60 readings in 60 days at launch
After a yoga teacher shared Lee Harris's channeling offer to her 300-person newsletter, he completed 60 readings in 60 days and the work kept growing.
Snapshot · The Hidden Third
Lee Harris Claims to Channel Aliens. Why Do Millions Believe Him?
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Jun 3, 2026
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Going Public: From Leaflets to 2 Million Monthly
At 32:44 · chapter starts 28:55
The first reading Lee ever gave wasn't planned. At Glastonbury Festival, volunteering for Greenpeace, he took a friend's hand and a stream of information about that person began pouring through. It was, Lee says, his 'permission slip' — the same function tarot cards served for him years earlier. From there, yoga teacher Anaya Sophia heard him casually offering intuitive guidance at a coffee, was moved by what she received, and offered to email his services to her 300-person newsletter. He agreed, terrified. He hadn't thought anyone would come. On a donation basis, he wrote 2,000-word responses to three-question emails — and 60 readings in 60 days later, the work had taken on a life of its own. [1] — Lee Harris "60 readings in 60 days at launch: After a yoga teacher shared Lee Harris's channeling offer to her 300-person newsletter, he completed 60 r…" 32:44 From 2004, when he was handing out leaflets, to now, when his monthly energy updates draw between 350,000 and 500,000 YouTube views per month, it has taken 22 years. He started the energy updates in 2012; his first got 14,000 views, which felt like a lot.
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