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228 Shovar
“You will be exploring the nonphysical worlds
and dimensions, too. As multi-dimensional
beings you already do this in your dreams, but
you will soon do it consciously.”
See Also: Ayala
Further Reading
Ayres, Toraya, 1997. “Messages from the Animal
Kingdom.” http://www.spiritweb.org/Spirit/animal-kingdom-ayres.html.
Shovar
Shovar is the name of a humanlike entity the
pseudonymous Rachel Jones of Coeur d’Alene,
Idaho, allegedly met during a UFOabduction
experience over a two-hour period
between June 20 and 21, 1977.
Awakened at 11:55 P.M. when she heard
someone walking upstairs, Jones found herself
paralyzed. She saw someone enter the
room, then felt a lifting sensation. In what
seemed an instant, she regained her ability to
m ove. She was astonished to see that it was
then 1:57 A.M.
Under hypnosis conducted by psychologist/ufologist
R. Leo Sprinkle, she told of seeing
an ugly intruder with no pupils in his
eyes, a thin-lined mouth, normal-looking
nose, and thinning hair. He had four fingers
on each hand but no thumbs. Picking her up,
he brought her to an unknown place and
passed through a door into a chamber with a
cold floor. Three other beings were there. One
was human or near-human in appearance.
The man accompanied her into another room
containing various instruments, including
two wheel-shaped devices and a boxlike table.
She sat on the table and conversed with the
man, who said his name was Shovar. He asked
her to take off her shirt. After resisting, she reluctantly
did so. Shovar expressed puzzlement
about her suntan, which she then explained to
him.
She was instructed to lie on her stomach as
a light shined on her back. The other beings
rubbed a liquid on her shoulders. It caused
great pain, and she protested. Shovar said the
pain would stop, and it did. She did not ac-
cept his apology, however. It did not sound
sincere, and, moreover, she got the distinct
impression that he did not even know what
pain was.
Even under hypnosis Jones could not recall
what happened next. Her memory
picked up with a conversation with Sh ova r,
who she re a l i zed was communicating telep
a t h i c a l l y. Sh ovar told her that they had
changed her so that she would be “better for
others.” They had met before, he went on,
and they would meet again. Asked why they
had taken her, he replied that he could not
a n s wer the question right then. T h ree beings
e n t e red the room, and Jones abruptly found
herself back in bed.
Headaches plagued her for the next few
days, and she noticed a small round scar on
her shoulder.
See Also: Abductions by UFOs; Sprinkle, Ronald
Leo
Further Reading
“Idaho Abduction Case,” 1977. The APRO Bulletin
(November).
Sinat Schirah (Stan)
Since 1983, Sinat Schirah, known affectionately
as Stan, has channeled through Arlene
Nelson. Three years later, Nelson began a
process she called “pure channeling”—channeling
so intense that she had no conscious
sense of it while it was happening or conscious
memory of it afterward. It would take
place one weekend every month between January
and May.
She and her husband, Mervin “Beaver”
Colver, with whom Nelson believes she has
shared a number of incarnations, founded
Lifelight University in Mill Valley, California,
in 1987. Students are instructed in a variety of
New Age beliefs and practices. Stan’s channeled
messages are preserved on tapes and in
books.
See Also: Channeling
Further Reading
Melton, J. Go rdon, 1996. En c yclopedia of Am e r i -
can Re l i g i o n s . Fifth edition. De t roit, MI: Ga l e
Re s e a rc h .