LEGENDS AND BELIEFS

Did the first caveperson to encounter a shiny, transparent quartz crystal use it as a tool, a hammering device to break open a shell or someone’s head? Or rather was the impetus of the first encounter between human and crystal one of wonderment and fascination for the play of light? A rock having the transparency to see one’s hand on the other side: how magical this must have been.

Shadow Hands

So was it survival instinct or the transcendent experience of beauty and wonder that motivated our early ancestors to begin a relationship with the quartz crystal? I suspect a bit of both. The lore of crystals predates modern scientific investigation by thousands of years. Legends abound of giant crystals being used as energy generators, and sacred monuments in Temples of Knowing in the ancient legendary civilizations of Lemuria, Atlantis, and Sirius.

Stories of crystal cities, fortune tellers and crystal-ball scrying, telepathic transmitting devices, shamanistic ritual practices, and dreamers’ companions, as well as the royal and precious traditions of gems, have captivated our consciousness throughout the ages. And whether they are regarded as fact or fiction, these legends and beliefs do exist as part of our collective mythology.

Growing up with these myths compelled me to want to know more about crystals, including modern science and technology, mineralogy, lore and legend, art forms, meditation, and resonance healing modalities. Why have crystals acquired the labels of magical and mystical? When does a myth become a reality? And why are they symbols of power? By the teasing out of the essential knowledge from each of these fields of the crystal experience, a grand tableau begins to form.

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Published:: 7.27.15 / 10pm

Category:: Metaphysics

Tags:: Art, Crystals, energy, healing, meditation, metaphysical, mineralogy, mystical, Quartz

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LAWRENCE STOLLER is an internationally recognized, award-winning artist who has pioneered the art of sculpting spectacular Megagems, including several of the largest gemstone sculptures in existence. His work has been featured in numerous shows and galleries in the United States, from Rodeo Drive in Los Angeles to Fifth Avenue in New York, the Furstman Institute of Mineralogy (Moscow, Russia), the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art (Elhurst, Illinois), the Carnegie Museum of Natural History (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), and the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.

Stoller completed a commission for American Express, creating the centerpiece of the 9/11 Eleven Tears Memorial, located across the street from Ground Zero. His collaborative work Bahia stands as the cornerstone of the Gemological Institute of America in Carlsbad, California.

An avid horseman and endurance athlete, Lawrence Stoller and his wife Sunni live, work, and teach in the shadows of the spectacular Three Sisters Mountains in Bend, Oregon.

Susan Moreschi 7.28.15 / 9pm

LOVE this exploration! Thank you, Lawrence. I’m eager to read more.

Conchita rodriguez 7.31.15 / 1am

Thank you for sharing this with me . Yes i want to buy this new masterpiece of yours with all its valuable information. To me you are a real genius and i feel honored to have met you and your wife at your home .
Blessings to both you snd Sunny.

Lawrence Stoller – CrystalWorks

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