Confirmed Speakers

Alberto Villoldo, PhD

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founder, The Four Winds Society, medical anthropologist, author, Shaman, Healer, Sage; Dance of the Four Winds and Island of the Sun

Pre-Conference All-Day Retreat: Introduction to Healing the Luminous Body

Keynote: Courageous Dreaming Workshop: The Shaman’s Way of Healing

Workshop: The Shaman's Way of Healing

Ohki Simine Forest

vision-holder and spiritual teacher of Canadian Mohawk descent, initiated by Mayan, Mongolian and Canadian shamans, teacher of a unified practice of ancient Native Medicine Wheel ways for over 25 years including guided meditations, journeys, drumming, breathing and movement practices

Keynote: 21st Century Shamanism: The Native Dream and Power of Earth

Workshop: STAR BUFFALO: Creating Shared Abundance for Our Times

David Cumes, MD

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author, The Spirit of Healing, Inner Passage and Africa in My Bones, born and raised in South Africa, exploring ancient African wisdom on healing, initiated as an African shaman (sangoma or inyanga) and their divining techniques, powerful rituals and plant medicines, researching altered states of consciousness induced by drumming and the diagnostic power of the "bones"

Workshop: Shaman and the Dream Time

Jorge Luis Delgado

trained by Kallawayas shamans in the lineage of the Amautas (the Wise Ones of the Andes), also trained with the Q’ero Elders, who are considered the last remaining descendents of the Incas, re-discoverer of Aramu Muru Doorway, an inter-dimensional portal near Lake Titicaca, founding member Brotherhood of the Solar Disc

Workshop: The Return to Joy

Sandra Ingerman, MA

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world-renowned teacher of shamanism, licensed therapist, author of Soul Retrieval; Welcome Home; A Fall to Grace; Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins; Shamanic Journeying: A Beginner’s Guide, and How To Heal Toxic Thoughts

Workshop: Shamanism As A Way Of Life

Stanley Krippner, PhD

scholar in the field of parapsychology and consciousness studies, director, Center for Consciousness Studies, past president, Association for Humanistic Psychology, past president, Parapsychological Association, coauthor, Healing States; The Realms of Healing; Spiritual Dimensions of Healing: From Tribal Shamanism to Contemporary Health; Becoming Psychic: Spiritual Lessons for Focusing Your Hidden Abilities; Extraordinary Dreams and How to Work with Them; The Mythic Path; Dreamworking: How to Use Your Dreams for Creative Problem-Solving; Future Science: Life Energies and the Physics of Paranormal Phenomena, editor, Dreamtime and Dreamwork: Decoding the Language of the Night and Dreamscaping: New Techniques for Understanding Yourself and Others

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Kristin Madden

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healer, deathwalker, author, The Book of Shamanic Healing, Shamanic Guide to Death and Dying, Magick, Mystery, and Medicine and other titles; Dean, Ardantane's School of Shamanic Studies, member Druid College of Healing, tutor, Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, Certified Wildlife Rehabilitator, Certified Hypnotherapist

Workshop: Animal Allies: Magic, Mystery and Medicine

Medicine Story

(Manitonquat) Wampanoag elder, author, Ending Violent Crime, The Circle Way, The Children of the Morning Light and Return to Creation: A Survival Manual for Native and Natural People, ceremonial leader, editor, Heritage, Native liberation journal

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Tina de Souza

Ialorixa Brazilian Priestess of Umbanda, clinical psychotherapist, founder, Meta- Psychotherapy Process (integrates western psychotherapy with Afro-Brazilian energetic techniques), trance medium, healer

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Evening Event:

Ernesto Ortiz

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Ernesto Ortiz, Trance Dance facilitator, founder Journey To The Heart, began training at a very early age with Curanderos and Shamans in his native Mexico, creator of D.R.E.A.M Catcher (a structure used for healing that uses Sacred Geometry and Vibroacoustics), author, Mastering the Art of Relationship, Raw Emotions: Journey With the Beloved, and others

Workshop: Trance Dance and Tantric Shamanism

Evening Performance: Trance Dance: An Evening of Sacred Connection Through Primal Rhythms and Movement

Kahuna Harry Uhane Jim

healer, teacher, author, Wise Secrets of Aloha, from authentic Hawaiian lineage of traditional healers

Deborah Davis, LAc

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author, Women’s Qigong for Health and Longevity, producer, instructional DVD, The Spirit of Qi Gong: Chinese Exercises for Longevity

Morning Classes Each Day: Qigong for Health and Longevity

Raven Hicks

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Morning Classes Each Day: Fit Body - Fit Mind

Philip H. Farber

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Workshop: Gods, Demons and Imaginary Friends (Whether You Believe in Them or Not)