On November 22-23, 2008, the first Histories & Mysteries Conference was held in The Hub, in the very heart of Edinburgh. The event was the first time the famous Mitchell-Hedges crystal skull went on public display.

In the week leading up to the event, especially radio was devoting attention to the future arrival of the skull – part of a weekend-long celebration of true “Indiana Joneses”, people who have taken on the mysteries and brought them into the realm of history. The list of speakers included Joseph Davidovits, Bill Homann, Sam Osmanagic, Harry Oldfield, Philip Coppens and Eileen Hall, who related the quest for the Gold Library in Ecuador of her late father, Stan Hall.

With a world exclusive - the skull on public display - television, radio and all - all! - British newspapers reported on the event.

The Conference was broken down in three sections: the conference itself on Saturday; 11:22, The Happening, an audio-visual meditation focusing on the skull on Saturday evening; and the public display on Sunday.

During the public display, no less than one thousand people came to see the skull. The crowd was a mixture of excited – and the occasional frightened – children, as well as many adults who seemed as enthralled by the unique artefact as the younger visitors. Indeed, all the media’s attention meant that if the public display would have lasted longer, several more thousands would have filed past the object.

Apart from the skull itself, thanks to Harry Oldfield’s PIP camera, the audience was welcomed to an “energetic” display. For eight hours, the energy levels of and around the skull were observed, and some interesting anomalies were noted - some of which were pointed out to the audience.

Cover of the event can be found at the following sites: the BBC, Edinburgh News, The Times, The Sun, Edinburghguide, 123 GoNews and many others.

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Filmed by Jewel & Esk College. Edited by Bevan Tait.

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“a superb conference”
Chris Norman

“I thought the conference was brilliant, mate, and I have written a very complimentary article for my newsletter this week. What a joy to be among such open minds and people who refuse to let the ‘norms’ suppress their right to free thought. I do hope you do some more. It was excellent, mate, great job.”
David Icke

“a great weekend”
Simon Cox

“Had a great time and Congratulations on your excellently organised and successful conference. Very impressed indeed!”
Harry Oldfield

“Congratulations on achieving such widespread coverage for your event.”
Scott Douglas

“You’ve done a superb job. Good look, professionally and emotionally.”
Sam Osmanagic

“Kim and I greatly enjoyed the excellent conference. [...] The Saturday evening Experience truly was a major highlight for us.”
Felicity Gabriel