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.Dr. Richard Grossman
Dr. Richard Grossman’s fascination with healing started quite early in his life. The son of a pharmacist, he grew up surrounded by doctors and spent summers and weekends in his father’s pharmacy. In those days, pharmacists still compounded medicines, and Richard was always intrigued by that process.
Growing up in the medical world had its downside, however, as every illness and complaint was thoroughly medicated. As a result, by the time he reached his teens, he was overweight and unhealthy, with digestive problems that medical science could not resolve.
His spiritual search also started early. The young Richard was a seeker, reading writers like Carlos Castaneda, Ram Das, Yogananda and others; looking for God and meaning; asking questions that adults couldn’t or wouldn’t answer. By the age of 15, he had concluded that the only reason to be alive was to help others out of their suffering. The how was not yet clear. But he was searching for himself in deep, core ways and thought that if he could connect with the growing Hippie movement, someone there might have something to teach him. So the day after he graduated from high school, at 16, he hitchhiked from Los Angeles to Berkeley, where he joined an anti-war commune and became a vegetarian.
Unfortunately, the early idealism of the vegetarian community was no better for his health than the medical community. He fasted and lived mostly on peanut butter, honey and raw vegetables. Without grounding in diet or nutrition, he went from slightly overweight to dangerously underweight, and his health continued to deteriorate. It was only when he moved to Oregon, a year and a half later, that something changed.
That something came in the guise of an 86-year-old woman trained in Native American healing. By this time, Richard was thin, weak and getting weaker. He had nearly been hospitalized in Portland, but had no money or medical insurance. This healer took him in, introduced him to raw and cooked foods, goat’s milk yogurt, wild-crafted herbs, massage, the healing power of nature and prayer, and, as he tells it, brought him back from death’s door. This non-medical model for healing was a pivotal moment for his health and his life path.
Richard’s spiritual journey took him next to India. There, on the banks of the Ganges, he studied meditation and the deep connection between body, mind and spirit. He began to understand that, without a spiritual component, you might practice medicine, but you couldn’t practice healing. And it was the healing path that called him. He was just 18 years old.
Over the next 10 years, Richard explored various forms of spiritual teachings and healing arts. He studied Asian philosophy, martial arts, massage, macrobiotics, juice fasting, yoga, aikido and herbal medicines. And he felt the growing call to dedicate his life to healing and health, or, in the words of his 15-year-old self, to help others out of their suffering.
That call was answered in 1979, when he enrolled in the program of Oriental Medicine at the California Acupuncture College in Los Angeles. Three years later, he was one of three students from his school to attend a post-graduate acupuncture training in Beijing, in the Peoples Republic of China, sponsored by the World Health Organization. Upon his return, he began a thriving private practice and continued his studies, earning a Masters in Acupuncture, a Doctor of Oriental Medicine degree, a Ph.D. in Oriental Medicine, a Diplomat in Acupuncture, a Diplomat of Pain Management, and a Diplomat in Acupuncture Orthopedics.
Fifteen years ago, his lifelong interest in healing and spirit merged again, joined, this time, by the power of sound and music. The result was soundJourney.
In the summer of 2005, Richard was invited to give a presentation on sound healing at an international conference on Indigenous Healing in Iquitos, Peru. His travels to Ecuador and Peru allowed him to begin a life-long dream of studying with indigenous shamans in their native lands, which further deepened his work with healing sounds.
Richard currently lives in the beautiful Santa Monica Mountains. He continues his private medical practice in addition to his performance and recording schedule.
For more information please visit
www.soundjourney.com
www.heartfeather.com
www.acudoc.com
