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Bringers of the Dawn: Teachings from the Pleiadians Paperback – 1 December 1992
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Compiled from more than four hundred hours of channeling by Barbara Marciniak, Bringers of the Dawn imparts to us the wisdom of the Pleiadians, a group of enlightened beings who have come to Earth to help us discover how to reach a new stage of evolution. Master storytellers and humorists, they advise us to become media free, to work in teams, and to eliminate the words "should" and "try" from our vocabularies. We learn how to go beyond fear, how the original human was a magnificent being with twelve strands of DNA and twelve chakra centers, and who our "gods" are. Startling, intense, intelligent, and controversial, these teachings offer essential reading for anyone questioning their existence on this planet and the direction of our collective conscious--and unconscious. By remembering that we are Family of Light, that we share an ancient ancestry with the universe around us, we become "bringers of the dawn," consciously creating a new reality, a new Earth.
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"Bringers of the Dawn points out a creative and positive way to turn on our inner light and underlines the principle of commitment to spiritual growth, which leads to the reclaiming of our natural power in any situation." ― Darryl Anka, channel for "Bashar"

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NEW CONSCIOUSNESS / CHANNELING "Step forward as a member of the Family of Light; have the courage in all the days you walk this planet to live that light and to share that light with all you encounter." Compiled from more than four hundred hours of channeling by Barbara Marciniak, Bringers of the Dawn imparts to us the wisdom of the Pleiadians, a group of enlightened beings who have come to Earth to help us discover how to reach a new stage of evolution. Master storytellers and humorists, they advise us to become media free, to work in teams, and to eliminate the words "should" and "try" from our vocabularies. We learn how to go beyond fear, how the original human was a magnificent being with twelve strands of DNA and twelve chakra centers, and who our "gods" are. Startling, intense, intelligent, and controversial, these teachings offer essential reading for anyone questioning their existence on this planet and the direction of our collective conscious--and unconscious. By remembering that we are Family of Light, that we share an ancient ancestry with the universe around us, we become "bringers of the dawn," consciously creating a new reality, a new Earth. "Bringers of the Dawn points out a creative and positive way to turn on our inner light and underlines the principle of commitment to spiritual growth, which leads to the reclaiming ofour natural power in any situation." --Darryl Anka, channel for "Bashar"

"Bringers of the Dawn offers key teachings about the original records of the Earth that are filled with power, love, and clear intention about how to participate in the magnificent new time of birthing the original genius of our planet." --Barbara Hand Clow, author of Heart of the Christos: Starseeding from the Pleiades

BARBARA MARCINIAK is an internationally known trance channel from North Carolina. She conducts class sessions and workshops throughout the United States and facilitates tours to sacred power sites such as Peru, Mexico, Egypt, Greece, Australia, and Bali.

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Barbara Marciniak is an internationally known trance channel living in North Carolina. She is the author of Bringers of the Dawn, editor of The Pleiadian Times, a quarterly information journal, and travels throughout the United States and to sacred sites around the world giving lectures and workshops.
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Barbara Marciniak is an internationally known trance channel from North Carolina. She conducts class sessions and workshops throughout the United States and facilitates tours to sacred power sites such as Peru, Mexico, Egypt, Greece, Australia, and Bali.

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This is the book that started me reading the channeled books of Barbara Marciniak from the wonderful Pleiadeans, I now have all four of her books and love every one of them.

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Although this book was written decades ago, its relevance to where we are as a species on this planet today is astounding. The messages contained within are important and vital for those who will be guided to read this phenomenal book. This is a book that will be re-read to revisit the codes within time and again.
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キリスト教を代表とする現在の宗教のすべては民衆をコントロールしようとする悪魔が
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宇宙存在のチャネリングの本としてはバシャールが有名ですが、これはさらに細部にわたる詳しい情報（DNAの話など）が詰め込まれています。いわゆるニューエイジの世界では、邦訳「プレアデス＋かく語りき」というタイトルで大変よく知られている１冊です。最後の１２ページに、彼女の他の著書や、同じ系統の本の紹介もあり、これも役に立ちます。英文のレベルは専門用語が多いのでそれなりに難しいです。本の裏には、バシャールのチャネラーのダリル・アンカと、同じくプレアデスの存在をチャネルする、バーバラ・ハンド・クロウの推薦文が掲載されています。

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The Beginner's Guide to Starseeds - Understanding Star People and Finding Your Own Origins in the Stars

The Beginner's Guide to Starseeds - Understanding Star People and Finding Your Own Origins in the Stars

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Discover the nature of the mysterious, spiritually potent starseeds--intuitive people who help change the world--with this easy-to-read and accessible beginner's guide!Explore the ancient new age concept of starseeds, spiritually advanced people with strong psychic abilities sent to help the earth heal, grow, and change. The Beginner's Guide to Starseeds offers a look at who starseeds are and where they come from, as well as their innate skills and spiritual sensitivities. You will gain fascinating insight into the unique personalities and nature of starseeds and even figure out if you're a starseed, too! Perfect for anyone hoping to change the world or curious about different dimensions, this book is an illuminating and enlightening look at life on a higher plane of existence.
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The Beginner's Guide to Starseeds: Understanding Star People and Finding Your Own Origins in the Stars Hardcover – Illustrated, 3 February 2021

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Discover the nature of the mysterious, spiritually potent starseeds—intuitive people who help change the world—with this easy-to-read and accessible beginner’s guide!

Explore the ancient new age concept of starseeds, spiritually advanced people with strong psychic abilities sent to help the earth heal, grow, and change. The Beginner’s Guide to Starseeds offers a look at who starseeds are and where they come from, as well as their innate skills and spiritual sensitivities. You will gain fascinating insight into the unique personalities and nature of starseeds and even figure out if you’re a starseed, too! Perfect for anyone hoping to change the world or curious about different dimensions, this book is an illuminating and enlightening look at life on a higher plane of existence.

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Whitney Jefferson Evans is a spiritual seeker: she spent the years of 2015–2018 studying the energy healing modality of Reiki, where she completed all four levels of training and eventually received the title of Reiki Master. She spends her free time learning about other healing modalities and using herself as a test subject for the latest in wellness trends. Throughout her studies, she’s received certificates in Crystal Reiki and Color Psychology. In her day job, Whitney currently serves as Deputy Editorial Director and Director of Pop Culture at BuzzFeed, where she manages a bicoastal team and oversees all entertainment content for BuzzFeed. She’s appeared on the Today show, CNN, HLN, Nightline, Entertainment Tonight, Extra, MTV, and VH1. She cohosted BuzzFeed’s SiriusXM radio show, BuzzFeed Radio, and has appeared on Watch What Happens Live.

Whitney Jefferson Evans

Whitney Jefferson Evans is a modern-day spiritual seeker. She spent years learning Reiki, a method of energy healing, and eventually became a Reiki Master. In her day job, Whitney serves as Managing Editor at BuzzFeed where she's and editor who writes about pop culture, wellness, and vegan food whenever she can. She’s appeared on the Today Show, CNN, MTV, VH1, HLN, Nightline, Entertainment Tonight, Extra, and Watch What Happens Live. For the latest updates, check whitneyjeffersonevans.com.

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Joseph J. Truncale

4.0 out of 5 stars A sometimes-fascinating book for those interested in star people.

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As someone who has been a curious and voracious reader for more than seven decades, I am always seeking interesting, unusual and even strange things to read about. This is why when I saw this 207-page hardcover book (The beginner’s guide to star seeds: Understanding a star people and finding your own origins in the stars by Whitney Jefferson Evans) on Amazon I decided to purchase it. I have to admit this book was a compelling read.

Like many those into their senior years I grew up with watching the old science fiction shows of Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Rocket man and other serials. Later in life my passion was astronomy and cosmology. Though I have read numerous books over the years on the UFO mystery beginning as a believer and ending up agnostic on the subject; nevertheless, I still find the subject fascinating and I enjoyed reading this book very much.

This book is organized into 12 chapters covering the following topics: An introduction to star seeds, a Starseed’s mission, shared traits of starseeds, unique abilities of starseeds, introduction to star families, Pleiadians, Sirians, Andromedans, Lyrans, Orions, Arcturians, and how to meet your star family.

I found the six quiz sections fun to answer where you find out which star family you probably belong too. For me it was the Orion starseed even though it also could be some of the other star family groups as well.

If you are fascinated by the idea of ancient astronauts and that we may indeed have originated from the stars, (after all we are all made of star stuff), you will enjoy reading this book.

Rating: 4 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Zen Poetry Moments: Haiku and Senryu for special occasions).

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5.0 out of 5 stars We are starseed

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Starseeds,by Whitney Jefferson, is for beginners who believe they are so much more than their earth bodies.

The universe is huge, beyond our wildest imaginations! What if we have left our homes & volunteered to come

To help the planet earth?

This author is presenting us a book, to create a curiosity of really who we are.

It is written in simplified form, that all can understand. Recommended for anyone who loves who they are..but feels there is more to themselves,

then just this earth body.

Curious? It is a great key to solving one of earth's greatest mysteries.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating!

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Amazing book. Really glad I purchased it. Very informative but also a really easy read, nothing wrong with that sometimes. Reminded me a lot of some books I have read about Empaths but with a lot of other interesting information. Would definitely recommend!

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The Beginner's Guide to Starseeds

Understanding Star People and Finding Your Own Origins in the Stars

By: Whitney Jefferson Evans

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Starseeds: psychologists on why some people think they're aliens living on Earth

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There’s a new group of people on Earth who believe they’re aliens. Star people, or starseeds, are individuals who believe they have come to Earth from other dimensions to help heal the planet and guide humanity into the “golden age” – a period of great happiness, prosperity and achievement.

It might sound a little crazy but an internet search for the term brings up over 4 million results and there are scores of people posting videos on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook who believe they originate from another world. Indeed, content with the term #starseed has over 1 billion views on TikTok.

Unlike “Earth souls”, who are said to reincarnate on Earth, starseeds believe they have reawakened from another planet to be born here. Starseeds believe they are conduits between divine realms and the Earth and that they can transport between galaxies via meditation. Starseeds also believe they can communicate in “light language” – a form of communication that is said to bypass human limitations and be the language of the soul.

The idea is widely credited to the author Brad Steiger who wrote prolifically about the unknown and was keenly interested in alien life and extraterrestrials. In his 1976 book, Gods of Aquarius, Steiger introduced his notion that some people originate from other dimensions.

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Believers claim there are several ways to tell if you are a starseed. These include searching for meaning in life and feeling a lack of belonging. Being spiritual and possessing a strong sense of intuition (knowing) are also qualities of a starseed.

They are also said to be empathetic, sensitive and have more physical and mental health issues as their souls aren’t used to having a human body. Starseeds want to help humanity. But they get overwhelmed by life on Earth and so recharge by spending time alone.

Believers also say that starseeds have the desire to explore and experience new cultures and spheres, which help star people to then provide novel insights into existence. Examples include new (conspiracy) theories about society, holistic health interventions along with thoughts on ancient aliens and civilisations.
Choose your reality

You might recognise some aspects of yourself in the above description. Many people, for example, report searching for meaning in life along with feeling displaced or like they don’t belong at times.

Indeed, research shows that a low sense of belonging is often linked to depression. But what makes some people who are experiencing such feelings jump to the conclusion that they must be from another planet? Particularly given that no life beyond Earth has ever been found and there is no evidence that alien life has ever visited Earth.

Welcome to the Forer effect. Named after Bertram Forer, the psychologist who first figured out that it was pretty easy to get people to agree with vague descriptions about themselves – see horoscopes.

The concept of starseeds is a form of new age belief. The term refers to alternative spiritual practices that developed during the 1970s.

Although each new age belief is different, philosophies share common features: they view existence in terms of the universe and focus on spirituality as well as the self. Think crystals, energy healing and psychic abilities.

Other features include reincarnation, karma and the possibility of reaching a higher level of consciousness.

Support for new age beliefs – such as starseeds – is on the rise. It comes from a distrust of science and doubts about conventional perceptions of reality. Particularly, cynicism about modern society and an attempt to find meaning in life.
Fantasy v fiction

Certain personality characteristics may also incline some people to believe in the notion of starseeds. For instance, if you are fantasy prone and often confuse imaginary and real events you may see the theory of alien consciousness as profound and desirable.

In psychological terms, this is known as a source monitoring error, which is a type of unconscious memory error whereby a person gets confused between what’s real and accurate and what’s unreal and imagined.

It’s commonly seen in schizophrenia and research has found links between schizotypal personality disorder – a common disorder considered to be a mild form of schizophrenia – and belief in conspiracy theories.

Starseeds claim they are alien consciousness living on earth. Ross Collier/Alamy Stock Photo

A further effect that can encourage such beliefs is what’s known as ontological confusion. This occurs when people cannot discriminate between metaphorical and factual statements such as: “Old furniture knows things about the past.” These may be interpreted more literally than metaphorically and so make it more likely that people then endorse pseudoscientific, transcendental theories.

This is especially true when the source of the information is perceived to be trustworthy and knowledgeable. Dubbed the Einstein effect, this is where trusted sources of information are given more credence because of the social credibility they possess.

In the case of starseeds, several books published by big publishing houses may provide a sense of authenticity and so too does the fact that a number of them are bestsellers. Indeed, it seems life as we know it, may not be as straightforward as we once imagined.
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Starseeds are people who self-identify as aliens or alien consciousnesses in human form. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Sedona, Arizona over a two-year period, and followed up with ongoing digital research, this chapter presents what starseeds are, how they describe themselves as having awakened, and how they earn a living. The language of science is used as a religious symbol for elaboration of composite selves, both alien and human. The economics of being a starseed is a particular focus, showing how individual practitioners who lack a corporate structure of support have to develop multiple revenue streams in the late capitalist gig economy. Case studies of three starseeds are presented to give fine-grained ethnographic detail about how starseeds both understand themselves and present themselves to others.

What Are Starseeds? - Humans Think They're Aliens Living on Earth

What Are Starseeds? - Humans Think They're Aliens Living on Earth

A Growing Body of Humans Think They're 'Starseeds': Aliens Living on Earth

They’re not.

BY TIM NEWCOMBPUBLISHED: MAR 15, 2023
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Starseeds believe they are aliens who have come to Earth to help out the rest of us mere humans.
The belief has caught on and now has a growing movement behind it.
The starseed concept stems from unique belief systems, and the growing community that attracts fans of fantasy.

There are a lot of humans on this planet who believe they’re “starseeds,” or aliens from another one, according to a new report in The Conversation.

Spoiler: They’re not.

Still, that hasn’t stopped the trend from rapidly catching on. The Conversation reports that the hashtag #starseed is growing in popularity on the internet, including a massive rise on TikTok, now with over 1 billion views on content tied to the hashtag.

Starseeds believe they have “reawakened from another planet to be born here,” according to The Conversation. Of course, with that belief comes several other fantastical beliefs, such as starseeds’ conviction that they can transport between galaxies or communicate in “light languages.”

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Tied back to Brad Steiger and his 1976 book Gods of Aquarius, starseeds latched on to his concept that some people originate from other dimensions. As starseeds gain traction in popular culture, the more people want to be part of a trend. And as the fantasy element of starseeds excites some, they grow interested in being part of a culture that feeds their interests.

The truth, of course, is that none of this is rooted in any actual science, and that the ongoing search for aliens hasn’t materialized any life apart from what we already know about on Earth. But it’s still fun to believe.

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Starseeds: Psychologists On Why Some People Think They’re Aliens Living On Earth

There are a number of psychological explanations for why someone may believe this.

KEN DRINKWATER, ANDREW DENOVAN, AND NEIL DAGNALL

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person with closed eyes in nebula — The concept of "starseeds" is a new age belief. Image Credit: sun ok/Shutterstock.com

There’s a new group of people on Earth who believe they’re aliens. Star people, or starseeds, are individuals who believe they have come to Earth from other dimensions to help heal the planet and guide humanity into the “golden age” – a period of great happiness, prosperity and achievement.

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It might sound a little crazy but an internet search for the term brings up over 4 million results and there are scores of people posting videos on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook who believe they originate from another world. Indeed, content with the term #starseed has over 1 billion views on TikTok.

Unlike “Earth souls”, who are said to reincarnate on Earth, starseeds believe they have reawakened from another planet to be born here. Starseeds believe they are conduits between divine realms and the Earth and that they can transport between galaxies via meditation. Starseeds also believe they can communicate in “light language” – a form of communication that is said to bypass human limitations and be the language of the soul.

The idea is widely credited to the author Brad Steiger who wrote prolifically about the unknown and was keenly interested in alien life and extraterrestrials. In his 1976 book, Gods of Aquarius, Steiger introduced his notion that some people originate from other dimensions.

Believers claim there are several ways to tell if you are a starseed. These include searching for meaning in life and feeling a lack of belonging. Being spiritual and possessing a strong sense of intuition (knowing) are also qualities of a starseed.

They are also said to be empathetic, sensitive and have more physical and mental health issues as their souls aren’t used to having a human body. Starseeds want to help humanity. But they get overwhelmed by life on Earth and so recharge by spending time alone.

Believers also say that starseeds have the desire to explore and experience new cultures and spheres, which help star people to then provide novel insights into existence. Examples include new (conspiracy) theories about society, holistic health interventions along with thoughts on ancient aliens and civilisations.

Choose your reality

You might recognise some aspects of yourself in the above description. Many people, for example, report searching for meaning in life along with feeling displaced or like they don’t belong at times.

Indeed, research shows that a low sense of belonging is often linked to depression. But what makes some people who are experiencing such feelings jump to the conclusion that they must be from another planet? Particularly given that no life beyond Earth has ever been found and there is no evidence that alien life has ever visited Earth.

Welcome to the Forer effect. Named after Bertram Forer, the psychologist who first figured out that it was pretty easy to get people to agree with vague descriptions about themselves – see horoscopes.

The concept of starseeds is a form of new age belief. The term refers to alternative spiritual practices that developed during the 1970s.

Although each new age belief is different, philosophies share common features: they view existence in terms of the universe and focus on spirituality as well as the self. Think crystals, energy healing and psychic abilities.

Other features include reincarnation, karma and the possibility of reaching a higher level of consciousness.

Support for new age beliefs – such as starseeds – is on the rise. It comes from a distrust of science and doubts about conventional perceptions of reality. Particularly, cynicism about modern society and an attempt to find meaning in life.

Fantasy v fiction

Certain personality characteristics may also incline some people to believe in the notion of starseeds. For instance, if you are fantasy prone and often confuse imaginary and real events you may see the theory of alien consciousness as profound and desirable.

In psychological terms, this is known as a source monitoring error, which is a type of unconscious memory error whereby a person gets confused between what’s real and accurate and what’s unreal and imagined.

It’s commonly seen in schizophrenia and research has found links between schizotypal personality disorder – a common disorder considered to be a mild form of schizophrenia – and belief in conspiracy theories.

A further effect that can encourage such beliefs is what’s known as ontological confusion. This occurs when people cannot discriminate between metaphorical and factual statements such as: “Old furniture knows things about the past.” These may be interpreted more literally than metaphorically and so make it more likely that people then endorse pseudoscientific, transcendental theories.

This is especially true when the source of the information is perceived to be trustworthy and knowledgeable. Dubbed the Einstein effect, this is where trusted sources of information are given more credence because of the social credibility they possess.

In the case of starseeds, several books published by big publishing houses may provide a sense of authenticity and so too does the fact that a number of them are bestsellers. Indeed, it seems life as we know it, may not be as straightforward as we once imagined.

Ken Drinkwater, Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Cognitive and Parapsychology, Manchester Metropolitan University; Andrew Denovan, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Huddersfield, and Neil Dagnall, Reader in Applied Cognitive Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University

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