Central Perspective is a wonderful crystal skull carved from a beautiful specimen of bloodstone from India, featuring an expertly carved spider sitting on the crystal skull. The Central Perspective crystal skull measures 3.7 x 2.6 x 3.1 inches (94x67x80mm) and weighs 1.23 pounds (559g). The natural coloration of the bloodstone seems to have been specifically created for this perfectly detailed sculpture, as the spider displays several areas of intense red jasper, including a large patch decorating the spider's abdomen. Central Perspective is a Super Realistic crystal skull carving designed without a lower jaw.

The Central Perspective bloodstone crystal skull inspires our wisdom, sensitivity, creativity, and awareness. This magnificent crystal skull sculpture helps us to understand the importance of maintaining an overall perspective of our life experiences, and assists us in our efforts to avoid being distracted by individual details that are trivial considerations. Yet at the same time, we must also understand that the small details have an impact on the whole, and we must be conscious of them if we are to be successful in living in harmony with the world.

Central Perspective encourages us to practice patience in all areas of our lives. We will benefit greatly and find joy and happiness when we meet others with an attitude of acceptance, love, and the understanding that every person, including ourselves, is learning and growing at their own speed. There is no reason to think that all people should conform to the same mindset and level of consciousness, or learn the same lessons at the same time and the same speed as others. Instead, by sharing our unique experiences and interacting with all types of people, we are able to increase our knowledge and wisdom to facilitate our mental, emotional, and spiritual growth. The Central Perspective bloodstone crystal skull advocates our diligent tolerance and our graceful composure in our pursuit of the harmonious union with the world and with each other.

Spiders are symbols of the nurturing and creative feminine energies, of protection, openness and impartiality, sensitivity, and of patience. They also represent ingenuity, diversity, increased awareness and higher consciousness, cunning, resourcefulness, mystery, and power. The spider is in tune with the flow of life and energy, moves in harmony and unity with the world, and creates intricately beautiful concepts and ideas that are also powerful and strong.

Spiders represent, and encourage one's awareness of, the decisions and choices one makes in life and how these have an effect on one's life, and others, in the present as well as in the future. The spider brings the awareness of the interconnectedness of all things, including the application of one's creative thoughts and energies that result in manifestations in one's life experiences and physical reality.

Spiders also represent the infinite, immortality, the progress of time, cycles, and growth and evolution, birth and rebirth, death, and fate. They can also be indicative of the negative aspects of oneself and of life, representing those less desirable traits that are repressed and rejected.

Different Native American Indian beliefs attribute the spider to be the Grandmother, a teacher and protector of mystical knowledge and wisdom, the creator of the world, and also consider the spider as a protector from storms.

In India the spider is associated with Maya, is considered to be unlimited and without form, and is a symbol of the illusion created by appearances, teaching the understanding that things are not always what they appear to be.

Ancient Egyptians viewed the spider as a symbol of Neith, a dynamic goddess associated with hunting, creation, and daily re-creation of dawn and dusk, as the mother goddess and the personification of the ancient waters of creation, and eventually came to be associated with the craft of weaving, leading to an amalgamation with the goddess Athena who wove the world and existence into being with her loom.

Bloodstone is type of Chalcedony which includes green chlorite and red spots of iron oxide. Bloodstone is considered to be one of the most effective of the healing crystals and has been used for thousands of years for its magical and healing properties. Bloodstone is associated with the Mother Goddess, the Black Madonna, Isis, Horus, and is said to have been created when the blood of Christ fell and stained jasper or green stones on the ground during the crucifixion. It is commonly called the Martyr's Stone.

Bloodstone is used to promote a calm, grounding, and tranquil atmosphere and to revitalize and restore areas of insufficient energy, be they physical, emotional, mental, or spiritual. Bloodstone is an excellent stone for overcoming mental exhaustion. This stone represents both courage and strength and is used for achieving these attributes. It is associated with honesty and integrity and is useful in removing obstacles in life. A classic stone for wealth, it attracts abundance and good luck.

It is a crystal for divination and magic, for removing negativity, and guiding those who are lost. Bloodstone is beneficial for instilling courage, bravery, and optimism, bringing focus and mental clarity, and countering confusion. It brings a greater sense of self value, self esteem, and appreciation, and is useful for calming anxiousness, replacing it with confidence. It promotes idealism and selflessness. Bloodstone teaches one to be in the present rather than holding on to what has been or what could have been, and what may come. Bloodstone strengthens the bonds of friendship and family, and brings success in business and aids in handling business and legal matters.

Magically, bloodstone is used in spells related to weather, prosperity, spells designed to bring peace and calm, removing anger and fear, and to bring success when faced with legal issues. It is used to bring storms and rain, or dispel them, and to avert lightening. Bloodstone can also be used to redirect the attention of others and make the user inconspicuous.

Bloodstone effectively protects from evil, negativity, danger, harmful situations, and envy. It disperses negative environmental and Earth energies, electromagnetic pollution and geopathic stress. It also diminishes one's tendency to be aggressive, irritable, and impatient, helping to protect one from one's own desires and rash decision making.

Increasing personal strength, it is used by athletes to enhance performance. Historically it was believed to be effective at removing poison from venomous snake bites.

Bloodstone is considered to be one of the most effective healing stones, and it can be used for any condition. Over time it has been employed to treat infections, inflammation, tumors, anemia, and blood disorders. Bloodstone prevents and treats hemorrhaging, lessen menopausal and menstrual symptoms, and stops bleeding of all types. Bloodstone is also used for effectively removing toxins from the blood and all areas of the body, especially from the blood related organs, and for stopping excessive bleeding. Bloodstone strengthens the arteries, veins, bone marrow, liver, kidneys, heart, lungs, and digestive organs, boosts the functioning of the lymphatic system, and enhances the transmission of oxygen and nutrients from the blood to the body. It is considered to increase longevity and bring vitality to the body and mind.

Bloodstone is useful for clearing and activating the heart and root chakras, and is considered to be very effective at balancing and harmonizing the other chakras, especially the lower chakras.

It relieves depression and strengthens the mental, emotional, and physical aspects of one's being, and it helps one to be open to receiving guidance, wisdom, and counsel. Bloodstone helps one to understand the higher consciousness of spirituality. It also assists in bringing change by helping to let go of old patterns and habits and replacing them with more efficient and beneficial new behaviors.

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