Painting by Pablo AmaringoGuest List
Dr. John Alexander
Dr. John Alexander has been an active Society for Scientific Exploration (SSE) member for over two decades.
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander has been researching the mysticism of Catholic Saints for over 20 years.
Pablo Amaringo
A severe heart illness--and the magical treatment of this via ayahuasca--led Pablo toward the life of a shaman, and he eventually became a powerful curandero.
Ananda
Ananda is an international lecturer, teacher and researcher, who is growing in the reputation of being a Visionary Scientist.
Lennon Boardman
Lennon Boardman is a healing facilitator who lives on the Central Coast of California.
Michael Caden
I have come to realise that everything is part of a shamanistic continuum, more available in special areas like Peru, but still recognisable in...
Howard Charing
Howard G. Charing is an international workshop leader on shamanism. He has organised specialist retreats to the Amazon Rainforest since the late 90’s.
Frank Echenhofer
Frank Echenhofer received his Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Temple University in 1985.
Peter Gorman
Mr. Gorman is a former recipient of a Blue Mountain Fellowship in investigative journalism and a grant from Conservation International to do a study of indigenous peoples on the Napo River.
Michael Caden
I have come to realise that everything is part of a shamanistic continuum, more available in special areas like Peru, but still recognisable in...
Dr. Richard Grossman
Since the age of 16, Dr. Grossman has been deeply involved in healing, growth and spiritual growth.
David Hewson
The artwork of David Hewson combines the classical painting techniques of the Old Masters with traditional methods of water gilding in gold and other precious metals.
Martina Hoffman
German-born artist, Martina Hoffmann, spent her childhood in Germany as well as Cameroon, West Africa.
Jan Kounen
Jan was a student at the Arts Décoratifs in Nice, France, (E.P.I.A.R.). He learned cinema, animation and pixillation and passed his diploma in 1988...
Leslie Kubin
Leslie currently has a practice with quantum biofeedback therapy, massage therapy and myofascial release in Central California.
Dr. Dennis Mckenna
Dennis McKenna has for the last twenty-five years pursued the interdisciplinary study of ethnopharmacology and psychointegrator plants.
Tom McKinnon
Tom McKinnon is an established visual artist who has exhibited multi-media performance works at major venues nationally and internationally.
Dr. Jorge Gonzales Ramirez
Nació en la ciudad de Cajamarca, (1944). Su Jardín de Infancia es recuerdo gigante por el amor que tuvo en su Profesora.
Ronald Rivera
Ronald is dedicated to the essential shamanism, and he is active broadcaster and promoter of Sessions and Shops with the Master Plant of Ayahuasca.
Alan Shoemaker
Alan Shoemaker left the United States fifteen years ago in order to learn Shamanic healing techniques.
Robert Venosa
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.
Jimmy Weiskopf
Jimmy Weiskopf is a New York-born writer and translator who has lived in Colombia full-time since 1977 and is a leading investigator of its indigenous use of yajé (ayahuasca).
Dennis Wier
Dennis R. Wier is the Executive Director of the Trance Research Foundation.Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander has been researching the mysticism of Catholic Saints for over 20 years. She is writing a book titled “Holy Eroticism: The Erotic Life of Saints.” Her research has led her to examine the similarities between the mystical experiences of medieval saints to ayahuasca. In this talk, taken from her article that was published in the November 2007 issue of “The Anomalist,” she will discuss the various methods mystics used to enter visionary states and how it relates to Westerner’s quest for such experiences using ayahuasca as the agent for revelation.
Victoria Alexander lives in Las Vegas, Nevada with her husband, Dr. John Alexander, and writes film reviews for several film websites. A complete list of Victoria's movie reviews can be found on the influential film site Rottentomatoes.com. Victoria is a founding member of the Las Vegas Film Critics Society.
Victoria's column, THE DEVIL'S HAMMER, appears every Monday on FromTheBalcony.com and LasVegasRoundTheClock.com.
Victoria’s breakthrough research, “The Alexander UFO Religious Crisis Survey,” (1995) a survey of 1000 theologians on the impact of UFO’s on religion, was funded by the Bigelow Foundation and is available on The National Institute for Discovery Science website.
A Sufi initiated by Pir Vilayat Khan when 16 years old, Victoria also spent a year at the Bihar School of Yoga in Bihar, Munger, India studying Kriya Yoga with Swami Satyananda Saraswati. Victoria and John travel all over the world as Victoria studies, investigates, and when possible, participates, in non-traditional spiritual realms including spirit possession, Candomble, Umbanda, Spiritism, Hinduism, and Tibetan Buddhism. Victoria’s email address is kwanitaka@aol.com .
