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Bethurum Part 2 – UFOs and the Occult

Bethurum Part 2 – UFOs and the Occult

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For whatever reason, 1952, the year of Truman Bethurum's
encounters with saucer Captain Aura Rhanes and her crew, was a
watershed year for UFO interactions and the Contactee
movement. The period is mainly known for marking an era of
peaceable and friendly exchanges with aliens, deAL266: Bethurum
Part 2 – UFOs and the Occult spite the predictable fears of the
"other" depicted in 1950s Science Fiction and fueled by Cold War
tensions. Sometimes colloquially referred to as "Space
Brothers" (which could include Bethurum's "Space Sister" Rhanes)
or occasionally an alien race of "Nordics," these benevolent
otherworldly visitors often urged humans to live in harmony, to
care for our planet, and warned us of the dangers of the atomic
age. The overall message is they were here to protect us
from ourselves. But as welcoming and comforting as that
sounds, there is a much-overlooked aspect of some of the
personalities involved in this generation of heralds – a fair
number of them had ties to occult beliefs and practices.
From Aleister Crowley's magick and Jack Parsons to the wackier
exploits of George Hunt Williamson, MIB threats to Albert K.
Bender, William Dudley Pelley's fondness for Nazism, to the more
modern cult of Marshall Applewhite and the current belief by some
officials that aliens are demonic, the themes grow darker and
more sinister. There is no doubt that a throughline has
existed with the "Saucer Seers" from hopeful communions to the
Dark Arts because it requires a belief in access to the
mystical. We're joined once again by Rob Kristoffersen and
Rich Hatem for part two of our discussion as we explore the
connection between UFOs and the occult.

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