Many people have heard the story of the Dalai Lama fleeing from the Chinese invasion of Tibet and his resulting exile in India. Most have seen a photo of the Dalai Lama and either heard or read his words of love and compassion.

Now there is a story of a Tibetan crystal skull called Amar, which took a similar flight to escape the Chinese invasion. A High Lama hand carried the large, 22 lb. skull over the Himalayas into Nepal, risking imprisonment, torture and even death by the Communist Chinese, the plight of thousands of Tibetan monks and nuns.

It has been reported that the Chinese regime continues to eradicate Tibetan civilization and heritage, including the destruction of over 99% of its temples, monasteries and convents. Some say over 6,000 are now in ruins.

Amar is presently cared for in a peaceful spiritual sanctuary in North America by an intuitive and spiritual healer. This crystal skull spent most of it’s existence in monastic isolation away, as Amar was used for healing and divination by monks of the Nyingma sect. This sect was established around the 8th Century and is the oldest sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Amar and its present day caretaker prefer to work in private, sending energy to people all over the world.

Believed to have ancient origins, Amar is one the largest known old crystal skulls and is made of clear quartz with a slight smoky tint. It is said to emanate the same qualities as the Dalai Lama- love and compassion.

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Well, it’s finally done. The promotional trailer for my film project Secret of the Crystal Skulls has been completed. It took about three times longer to edit than my wildest guestimate.

The editing process was a strange, circuitous journey over a period of six months, with four different editors, before it’s completion a few days before Christmas. Very strange things happened that caused me to start almost from the beginning each time: editors with failing video cards, editors with health problems, editors with houses burning down.

Some people began to wonder if I was jinxed, cursed or hexed. Was it the CRYSTAL SKULLS??? Even I began to wonder what in the world was happening. In hindsight, I am able to see some purpose and logic in that experience.

I liken it to something I was once told by a caretaker of an ancient crystal skull. She described to me some of the people who worked with the crystal skulls in ancient times. They were called ‘smoothers’. They would spend months and probably years smoothing a crystal skull, using only silicon-crystal sand and their hands. However, they were not only shaping or smoothing the skull, they were also uploading sacred and often secret information into the crystal, while they were smoothing. Perhaps they were in a trance state, praying or chanting as they worked day after day, week after week, year after year.

Looking back at the editing process, I realize that I, too, refined and refined the trailer, working with it over and over and over again, over a long period of time. Each editor added a little something to the final creation, however, I was constantly required to come back to my original vision and work it and work it, watching it slowly take shape until it was ready to be complete.

Please have a look at the trailer. See any tool marks?

Photo credit: Kicka Witte