Star people (New Age)

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Star people or starseeds (sometimes called

alien-human hybrids in New Age belief and fringe theory.[1] Introduced by Brad Steiger in his 1976 book Gods of Aquarius,[2] it argues that certain people originated as extraterrestrials and arrived on Earth through birth or as a walk-in
to an existing human body.

Beliefs

Steiger described "Star People" in his 1976 book on contactees as "humans who come from a special gene pool linked to visits by extraterrestrials".[3]

They claim to channel human lifeforms and suffer helplessness and total amnesia concerning their identity, origins and life-purpose.[4][5] The awakening process claimed to be experienced[6] is described as either a gradual series of realizations over time, or an abrupt and dramatic awakening of consciousness. Through the awakening process, they regain memories about their past, origins and missions.[5]

Washington Post journalist Joel Achenbach interviewed people who said they were starseeds from the Pleiades for his book Captured by Aliens: The Search for Life and Truth in a Very Large Universe, and noted the contrast with ufologists: "the starseed are precisely the kind of New Age figures the traditional ufologists can't stand. Ufologists look outward, toward the universe, for answers to the alien enigma. New Agers look inward."[7]

Proponents

Advocates of the concept of star people/starseeds include Sheldan Nidle, who founded the Planetary Activation Organization.[6] There is an online following.[6]

Steiger recounted that

VALIS contained related themes.[8][9]

See also

References

  1. JSTOR 10.1525/nr.2010.14.2.84
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  2. ISBN 9780810863323
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  3. ISBN 9781418577469
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  4. ^ "Traits of Star People and Starseeds". www.bibliotecapleyades.net. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  5. ^
    ISBN 9781622335510
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  6. ^ a b c Kretowicz, Steph (August 2, 2013). "Feel like an alien? Starseeds say you are". Dazed.com. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  7. ^ Achenbach, Joel (November 3, 1999). "Captured and hypnotized by aliens!". Salon. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  8. ^ Raynes, Brent (December 2013). "An Interview with Brad Steiger". Alternate Perceptions Magazine. Retrieved March 5, 2015.
  9. ISBN 9781782129141
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