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John
Mack, M.D., tells The Prophets
Conference “a story of one man's determination to bear witness to cosmic
mysteries with extraordinary implications for the human future…”
The profound, surprising and at times deeply spiritual impact these experiences
have had on their lives led Dr. Mack to realize that the Western world
needs a way to address intelligences and realities that are not clearly in the
objective or the subjective realms but seem to partake of both. In his books
Abduction
and Passport to the Cosmos, Dr. Mack suggests alien encounters
and other phenomena such as near-death experiences and 'past-life' recollections
are vehicles for recovering perennial wisdom. He places emphasis on spiritual
transformation as the nexus of the alien encounter experience, even likening it
to a shamanic expansion of consciousness. Dr. Mack won the 1977
Pulitzer Prize for A Prince of Our Disorder. Recommended reading:
Judith
Bluestone Polich
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Combining the attributes of alchemist, synthesizer and visionary Judith can best
be described as a “shift -shaper” helping to cogently define the parameters of
the new reality. She has traveled world-wide studying ancient sites with a
special interest in the ancient ruins of Meso-america and Peru. An early
apprentice of popular Toltec nagual, don Miguel Ruiz, she is one of first
Eagle Knights he initiated into the Toltec tradition. Also a
student of the ancient mysteries of the Inca mystical path, she is an initiate
of the fourth level of the Andean priesthood. Judith Bluestone Polich is
the author of award winning Return of the Children of Light—Incan and Mayan
Prophecies for a New World. Recommended reading:
John
Hagelin, Ph.D.
is a world-renowned quantum physicist,
educator, author, and public policy expert. Dr. Hagelin has conducted
pioneering research at CERN (the European Center for Particle
Physics) and SLAC (the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) and his scientific
contributions in the fields of particle physics and cosmology include some of
the most cited references in the physical sciences. He is co-developer of what
is now considered the leading contender for a grand unified field theory, known
as Supersymmetric Flipped SU(5). Dr. Hagelin is unique among particle
theorists in his dedicated efforts to apply the latest scientific understanding
of natural law for the benefit of the individual and society. In his book,
Manual for a Perfect Government, Dr. Hagelin shows how, through
educational programs that develop human consciousness, and through policies and
programs that effectively harness the laws of nature, it is possible to solve
acute social problems and enhance governmental effectiveness. Recommended reading:
Jonathan Goldman is a writer, musician and teacher. He is an authority on sound healing and a pioneer in the field of harmonics. Jonathan is the author of Healing Sounds: The Power Of Harmonics (Element Books), Shifting Frequencies (Light Technology) and The Lost Chord (Spirit Music). He has studied with masters of sound from both the scientific and spiritual traditions, including the Dalai Lama’s Chanting Gyuto and Gyume Monks and has been empowered by the Chant Master of the Drepung Loseling Monastery to teach Tibetan Overtone Chanting. Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Film Making from Boston University and a Master’s Degree in the Independent Study on Sound Healing from Lesley College. He is a lecturing member of the International Society for Music and Medicine.
Joseph Chilton Pearce is a world renowned thinker, author, and advocate of evolutionary child-rearing practices, who has expertise that spans a broad range of disciplines: psychology, anthropology, biology, and physics. He has been a seminal figure in the study of human consciousness and child development for over a quarter century, beginning with the publishing of his influential works, The Crack in the Cosmic Egg and Exploring the Crack in the Cosmic Egg. His greatest publishing success was with the national best seller, Magical Child, in which he delineated an exhaustive and visionary approach to child rearing, especially focused on support for the "non-violent" birthing approach revived by LeBoyer, Lamaze and Odent, and popularized by Sondra Ray. He has since written three other books, most recently, The Biology of Transcendence: A Blueprint of the Human Spirit, referring to the inherent potential which he claims lies dormant within all human beings - exploring how we can transcend our current cultural and societal crises.
Judith Orloff, M.D.
is accomplishing for
psychiatry what physicians like Larry Dossey and Dean Ornish have
done for mainstream medicine - she is proving that the links between physical
health, mental well-being, and spiritual connectedness cannot be ignored.
Affirming that intuition is the bond between these seemingly disparate areas of
our lives,
Dr. Orloff presents workshops and lectures at medical schools,
hospitals, alternative health-care forums, and mainstream and experimental
educational institutions - venues where she can offer hands-on, workable
intuitive tools to medical practitioners, patients, everyday people.
Transforming the face of psychiatry, Dr. Orloff, asserts that we are
keepers of an innate intuitive intelligence so perceptive that it can tell us
how to heal - and prevent - illness. Yet intuition and spirituality are the very
aspects of our wisdom usually disenfranchised from traditional health care. Recommended reading:
Krishna Das
met
Ram Dass in the winter of 1968, who had just returned from his first trip
to India. After living and traveling with Ram Dass in the U.S., and hearing Ram
Dass' many stories about Maharaj-ji, Krishna Das traveled to India, where
he was blessed to meet and stay with this extraordinary guru. While living in
India for almost three years, Krishna Das' heart was especially drawn to
the practice of Bhakti Yoga—the yoga of devotion. Fanning the flames of his
inner longing, Maharaj-ji led him deeper and deeper into the practice of
kirtan—chanting the Names of God. As an appointed pujari (priest) for the Durga
temple in Maharaj-ji's ashram in the foothills of the Himalayas, Krishna Das
immersed himself in the worship of the Divine Goddess. Over the years Krishna
Das has made numerous pilgrimages throughout India, meeting teachers and
saints of many spiritual traditions. He has studied Buddhist meditation
practices and has been initiated into Tibetan Buddhist practices by lamas from
various lineages. Krishna Das leads chanting and satsang. Sharing his
heart through music and chanting is the basis of Krishna Das' own spiritual
work. Recommended listening (Music CDs):
Laurie
Monroe, President and C.E.O. of The Monroe
Institute, is the daughter of the late Robert A. Monroe. A native of New
York City, she moved with her family to Richmond, Virginia in 1961. She
graduated from the Collegiate School in Richmond in 1969, and later attended the
University of Virginia at Charlottesville and the University of Richmond where
she majored in veterinary medicine and business respectively. Throughout the
years, Laurie has been involved with her father's achievements in developing the
evolutionary technology known as the Hemi-Sync® process. She grew
along with him and his consciousness expanding experiences since she was eight
years old. She was a part of the early years of research and development in New
York and Richmond. Being a part of all of this through the years has enabled
Laurie to utilize the knowledge gained from her father in her professional
life as well as in her personal growth. Laurie is dedicated to continuing
the work of her father; to maintaining a local parent organization and to
establishing a global network that facilitates the many benefits of the
Hemi-Sync technology being widely known and available. Laurie believes
that the primary benefit that the Hemi-Sync process brings to humankind is the
knowing that we are more than our physical body and that in this knowing, our
quality of life will be enriched here and beyond.
Recommended reading:
Matthew Fox a
post-modern theologian, has been an ordained priest since 1967. Fox is founder
and president of the new University of Creation Spirituality in Oakland,
California, and Editor in Chief of Original Blessing-A Creation
Spirituality Network Newsletter. In 1995 he was presented the Courage of
Conscience Award by the Peace Abbey of Sherborn, Mass. for his message of
ecological and social justice, mysticism and blessing. Other recipients of this
award include the Dalai Lama, Mother Theresa, Ernesto Cardenal,
and Rosa Parks. Recommended reading:
Michael
Harner, Ph.D., an anthropologist considered
by many to be the world's leading authority on shamanism, has practiced
shamanism and shamanic healing since 1961 and pioneered their return to
contemporary life. Founder of The Foundation for Shamanic Studies, a
non-profit educational organization, he has publicly taught shamanic methods
since the early 1970s. He has been a professor at Columbia, Yale, the University
of California at Berkeley, and at the Graduate Faculty of the New School for
Social Research in New York, he has done fieldwork in the Upper Amazon, western
North America, the Canadian Arctic, and Samiland (Lapland). Recommended reading:
Michael Lerner,
Ph.D. is editor of TIKKUN magazine,
rabbi of Beyt Tikkun Synagogue in San Francisco, and author of The Politics
of Meaning: Restoring Hope and Possibility in an Age of Cynicism and
Jewish renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation. He holds Ph.D.s
in philosophy and in psychology. Described by some as America's
pre-eminent Jewish intellectual, and by others as one of the most significant
spiritual innovators of our time,
Lerner was honored by Utne Reader as one of America's 100 most visionary
thinkers. He is currently working on a spiritual commentary on the
Torah and creating a network of spiritually oriented professionals from
all walks of life to implement the vision articulated in his most recent book
Spirit Matters. Recommended reading:
Michio Kaku,
Ph.D. is an internationally recognized
authority in theoretical physics and also the environment. He holds the Henry
Semat Professorship in Theoretical Physics at the City College and the Graduate
Center of the City University of New York. His goal is to help complete
Einstein's dream of a "theory of everything," a single
equation, perhaps no more than one inch long, which will unify all the
fundamental forces in the universe. He has lectured around the world and his
Ph.D. level textbooks are required reading at many of the top physics
laboratories. Dr. Kaku is the co-founder of
string field theory. Recommended reading:
Mikela & Philip Tarlow
have written Digital
Aboriginal, which represents the next step in our personal journey to
articulate the relevant trends affecting our culture and the key ways this will
affect how we live our lives and build our businesses. They have devoted
themselves to articulating a psychological futurism; a way of envisioning the
road ahead, that takes into account the creative potential of the individual.
The Tarlow's have worked with people from all walks of life to help them
envision the future in more powerful ways and then translate these visions into
action. Senior executives, sales and marketing teams, award winning
entertainers, business owners and entrepreneurs in almost every field have used
their material to generate ideas and build innovative business practices. Recommended reading:
Nicki Scully is an author and teacher in the fields of metaphysics, shamanism and healing. Her work combines energetic healing techniques with shamanistic principles to provide integrated and balanced healing and growth processes. Deities and totems assist in this transformative work. Nicki has been visiting Egypt since 1978, and utilizes her intimate connection with that pantheon to catalyze deep and profound experiences for those who study and travel with her. She currently gives lectures and seminars internationally, and specializes in spiritual tours to Peru, Egypt and other sacred power centers. Underlying her work is the pledge to help in the healing of Mother Earth through recognition and honoring of All Our Relations. Nicki strives to fulfill her commitment by assisting others to recognize their inherent wisdom and power.
C. Norman Shealy, M.D. is the founder of the American Holistic Medicine Association and a world-renowned neurosurgeon. He is director of the Shealy Institute in Springfield, Missouri, a center for comprehensive health care and pain and stress management. His seminars and workshops are given worldwide, and attended by physicians and laypersons alike. He has acted as consultant to leaders in every specialty, including the personal physicians of President's Kennedy and Eisenhower. He has written many books including Sacred Healing, Miracles Do Happen, The Self-Healing Workbook and The Creation of Health with Caroline Myss.
Oriah Mountain Dreamer received her name, which means one who finds and pushes the edge, from the inter-tribal elders with whom she has apprenticed for fifteen years. Since 1984 she has facilitated workshops and wilderness retreats, and evenings of poetry, storytelling, and meditation. Blending ruthless honesty, humor, insight and compassion for our human struggle, Oriah seeks to inspire and challenge herself and others to live life fully. In 1994 Oriah wrote a prose poem entitled "The Invitation" which was unexpectedly copied and shared by thousands around the world through bulletin boards, the Internet and readings at weddings, funerals, spiritual gatherings, and workshops. The book, The Invitation, published in 1999, expands upon the thoughts, feelings and insights of the original piece, exploring what it is we all "ache" for at the deepest level of our being.
Paul Devereux. Since 1979, Paul
Devereux has written, or has been engaged upon writing, almost 20 books,
many dealing with geomancy or Earth mysteries, making him an authority on the
power places of the ancient British Isles. He has made
archaeological discoveries and has
produced popular works and peer-reviewed papers in academic publications.
Devereux is a founder and the director of the Dragon Project
Trust, a research effort studying unusual aspects of prehistoric sacred
sites, and is involved in a range of multi-disciplinary work, centered on
archaeological concerns and consciousness studies. Recommended reading:
Paul
H. Ray, Ph.D.
is a founding partner in a new consulting firm, Integral Partnerships, LLC,
designed to help those organizations whose constituencies or customers are
Cultural Creatives to be more successful, by aligning their internal activities
and values with the values and needs of their constituencies or customers. He
has surveyed and classified well over 100,000 Americans in the past thirteen
years, showing how the subcultures of values permeate all aspects of American
life. During the time of the research reported in the book, he was Executive
Vice President of American LIVES, Inc., a market research and opinion polling
firm specializing in surveys and focus groups based on the Lifestyles,
Interests, Values, Expectations and Symbols of Americans. The research projects
that led to discovery of the Cultural Creatives include studies of the effects
of values on consumer choices and preferences of Americans in housing, cars,
food, recreation, vacation travel, finances, health, political causes (e.g.,
environment), media use, and altruism; and he also leads studies of innovation
by consumers and business.
Recommended reading:
Sherry Ruth Anderson, Ph.D., is a
psychologist in private practice in San Rafael, CA. and co-author of the
best-selling The Feminine Face of God: The Unfolding of the Sacred in Women
and The Cultural Creatives with Paul Ray. She is also a founding
partner in a new consulting firm, Integral Partnerships, LLC. She received
her B.A., cum laude from Goucher College and Ph.D. in psychology from the
University of Toronto. She went on to chair the Department of Psychological
Research at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry from 1975-1982 and was Associate
Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto Medical School. During that
time she was a consultant to the Medical Research Council of Canada and the
National Institutes of Mental Health in the United States. From 1977-84,
she studied Zen Buddhism and served as Head Dharma Teacher at the Ontario Zen
Center.
Recommended reading:
Peter Russell is a fellow of the Institute of Noetic Sciences, of The World Business Academy and of The Findhorn Foundation, and an Honorary Member of The Club of Budapest. As a student, he studied mathematics and theoretical physics. Then, as he became increasingly fascinated by the mysteries of the human mind he changed to experimental psychology. Pursuing this interest, he traveled to India to study meditation and eastern philosophy, and on his return to the UK and took up the first research post ever offered in Britain on the psychology of meditation. He also has a post-graduate degree in computer science, and conducted there some of the early work on 3-dimensional displays, presaging by some twenty years the advent of virtual reality. His principal interest is the deeper, spiritual significance of the times we are passing through. He has written several books in this area -- The TM Technique, The Upanishads, The Brain Book, The Global Brain Awakens, The Creative Manager, The Consciousness Revolution, Waking Up in Time, and From Science to God.
Pir
Vilayat Inayat Khan
is a senior statesman of the world spiritual
community. He is the author of several well-known books, the most recent
of which is Awakening: A Sufi Experience, published last year by
Tarcher Putnam. He is the head of the Sufi Order International, which offers
a universal approach to spiritual development. During his lectures, seminars and
retreats, Pir Vilayat introduces an ancient stream of wisdom - present in
all religions and humanistic philosophies - into the global awakening happening
in our time. Through the depth of his knowledge and the power of his presence,
Pir Vilayat leads his audiences to the experience of “Awakening to the
Divinity within.” Recommended reading:
Ralph Metzner, Ph.D., holds a
doctorate in clinical psychology from Harvard University where he has also been
a postdoctoral fellow in psychopharmacology. He has been exploring states
of consciousness and transformational practices for over thirty years, ever
since he helped found the Harvard Psilocybin Project in 1960. He is a
psychotherapist and professor at the California Institute of Integral Studies,
where he teaches courses on ecopsychology and ecological
worldviews. He is co-founder and president of the Green Earth Foundation, an
educational organization devoted to the healing and harmonizing of the relations
between humanity and the Earth. Metzner is among the pioneers in
broadening psychological theory to include the world that lies beyond our social
connections. His "green psychology" gracefully brings the fullness of the
natural environment into the theory and practice of psychotherapy. He has
taken us beyond the city limits of conventional psychology to see our deep
emotional connection to the planet at large, and he deserves to take his place
among the major figures in modern psychological thought. Recommended reading:
Ram Dass has led the life of seeker and traveler, teacher and social activist for 45 years. The quality of his conscious-ness is legendary, not only for the words spoken, but because of the spell that is somehow invoked in his company. Ram Dass is well known for his experimentation with LSD and his anthem book of the late ’60s “Be Here Now”. But his life works include much more than these. Early on he created the Prison Ashram Project, introducing deep spiritual work in prison. To the taboo surrounding death & dying in this culture, he responded with the Dying Project, introducing dying people to other planes of consciousness. Noticing the need to combine social action with spiritual motive, Ram Dass co-created the Seva Foundation, working with doctors and activists in India, Nepal, Guatemala and here in the US. He has worked with business people in the Social Venture Net-work, and with Creating Our Future, a spiritually questing organization for teenagers, among many other causes. The common theme in all of these projects has been the application of spiritual principles to social realities.
Riane Eisler is best known for her international bestseller The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Future, hailed by novelist Isabel Allende as "one of those magnificent key books that can transform us" and by anthropologist Ashley Montagu as "the most important book since Darwin's Origin of Species." Eisler was recently honored as the only woman among twenty great thinkers including Vico, Hegel, Spengler, Adam Smith, Marx, and Toynbee featured in Macrohistory and Macrohistorians, in recognition of the lasting importance of her work. This modern Renaissance woman is increasingly recognized as one of the most original thinkers of our time.
Robert
A. F. Thurman,
Ph.D.,
named as one of Time Magazine's 25 Most
Influential People of 1997, has been a college professor and writer for 30
years, and holds the first endowed chair in Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies in
America (Jey Tsong Khapa Chair, Columbia University). He is the co-founder
and president of the non-profit organization, Tibet House New York.
He was the first Western Tibetan monk, a student for over 35 years and a friend
of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He is the author of several books,
including Inner Revolution and Essential Tibetan Buddhism and is acknowledged as
a key figure in American Buddhism. Thurman lives in New York City
with his wife, Nena, who is managing director of Tibet House New York. Thurman
also is the father of five children including actress Uma Thurman. Recommended reading:
Robert Venosa.
The Fantastic Realism art of Robert Venosa has been exhibited worldwide
and is represented in major collections, including those of noted museums, rock
stars and European aristocracy. In addition to painting, sculpting and film
design (pre-sketches and conceptual design for the movie Dune, and Fire in the
Sky for Paramount Pictures, and the upcoming Race for Atlantis for IMAX), he has
recently added computer art to his creative menu. His work has been the subject
of three books, as well as being featured in numerous publications - most
notably OMNI magazine - and on a number of CD covers, including those of
Santana and Kitaro. New York City born, Venosa was transported
into the world of fine art in the late 60's after having experimented with
psychedelics and having seen the work of the Fantastic Realists - Ernst Fuchs
and Mati Klarwein in particular - both of whom he eventually met and
studied under.
Venosa moved to Europe in the early 70's settling in the celebrated
Mediterranean village of Cadaques in Spain, where he enjoyed the honorable and
mighty pleasure of getting to know and hang with neighbor Salvador Dali,
as well as the numerous notables in the world of art and literature who
gravitated to that magic locale. Much of Venosa's work and attendant
exploits have been published in his book, Noospheres. Presently
Venosa
maintains studios in both Boulder, Colorado, and Cadaques, Spain. He also
devotes a few weeks each year giving workshops at such institutes as Naropa in
Boulder, Skyros Institute on the island of Skyros in Greece, and Esalen at Big
Sur, California. Recommended reading:
Martina Hoffmann,
as a painter and sculptor, intersperses her life of creating art with giving
painting technique workshops with Robert Venosa at such institutes as The
Skyros Institute on the island of Skyros in Greece, Esalen Institute in Big Sur,
California and the CIIS (California Institute of Integral Studies), as well as
private workshops in Boulder, Colorado and on the Big Island in
Hawaii. Martina is also a
Reiki-master, studies western herbalism and is continuously trying to broaden
her understanding of how the universal energy moves in, through and around us.
Hoffmann's work has been exhibited internationally as well as being
published in books, calendars and magazines such as Illuminatus, Drinking
Lightning, One Source, Sacred Journeys, The Return Of The Great Goddess,
Celebrating Women's Spirituality, Magical Blend, Expose and Nexus.
Ross Heaven
is an author, healer, shamanic practitioner and one of the world's
first fully initiated white priests of Vodou, the shamanic spiritual tradition
of Haiti. Complementing his shamanic work, Ross
has trained in psychology, Imagework (with The Skyros Institute), reiki,
reflexology, crystal healing, feng shui, and aromatherapy, and is recognised as
a powerfully effective healer. His first two books - The Journey To You
and Spirit in the City - were met with great acclaim:
Recommended reading:
Russell
Targ is a physicist and author who was a
pioneer in the development of the laser and laser applications, and co-founder
of the Stanford Research Institute's investigation into psychic abilities in the
1970s and 1980s. Last year
Targ retired from Lockheed Martin as a senior staff scientist, where he
developed airborne laser systems for the detection of wind shear. He now
pursues ESP research at Interval Research Corporation, in Palo Alto, California.
Russell Targ and Dr. Harold Puthoff were co-founders of the
once-secret Stanford Research Institute
Remote Viewing Program, which began
in 1972. Their research goal was to learn to understand psychic abilities,
and to use psychic perception to gather information about the Soviet Union
during the Cold War. In 1984 Targ facilitated a successful
10,000-mile, Moscow to San Francisco remote viewing with famed Russian healer
Djuna Davidashvili. Targ observed that the in-flow of
information that is the hallmark of remote viewing, and the out-flow of
intention that plays a part in facilitating distant healing are on either side
of the quiet mind and the stillness that can arise between these two.
Recommended reading:
Salle Merrill Redfield is the author of the bestsellers Creating A Life Of Joy and The Joy of Meditating. Salle Redfield lectures internationally on creating a joyful, purpose-filled life.
Recommended reading:
Sandra Ingerman
is the author of Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented
Self (Harper San Francisco 1991), Welcome Home: Following Your Soul’s
Journey Home, (Harper San Francisco 1994),
A Fall to Grace, Moon Tree Rising Productions 1997, and Medicine for
the Earth, (Three Rivers Press 2001). She has also recorded a two tape three
hour lecture “The Soul Retrieval Journey” (Sounds True 1997). Sandra
has an MA in Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral
Studies. She teaches workshops on shamanism around the world and was formerly
the Educational Director of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies directed by
Michael Harner. Sandra is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
and Professional Mental Health Counselor in the state of New Mexico. Recommended reading:
Serge Kahili King, Ph.D. was fourteen when he was initiated into the path of Hawaiian shamanism by his father. At seventeen he was adopted as the grandson of Joseph Kahili of Kauai, a "kupua" or shaman of the Hawaiian tradition. In addition to his years of training with the Kahili family, Dr. King spent seven years in West Africa being trained in African shamanic traditions, and has made in-depth studies of the Maya and other such traditions around the world. Today he teaches people how to use shamanic healing techniques and uses his knowledge to help others discover their own creative power.
Stanislav
Grof, M.D. is a psychiatrist with
nearly forty years of experience researching non-ordinary states of
consciousness. He received his scientific training in his native Prague,
leading to many prestigious positions, including fourteen years as
Scholar-in-Residence at the Esalen Institute. He is one of the founders
and chief theoreticians of transpersonal psychology and a founder of the
International Transpersonal Association. He has published many
articles and books, receiving high praise from such respected authorities as
Joseph Campbell, Ken Wilber, and Huston Smith. Having
attracted worldwide attention, his work has taken psychology into realms so
radically new and far-reaching they challenge our understanding of the laws of
nature and physics. Recommended reading:
Sri Swami Satchidananda† is the
founder of the worldwide Integral Yoga Institutes. An esteemed Yoga master, and
spiritual leader, Sri Swamiji
is regarded by many as an apostle of peace. He is often affectionately referred
to as the “Woodstock Guru,” because he inaugurated the famed Woodstock Festival
and went on to introduce an entire generation of young people to the benefits of
Yoga. The practices and principles of his Integral Yoga are at the
foundation of Dr. Dean Ornish’s landmark work in reversing heart disease
and Dr. Michael Lerner’s noted Commonweal Cancer Help program.
Recommended reading:
Terence McKenna
†, the late
author and explorer, spent the last twenty-five years of his life in the study
of the ontological foundations of shamanism and the ethno-pharmacology of
spiritual transformation. He traveled extensively in the Asian and New World
Tropics, becoming specialized in the shamanism and ethno-medicine of the Amazon
Basin. His interests included multimedia modeling of historical processes using
Novelty Theory, a branch of fractal dynamics invented by McKenna. Recommended reading:
Thom
Hartmann
is an award-winning best-selling author, international lecturer, teacher, and
psychotherapist. His books have been written about in Time magazine, and he has
appeared on the front page of The Wall Street Journal, and on numerous radio and
TV shows including "All Things Considered," CNN, and BBC. A former
journalist, international relief worker, and the executive director of a
residential treatment facility for abused children, he now lives in Vermont
where he is a guest faculty member at Goddard College and fulltime writer.
Thom’s most current book is "UNEQUAL PROTECTION: The Rise of Corporate
Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights." Recommended reading:
Tom Robbins
might be called a confectioner of prose. He can take the most mundane concepts
- sheets of rain coloring winter, a leftover building from the world's fair,
ruddy beets freckled with soil - and with his own brand of verbal alchemy make
them into rich, sweet treasures. Robbin's is known for his offbeat
plots and inventive style. His prose is funny, wise, provocative, erotic,
lyrical and a little on the wild side. His books include: Another
Roadside Attraction, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, Still Life
with Woodpecker, Jitterbug Perfume,
Skinny Legs and All and Half Asleep In Frog Pajamas - highly
original novels that have left their mark on our culture. Robbin's
characters speak through him expressing profound prophecy.
Zecharia
Sitchin, whose work challenges everything
we thought we knew about human civilization, is considered by many to be the
greatest historian of all time. Sitchin is one of a small number of
orientalists who can read the Sumerian clay tablets which trace Earth's and
human events to the earliest times. He has a profound knowledge of modern and
ancient Hebrew and of other Semitic and European languages, the Old Testament
and the history and archaeology of the Near East. Sitchin lifts the veil
that has separated humanity's fate from its destiny. He dares to reveal
the nature of Prophecy in the Old and New Testaments and the secret code that
links Mankind to the stars. Recommended reading:
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