The watchful spider observes all, but keeps its secrets safe as it waits patiently above its crystal skull companion. Natural fractures in the cryptocrystalline chalcedony show deep red where iron oxide colors the material the most, while the overall specimen has a very delicate trace of orange. Thinner areas of the sculpture such as the spider's legs, and the jaw and teeth of the crystal skull reveal the translucency of the what at first appears to be a cloudy stone. A beautifully detailed Super Realistic crystal skull sculpture!

The Spider crystal skull sculpture is one in the set of the Five Poisons Carnelian Crystal Skulls from Skullis.

A breath-taking complement of five Super Realistic crystal skull sculptures with their "五毒" Five Poisons companions in amazing detail. Frighteningly fascinating and each incredibly beautiful regardless of how one feels about actual spiders and such! Each is carved from superior specimens of our latest supply of excellent carnelian from Brazil. In this set of carvings we can see opaque white chalcedony transition in translucency and colors including yellow, orange, and even intense red. Crystal lined vugs and geode like cavities are common, as are areas of truly gem quality carnelian. The Five Poisons crystal skull sculptures carved from this lovely carnelian can be even more captivating with backlighting. These are beautiful sculptures carved from beautiful carnelian that will be thoroughly appreciated every time they are experienced!

The "五毒" Five Poisons crystal skulls feature the most common symbols in ancient Chinese culture for the dangerous creepy crawlies that appear with the coming of summer and warm weather. Traditionally children wore coin amulets with depictions of the centipede, toad, snake, spider, and scorpion as talismans of protection from these and similar dangers which might be encountered while playing. Along with their other perceived characteristics, each of the five poisons are associated with powerful magic and high alchemy. Interestingly, a brief online search also provides a fascinating modern aspect of the Five Poisons.
The Spider is a symbol of the nurturing and creative feminine energies, of protection, openness and impartiality, sensitivity, and of patience. It also represents 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, growth and evolution, birth and rebirth, death, and fate are all concepts associated with the spider. They can also be indicative of the perceived negative aspects of oneself and of life, representing those less desirable traits that are repressed and rejected.

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

In India the spider, 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. Neith 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.

The Chinese and other Eastern cultures associate the spider with good fortune as it seems to come down from its web up in the heavens, and also with caution for its role as a member of the five poisons.