Many Blessings is a quartz crystal skull wand with phantom, golden and red colored rutile, and black tourmaline inclusions. Measuring 12.2 x 5.1 x 4.5 inches (310x130x115mm) and weighing 11.78 pounds (5345g), Many Blessings is a considerable quartz crystal skull wand specimen with an incredible amount of details and features to explore! The crystal skull itself is expertly carved and provides a wonderful divergence from the geometric design of the wand behind it. The Many Blessings quartz crystal skull is an excellent specimen and an amazing example of the profound potential for variety from Mother Nature, coupled with the awesome skill of Skullis Crystal Skulls designers and artists.

The Many Blessings crystal skull wand encourages us to undertake an honest and non-emotional introspection of ourselves. With a specific focus on the assessment of our current level of spiritual consciousness, and with particular regards to the most important lessons and aspects that will offer us the greatest amount of growth, the Many Blessings crystal skull wand inspires us to accept the challenges we are presented with and to work towards actualizing our unlimited potentials. The Many Blessings crystal skull wand, with its phantom formation, tourmaline, and rutile inclusions, inspires us to continually choose to maintain a positive outlook, regardless of our tendencies to perceive things as being bad, and advocates the sharing of our loving energies and acceptance towards others. The Many Blessings crystal skull wand reminds us to focus on the many aspects of our lives we have to be thankful for, and encourages us to share our gratitude with the people and the world around us. With a little practice, this process gets easier and eventually can become our unconscious predilection and our preferred way to experience and live our lives.

Titanium dioxide, commonly known as rutile, occurs as needle like filaments and may contain iron and significant amounts of niobium and tantalum. Rutile has one of the highest refraction indices of all known crystals. It is the most common source of titanium, and is used worldwide for pigmentation, optical elements, and even sunscreens. It is most often inclusions of aligned rutile in crystals that gives us the cat’s eye and asterism, or star, effects of beautiful gems like star sapphires, star rubies, cat’s eye tourmaline, star quartz, star garnet, and more. Rutile is also called Angel’s Hair and The Hair of Venus.

Rutile included within quartz energizes and activates movement of energies on all levels, enhancing mental focus. Rutilated quartz is used to determine the causes of mental issues and inhibitions, stabilizing emotional and mental processes, and bringing clarity and understanding to mental patterns and emotional reactions. It is used to diminish fear and anxiety, and to assist one in making choices. Rutile in quartz is also considered to lighten feelings of loneliness and assist one in learning from their mistakes by recognizing them as opportunities for growth, thereby relieving guilt and bringing self acceptance and forgiveness. It is also considered to attract love and stabilize relationships.

Rutilated quartz is helpful when one makes an effort to release old behavior patterns and move forward to new, more positive ways of being. It is useful for teaching one to rely on themselves and find independence, assuring that one does have the answers that are needed when one consciously chooses to quiet the continual doubt and questioning of the conscious mind so the wisdom of the higher mind can be heard and received.

Rutilated quartz is used to more easily attain a state of quiet meditation and enhanced spiritual communication, and assists in dream recall and interpretation. Rutile in quartz averts negative energies and undesirable energetic, psychic, and magical intentions and obstructions.

It is said rutile in quartz is helpful for utilizing nutrients in foods and addressing food disorders, proper immune system function, depression, tissue regeneration, fatigue, respiratory issues, balancing all physical systems, and overall health. It is helpful for unblocking energy flow through the body, and is used to determine the root cause of dis-ease.

The energy of tourmaline naturally cleanses, activates, and enhances the chakras and the energy centers of the physical body, as well as one's mental and emotional aspects.

Tourmaline facilitates insight and new ideas, and bolsters one's confidence in oneself. By enhancing comprehension of situations and issues where one may be ignorant, tourmaline helps one to reduce and release fears that may be inhibiting progress and personal expression.

Tourmaline brings the Yin and Yang energies into equilibrium, and also brings the aura, the mind, and the emotions into balance, aligning them with each other and with one's spiritual nature.

Throughout history various cultures have used tourmaline as a crystal of discernment to determine the actions required to achieve optimal results for situations. It has also been used to reveal the persons and issues which are responsible for the experiences of difficulties and disharmony. Aboriginal, African, and American Indian shamans utilized tourmaline for protecting from all types of physical dangers, and for healing purposes. African shamans also used it to dispel illusions and as a means of understanding and perceiving the aspect of an individual that is the part of the universal whole.

Tourmaline enables one to examine one's inner self with the understanding that what one experiences within is just as real as one's external experiences. It inspires perseverance and the will to endure, encouraging one to not only meet adversity with peaceful non-resistance, but also with laughter, and assists one to surrender one's tendencies to feel persecuted, exploited, and victimized.

Tourmaline brings balance to the right and left hemispheres of the brain and acts to harmonize and intensify energies and actions directed toward healing and manifestation.

Black tourmaline is extremely effective for negating, shielding, and fending off negative energies of all types, including protecting from energetic attacks from others. It has been used to provide protection from spells of malevolent intent, in combination with mica to view the sender while returning the spell to its origin, and with quartz to dissipate the spell while vitalizing the intended victim to increase their health and welfare.

It can be used to protect one from radiation, and to enhance one's physical endurance and stamina, emotional balance, and mental functioning. It is also effective in helping one to keep a positive attitude even during difficult and trying situations. Black tourmaline inspires selflessness, and also sensibility during creative processes.

Black tourmaline also provides grounding, connecting one to the center of the Earth, increasing all aspects of one's good fortune and health in the physical reality, while protecting from spiritual and physical beings that are not oriented in light, harmony, and love.

Black tourmaline vitalizes the reflex points related to the lower back, and has been used to activate and balance the adrenal glands, as well as to treat confusion, heart dis-ease, arthritis, and dyslexia.

Phantoms in crystals symbolize the many past, present, and future lives we experience, and also the many aspects of our present life. Phantoms also demonstrate the experiences and changes we encounter, the process of learning from the lessons provided, and the potential for growth offered with each experience. The phantoms are a key to understanding the truth and reasons of our life experiences and of our existence, these being more easily understood when one approaches the learning process with the intentions of spiritual growth and evolution. Phantoms in crystals also represent the greater consciousness of the universal whole, and of the inner spiritual reality which is the founding truth of the physical existence.

Crystals included with phantoms are excellent tools for working with the energy of the Earth, bringing purification to the Earth and inspiring people to work together to heal and preserve the Earth on both the physical and spiritual levels. The phantoms within the crystals represent the state of perfect health of the Earth. They can be used to regulate the process of returning the Earth to its ideal condition of being through gentle and peaceful transitions.

Phantoms allow one to connect with and incorporate knowledge from the spiritual and ethereal planes, including the knowledge of ancient civilizations and one's own past lives. The past life reviews occur in the form of an assessment of knowledge rather than repeating the previous experiences.

Phantoms in crystals are also used to attain a connection with one's spiritual guides, and the formation is particularly useful for seeking knowledge pertaining to one's personal experiences from one's guides. The phantom formation is also helpful in the subsequent review of what was learned during the encounter, and for determining how to utilize the information received. Appropriate amounts of respect, appreciation, patience, and humility/humbleness are encouraged when using the phantom crystals for this purpose, in the same way one would behave with a close and valued friend.

Phantoms in crystals serve to enhance energies being directed towards healing, and for the practice of creation and manifestation on the emotional and physical levels. The energies of crystals with included phantoms are use to enhance clairaudience abilities, and to treat medical situations involving hearing.

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 play an integral part 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, of 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.

Physically quartz is a master healer used for any condition. It is considered to stimulate the circulatory and immune systems, bringing vitalizing energy and balance to the body

Emotionally quartz enhances the body’s internal structure and surrounding subtle bodies to further connect the physical body with the mind. Quartz replaces 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, gaining in 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, 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.

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 tourmaline and rutile included phantom quartz crystal skull sculpture.