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crucianism. The Brotherhood is thought to
consist of ascended masters who oversee the
spiritual and physical evolution of the human
race.
Greater Nibiruan Council
The Greater Nibiruan Council (GNC) is described
as the “main governing arm of the
Galactic Federation,” comprising the smaller
Nibiruan Councils (NC) in the various dimensions
of the universe. The GNC’s responsibilities
are many. It sponsors emissaries and
ambassadors from the many planetary civilizations
and provides courts and oversight for
disputes. It also gives military protection to
threatened peoples and trains races for membership
in the federation.
On an even larger scale the GNC oversees
the divine evolution of each planet and every
individual soul in the galaxy. It works with
every level of the spiritual hierarchy to ensure
that all work effectively together. It maintains
the galactic structure and interacts with other
galactic federations. These are only a few of its
many tasks, conducted with the assistance of
innumerable smaller, dimensional councils.
The oldest of these is the 9D Nibiruan Council,
also known as “The Ancient Ones” and
the “Pelegians.” This council is headed by
Devin and his half-brother Jehowah, members
of the two royal houses of Aln and Avyon.
In the human dimension—the third—the
3D Nibiruan Council (3DNC) began in
Kansas City, Missouri, in January 1997,
under the direction of channeler Jelaila Starr
and associates Terry Spears and Dermot
Kerin. A year and a half later, it relocated to
Los Angeles. Starr is its sole owner, and the
council functions as a tax-paying small business.
According to Starr, the 3DNC represents
the GNC on Earth and upholds its directives
as they apply to this world. Other
responsibilities include “providing the 9D
Tools of Integration to the people of Earth
along with support and training for using
them in the form of books, tapes, videos,
workshops, seminars, etc.; providing a living
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example of the Ascension Tools in action
through their actions; relaying messages in the
form of updates and perspectives to the people
of Earth for the purpose of education,
support and enlightenment; supporting the
work of other groups and individuals involved
in the ascension of earth and its people” (“The
Greater Nibiruan Council Section,” 2000).
The concept of “Nibirua” comes from the
writings of ancient-astronaut theorist Zecharia
Sitchin, from his reading of ancient
Sumerian literature. Sitchin, however, believes
Nibirua to be an inhabited but undetected
planet in our solar system. Its people, who
have an extraordinarily advanced technology,
created the human race in their image using
genetic engineering. Nibirua orbits Earth
every thirty-six hundred years. In Sitchin’s assessment,
the planet is due to pass between
Mars and Jupiter in the near future, and the
Nibiruans—known as the Annunaki—will
visit us again.
Further Reading
“The Greater Nibiruan Council Section,” 2000.
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Sitchin, Zecharia, 1976. The Twelfth Planet. New
York: Stein and Day.
Grim Reaper
The folkloric figure of the Grim Reaper is almost
universally assumed to be wholly imaginary
and symbolic. Anomalist Mark Chorvinsky,
however, insists that apparently sincere,
sane persons have seen, in death or near-death
contexts, apparitional forms that match in
most or all particulars the robed, skeletal figure.
Chorvinsky has collected a number of reports
and published some representative accounts
in his Strange Magazine.
One case came from a retired nurse who
years earlier had worked at a hospital in Houston.
While running down the hallway on a
very hot day on her way to replacing another
nurse on duty, she passed a room and glanced
inside. She walked on past five other rooms
before what she had seen sank in and she returned
to look more carefully. An old woman