"Scores of books were written in the late twentieth-century's Ascension movement. This movement has the premise that humans are approaching a new phase in evolution that involves a transformation in human consciousness, one that will reconnect us with ABs and dimensions of existence higher than our 3-D world. Many of these books comprise messages from various 'ascended masters,' beings no longer incarnate who have in different ways already ascended to that next level. This cosmology starts with the assumption of ABs as being 'way showers' for humans; they provide humans with advice and moral support on their journey.


The book Crystal Stair: A Guide to Ascension exemplifies this genre of metaphysical information. It purports to represent ABs such as Sananda (the etheric Jesus), Ashtar (who represents a group of human and angelic beings from several galaxies), the Archangel Michael, and St. Germain. These sources speak of the intervention of flesh-and-blood beings on Earth in times past and present, but they stress that nonmaterial beings now surround humans and seek to help us learn to be our true selves. St. Germain speaks of a hierarchy of ABs, including the Elohim referred to in the Bible, who have various creative powers." AB=creator gods
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