Gloria Lee

Gloria Lee Byrd (March 21, 1926 - December 3, 1962) was an American contactee and trance medium, who acted as a channel for J.W., a being from Jupiter.

Background
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 * Flight attendant, five years
 * Married to William H. Byrd, aeronautical engineer, in 1952
 * Ground hostess, Los Angeles Int'l Airport
 * First psychic contact from J.W. in September 1953
 * Founded "Cosmon Research Foundation" in the late-1950s
 * Died in Washington, D.C., in December 1962, following a two-month fast

"Ascended Master Glo-Ria"
Following her death, a channel named Nada-Yolanda (Pauline Sharpe) claimed to be receiving messages from Gloria Lee, who, she reported, had become an ascended master called Glo-Ria. The messages, describing "her next-life experiences, what happens and how to adjust to the transition from this plane to the next, man's spiritual nature and heritage, eternal life for everyone, and life on other planes and planets" were published as "Life in Our Solar System" (1963).

Selected Bibliography

 * "Why We Are Here!" (1959)
 * "The Changing Conditions of Your World!" (1962)

It should be noted that Lee claimed credit for neither of these works, explaining that she was the "Instrument" of J.W.'s authorship. If one is inclined to accept that as true, it may be said that she at least wrote the introductions.