Editing Mark-Age (section)

=== Hierarchical Board ===
The beliefs of Mark-Age involved a "communication plan" for the transition to the [[Age of Aquarius]].{{sfn|Lewis|1998|p=331}} Mark-Age believes itself to be a contact point with the "higher beings" of the "Hierarchical Board" (also spelled Hierarchal Board; effectively the Theosophical [[ascended master]] figures){{sfn|Lewis|1995|p=29}} which have spiritually governed the [[Solar System]] since the beginning of the "transition" from the Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius (the 1960s). Members would [[Channeling (New Age)|channel]] from these beings, supposedly distributing them through [[telepathy]] and [[automatic writing]].{{sfn|Lewis|1998|p=331}}{{sfn|Melton|1987|p=563}}

They claimed to be "commissioned by the Hierarchal Board to implant a prototype of spiritual government on Earth, the I Am Nation. The I Am Nation is a government of, for and by the I Am Selves of all people on Earth [...] It is not a political government, but is a spiritual congregation of all souls who seek to serve God, first and foremost, and the I Am Selves of all people on Earth."{{sfn|Clark|2000|p=119}} While initially done by many members, Nada-Yolanda became the main figure later on and did most of the channeling, seen as a telepathic [[Mediumship|medium]].{{sfn|Clark|2000|p=119}}{{sfn|Melton|1987|p=563}}{{sfn|Lewis|1995|p=29}}