Darryl Anka

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'''Darryl Anka''' {{lived|1951}}<ref>{{cite news|last1=Massarella|first1=L.|title=Anka's cousin has odd career|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402162319/http://www.torontosun.com/2011/11/11/ankas-cousin-has-odd-career|website=www.torontosun.com|publisher=Toronto Sun|accessdate=March 6, 2015|date=November 13, 2011}}</ref> is a spiritual [[medium]] and [[kook]] who claims to [[Channelling|channel]] an enlightened [[extraterrestrial]] entity named '''Bashar'''. He is also the cousin of 1960s teen idol {{wpl|Paul Anka||.}}<ref>[https://skeptoid.com/blog/2014/01/19/everything-you-need-to-know-about-paul-ankas-cousin-and-his-multi-dimensional-alien-friend/ Everything you need to know about Paul Anka’s cousin and his multi-dimensional alien friend] Skeptoid</ref>

Anka describes Bashar as being from an alternate dimensional planet located 500 light-years away in the direction of the Orion constellation, called Essassani.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Stone|first1=J.|title=Hidden mysteries|date=1996|publisher=Light Technology Publishing |page=29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nJu-HmbnLzUC&pg=RA1-PA29&dq=%22darryl+anka%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r9z5VJuPLofFggS48IDgBA&ved=0CEUQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22darryl%20anka%22&f=false |accessdate=March 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Klimo |first1=J. |title=Channeling : investigations on receiving information from paranormal sources |date=1998 |publisher=North Atlantic Books |location=Berkeley, Calif. |isbn=1556432488 |page=99 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w7R7xyB0T80C&pg=PA99&dq=%22darryl+anka%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r9z5VJuPLofFggS48IDgBA&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22darryl%20anka%22&f=false|accessdate=March 6, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Ankerberg, J.|author2=Weldon, J.|title=Contemporary spiritual beliefs|date=1996|publisher=Harvest House|location=Eugene, Or.|isbn=1565071603|page=90|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SghdYBbMds0C&pg=PA90&dq=%22darryl+anka%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r9z5VJuPLofFggS48IDgBA&ved=0CC8Q6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=%22darryl%20anka%22&f=false|accessdate=March 6, 2015}}</ref> Anka presents "Bashar" in open and private sessions around the world, where Anka appears to be in an [[Other ways of knowing|altered state of consciousness]] and open dialogue occurs with an attending audience.

==Bashar==
In an interview with "Waking Universe," Anka recalled how in 1973 he had a "close encounter of the first kind" with a [[Black triangle|black triangular]] [[UFO]]:<ref>Mungia, L. (January 14, 2012). Waking universe with darryl anka & bashar. Retrieved March 6, 2015, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyNwxRMgJbY</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A message from darryl|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501141340/http://www.bashar.org/aboutMessageDarryl.html|website=www.bashar.org|publisher=Bashar Communications, Inc.|accessdate=March 6, 2015|quote=I had close-range...}}</ref>

{{quotebox|I had close-range, broad-daylight sightings of UFOs with witnesses present both times. At each sighting we saw a dark metallic, triangular craft about 30 feet on each side. There were three blue-white lights, one on each "point", and one orange-red light in the center. The craft in the first sighting was about 150 feet away; in the second sighting, only about 60 feet away.}}

After the encounter, Anka began researching UFOs and the paranormal. Ten years later, he met a channeller and began to study the practice. Anka claims that through this practice, he became attuned to an extraterrestrial presence named Bashar. 

Anka describes Bashar as existing in a parallel reality, in a time frame that we perceive as the [[Time travel|future]]. Anka's monologues and dialogues with Bashar cover a wide range of topics, including [[spirituality]], planetary advancement, [[sacred geometry]], [[metaphysics]] and [[extraterrestrial life]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About bashar|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420075929/http://www.bashar.org/about.html|website=www.bashar.org|publisher=Bashar Communications, Inc.|accessdate=March 6, 2015}}</ref> Bashar supposed reasons for contact (or rather Anka's claim about Bashar's motives) is that:<ref>{{cite web|title=A message from bashar|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410212304/http://bashar.org/aboutMessageBashar.html|website=www.bashar.org|publisher=Bashar Communications, Inc.|accessdate=March 6, 2015|quote=We are interacting with you...}}</ref>

{{quotebox|We are interacting with you to share certain perspectives that may give you an opportunity to see within yourself more of what it is you contain, to know more about yourselves, to allow us to reflect to you certain ideas you may already know but, perhaps as a civilization, have forgotten about.}}

Anka has "revealed" Bashar's ''Five Laws of Creation'', which he claims are intended to assist humanity in recognizing its true nature and function:<ref>{{cite web|title=Bashar's Basic Principles|url=https://www.bashar.org/principles/|website=bashar.org|publisher=Bashar Communications, Inc.|accessdate=January 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bashar: The 5 Universal Laws|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuO0mjva9ls|website=youtube.com|publisher=YouTube, LLC|accessdate=January 5, 2024}}</ref>
{{quotebox|
# [[Descartes|You exist]]
# Everything is here and now
# The One is All, and the All are One.<ref>Was he watching ''The Three Musketeers'' on TV when he "channeled" this one?</ref>
# [[Karma|What you put out is what you get back]]
# Everything changes except the first 4 laws
}}

==Events==
Anka markets a series of "educational" events to the public focused on spreading the word of Bashar's messages. Ironically, one event scheduled to be held in Las Vegas was entitled "Going M.A.D. *Mass Agreement Dissociation" where, for $99 per person one could learn how to "go beyond the limitations of the mass consensus reality".<ref>[http://www.bashar.org/ Anka's "Going M.A.D." event - Las Vegas 2015]</ref>

==Career==
When not channeling space aliens, Anka has worked as a visual and special effects designer for such films as ''[[Star Trek]]: The Motion Picture'', ''I, Robot'', ''Pirates of the Caribbean'', ''Live Free or Die Hard'' and ''Iron Man''.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030138/ Darryl Anka on the Internet Movie Database]</ref>

He occasionally appears as a guest speaker in conferences about the paranormal. Anka appeared in the 2008 documentary, ''Tuning In'', alongside other notable channelers such as Lee Carroll.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1103276/ Tuning In], on the Internet Movie Database: "A feature-length documentary exploring, for the very first time and in a very down-to-earth fashion, the phenomenon of channeling"</ref>

Anka writes and directs his own works, such as a fictional documentary about the [[afterlife]] called ''Dearly Departed'', through his production company, Zia Films. Below is a selection of his work and media appearances up to 2015:
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| style="text-align:left"| ''The Nature of Existence (Documentary)''<ref>{{cite web|title=Credits|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331151450/http://thenatureofexistence.com/about/credits/|website=thenatureofexistence.com|publisher=Roger Nygard, Blink, Inc.|accessdate=March 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The nature of existence|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196672/?ref_=rvi_tt|website=imdb.com|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.|accessdate=March 7, 2015}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:left"| ''Metaphysia 2012 (Documentary)''<ref>{{cite web|title=Metaphysia|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1339558/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_3|website=imdb.com|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.|accessdate=March 7, 2015}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:left"| ''The Nature of Existence Companion Series (Documentary)''<ref>{{cite web|title=The nature of existence companion series|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1844077/?ref_=nm_flmg_slf_1|website=imdb.com|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.|accessdate=March 7, 2015}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:left"| ''Dearly Departed''<ref>{{cite web|title=Dearly departed|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2206844/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_2|website=imdb.com|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.|accessdate=March 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Dearly departed|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222033953/http://dearlydeparted.ziafilms.com/dd|website=dearlydeparted.ziafilms.com|publisher=ziafilms|accessdate=March 7, 2015}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:left"| ''First Contact''<ref>{{cite web|title=First contact|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3327640/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1|website=imdb.com|publisher=IMDb.com, Inc.|accessdate=March 7, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=First contact|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015060417/http://ziafilms.com/wp/a-road-less-traveled/|website=ziafilms.com|publisher=ziafilms|accessdate=March 7, 2015}}</ref>
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==In popular culture==

Indian progressive rock band Motherjane released a single, "Clay Play",<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-70NQaWvnFU</ref> in January 2015, based on Anka's character Bashar. Said drummer John Thomas:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/motherjane-is-back-with-a-new-lineup/article6779557.ece|title=Motherjane's New Voice|first=Meera|last=Suresh|date=19 January 2015|accessdate=4 May 2015}}</ref>
{{quotebox|Bashar is a collective and Anka channels info from the netherworld. I did research into this and found the discourse very inspiring. I shared the idea with vocalist Vivek Thomas who found it equally appealing. What we aim is to  pass on this fascinating source of wisdom called ‘channelled material’ to our people. Bashar teaches us to take life lightly. It says that, lighter the approach, more the chances of desired result. It is this idea that we relay through ‘Clay Play’.}}

==Books by Anka==
* ''The New Metaphysics'' by Darryl Anka (1987) California: Light & Sound Communications Inc. {{isbn|1-55626-000-8}}
* ''Bashar: Blueprint for Change: : A Message from Our Future'' by Darryl Anka (December 1990) New Solutions Pub. {{isbn|1-56284-113-0}}
* ''Beyond My Wildest Dreams: Diary of a UFO Abductee'' by Kim Carlsberg (Author), Darryl Anka (Illustrator) (1995) Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. {{isbn|1-87918-125-8}}
* ''Contact Cards: An Extraterrestrial Divination System'' by Darryl Anka (1996) Bear & Company. {{isbn|1-87918-132-0}}
* ''Quest for Truth: 100 Insights That Could Change Your Life'' by Darryl Anka and Steve Meyers (1st edition, December 1997) Nobul Press. {{isbn|0-9656078-1-X}}
* ''SHARDS OF A SHATTERED MIRROR BOOK I : CRYPTIC'' by Darryl Anka (September 28th 2017) {{isbn|978-1-947532-13-7}} (softcover); {{isbn|978-1-947532-14-4}} (ebook)
* ''The Masters of Limitation: An ET’s Observations of Earth'' by Darryl Anka  (May 25th 2020) {{isbn|978-1-951985-10-3}} (hardcover)
* ''Shards of a Shattered Mirror Book II: Nocturnal'' by Darryl Anka (July 10th 2020) {{isbn|978-1-951985-42-4}} (softcover); {{isbn|978-1-951985-43-1}} (ebook)

==External links==
*[http://www.bashar.org The official homepage of Bashar]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0030138/ Darryl Anka] on the Internet Movie Database

==References==
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