Standing alone, a cluster of quartz crystals is a fascinating display of the creativity and awe-inspiring beauty of the natural world. When the designers and artists at Skullis decide to add to that, the results are a truly spectacular work of fine art. The Knowledge, Wisdom, and Enlightenment quartz crystal skull with snakes sculpture is an excellent example of this cooperation. Measuring an incredible 11.6 x 7.4 x 10.3 inches (295x187x262mm) and weighing 12.2 pounds (5560g), this exquisite sculpture features two masterfully carved snakes accompanying an impeccably detailed matrix and quartz crystal skull, expanding into an impressive cluster of natural quartz crystals from Brazil. Both snakes are adorned with brilliant faceted green garnet eyes and 92.5 sterling silver forked tongues.

The Knowledge, Wisdom, and Enlightenment quartz crystal skull with snakes sculpture represents our journey through the physical realm. As we learn knowledge, we use it to gain wisdom, which can then lead us to experience enlightenment. During this process, and especially at the completion, we are able to assess our experiences and glean the valuable lessons they present to us to help our conscious awareness expand from our physical bodies to our spiritual consciousness which extends ever outwards in an unlimited expression of the all that we are.

Knowledge, Wisdom, and Enlightenment helps us to identify and understand the true purpose of the aspects of ourselves, which we may be unaware of or unwilling to see, that may be restricting our learning and growth. And by inspiring nonresistance and acceptance, the Knowledge, Wisdom, and Enlightenment crystal skull sculpture helps us to consider with an open mind the attitudes, thoughts, and beliefs that we are allowing to hinder our progress so we may endeavor to find ways to release our unproductive mindsets.

The Knowledge, Wisdom, and Enlightenment crystal skull with snakes sculpture also encourages us to be mindful of those around us to identify which people may offer us wise advice and assistance, while gently keeping people of energetically draining and negative persuasions at a safe distance. It is important to be sensitive to the experiences of others, to offer kindness and love when it may be needed, and it is also important to protect oneself from those that may take advantage of that kindness.

The serpent is a symbol of royalty and power, wisdom, health, wealth, lust, greed, and temptation, primordial life force, duality, and the search for balance. The snake represents the assertive power of masculinity as well as the nurturing, mothering power of creation, this often being depicted as a serpent encircling the earth. The snake has been a symbol of secret knowledge, cunning, rebirth and renewal, and transformation. The snakes tendency to withdraw in colder weather, and return again at the call of the sun has given it the associations of connecting to shadow worlds and of moving in synchronization with natural forces. Snakes also symbolize water, emotion, love, benevolence, loving harmony between the physical and the ethereal, the kundalini spiritual energy within the body, balance, equanimity, union, and rejuvenation and regeneration. Snakes can be considered to be a representation of being impulsive while also being careful to consider the outcome of one’s actions.

Quartz is considered to be a source of Light, and has been named the Perfect Jewel. Referred to by some as the “supreme gift of Mother Earth,” it is considered a master healer. Almost every culture throughout history has believed quartz to be a sacred and magical source of power. Aboriginal tribes of Australia and South America share their creation myth of the cosmic serpent being led and guided by a quartz crystal. Indigenous people of North America and Burma believed quartz crystals to be living entities and ritually offered them gifts of food, some believing the crystal had great power to aid in divining and hunting. Central and South American cultures revered quartz crystals carved into the shapes of human skulls as powerful religious objects where deceased ancestors and gods resided.

Quartz is considered to have been a key element in both the rise and fall of the cultures of Atlantis and Lemuria. It has been used by almost every culture for many purposes, including divination, bringing rain, enhancing magical powers, lighting sacrificial fires, as status symbol of high rank and royalty, and for prevention and treatment of dis-ease.

Even in the modern world quartz continues to occupy integral roles of our everyday lives, including the device you are using now. And it was with a quartz crystal that Sir Isaac Newton discovered the color spectrum of visible light, created as the crystal refracted sunlight shining through it.

Quartz symbolizes sacred fire, purity, and the infinity of space, patience, and perseverance. Quartz instills harmony and purpose. As it does with the technologies it is used in, quartz amplifies energy, accepts programming, and holds memory, making it the most diversely useful stone for healing, meditation, expanding consciousness, spiritual communication, past and future life recall, and any other desired application. Quartz exemplifies the concept of the saying “With God, all things are possible,” in the sense that when one comes from a position of unconditional love and acts according to the highest good of all involved, one can achieve any desired outcome.

Quartz excels at harmonizing and increasing the energies of other stones, and working to fuse the energies of multiple sources into a cohesive focus, making it ideal for wands, staffs, gridding, and the like. Quartz enhances and disperses light energies in all directions, filling an environment with positive energies that remove negativity, protect the aura, and cancel the harmful effects of radiation and radioactivity. Ancient priests used clear quartz to nullify negative energy, dissolve enchantments and spells, and abolish all black magic.

Emotionally quartz enhances the body’s internal structure and surrounding subtle bodies to further connect the physical body with the mind. Quartz replaces any negativity found within with positive thoughts and feelings. Quartz enhances one’s perceptions of the world, increasing consciousness and clear thinking, and gives enhanced energy, dedication, endurance, composure, and patience, bringing the lesson of being loving and finding joy in peaceful coexistence. Clear quartz brings strength and clarity to the mind, boosting concentration and memory while filtering distractions. It is helpful in finding sleep, and helps with the interpretation of messages and lessons experienced in one’s dreams.

Spiritually, quartz crystals are considered to be unique and individual, each with their own personalities and lessons to share. For many people, quartz crystals are the first crystals they find themselves attracted to and in communication with. Many people find quartz crystals to be invaluable tools and companions in their lives. Working with quartz crystals enhances one’s personal growth and consciousness, light, and positive energy during their experiences of thoughts, actions, feelings, and encountered situations. Quartz is considered to connect the physical and spiritual dimensions, intensifying communication with the Divine, and other-worldly masters, teachers, and healers. Quartz is considered a venerated stone in relation to those who have crossed over in death, with many cultures including quartz in funeral rites, and placing it in tombs, urns, and burial sites. Many people consider their personal quartz crystal, sphere, or stones to be intimately connected to them, and consciously direct their essences into the stones for such purposes as storing energies and recording their life experiences, a sort of “Crystal Diary.”

Physically quartz is a master healer and can be used for any condition. It is considered to stimulate the circulatory and immune systems, bringing vitalizing energy and balance to the body. Quartz has also been used specifically to treat bladder and kidney infections and dysfunctions, and digestive disorders. It has been used to treat and remove the pain and effects of burns of the skin, and is generally effective for any skin disorder. Drunk as an elixir, quartz helps to remove toxins in the body. It can be used to overcome vertigo, and to dispel dizziness and improve balance.

Used in Egypt more than 5,000 years ago, garnet has been considered a sacred stone by the Native Indians of the Americas, the Aztecs, the Mayans, and African tribal elders.

Garnet promotes an open mind, ingenuity, and enlightenment, and is useful for the process of manifestation. It inspires one to bring concepts and ideas to actualization.

Garnet assists one to adjust to changes in one's environment, thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes, and changes of others perceptions of oneself. It teaches patience and acceptance, and the importance of accepting one's obligations that accompany these aspects.

Garnet inspires one to devote oneself to one's personal needs and growth, to the needs and service of others, and to take action in regards to the beliefs and causes that are important to the individual when necessary. It encourages one to communicate and share one's personal feelings of love for another, both verbally and through loving actions.

It is an ideal crystal for dispelling negative energy and feelings which result from feelings of being rejected and deserted, helping one to understand the positive experiences that inevitably result from change and a seeming lack of regularity.

Garnet removes negative energy and changes it to useful productive energy. It brings harmony and equilibrium to the base and crown chakras, enhancing the flow of energy through the body and evenly energizing all areas of the body. It encourages the expansion and growth of the Kundalini spiritual energy, energizing and connecting the spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical nervous systems, and assists one to adjust and harmonize with the experience.

Garnet enhances mental and emotional growth and learning processes by assisting one to gain awareness of one's emotions and the underlying attitudes and thinking patterns that encourage them. It encourages one to acknowledge and accept what is being kept hidden, and to redirect these energies toward a positive form of expression. Garnet helps this process of changing one's attitudes and how one reacts to life experiences, resulting in one's return to a balanced and stable perspective of optimism, and a loving approach towards oneself and towards others.

The energy of garnet is calming and stabilizing, providing reassurance, support, and peace. Within the energy field of garnet, one can find a safe space of solace and comfort in which to retreat during experiences of emotional turmoil and inundation. Garnet naturally deters discordant and chaotic energies and activity, both internally and externally. It removes the sensations of feeling overwhelmed, vulnerable, and confused, and promotes the redirection of one's attention to the stabilization of the emotional and physical connection to the spiritual body, inciting the mental process of restructuring one's positive and firm emotional foundation one truth at a time. Garnet provides strength and inspires perseverance through these difficult challenges. It brings one's physical, auric, mental, and emotional bodies into harmony with the spirit. Through the spirit it connects one with the higher consciousness of the universal whole, thereby helping one to understand the emotional turmoil is temporary and has a beneficial purpose in regards to one's growth and unfoldment.

Garnet is considered a powerful and effective crystal of healing, applying its inherent characteristics of bringing order and proper arrangement to the area of physical health. Garnet effectively promotes optimal health and all aspects of regeneration. It can be used to eliminate health issues at the first sign of symptoms. It is particularly effective for issues involving the health of the RNA and DNA structures, and cellular makeup and arrangement, as well as the blood, heart, lungs, bones, and the spine and spinal fluid. It us useful for regulating the absorption and proper metabolism of vitamins A, D, and E, along with magnesium, calcium, and iodine. Garnet is also effective for issues of bringing sexual energies into balance.

Silver, long associated with the moon and water, reflects and mirrors the soul, giving calm and balance. Used to “draw down the moon” during lunar ceremonies, it shares the moon energy and protects from negativity. Silver is considered to be directly connected with the spiritual aspects of life. Silver has long been used to work in combination with the energies of gemstones, absorbing, amplifying, and emulating energies of gems and enabling the fusion of the different energies and a smoother transference to the wearer. Silver allows the wearer to tune in to the energy vibrations and flow of the universe. Silver is associated with love, the emotions, and healing. Metaphysical and mystical uses of silver include enhancement of manifestation, good health, communication skills, perception, psychic and intuitive capabilities, connection between physical and astral bodies, and revelations in dreams.

NOTE: Skullis does not prescribe treatment for medical issues. Skullis offers information for reference to assist with the selection and understanding of crystal skulls, including this quartz druse crystal skull and snakes with green garnet eyes and 9.25 sterling silver tongues sculpture.