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'''Ashtar''' is the name of a purported [[extraterrestrial]] [[being]], who was first claimed to be [[channeled]] by early [[UFO]] contactee [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Van_Tassel George Van Tassel], on 18 July 1952.

'''Ashtar''' is the name of a purported [[extraterrestrial]] [[being]], who was first claimed to be [[channeled]] by early [[UFO]] contactee [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Van_Tassel George Van Tassel], on 18 July 1952.

<center>For lessons received from '''Ashtar''', follow [http://www.thenewearth.org/AshtarTribute.html this link].</center.>

<center>For lessons received from '''Ashtar''', follow [https://www.thenewearth.org/AshtarTribute.html this link].</center.>

==Van Tassel==

==Van Tassel==

Although the [[method]] of [[communication]] resembled what is commonly referred to as "[[channeling]]",[1] Van Tassel claimed to have established a new form of [[telepathic]] communication with [[extraterrestrial]] [[intelligences]][2] utilizing a method which included both natural human abilities and the use of an allegedly advanced form of alien [[technology]], rather than the more traditionally "religious" non-technological [[spiritual]] medium based approach taken by many other early channelers of the era. Van Tassel maintained that the method he utilized was not a "[[paranormal]]" or "[[metaphysical]]" activity, but rather an example of the [[application]] of an allegedly advanced extraterrestrial science, that anyone could implement with the proper [[training]].[1]

Although the [[method]] of [[communication]] resembled what is commonly referred to as "[[channeling]]",[1] Van Tassel claimed to have established a new form of [[telepathic]] communication with [[extraterrestrial]] [[intelligences]][2] utilizing a method which included both natural human abilities and the use of an allegedly advanced form of alien [[technology]], rather than the more traditionally "religious" non-technological [[spiritual]] medium based approach taken by many other early channelers of the era. Van Tassel maintained that the method he utilized was not a "[[paranormal]]" or "[[metaphysical]]" activity, but rather an example of the [[application]] of an allegedly advanced extraterrestrial science, that anyone could implement with the proper [[training]].[1]

Residing near a large boulder, situated in the desert of southern California called Giant Rock, in a [[UFO]] [[focused]] [[community]] he founded in 1947, the earliest messages Van Tassel claimed to have received from Ashtar were first presented to the [[public]] at an annual event called the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_convention Giant Rock Spacecraft Convention], which he himself organized. Van Tassel's early purported messages from Ashtar contained a great deal of [[apocalyptic]] [[material]], which focused on concerns regarding the [[development]] and soon to be tested [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_bomb hydrogen bomb].[3] Van Tassel also claimed that Ashtar had provided specific messages that he was [[expected]] to pass on to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States U.S. federal government] regarding the potential [[negative]] impacts of the proposed upcoming bomb tests.[4]

Residing near a large boulder, situated in the desert of southern California called Giant Rock, in a [[UFO]] [[focused]] [[community]] he founded in 1947, the earliest messages Van Tassel claimed to have received from Ashtar were first presented to the [[public]] at an annual event called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_convention Giant Rock Spacecraft Convention], which he himself organized. Van Tassel's early purported messages from Ashtar contained a great deal of [[apocalyptic]] [[material]], which focused on concerns regarding the [[development]] and soon to be tested [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_bomb hydrogen bomb].[3] Van Tassel also claimed that Ashtar had provided specific messages that he was [[expected]] to pass on to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States U.S. federal government] regarding the potential [[negative]] impacts of the proposed upcoming bomb tests.[4]

==Ashtar Command==

==Ashtar Command==

As the weekly [[channeling]] sessions at Giant Rock continued through the early 1950s, the Ashtar messages became much more elaborate and began to provide details of the purported [[existence]] of an extraterrestrial "[[government]]", which claimed to closely monitor activities on [[earth]] and offered [[material]] and [[spiritual]] [[support]] to its [[citizens]]. This concept of an '''Ashtar Command''', was appropriated for use by a number of prominent early [[channelers]], both inside and outside the Giant Rock community, and was soon being utilized by several in the [[context]] of their own personal claimed messages from Ashtar, along with the use of the figure of Ashtar himself, originally developed by Van Tassel.[5]

As the weekly [[channeling]] sessions at Giant Rock continued through the early 1950s, the Ashtar messages became much more elaborate and began to provide details of the purported [[existence]] of an extraterrestrial "[[government]]", which claimed to closely monitor activities on [[earth]] and offered [[material]] and [[spiritual]] [[support]] to its [[citizens]]. This concept of an '''Ashtar Command''', was appropriated for use by a number of prominent early [[channelers]], both inside and outside the Giant Rock community, and was soon being utilized by several in the [[context]] of their own personal claimed messages from Ashtar, along with the use of the figure of Ashtar himself, originally developed by Van Tassel.[5]

# Wojcik (1997), pgs. 186-187.

# Wojcik (1997), pgs. 186-187.

# Partridge (2003), pgs. 170-173.

# Partridge (2003), pgs. 170-173.

# Reece, Gregory L. (2007), UFO Religion: Inside Flying Saucer Cults and Culture, I. B. Tauris, p. 138, ISBN 9781845114510, http://books.google.com/books?id=_r4nAAAAYAAJ  

# Reece, Gregory L. (2007), UFO Religion: Inside Flying Saucer Cults and Culture, I. B. Tauris, p. 138, ISBN 9781845114510, https://books.google.com/books?id=_r4nAAAAYAAJ  

# Cole, Yvonne (1994). Connecting Link Magazine 23: 12-13.  

# Cole, Yvonne (1994). Connecting Link Magazine 23: 12-13.  

# Partridge (2003), pg. 173.

# Partridge (2003), pg. 173.

# Partridge (2003), pgs. 173-174.

# Partridge (2003), pgs. 173-174.

==References==

==References==

* Denzler, Brenda (2001), The lure of the edge, Berkeley: University of California Press, ISBN 9780520224322, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46836738  

* Denzler, Brenda (2001), The lure of the edge, Berkeley: University of California Press, ISBN 9780520224322, https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46836738  

* Partridge, Christopher Hugh (2003), UFO Religions, Routledge, ISBN 9780415263245, http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zHT8CeeiWlIC  Chapter 8 From Extraterrestrials To Ultraterrestrials: The Evolution of the Concept of Ashtar; by Christopher Helland pgs.162-178

* Partridge, Christopher Hugh (2003), UFO Religions, Routledge, ISBN 9780415263245, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zHT8CeeiWlIC  Chapter 8 From Extraterrestrials To Ultraterrestrials: The Evolution of the Concept of Ashtar; by Christopher Helland pgs.162-178

* Lewis, James R (2004), The Oxford handbook of new religious movements, Oxford, ISBN 9780195149869, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59290339  

* Lewis, James R (2004), The Oxford handbook of new religious movements, Oxford, ISBN 9780195149869, https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59290339  

* Wójcik, Daniel (1997), The end of the world as we know it, New York University Press, ISBN 9780814792834

* Wójcik, Daniel (1997), The end of the world as we know it, New York University Press, ISBN 9780814792834

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