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.Martina Hoffman
Martina Hoffman was born in Germany, grew up in Cameroon, West Africa, and completed her formal education in Germany were she majored in art with professor Kiefer (father of Anselm Kiefer) and studied sculpting at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt. Since that time, she has worked professionally as a painter and sculptor.
For the past eight years, Hoffmann has taught painting workshops with her husband, Robert Venosa at Esalen in Big Sur/California; the California Institute of Integral Studies; the Skyros Institute on the island of Skyros/Greece; the Skyros Institute in Tobago; the Santa Reparata School Of Art in Florence/Italy; on the Big Island in Hawaii; as well as in Cadaques/Spain, and Boulder/Colorado. Hoffmann's paintings are directly inspired by the realms of the imagination, dreams, the unconscious, and the superconscious. "Bringing back these images is about communication. The painting becomes the otherworldly blueprint from which we can translate into human context. The message is simple: 'If we allow it, there is no limit to form and content.' This holds the potential for us to be able to create a reality as beautiful, healthy and strong as our imagination permits" (MAPS Bulletin, Spring 2002). Hoffmann's work has been exhibited
internationally, as well as being published in books such as One Source, Sacred Journeys, The Return of The Great Goddess, Celebrating Women's Spirituality, Noospheres, Illuminatus, Drinking Lightning, and the magazines, Magical Blend, Shaman's Drum, Art Visionary, MAPS Bulletin, Well Being, Expose, We'Moon, and Nexus. Of her art, the Father of LSD Albert Hofmann has remarked: "The imagery shows your artistry in painting and is sufficient to produce amazement and admiration for which words fail me." See www.martinahoffmann.com for examples of her art.
