Ancient American Magazine New Find: Crystal Skull : 6
n unusual event took place De-cember 13-17, 2012, aboard a gigantic vessel steaming round trip from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Cozumel (“Island of Sparrows” in the original Mayan). At more than 1,111 feet long, the third largest cruise ship afloat became headquarters for a collection of more than a dozen crystal skulls in a “Return to Atlantis” Conference aboard the 154,407-ton Liberty of the Seas. Some internationally renowned experts on the subject assembled in a large meeting room on her second deck where the translucent objects were displayed to discuss the pros and cons of these al-leged artifacts. On hand were Britain’s Chris Morton, co-author of the best-selling Mystery of the Crystal Skulls (Bear & Company, 2002); Raymond Tarpey from New York, a leading authority on “The Intriguing World of Crystal Skulls” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2 nb4egM6j8); Diego Rosales, Mexico’s foremost living muralist whose Mesoamerican collection (including sev-eral stone skulls) and his own work are featured in leading art museums around the world; Awa Hosi Kavan from Bali, where she is a crystal bowl performer as part of her surprisingly effective “crystal sound healing” practice (http://www.bali3000.com/crystal-sound/index2.html); Jaap van Etten, a Dutch-born biologist who obtained his Ph.D. in Amsterdam, best known for his “Earth Energies and Crystal Skulls”(http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=VrxYMweX2tg), together with other presenters, equally credible and inter-esting. Despite occasionally fervent claims for ancient authenticity on behalf of sculpted skulls by their enthusiastic owners, each gleaming curiosity ap-peared well-made, most likely in 21st century China where a growing appreci-ation for foreign markets in such ready-made “New Age” goods is being translated these days into brisk sales, mostly for American customers able to 6 A An Ancient American Exclusive: “New” Crystal Skull Unveiled by Frank Joseph Ancient American • Issue Number 99 afford them. Historically questionable as such attractive items may be, one spec-imen stood out among them all. The Conference host, Kendall Morgan, saved its presentation for last as “The Mystery Skull,” while our behemoth of a ship, having successfully navigated the first half of her voyage to the Mayas’ once-sa-cred island off the coast of Yucatan, sliced steadily through night waters back toward Fort Lauderdale. The final lecturer Dr. Benjamin Pass-Photo by Diana Person more told of a remarkable object never before described in public and entirely unknown to even the crystal skull ex-perts on board. Born in 1940, he “prac-ticed psychiatry for thirty years in El Paso, Texas, then ten years in Ruidoso, New Mexico,” retiring by 2011. “During early 1992,” Dr. Passmore explained, “I started treating a young man in his thir-ties for what appeared to be endogenous depression,” an atypical sub-class of clinical depression. When no particular
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