Ashtar Command (channeling current, 1950s- ).
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Diffuse, organization-light channeling current built on the 'Ashtar' figure first received by George Van Tassel in 1952; carried forward by Robert Short, Tuella, and groups like the Czech Universe People.
[DOCUMENTED] A real, persistent strand of contactee/New Age channeling rather than a single church. George Van Tassel reported the first Ashtar message on 18 Jul 1952 at Giant Rock; associate Robert Short broke away in 1952 to found 'Ashtar Command'. After Van Tassel's death (1978) Thelma 'Tuella' Turrell became the main channel (Ashtar: A Tribute, 1985); the figure recurs through Ruth Montgomery and is venerated today by the Czech Universe People alongside Jesus and Krishna. [CLAIM] Cosmology: Ashtar is commandant of an intergalactic fleet / 'Ascended Master' (second only to Sananda/Jesus), leading ~20 million 'space brothers' lowering their vibration to aid Earth's (Shan's) evolution and avert nuclear self-destruction. Scholar Christopher Helland treats the current as a syncretism of the I AM/Theosophy 'Ascended Masters' with the UFO experience, adapting after the failed Jul-1952 H-bomb-doom prophecy.