't a blemish to be found, down to the |
| During the monthly meeting of our group, one of | | | | removable jaw bone! Mitchell-Hedges confirmed |
| the leaders mentioned to me that she had a | | | | that when she first found it , the skull was |
| group going to Indianapolis the following week to | | | | cloudier than in it's present state, it was now |
| see the crystal skull. My reaction was, "What's a | | | | crystal clear! |
| crystal skull?" | | | | It was valued at over 18 million dollars, and it |
| She immediately explained to me the skull had | | | | seemed to have supernatural powers, when in it's |
| been carved from pure quartz crystal, was | | | | presence, people would experience varied types |
| perfect in every way and that this particular skull | | | | of paranormal behavior. Some would see the |
| had been found in Lubantaan in Belize in the 1920s | | | | future, while others experienced alien encounters |
| by Helen Mitchell-Hedges who was then 16 years | | | | and past lives. It was truly a masterpiece, unlike |
| old. | | | | anything I had ever seen before. |
| Helen Mitchell - Hedges, along with Lynn Gardner | | | | Lynn Gardner announced that she would be |
| would be exhibiting the skull the following week . It | | | | leading an expedition to Belize the following |
| sounded like the perfect opportunity to learn | | | | January to find the temple where the crystal skull |
| something new, who knows where this might | | | | had been found. |
| lead? | | | | My interest was peaked, there was no way I |
| Listening to the lecture, I became fascinated. It | | | | was going to miss that! |
| seems the skull had been found in a Mayan | | | | |