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FOREWORD XV ditions. for giving us opportunity The Allies of Humanity serves as a gateway into a surprisingly substantial body of spiritual teachings and practices that promises to inculcate the requisite species maturity with a perspective that is neither earthbound nor anthropocentric, but instead is rooted in older, deeper, and more universal tra- Ultimately, the message of The Allies of Humanity chal- lenges nearly all of our fundamental notions of reality, simultaneously our greatest advancement and our greatest challenge for survival. While the current crisis threatens our self-determination as a species, it may also provide a much-needed foundation upon which to bring unity to the human race—a near impossibil- ity without this larger context. With the perspective offered in The Allies of Humanity and the larger body of teachings represented by Summers, we are given both the imperative and the inspiration to join together in a deeper understanding to serve the further evolution of humanity. In his report for Time Magazine’s review of the 100 most influential voices of the 20th century, Peter Mattheisen wrote of Rachel Carson, “Before there was an environmental move- ment, there was one brave woman and her very brave book.” Some years from now, we may be able to similarly say of Marshall Vian Summers: Before there was a human freedom movement to resist the extraterrestrial Intervention, there was one brave man and his very brave message, The Allies of