North Syrian Bird Goddess, ca. 3rd Millennium BC:

Bird-Headed Beings, Burma (Myanmar), Pegu; dated 1479:

Ceramic Bird-Headed figure whistle, 8th-9th century, Vera Cruz, Mexico:

Mesopotamian (Assyrian), Winged Bird-Headed Divinity, 9th century B.C.:

     For most people it might be a difficult idea to grasp that such a being can exist. Luckily, in the last decades we have seen a surge of information about extraterrestrials that look very different than humans. The universe teems with intelligent life and it developed in many different ways. We, humans are just one of the many intelligent life forms.

     Many mythologies know bird-like humanoid beings. I can't go into this, but you can see some of them in the pictures displayed on this page.

     Bird-like beings or bird-headed beings also appear in dreams and hallucinogenic visions. I found an interesting reference to intelligent bird-like beings from a regression into a past life. I don't remember from what book (it was in Dutch, and I have only a copy of the relevant page). Here is the account:" Although I haven't had any clients who saw themselves as animals (in past lives), several people had an identification with the realm of birds, even as far as them having feathers and wings. These birdlike beings didn't give the impression to be mentally inferior, they rather were much more sensitive and esthetically more developed than their contemporaries. Many of the bird-people had the impression that they were in Atlantis. The following notes from a regression therapy by Michael Matthews give an example:

     "I am in Atlantis. The buildings are burning, they are all burning. Things melt and spiral up in black masses that look a lot like burning plastic. What did they do?

     "We were so unfriendly towards our own people. My eyes are full of tears because of the unfriendliness that was here. I don't feel personally guilty, but I feel compassion with those who must suffer, even if they have done this to themselves. I seem to be another kind of being. Yes, this is one of my first incarnations. I came here to learn about humans. To help them. I am so much wiser then they are. It is difficult to transfer the kind of knowledge that I have. With a glance I perceive their entire personality and their entire being. By just looking at them I have total knowledge and understanding of the state they are in and their entire past. They are feeling so superior , but at the same time they behave like children. I known where they come from even before they have opened their mouth.

     "I serve them, but I don't know why I continue with this as they are so foolish. I live in a temple and fulfill humble tasks for the humans. I have such a compassion for them. I look like an owl. I can feel my wings and feathers. I have pure white feathers and I am as tall as a little man. My eyes are very big and very dark.

     "No, this is not an imagination. I am not a man in an owl suit, I am a real owl. I am so big that I cannot fly. I give myself freely in service. But it makes the people even more arrogant. My heart is too soft."