Hank Wesselman, PhD
Jill Kuykendall, RPT
Hank Wesselman, PhD
Anthropologist, Hank Wesselman, is one of those rare cutting-edge scientists who truly walks between two worlds. For much of the past 30 years, he has conducted research with an international team of scientists, exploring eastern Africa's Great Rift Valley in search of answers to the mystery of human origins. His trilogy: Spiritwalker, Medicinemaker, and Visionseeker are focused upon a series of visionary experiences that began spontaneously out in the bush of southern Ethiopia in the 1970s, intensified while living in Hawaii in the 1980s, and document his investigations into the shamanic worlds of magic, mystery, and meaning.
Jill Kuykendall, RPT
Jill Kuykendall RPT, physical therapist, transpersonal medical practitioner, shamanic teacher and specialist in soul retrieval work, and co-author of Spirit Medicine (with Hank Wesselman).
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Keynote: Reflections on a Hawaiian Kahuna Elder
Hank Wesselman
Sunday, January 21, 2007
Ballroom 2:00pm - 3:00pm
While living in Hawaii in the 1980s, anthropologist Hank Wesselman experienced a series of intense spontaneous visionary altered states that drew him into the hidden worlds of the Hawaiian kahuna wisdomkeepers and shamans. His widely-read autobiographical trilogy about these experiences (Spiritwalker, Medicinemaker and Visionseeker) brought him into council with a well-known Kahuna Nui with whom a deep friendship developed over an eight-year period, one that produced revelations about the nature of the self, reality, the spiritual worlds, as well as the destiny of humanity.
Goal: Drawing upon cross cultural knowledge to expand our understanding of the nature of reality and the nature of the self.
Learning Objectives:
• To acquire knowledge of an indigenous view of reality,
• To broaden the participant's worldview and perspective on the self, and
• To gain insights into how this information enhances the perspectives of
Western Psychology.
Spirit Medicine: Secrets of Shamanic Healing
- Hank Wesselman and Jill Kuykendall -
Sunday, January 21
Ballroom 3:30pm to 5:30pm
In the Western world today, interest in complimentary and alternative therapies is on the rise, and increasing numbers of healthcare practitioners and laypersons alike are discovering the ease with which the healing modalities developed by the indigenous shamans and medicine makers can be learned and practiced. This program examines the nature of health, illness and healing from the shamanic perspective, reviews the three classic causes of illness, the nature of illness intrusions and the four levels of healing.
Goal: To expand our understanding of the causes of illness and how this interfaces with time-tested, transpersonal healing modalities.
Learning Objectives:
- To more fully understand the indigenous perspective on the causes of illness
- To broaden understanding of the necessary precursors for healing to take place more effectively
- To experience an exercise in transpersonal medical protocol
Spirit Medicine Healing Ritual
- Hank Wesselman and Jill Kuyendall -
Sunday, January 21
Ballroom 8:00pm to 10:00pm
Gain valuable experience in the practice of spirit medicine through active participation in a transpersonal shamanic healing ritual. You are encouraged to bring a hand drum or rattle and ritual attire.
Goal: This evening ceremonial event will provide healthcare practitioners and non-medical professionals alike with active participation in a powerful healing ritual.
Leaning Objectives:
- To experience participation in a transpersonal healing ceremony
- To experience a non-local method for enhancing healing long-distance
- To experience conflict resolution and healing within the self.
Hank Wesselman, paleoanthropologist, researcher, shamanic teacher and healer, author, Spiritwalker, Medicinemaker, Visonseeker, Journey to the Sacred Garden and coauthor of Spirit Medicine.
Jill Kuykendall, RPT, physical therapist, transpersonal medicine practitioner, shamanic teacher, specialist in soul retrieval work, coauthor of Spirit Medicine.
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