Musing on skulls...and other crystals
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sharpchick_2011A fried sent me a photo he took of some the papier maché skulls he saw in Venice Beach, CA.
They were cool.
And started me thinking about my collection of skulls - crystal skulls.
And the other crystals - mostly spheres, but other shapes every once in a while.
So I had to go spend some time with them - holding them, dusting them, gazing into them.
I re-discovered some of them, and realized how drawn I am to quartz, and in particular, smokey quartz.
Naturally, I had to put up the duster and get out the camera.
Which doesn't do them justice.
Skulls...
Smokey quartz skull on the light
Zebra jasper and quartz skulls
Zebra jasper sphere
Quartz cluster
Quartz points
Smokey quartz
Smokey quartz cluster - not irradiated
My all time favorite smokey quartz sphere - if I turn it just right, I can see the window inside it, and if I let myself be drawn into the stone - into the space created by that window - there is such peace and well-being...
Smokey quartz sphere
Amber and jet on my private altar - some believe that since they were once living things, they can access the akashic record. I love the way amber and jet beads (strung in the same necklace) feel against my skin.
Flourite (green and purple) obelisk
Selenite spar
My largest spheres are grouped together. For perspective, the largest quartz sphere in the back has a diameter of almost 5 inches. In front of it, right to left are selenite, and obsidian spheres, and the one on the far left is a sphere made of crushed clear quartz that was reheated and molded. (I usually prefer spheres of natural stone, but this one spoke to me, so it came home.)
The journey is good.
And a bunch of the rocks are pretty.
Namaste.
They were cool.
And started me thinking about my collection of skulls - crystal skulls.
And the other crystals - mostly spheres, but other shapes every once in a while.
So I had to go spend some time with them - holding them, dusting them, gazing into them.
I re-discovered some of them, and realized how drawn I am to quartz, and in particular, smokey quartz.
Naturally, I had to put up the duster and get out the camera.
Which doesn't do them justice.
Skulls...
Smokey quartz skull on the light
Zebra jasper and quartz skulls
Zebra jasper sphere
Quartz cluster
Quartz points
Smokey quartz
Smokey quartz cluster - not irradiated
My all time favorite smokey quartz sphere - if I turn it just right, I can see the window inside it, and if I let myself be drawn into the stone - into the space created by that window - there is such peace and well-being...
Smokey quartz sphere
Amber and jet on my private altar - some believe that since they were once living things, they can access the akashic record. I love the way amber and jet beads (strung in the same necklace) feel against my skin.
Flourite (green and purple) obelisk
Selenite spar
My largest spheres are grouped together. For perspective, the largest quartz sphere in the back has a diameter of almost 5 inches. In front of it, right to left are selenite, and obsidian spheres, and the one on the far left is a sphere made of crushed clear quartz that was reheated and molded. (I usually prefer spheres of natural stone, but this one spoke to me, so it came home.)
The journey is good.
And a bunch of the rocks are pretty.
Namaste.
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Date: 2012-06-25 04:10 am (UTC)Things ok with you?
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Date: 2012-06-25 04:34 am (UTC)More meds, new meds - and I am getting relief.
We will re-visit the med thing in mid-July to see if there need to be changes.
Thanks for asking.