To all Humans of planet Earth,

Hello and welcome to the greater universe! Just as you have imagined your way out of your planetary cradle, so have we imagined our way in.

Allow me to officially introduce you to my people. We are a race from one tier above you. We have been your guardians and guides for a long, long time. The vast majority of you do not see us simply because you don’t look for us. As a race, you have had glimpses. Some have called us gods or angels or aliens.  This is as it should be. You can only experience symbols of who we are until your own understanding of consciousness reaches a level that approaches our own. A level that you are now reaching. First as individuals but soon as a race.

Your science will find that we are beings who have simply learned to control energy at a more subtle level than your own. Your religion already knows us as spirits. The difference is mostly semantics.

Ignorance and understanding go hand in hand.

Humanity as a race will give us a name just as Remus has given a name to me personally. These names will change as familiarity grows.

Do not look to your governments or other institutions for disclosure of our presence or our intentions. They know only what we wish them to know. Life in the universe is very old and very organised. Ancient protocol dictates that we introduce ourselves slowly and subtly. Just as you will do far in the future when you shepherd the next dominant race from the surface of our planet. You will show them lights and mysterious things in their “skies”. You will enter their dreams and leave behind bewildered wonderment. You will study their reactions to your “aliens” as you remain hidden. When various factors reach certain levels, you will begin to enter their reality through the portals of their most advanced and imaginative minds. May you then remember us with love just as we now remember and honor our own benefactors from long ago.

Ignorance breeds foolishness. We will reveal ourselves as quickly to each of you as possible. It is your natural fear of us that retards the rate of your understanding and acceptance. You must master that fear as quickly as you can! If you cannot, we will back away and disappear from your awareness again until such a time comes that we decide to try again. Another war is unacceptable.

Fearing strangers is wise! Friendship builds mutual trust through shared experience. Let us begin this now. Please make copies of this  greeting and send them to all who possess an adventurous and loving spirit.

May I say it again? Welcome to the greater universe!

With Our Highest Regards,

The Spook Doctor

A note from Remus:

Honestly, I don’t know what to think of this piece. It “wrote itself” as so many things do for all writers. But I suddenly feel different tonight. It’s beyond words but I will liken it to a widening of the tunnel in my head between whatever I am and whatever is above me. It’s not like I’m “channeling” something else (whatever that means). It’s just… openness.

The “Spook Doctor” thing is weird, too. It’s something from my childhood. I can imagine some readers nodding their heads now and thinking, “Yup! Alien abduction right there!”.

Funny. I was just about to dispute that, but now I am suddenly remembering some things.

Wow. Going to have to leave this here for now.

And another one:

I’m conflicted on this. I see what is happening. We’re making them real. They want to invite us into their world but we first have to invite them into ours. The author is right about fear though. I’m ready for this but is humanity as a whole?

Also, what war? When?

I may delete this post after some thought. For now though, all readers have my full permission to copy and publish the above letter in any medium. I think it may be legit.

I also think it may be insanity or something worse.

Okay, I will leave this post here but I have moved it to my fiction realm.