2012 Rituals and Stereotypes

January 19, 2012

Christy Warner

                                                             2012 Rituals and Stereotypes       
           Several classifications of rituals exist.  Rituals are handed down from previous generations and developed in every new society.  A stereotypical sequence of events involving objects, people, words, and gestures result in a ritual.  Religions practice rituals to bring about blessings from gods.  Sports fans practice rituals for their teams to win.  Families practice rituals by eating dinner together every night.  Since specific rituals are not practiced or approved by everyone around the globe, group ritualistic practices are always stereotyped.

            With the ominous year of 2012 upon us, rituals are beginning to form in societies around the globe.  One ancient ritual is the Mayan Crystal Skull Ceremony.  It is believed there are 13 clear quartz crystal skull artifacts dating back to before pre-Mesoamerican centuries or 5000 to 35000 year old (Finney, 2012).  The crystal skulls have been proven to be created of a complicated system of prisms, lenses, and channels which create optical effects.  In 1964, research completed by the company Hewlett-Packard discovered the most famous skull found had been made long before the first civilizations appeared and in addition was so perfect in structure it contradicted the law of physics (Finney, 2012). 

            Every 1000 years, the Mayans are believed to honor a ritualistic ceremony involving a ‘grandmother’, one man and one woman who will become shaman, elders, and a secret cave.  The goal of this ritual is to release the knowledge implanted into the 13 crystal skulls from one millennium to the next.  It is stated by Drunvalo Melchizedek, the creator of defining the human body of light in mathematical and geometrical terms, that the owner of the crystal skulls and the grandmother would concoct special herbs, psychedelic plants and mushrooms which will enable the practitioners to enter the crystal skulls through their spirit bodies (Melchizedek, 2011).  By completing this ceremony, the ones chosen since birth will remember all the knowledge that has been lost. 

            The crystal skulls are said to be one of archaeology’s most compelling mysteries.  As with any mystery presented in our time, the media must stereotype it.  Set in the year 1957, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, journeys to Peru to locate a Mayan crystal skull (IMD, 2012).  The only truth revealed in this Indiana Jones odyssey is that most of the crystal skulls were found in Central America.  What is truth is that quartz crystal is used to power all our modern technology.  Therefore, if ancient civilizations were technical, they would create a computer out of quartz crystal and form it in the shape of a human skull to represent consciousness, knowledge, wisdom, and thought. 

            As with any ritual and stereotype, the dangers include dependency, obsession, and fear of the unknown.  There are specific groups who worship the crystal skulls and rely on them for healing and wisdom.  There are archeologists obsessed with finding the crystal skulls.  Museums cherish the crystal skulls and are dependent on the visitors that come daily to see them.  Then there are the spiritualists and shamans who believe something unbelievable will happen when all 13 skulls are brought together.  

References

Finney, D. (2012). Mayan crystal skull ceremony.  Retrieved on January 11, 2012, from

http://www.greatdreams.com/mayan/Mayan_crystal_skulls.htm

Internet Movie Database. (2012). Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull. Retrieved on January 17, 2012 from,

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/plotsummary

Melchizedek, D. (2012). School of remembering.  Retrieved on January 17, 2012, from

http://www.drunvalo.net/letter.html

                                                                          Resources
Mystery of the 13 Crystal Skulls, Movie created by the Sci-Fi Channel presented on Youtube
Archaeology and the Crystal Skulls
Teotiwakan
World Mysteries