Explore the Time-Warp Museum's collection of unique, unusual, and 
quirky treasures.

Oddities, Artifacts, Kitsch, Collectables, 
Antiques, Nostalgia
The Crystal Sphere Collection

"Merlin's Crystal"
This beautiful and mysterious crystal ball has been cut and polished in pure lead crystal.  The highly ornate stand is crafted in black marble, gold leaf and pewter, with ruby accents.

 

The Collection:
Crystal Spheres
Asian Treasures
The Fossil Layer

The Laser Sphere

The Prize Piece of the Time-Warp collection is the beautiful "Laser Sphere."  this softly glowing orb was hand crafted by the late "Harold of Kansas," a grand master of the art of sphere cutting. The stand consists of 3 brass elephants. 
The breath taking Time-Warp Museum collection consists of a variety of hand cut and polished crystal spheres.  Depicted here are specimens in natural quartz crystal (the ultimate), turquoise, rose quartz, lead crystal, and glass.  Atlas Sphere

In this incredible "Art Deco"  piece a 5" Rock Crystal Sphere rests on the shoulders of a beautiful, cast bronze Atlas. 
A Beautiful 2.5" Natural Quartz Sphere (the Mystic's Choice) 

Natural quartz spheres have been used for centuries by "Crystal Gazers" to (allegedly) foretell events to come.   The fate of empires often hung in the balance while great leaders, from the times of the Greek and Roman Empires,  to leaders of prominence in modern times, sought the secrets of the future.

This incredible hand-cut  Serpentine  sphere is one of the Doctor's favorites. The thousands of iridescent points of light in this dark  semi-translucent stone give it the appearance of a mysterious glowing galaxy.  The illusion that it is made entirely of stars, is quite fantastic. 


Tiffany Frosted Glass Sphere

An artfully executed  globe with the oceans frosted to semi-opaque and the continents highly-polished to give a transparent view inside the globe. (By Tiffany Inc.)
How Does Crystal Gazing Works?

While the Natural Quartz Crystal Ball is generally held as the epitome of the "portal" into mystical insights, just about any highly polished material, even a pool of still water, will work just as effectively.  

The Gazer will intently focus their gaze on the polished crystal sphere and quiet their mind.  After a few minutes the optic nerve becomes very fatigued and ceases to transmit the actual external image to the brain.  At this point the reflex actions of the brain take over and start to transmit impressions from within, obviously creating the impression that the images are from beyond normal reality.  Are these really insights from realms beyond our comprehension?  Who knows?  But I'm reasonably convinced that if certain individuals exhibit extrasensory abilities, at some point in the future science will discover how they do it, and then they'll tell the rest of us, right?     

Still this seems to be a very good method for meditation and quieting the mind (even if you don't "receive" the winning numbers for the Super Lotto).