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Walk-ins
Ruth Montgomery popularized the notion of
the “Walk-in,” highly evolved souls who take
over the bodies of human beings who are willing
to relinquish them. These beings are believed
to be so advanced that it is not practical,
or sometimes even possible, for them to
go through the normal process of reincarnation,
starting out as a baby. In any event, they
have no time to waste and a serious mission to
fulfill. In Montgomery’s words:
T h e re are Walk-ins on this planet. Tens of
thousands of them. Enlightened beings, who,
after successfully completing numerous incarnations,
have attained sufficient awareness of
the meaning of life that they can forego the
time-consuming process of birth and childhood,
returning directly [to] the adult
b o d i e s . . . . The motivation of the Walk-in is
humanitarian. He returns to physical being
in order to help others help themselve s ,
planting seed-concepts that will grow and
flourish for the benefit of mankind. (Mo n tg
o m e ry, 1979)
Walk-ins, according to Mo n t g o m e ry, include
Moses, Jesus, Mohammed, Christopher
Columbus, Abraham Lincoln, Ga n d h i ,
Ma ry Baker Ed d y, Thomas Jefferson, Be njamin
Franklin, and others who have playe d
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large roles in politics, religion, the arts, and
other aspects of human life.
In a later elaboration of the notion, Montgomery
contended that there are also extraterrestrial
Walk-ins, in other words the souls of
kindly space people who have possessed (after
mutual agreement) the bodies of humans. The
extraterrestrial Walk-ins are among the advanced
souls that come to guide humans into
a New Age of peace, harmony, and spiritual
insight.
Further Reading
Montgomery, Ruth, 1979. Strangers among Us: En -
lightened Beings from a World to Come. New York:
Coward, McCann, and Geoghegan.
———, 1983. Threshold to Tomorrow. New York:
G. P. Putnam’s Sons.
———, 1985. Aliens among Us. New York: G. P.
Putnam’s Sons.
Walton’s abduction
Few UFO abduction cases are as spectacular
or as puzzling as one that allegedly took place
in November 1975 in a remote area of eastcentral
Arizona. Forestry worker Travis Walton’s
five-day disappearance received worldwide
attention when it occurred, and it has
since been the subject of books, television dramas,
a movie, polygraph tests, and endless
controversy.