Association of Sananda and Sanat Kumara

The Association of Sananda and Sanat Kumara was founded in 1965 by Sister Thedra (the religious name of Dorothy Martin), a New Age channel. However, the association was rooted in more than a decade of prior channeling activity. In the 1950s Martin had been the leader of an early UFO contactee group that became the subject of a famous sociological study, When Prophecy Fails (1956). She was identified as Mrs. Keech in the study.

In When Prophecy Fails, the group was described as breaking up, but Martin went on to a lengthy career as a channel and leader within the contactee community. In 1954, after the disruption of the group in Illinois, she moved to Peru. She later explained that she had been healed by Sananda (Jesus) and instructed to go to South America. Much of that time was spent at the Brotherhood of the Seven Rays, the community established by fellow contactee George Hunt Williamson. These years were a time of intense growth, and before returning to the United States she began to send out transcripts of the messages she was receiving from the masters.

In 1961 Sister Thedra returned to the United States and settled in Arizona. She established the Association of Sananda and Sanat Kumara in 1965 and a short time later relocated to Mount Shasta, California. In 1988 she and the group returned to Sedona, Arizona. The association existed as a far-flung network of people who received the teachings of those who spoke through Sister Thedra. The advanced beings she channeled were seen as both spiritually advanced and coming from outer space.

Martin has since died and no new channel has arisen to take her place. The association may be reached at 2675 W. Highway 89-A, #454, Sedona, AZ 86336, where the newsletter, Call to Arms may be obtained.

Sources:

Festinger, Leon, Henry W. Riecken, and Stanley Schachter. When Prophecy Fails. New York: Harper & Row, 1956.

Sananda, as recorded by Sister Thedra. I, the Lord God Says Unto Them. Mt. Shasta, Calif.: Association of Sananda and Sanat Kumara, [1954].

Thedra. Excerts of Prophecies from Other Planets Concerning Our Earth. Mt. Shasta, Calif.: Association of Sananda and Sanat Kumara, [1956].

——. Mine Intercome Messages from the Realms of Light. Sedona, Ariz.: Association of Sananda and Sanat Kumara, [1990].