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t h rough a Phoenix man identified only as
C h a r l e s — “a blue-collar worker of modest educ
a t i o n” (St e i g e r, 1973). Ishkomar said he was
speaking via telepathic light beamed from a
spaceship in Eart h’s atmosphere. He himself
had lived long enough so that he was able to
d i s c a rd a physical body, though the ship “c o ntains
others of us who are in human form.”
Ishkomar began his Earth mission some thirt y
thousand years ago to accelerate evolution so
that human beings could develop more quickly
and be able to accept guidance—though not
c o n t rol, which galactic law forbids—from wise
space people like himself. “You must reach a
high level of mental development and know ledge
to be able to understand our purposes,”
he said, so the work continues.
Ishkomar also warned that another gro u p
also worked in Eart h’s space. This gro u p, while
not necessarily evil in itself, had purposes at
odds with humanity’s best interests, and its
members sought to control human destiny.
Ishkomar refused to condemn these beings,
saying only that their purpose “c o n flicts with
o u r purpose. This does not mean that their intentions
are not good or honorable.”
Soon there would be “great upheavals” on
Earth’s surface, and there would be much suffering
and death. Only those who were men-
tally and physically prepared would survive.
The extraterrestrials did not plan any massive
rescue operation, since “you are of no use to
us in the Outer Reaches.” But they would
help those human beings who heeded their
words to make their planet improved and livable
after the changes.
Ishkomar said his people were not concerned
solely with Earth. They were galactic
travelers and were involved with the fates of
many worlds throughout the cosmos.
Charles told Brad Steiger that he had no
idea why he had been chosen, unless it was
because of a sighting of what he took to be a
UFO in Michigan in 1956. While observing
the object, he beamed a mental message to its
presumed occupants and told them, “I would
like to be your friend.”
After the Ishkomar messages started coming
a decade later, Charles and his wife, Lois,
formed a small group. As Charles channeled,
members asked questions and learned lessons.
Ishkomar firmly instructed them never to reveal
Charles’s full name, lest his life be endangered
by unfriendly forces.
See Also: Channeling
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Further Reading
Steiger, Brad, 1973. Revelation: The Divine Fire. Englewood
Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.