The Power of the Crystal - The Misconception !
We have noticed that we get a great many E-mails telling us about the "power
of the crystal" and how this great power can enable us to travel through
time with effortless ease. Therefore we decided to investigate this more
throughly and present our findings.
The crystal has been a source of wonder and veneration since the dawn of
time. Man has been mesmerized by it's clear beauty, its perfect symmetry, its
glowing colours, and its apparent perfection of shape and form. All these
have spell-bound thousands of people across thousands of years. Ancient
people used to worship such crystals and consider them to be their gods.
They would bow down before such crystals and pray to them and carry them
into battle with them when they fought against their enemies.
Today we know that the crystal (any crystal) is a set of atoms that possess
what we in the scientific trade call "translational symmetry". This symmetry
gives rise to the properties that crystals have and there is an entire
branch of science devoted to the study of crystal vibrations, a branch of
science called "lattice dynamics". (The reader should note at this point
that Prof. K. D. Hammonds is a leading expert on this subject and has
written a number of world class scientific papers on the subject.) Thus the
"power of science" or the study of lattice dynamics has subdued the power of
the crystal and now crystals are used to make watches keep time and do many
other useful things.
Now some people have sent us full scale diagrams of time machines that they
have built in their garages and garden sheds that are driven by this
"crystal power" and we have studied such diagrams in great detail but have
always found these time machines to be somewhat under-powered. In fact, in
terms of raw power, although the crystal contains a certain amount of
quantum zero point energy there is very little else that it contains that
could be used to power a pratical large scale time machine. Sad but true.
Furthermore, it is our observation that all those who have put their trust
in the power of the crystal have been led to their doom in the same way that
insects are lead to their doom by the sweet smell of the Venus Fly-Trap!
Across the universe, there doubtless lie the ruins of thousands of
civilisations who also trusted in the "power of the crystal". These peoples
would have been slaughtered for fun by other civilisations who had mastered
the "power of the black hole" and turned the crystal power brigade into
mince-meat. The American Indians used to trust in the power of the "Totem
Pole", but they were massacred by the million by other civilisations who
trusted in the "power of the steel bullet". One cannot imagine the Daleks
or The Master playing games with quartz crystals.
The warning is clear!
We can either look at that which looks good and sparkles in the light but
which will ultimately lead us to our doom as a species, or we can rise above
such things, learn the lessons of history and get our act together before we
all get slaughtered by Black Hole weilding beings who have mastered the
secrets of HyperSpace before we have.
Of course if you think that our point of view is somewhat arrogant and wish
to debate our conclusions then we would be more than happy to hear from you
- so please drop us an E-mail - we are, after all, all here to learn more
from each other.
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