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By Stephen S. Mehler It was a typically cold day in late January 2008 were to take place on 9-9-09, 10-10-10, 11-11-11 and 12when I received a phone call from my friend, colleague 12-12. He asked me to participate in the Sept 9, 2009 event and publisher, David Hatcher Childress. “Stephen,” called “The World Mysteries Conference” to be held in David began, “have you heard about the new Indiana Sedona, AZ. For various reasons, I declined to participate Jones movie?” (Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of in the 9-9-09 event, but told Kendall I was interested the Crystal Skull, Lucas Films 2008.) I replied that I in future possibilities. The conference took place, and had and was impressed and excited with the title and was fairly successful, and the interest in crystal skulls apparent theme. “Let’s put out a book on crystal skulls magnified. Rumors and stories of “new” skulls emerging together to coincide with the movie,” David continued. were rampant and I continued to do more interviews in I immediately thought this was a good idea; after all, I 2009 and 2010. Kendall Morgan kept up a connection had been sitting on almost thirty with me, and urged me to the years of research on the subject, 10-10-10 event, as he proposed having seen and experienced my to make it a major conference first crystal skull in 1979, and had with recognized Mayan Elders always thought I should write a participating, and dedicating the book on this subject. I strongly event to the memory and work of agreed and we put the book F.R. ‘Nick’ Nocerino. With this together rather quickly, in three proposal, he brought me into the months, and The Crystal Skulls: fold. Astonishing Portals to Man’s Past I had written an entire was released just four days before chapter on Nick Nocerino for the “Indy” movie in May 2008. the crystal skull book I did with Although we completed the David Childress in 2008. Nick project quite quickly for a major was the preeminent researcher of book, I was very pleased with crystals and crystal skulls; he and the final result. Not only did I Dr. Marcel J. Vogel were the two enjoy being a co-author with giants in the field of crystal skull ‘Nick’ Nocerino. Lubaantun, Belize. 1995. Photo David, who has authored over 20 F.R. research that I was privileged by Daryl Capps. books himself, but we brought to work with and learn from our different perspectives to the some years earlier. The fact that subject. Both the movie and our book, hopefully, triggered Kendall Morgan was intending to honor Nick Nocerino a renewed general interest in crystal skulls, with the result and his family at the 10-10-10 event dictated that I must being many conferences, gatherings, other books, radio participate. interviews and television specials being produced in the The conference, subtitled “The Legend of the 13,” intervening three years. I have been interviewed on many was held in New York City over the weekend of Oct shows since 2008, including Coast to Coast AM with 9-11, 2010, and was co-sponsored by the Edgar Cayce George Noory, the Jeff Rense Program and many “blog Center of NYC, and Alan Steinfeld and New Realities. talk” internet radio shows—all to talk about crystal skulls. It was a magnificent event, and over the three days, Many, many more people worldwide have developed an well over 500 people attended. I was able to catch up interest in the subject, and many more keepers of crystal with old friends also on the program (such as DaEl and skulls—and of course, their skulls—have surfaced in just Laurie Walker, Kirby Seid, Steven Halpern, Flordemayo the last few years. and Jaap van Etten) and to finally meet Nick’s daughter, Sometime in early 2009, I was ed by Kendall Michele Nocerino. And there were many “new” skulls Morgan of Oracle Stone Productions. Kendall had become for me to experience: Sherry Whitfield brought Synergy, very interested in crystal skulls and Mayan prophecies, Jane Doherty brought Maya, Grace brought Amar, Mario and had decided to produce a series of events featuring Bojorquez brought Pancho—and Kendall had d crystal skulls and Mayan Elders to coincide with the a special “mystery skull” that was to be unveiled at the interest in 2012 Mayan calendar predictions. The events conference. More on this skull will follow. DaEl Walker

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brought Rainbow and Zar—two ancient skulls I had experienced in 1999 at one of Dr. Chet Snow’s crystal skull conferences in Sedona, AZ. DaEl also brought Nefertiti, an interesting amethyst chip skull that totally blew me away as to its feel of great antiquity—this is a skull that I want to spend much more time with! Three Mayan Elders (four including Grandmother Flordemayo) were invited to the event. They were: Grandfather Don Alexandro Cirilo Perez Oxlaj, Mayan Day Keeper and spiritual leader of the Quiche Maya of Guatemala; Don Pedro Pablo Chuc Pech, Mayan Historian and Elder from the Yucatan; and Hunbatz 10-10-10 Crystal Skull Conference. Front from left: Sherry Whitfield, guardian of Men, Mayan Elder from the Yucatan. NYC Synergy; Michele Nocerino, guardian of Sha Na Ra; Don Alexandro, Mayan Elder; FlorThe Mayan Elders were invited to speak demayo, Mayan Elder. 2010. Photo by author. at the UN on Friday Oct. 9, 2010, the first time Mayans were ever invited to do so, and this event kicked off the conference. They with the skull for a brief time and I was amazed. I am an all spoke of the coming shifts in consciousness that the archaeologist, and it immediately screamed “antiquity” 2012 “end” of the Mayan Calendar represents—which is to me and seemed to be very ancient. This is one skull I not the end of all things. All spoke of the crystal skulls long to test thoroughly to be “sure,” but my initial opinion coming together at this critical juncture to aid humanity was it was ancient, certainly not carved to be “sold.” I also met Mario Bojorquez and his crystal skull in this great shift. At the end of their talks, and after the named Pancho for the first time at this conference. Mario conference and weekend, we all felt the same way. told his story during his presentation (also available on Jaap van Etten served as Master of Ceremonies, and his website). He inherited Pancho from his grandmother, presented his own research in measuring the energy fields who had lived near the Mayan city of Monte Alban in of the crystal skulls. Boris Schneickert, representing Mexico. Pancho also greatly interested me, a hollow skull , also presented his research. Michele Nocerino, like DaEl Walker’s Zar, obviously carved for ritual use, continuing her father’s tradition and honoring his memory, not for commercial sale. Pancho is another skull I would brought Sha Na Ra, the ancient crystal skull found by like to test thoroughly and spend more time with—my Nick in Mexico in 1995. I enjoyed all the presentations strong initial feeling is that it is ancient. and all the crystal skulls that were there—and there But it is the third “new” crystal skull at the conference were hundreds of contemporary skulls—but there were that I wish to discuss in greater detail. As I mentioned, one three skulls, in particular, that really “grabbed” me. As I of the “hooks” that Kendall Morgan employed to promote mentioned, DaEl Walker, an old student of Nick Nocerino the conference was that there would be the unveiling of who has written his own seminal book on crystals, had a “mystery skull” to the public for the first time. Kendall acquired a skull he named Nefertiti. DaEl let me work had revealed the secret to me before the conference—that it was the crystal skull called Einstein owned by Carolyn Ford. Nick Nocerino had seen and authenticated Einstein in 1991, but Carolyn had wished the skull not be made public until she was ready to do so herself. Nick faithfully honored her wishes and never discussed it publically, even up to his ing in 2004. But once I had first experienced Einstein at the conference—and met Carolyn and her husband Ron—many conversations I had with Nick Nocerino between 1998 and 2002 came flooding back into my mind. Nick had first mentioned Einstein to me in 1998, but never revealed who owned it or how he came to experience it. Nick would say to me, “Stephen, the crystal skulls are this and that, but then there is Einstein, who is a special case. …” I would always wait Mayan Elders at UN. 2010. Photo by author. for more details, but they never came.

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There would be more cryptic remarks over the years, but a teaching he had shared with Flordemayo, and ed on no more details. I mistakenly believed that Nick owned to me, in 1999. According to very ancient Mayan tradition, Einstein but didn’t want to share it with anyone. I now the Maya “originally” came from the Pleiades to Earth. realize that was a completely They came to four specific areas wrong conclusion. In 2002, in of the planet: first to “Atlantis,” one of the last conversations I then to Mexico and Central had with Nick, he mentioned America, then to India, and then Einstein again as being “special,” to Northern Africa (Khemit). In but again, did not explain why. I ancient Egypt they were known felt a “barrier” there with Nick as the “Cara Maya” (Ka-Ra). I concerning Einstein, and did not showed Jorge and Don Alexandro inquire further. my photos of supposed “Mayan” After Carolyn did her ceiling glyphs found at Sakkara, presentation, it became clear that Egypt that I had documented Nick had honored her request in my book The Land of Osiris. for the skull and herself to Don Alexandro’s eyes lit up when remain unknown until she was he saw the photos, and he stared ready for public disclosure. That deep into my eyes, and then disclosure came on Oct. 10, 2010 smiled broadly. I felt a profound at the conference in NYC. I was darshan from him, and he was immediately drawn to Einstein— quite pleased we had confirmed it reminded me very much of the his ancient tradition. Mayan Crystal Skull, the first After the conference, I stayed skull I experienced in 1979. I in touch with Carolyn Ford to had a great desire to spend more Michele Nocerino with Sha Na Ra, the ancient crystal follow up on the invitation to found by Nick Nocerino. 10-10-10 Conference, spend more time with her and time with and to study Einstein in skull NYC. 2010. Photo by author. greater detail. There was also an Einstein. So, in late March 2011, immediate deep connection felt Theresa and I took off from our between Ron and Carolyn, and me and my wife, Theresa. home in Colorado and travelled to Arizona. We were As a result they both invited us to visit them and spend fortunate to be able to stay with and spend time with more time with Einstein at their home in Sedona. David Hatcher Childress at WEX West in Camp Verde, The conference was an enormous success and not far from Sedona. On Thursday, March 24, we went to there are many more planned for 2011 and 2012—see visit Carolyn and Ron, and the Einstein experience began www.OracleStoneProductions.com. The attendance in earnest. Carolyn had told her story at the conference, of the Mayan Elders and their which is also available on her presentations were a major website. She had been living in highlight for all. Toward the end of Los Angeles and searching for a the last day, on Sunday 10/10/10, I small crystal skull to work with was able to have a private audience in 1990, when an old friend who with Grandfather Don Alexandro. had a shop in Seattle called her to With the assistance of a translator, come see a crystal skull he had. Mexican archaeologist and Mayan While Carolyn had been looking scholar Jorge Galindo, we were for a small skull, when she first able to discuss many things. Don saw the 33-pound Einstein, she Alexandro made it clear to me felt she had to have it. Carolyn that, according to his tradition, gave the background information Dec. 21, 2012 is not the end of that her friend had acquired the the Mayan Calendar, nor will it skull from an estate sale—the bring the destruction of this entire estate was that of an archaeologist/ world. He stated that there was no explorer whose name was not beginning (and no end) to time provided. Further anecdotal or the calendar, only shifts in the information was that the explorer great cycles, the eternal cycles had obtained the skull from an of existence. As followers of my excavation in Mexico in the early books and work with my Egyptian 1930s. teacher, Abd’El Hakim Awyan, This, of course, is typical of know, this is exactly the same as the stories surrounding almost the ancient Khemitian (Egyptian) all the crystal skulls, especially teachings that Hakim brought to the ones labeled ancient. The us—that there is no beginning and actual provenance of the finds no end, only eternal cycles. Nefertiti, amethyst crystal skull owned by DaEl Walker. are almost always speculative, Don Alexandro also reiterated 10-10-10 Conference, NYC. 2010. Photo by author. as these artifacts have often

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been obtained from “illegal” and unrecorded excavations, and are not documented. The exception is Sha Na Ra, the skull owned by Nick Nocerino and found in 1995; Nick assisted in the excavation— but this was also a “nonofficial” excavation and not recorded by archaeologists. Although I have seen many large contemporary crystal skulls, some well over 50 pounds, I had never witnessed a large skull like Einstein. I began my work with Einstein with a left-brained scientific approach, observing and recording physical properties as would any archaeologist with a newly found “alleged” artifact. I brought with me two differentsized magnifying glasses, a laser light, a powerful flashlight, and a Carol Ford’s old photo of Nick Nocerino with Einstein, tuning fork given to me by Jonathan the “mystery Skull.” Shown at 10-10-10 Conference, Goldman tuned to the frequency NYC. 2010. Photo by author.

has, and the same indentations on the sides of the head as do the two other skulls. When I had asked Reyes the purposes of these indentations in 1983, he demonstrated with the Amethyst Skull how to place one’s palms on the indentations and make a triangle over the “third eye” with one’s fingers—this, he indicated, was the Mayan way to meditate with the skulls. But Einstein is way too large, and that really didn’t work with him—I now believe the indentations were just a signature, a distinctive “mark” of the school of shamans that carved these skulls. Einstein’s nose is carved exactly the same as the Mayan Skull’s; the teeth are also carved the same, but are finer and more detailed on Einstein. Close observation of the crystal that is Einstein showed clear evidence of it being hand-carved, not machined. The two sides of the face are not exactly the same, as is the case with a real human face—one eye is larger than the other, one cheek is lower than the other, etc. This means that Einstein is not bilaterally symmetrical; all contemporary, machined skulls are symmetrical. It was in my examination of the back and underside of the skull that its age and status as a genuine antiquity became clear to me. As seen in the ancient crystal skulls Max and Sha Na Ra, the oldest skulls I have ever examined, Einstein shows rough polishing and distinct “age” marks in the

Don Alexandro Cirilo Perez Oxlaj, Mayan Day Keeper and Solar Priest. Press conference at UN. 2010. Photo by author.

of quartz crystal. My initial observations confirmed my impressions at the conference—that Einstein was a larger version of the first crystal skull I had ever experienced, the one Nick Nocerino had labeled, “The Mayan Crystal Skull.” Working with Einstein took me immediately back to early 1980, when I worked with the Mayan Skull in the Rosicrucian Order’s Research Lab. A Mayan priest named Francisco Reyes was the man responsible for bringing two crystal skulls into the US between 1979 and 1982. We at the Rosicrucian lab called these the “Mayan Skull” and the “Amethyst Skull.” As noted, Einstein seemed to have been carved in exactly the same way as the Mayan Skull. In fact, I noticed a clear pattern—that the Mayan Skull, the Amethyst Skull and Einstein were all carved the same way and were, perhaps, from the same “school” of crystal carvers. Einstein has the same bump under his nose that the Amethyst Skull

Examining Einstein. Sedona AZ. 2011. Photo by Theresa Crater.

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carved crystal—there are ridges, bumps and cut marks that are not modern. The underside is exactly the same as the Mayan Skull’s, and shows rough polish and cut marks that are not from high tech machines. Another distinguishing feature of Einstein is the placement of a hole on each side of the face, under where the ears would be at the end of the jaw line; these holes are drilled right through the crystal. The other skulls have holes but they do not go all the way through. Einstein was to have ropes or macramé strung through those holes so he could be suspended in the air for maximum effect. I finished my physical examination of Einstein by utilizing some of the techniques taught me by Nick Nocerino, using sound, light and color to “activate” the skull. I struck the tuning fork tuned to the frequency of quartz crystal—Einstein seemed to “brighten” at the sound and appeared to clear in spots. I used a laser light to determine if any prisms were in the crystal—the light diffused and came out different areas of the skull, but in different ways than in the Mayan Skull. In 1980, while testing the Mayan Skull with laser light in the Rosicrucian Order’s Research Lab, I had observed that when laser light was shown into the right side of the head, the beam was projected out of the third eye, the effect seemingly designed that way by the carver. The same was not true for Einstein, but the laser light did project out in different areas when shown in the top of the skull—different crystal, different prismatic effects, but still there. Also, using a strong flashlight, I was able to observe the intricate details of the crystal itself. There were many fractures in the formation of the crystal (called “Concoidal Fractures” by Marcel Vogel, and “Earthquake Fractures” by Nick Nocerino). These cracks result from changes in the crystal as it forms, then fuses back together under tremendous heat and pressure, usually deep in underground caves. This can be used to date the crystal, but not the carving. The crystal that is Einstein is very ancient, but all crystal is ancient (Nick Nocerino, 1999).

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Above: The Mayan Crystal Skull. Pinole, CA. 1980. Photo by Susan Emigh. Right: Einstein, the largest ancient crystal skull yet found at 33 pounds. Sedona, AZ. 2011. Photo by author. Below: Author with Sha Na Ra. 10-10-10 Conference, NYC. 2010. Photo by Theresa Crater.

Finally, I “switched hats” and went from physical to metaphysical research. Utilizing toning (vowel sounds) and staccato deep-breathing—techniques taught by both Nick Nocerino and Marcel Vogel to obtain deeper access into the crystal skulls—I was able to go into deep meditation with Einstein. Almost immediately, Nick Nocerino came to me. I must interject here a brief aside—during the 10-10-10 conference in NYC, almost all the speakers were housed in a motel near the Newark (NJ) airport and bussed each morning into Manhattan for the conference. The bus rides were a major highlight of the weekend for me—the speakers and skulls all together with great energy and exuberant conversations. The first morning, Michele Nocerino unceremoniously “dropped” Sha Na Ra into my lap. Nick Nocerino came to me immediately, very strong, and explained he had “put” part of his essence into the skull—that he can always be “ed” through Sha Na Ra. Michele later confirmed to me that she can always “feel” her dad in the skull. Well, he came to me again through Einstein—not as strong as with his skull, but he indicated to me he was glad I was experiencing Einstein—that Einstein was a Master Skull and ancient. Einstein then showed me a scene in my mind: a Master shaman appeared carrying Einstein, went into a cave and placed Einstein on a stone table. The Master then gathered his top 12 disciples and gave them the assignment of crafting 12 smaller replicas of Einstein to make a circle of 13 crystal skulls, 12 surrounding Einstein in the middle.

Einstein. Hole on side of upper jaw visible. Sedona, AZ. 2011. Photo by author.

It then became clear to me that the Mayan Skull was one of that 12, one of Einstein’s “children.” I felt Einstein was very balanced energetically, with feminine and masculine energies, as are Max and Sha Na Ra. When we worked with the Mayan Skull in the Rosicrucian Order’s Lab, many people reported feelings of violence and perversion in that skull—it had been used in ritual sacrifice by the Toltecs. I felt none of this with Einstein. As for age, I agreed with Nick Nocerino that it was ancient, but how old I could not say. I felt a connection through Einstein to the mysterious, enigmatic ancient peoples known as the Olmecs, but I cannot this feeling. Einstein indicated to me that many more crystal skulls would be emerging—many of them ancient—as was stated by all the Mayan Elders at the 1010-10 conference, and that the skulls are emerging to aid in raising human consciousness at this critical juncture in human history converging with the end of many cycles.

One of the themes of the 10-10-10 conference was “The Legend of the 13,” concerning the urban myth of 13 original crystal skulls, often said to be of extraterrestrial origin. Nick Nocerino and I were never comfortable with the idea of 13 “original” crystal skulls. Rather, as Einstein showed me, there are sets of 13 skulls—there are many “Master” skulls. The idea of 12 crystal skulls surrounding a master 13th is a vision that many have received from the ancient skulls. Many have worked with this concept. There are lots more conferences and gatherings set for 2011 and 2012. Oracle Stone Productions is intending to hold another crystal skull conference in LA for 11-11-11. It is clear now that all who feel a connection to crystals, and crystal skulls, are receiving the call to gather together in groups with their talismans to share and take an active part in the greater shift in human consciousness that is to come—and that the crystal skulls, especially those deemed ancient—are to play a vital role at this time.

Stephen S. Mehler is an active researcher of crystal skulls, and co-authored The Crystal Skulls: Astonishing Portals to Man’s Past. He is also a long-term student of Khemitology, and has traveled and studied extensively in Egypt. He is the author of Land of Osiris and From Light into Darkness.

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