Dana Howard (contactee)
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Dana Howard was one of the mid-1950s contactees
who claimed she went to Venus, married a Venusian, and raised a family there.
. She later claimed she went to Venus, married a Venusian, and raised a family on that planet.
Within a year after the original late-1952 contactee claims of George Adamski
, spirit mediums
, automatic writing
, Ouija board
s, and trance
channeling
had become the standard ways to contact and communicate with the wise and
friendly Space Brothers. The 8 feet (2.4 m) blonde, named Diane, provided Howard with the material for most of her published books.
Diane's messages had the usual, stereotypical mid-1950s Theosophical
content, including techniques for "mastery of the subconscious," remembering past lives, "direct knowing," and "Elimination, Purification, Rejuvenation and Regeneration or Transmuting." Once the human race evolves to the next level, it will be transferred as a "life-stream" to Venus
, for further spiritual development.
Contactees
Contactees are persons who claim to have experienced contact with extraterrestrials. Contactees have typically reported that they were given messages or profound wisdom by extraterrestrial beings...
who claimed she went to Venus, married a Venusian, and raised a family there.
Biography
She said she was attending a seance conducted by medium Bertie Lilly Candler on April 29, 1955, when Candler managed to summon up and materialize an 8 feet (2.4 m), blonde woman from VenusVenus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
. She later claimed she went to Venus, married a Venusian, and raised a family on that planet.
Within a year after the original late-1952 contactee claims of George Adamski
George Adamski
George Adamski was a Polish-born American citizen who became widely known in ufology circles, and to some degree in popular culture, after he claimed to have photographed ships from other planets, met with friendly Nordic alien "Space Brothers", and to have taken flights with them...
, spirit mediums
Mediumship
Mediumship is described as a form of communication with spirits. It is a practice in religious beliefs such as Spiritualism, Spiritism, Espiritismo, Candomblé, Voodoo and Umbanda.- Concept :...
, automatic writing
Automatic writing
Automatic writing or psychography is writing which the writer states to be produced from a subconscious and/or spiritual source without conscious awareness of the content.-History:...
, Ouija board
Ouija Board
Ouija Board is a Thoroughbred mare racehorse owned by Edward Stanley, 19th Earl of Derby and trained by Ed Dunlop. In a career spanning four seasons, she won 10 of her 22 races, 7 of them Group 1s, including the Epsom Oaks in 2004 and the Hong Kong Vase in 2005...
s, and trance
Trance
Trance denotes a variety of processes, ecstasy, techniques, modalities and states of mind, awareness and consciousness. Trance states may occur involuntarily and unbidden.The term trance may be associated with meditation, magic, flow, and prayer...
channeling
Channeling
Channeling, or channelling, can refer toscience*Channelling , the process that constrains the path of a charged particle in a crystalline solid.*metabolite or substrate channeling in biochemistry and cell physiology.law...
had become the standard ways to contact and communicate with the wise and
friendly Space Brothers. The 8 feet (2.4 m) blonde, named Diane, provided Howard with the material for most of her published books.
Diane's messages had the usual, stereotypical mid-1950s Theosophical
Theosophy
Theosophy, in its modern presentation, is a spiritual philosophy developed since the late 19th century. Its major themes were originally described mainly by Helena Blavatsky , co-founder of the Theosophical Society...
content, including techniques for "mastery of the subconscious," remembering past lives, "direct knowing," and "Elimination, Purification, Rejuvenation and Regeneration or Transmuting." Once the human race evolves to the next level, it will be transferred as a "life-stream" to Venus
Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after Venus, the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the Moon, it is the brightest natural object in the night sky, reaching an apparent magnitude of −4.6, bright enough to cast shadows...
, for further spiritual development.
Publications
She wrote at least eight books:- My Flight to Venus (1954)
- Diane: She Came From Venus (1956)
- Over the Threshold (1957)
- The Strange Case of T. Lobsang Rampa (1958)
- Vesta, the Earthborn Venusian (1959)
- Up Rainbow Hill (1959)
- The Keys to the Citadel of Space (1960)
- The Kingdom of Space (1961)