Henge Skulls Blog

Black Quartz is special! It is almost opaque, but not completely, a bit of a mystery. One hears little about Black Quartz! A bit like Black Obsidian, but so much more solid: Obsidian is and thus breaks like glass - Quartz is so hard. Black is all colours , all the colours of the Chakra, all the properties of the Chakra? The colour of empty Space, of the intergalactic void. But is it emptiness or rather a matrix and a frame for life? Leandro is the only one among our carvers who ever proposed Black Quartz.  Out of the three we bought, one is gone and...

In spring 2010 I had my first encounter with the Crystal Skulls. A mutual friend introduced me to Philippe Ullens, the owner of the Henge Shop in Avebury. I was invited into the stock room of the shop to listen to his personal journey of awakening to the skulls.  We sat facing each other across a table that held 30 or 40 small crystal skulls, each one delicately carved from a different crystal or stone. Philippe handled them with loving care as he spoke passionately about them. I listened with interest, but part of my mind was wondering what all...