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Metaphysical and Spiritual Book Authors You Can Learn From
Abrahamsen, Aron
Aron Abrahamsen, a native of Norway, received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering in 1950 from California Polytechnic State University. During his early aerospace career he participated in studies that paved the way for the Apollo program. As an engineer he authored several technical papers. In those early years Aron Abrahamsen had a very meaningful spiritual experience that changed his life. During this time he discovered that while speaking before a group he would often receive a "message from God" for someone in the audience. This person would always come to Aron Abrahamsen after the meeting to tell him how helpful the message had been. This eventually progressed to his ability to obtain information from the Akashic Records. As a result thousands of life readings, as they were called, have been given to people all over the world. Aron Abrahamsen's work has been written about by Dr. Jeffrey Goodman in Psychic Archaeology; John White in Pole Shift; Dr. Laile Bartlett in Psi Trek; Dr. William Kautz and Melanie Branon in Channeling: The Intuitive Connection, and Tom Kay in When the Comet Runs, as well as in publications in Japan and Europe. Together with his wife, Doris, they have conducted seminars, conferences and workshops on spiritual growth. Aron has appeared on TV and radio across the country. For over three years they were on the speaking circuit for the Association for Research and Enlightenment on the topic "Be Your Own Psychic." The sources for this Holiday in Heaven adventure come from Aron Abrahamsen's own altered state of consciousness, which spans 25 years as a professional in his work, and from his dreams and personal experiences. Aron made his transition on February 16, 2014. He will be missed.
Alessi, Justine A.
Justine Alessi is a Master Tarot Reader and Teacher of the Tarot who brings over a decade of practical experience to the table. She has read the cards for people from almost every state in the Union, and word-of-mouth has people seeking her out for her wisdom and accuracy. Justine Alessi's uncanny accuracy makes believers out of the skeptical, and those who are initially the most hesitant are usually the first to try to acquire more of her time and talents. A former librarian, her interest in the Tarot was sparked by the parade of Tarot books published in the late 1980's. Feeling there was an inadequacy in the description of the cards, she began to compile her observations from years of readings. Justine Alessi is no stranger to writing, having penned many articles on the metaphysical and writing a newspaper column. Justine Alessi resides in Northeast Ohio with her husband, Robert and is the mother of two grown children. This is Justine Alessi's first book, though she is presently developing several more books regarding the Tarot, positive affirmation techniques and other metaphysical topics.
Andries, Kathryn
Kathryn Andries is a nationally known author, teacher and public speaker. Her books include "Soul Choices: Six Paths to Find Your Life Purpose," "Soul Choices: Six Paths to Fulfilling Relationships" and "Naked in Public: Dream Symbols Revealed." Her childrens books include "The Dream Doctor" and "The Big Desire" (fall 2014). She also produced the video Inside the California Missions.
Kathryn Andries hosted the television show Discover Your Life Purpose and is a frequent guest on radio programs. She co-founded the School of Intuitive Arts and Sciences where she teaches astrology, numerology, palm reading, eye analysis, past lives and family birth order.
Kathryn Andries earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan, and a holistic health practitioner degree from Body Mind College in California. She completed extensive studies in the intuitive arts at the Berkeley Psychic Institute, the School of Metaphysics and the American Federation of Astrologers.
Andries, Patrick
Patrick Andries has a degree in physics and biology from DePaul University and a teaching certificate in metaphysics from the College of Metaphysics. He has over twenty years of experience teaching and applying the principles of metaphysics in his life. In 2002 Patrick Andries began his Intuitive Health Coaching practice where he began working with clients to help them understand mind-body health and provide healing support through Bioenergetic Synchronization Technique (B.E.S.T.), Quantum Touch, and Intuitive Breathing. In 2003 Patrick Andries and his wife Kathryn cofounded the School of Intuitive Arts and Sciences to provide a vehicle for soul growth and evolution for themselves and others. They both now teach students nationally and internationally. Patrick Andries and his wife offer past life and health readings to help clients understand their spiritual journey and the interaction between the mind and the body. He is coauthor of the book Naked in Public: Dream Symbols Revealed as well as author of numerous articles and courses on the topic of metaphysics. He currently works at Unity Village in Silent Unity as a prayer minister and at the Awaken Whole Life Center as an energy healer.
Bird, Daniel
Dr. Dan Bird has been interested in Spiritual topics since he was a teenager. Though raised loosely in a religious community and even attending a parochial school from grades three through twelve, he had questions that were not satisfactorily answered within the views of the church. After many years as a musician he became a teacher and technology trainer for Nebraska’s largest school district. He earned a doctorate from the University of Nebraska in Education with a focus on the use of technology in the schools. All the while, the search for the real meaning of life, why we are here, and where are we going continued, leading to the writing of this, his first book.
A prolific songwriter, Dr. Bird has performed over fifty of his own compositions solo, in duets, trios, and even full rock and country bands. His music can be heard at: http://danbirdmusic.com
Married with four grown children, he keeps very busy traveling, writing, and adding to his Spiritual webpage: http://wakinguptospirit.com
He lives with his wife, Kathie, in Omaha, Nebraska.
Cannon, Dolores
Dolores Cannon is recognized as a pioneer in the field of past-life regression. She is a hypnotherapist who specializes in the recovery and cataloging of “Lost Knowledge”. Her roots in hypnosis go back to the 1960s, and she has been specializing in past-life therapy since the 1970s. She has developed her own technique and has founded the Quantum Healing Hypnosis Academy. Traveling all over the world teaching this unique healing method she has trained over 4000 students since 2002. This is her main focus now. However, she has been active in UFO and Crop Circle investigations for over 27 years since Lou Farish got her involved in the subject. She has been involved with the Ozark Mountain UFO Conference since its inception 27 years ago by Lou Farish and Ed Mazur. After Lou died she inherited the conference and has been putting it on the past two years.
Dolores has written 17 books about her research in hypnosis and UFO cases. These books are translated into over 20 languages. She founded her publishing company, Ozark Mountain Publishing, 22 years ago in 1992, and currently has over 50 authors that she publishes. In addition to the UFO conference she also puts on another conference, the Transformation Conference, which is a showcase for her authors.
She has appeared on numerous TV shows and documentaries on all the major networks, and also throughout the world. She has spoken on over 1000 radio shows, including Art Bell’s Dreamland, George Noory’s Coast to Coast, and Shirley MacLaine, plus speaking at innumerable conferences worldwide. In addition she has had her own weekly radio show, the Metaphysical Hour, on BBS Radio for nine years. She has received numerous awards from organizations and hypnosis schools, including Outstanding Service and Lifetime Achievement awards. She was the first foreigner to receive the Orpheus Award in Bulgaria for the highest achievement in the field of psychic research.
Dolores made her transition on October 18, 2014. She touched many and will be deeply missed.
Cannon, Julia
Julia Cannon was born in Hutchinson, Kansas to Johnny and Dolores Cannon. Johnny was a career Navy man, so they moved frequently and she had the advantage of an open-minded up-bringing. She was raised with the understanding that psychic phenomenon and metaphysics were common place and she was always exploring new avenues of growth.
Julia Cannon became a registered nurse and worked in Intensive Care and Home Health for the duration of her 20+ year career. She then decided to explore other aspects of the healing profession and has trained in Reconnective Healing and Dolores Cannon's QHHT.
Her energy healing has taken on its own dimension and has formed into something she calls "Lightcasting." Intuitive lights come from the hands to direct energy where it is needed to balance any deficiencies in the body. This balancing may be happening on the physical, mental and/or spiritual level. While she is working in someone's field, she gets intuitive messages/impressions of what is happening and what is needed to help the person bring about their healing.
When Julia Cannon does remote energy work, she is taken intuitively inside the body to see what the condition looks like and then she is given methods to correct the situations. This has been a spontaneous development that continues to amaze her in its applications.
Because of her nursing background, Julia Cannon brings a soothing mix of compassion, human body understanding and intuition to her work.
Chapman, Ronald
Ronald Chapman has followed many paths of spiritual and religious study over the past twenty years. Based on his personal and professional experiences and research, he created the "Seeing TrueTM" transformational philosophy, which has helped thousands of people to clearly identify inner obstructions that impede success. His Seeing True approach to dispelling illusions and achieving clarity helps businesses and organizations as well as individuals.
An inspirational and motivational speaker, Ronald Chapman shows how seeing differently can produce extraordinary changes to realize human and organizational potential. He is a masterful facilitator who intuitively changes direction based on the needs of the client or audience, as they emerge. In recognition of these exceptional speaking skills, Toastmasters International awarded him the prestigious International Accredited Speaker designation, currently carried by only 58 people worldwide.
Ronald Chapman is the author of What a Wonderful World: Seeing Through New Eyes (Pagefree Publishing, 2004), a personal growth book/journal with heartfelt stories that celebrate and encourage personal awakening and wonder. He also produced three audio CDs: Yes, “ It is a Wonderful World! (2004), Seeing TrueTM, “ The Way of Success in Leadership (2005) and Seeing TrueTM, “ The Way of Spirit (2005).
The founder and principal of Magnetic North LLC (www.magneticnorthllc.com), Ronald Chapman's consulting practice fosters organization development, strategic planning, and personal and professional growth in public, private and nonprofit organizations. His services include planning, facilitation, leadership and management development, team building, coaching, and training.
Ronald Chapman holds a Masters of Social Welfare from the University at Albany (New York), and a Bachelors of Business Administration from Valparaiso University. He also brings a strong background in financial and systems management from a 10-year career with General Electric. He has been an active, award-winning member of Toastmasters International and a national award-winning radio commentator and producer since 1995.
Clients in the United States and internationally have included the World Health Organization, Habitat for Humanity, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chevron, HealthSouth Corporation, the American Cancer Society, Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico, Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oregon, Departments of Health for New Mexico, Idaho, and New Hampshire, and Texas Tech University.
All profits from the sale of Seeing TrueTM: Ninety Contemplations in Ninety Days will benefit Holistic Management International www.holisticmanagement.org, a worldwide nonprofit that helps people heal damaged lands and achieve economic, environmental, and social sustainability. Ronald Chapman was the organization's Chairman of the Board from 2004 to 2007.
Cheung, Albert
Master Albert Cheung is a scholar and teacher on the subject of Chinese Metaphysics. His interest in the subject dates back to early school days when he discovered that scientific phenomena go much deeper than causality: the day to day cause and effect of things in life. Because of his passion and keen interest in the subject of Chinese ancient wisdom and culture, he has made it a lifetime mission in sharing, promoting and spreading various applicable subjects like the I-Ching, Astrology, the Art of War, and Feng Shui in the form of simple tools to be easily applied in our everyday life.
To share his knowledge and skills on the subjects with the world, he has created and designed a wide range of useful tools, including books: the I-Ching tarot, the I-Ching pictorial guide, the Strategy and Tactics (card and book set), and the Emperor’s Stargate. In 2002, Master Albert Cheung was awarded the Innovative Entrepreneur Award (by the Junior Chamber of commerce) for his innovative design of the I-Ching Tarot (innovative creation of the 64 I-Ching pictures on tarot cards as a tool of divination as well as inspiration and enlightenment).
He is currently a visiting lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, a Chinese university teaching subjects on I-Ching, the Art of War, Astrology and Creativity Methods. He also writes articles for magazines, periodicals and is frequently interviewed on television for prediction of events and views on things in the aspect of Chinese acient wisdom. Master Albert Cheung was interviewed on CNN for 2 consecutive years - 2006 and 2007 - to give his prediction on local and world events. And recently (2011), he was on CNN again for an interview on Prince William's wedding.
Churchward, Jack
Jack Churchward served six years in the United States Navy and went on to earn his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida. Jack has over thirty years experience in the Aerospace and Defense industry. In addition to earning the rank of Eagle Scout and participating in archaeological digs as a youth, Jack is a fourth generation engineer and fourth generation patent holder and identifies himself as a Tibetan Buddhist.
Jack Churchward's research into the life and theories of his great-grandfather James Churchward, author of the books about the Lost Continent of Mu, is conducted using his technical expertise, unique connections, special viewpoint and access to a portion of James' original source materials. Armed with his knowledge and capabilities, Jack seeks to create a more complete understanding of James Churchward's theories and ancient advanced civilizations.
Jack Churchward's first book, Lifting the Veil on the Lost Continent of Mu, Motherland of Men, was published in 2011 and is the definitive edition of the 1926 classic. Jack's second book, The Stone Tablets of Mu, is due out in 2014 and discusses the rarely seen 1927 book by James entitled, "Copies of Stone Tablets Found by William Niven"
Cortland, Sherri
Author of Windows of Opportunity, Raising Our Vibrations for the New Age, and Spiritual Growth Toolbox, Sherri Cortland is originally from New York State, and currently resides in Orlando, Florida with her husband, Ted Dylewski, where she is the Director of Specialty Sales for Westgate Resorts.
Sherri Cortland also teaches a series of workshops based on her books, and designs crystal and stone jewelry. She is a continuing student in the field of Herbology, which she studied originally under Rosemary Gladstar, and earned a Doctor of Naturopathy degree from the Clayton College of Natural Health.
In the 1980's, while working on her B.A. in communications, Sherri Cortland attended a series of meditation and psychic development classes as part of her on-going search for the answers to such questions as "why are we here?" and "why do we experience the pain and drama that are so much a part of our lives?" It was during one of these spiritual development classes that her Spirit Guide, Jeremy, first made contact through Automatic Writing. Via Automatic Writing, Sherri worked with Jeremy and the guide group she refers to as the "GG" to channel much of the information for her first book, Windows of Opportunity; and with two other guide groups, led by spirit guides Gilbert and Akhnanda, for her second book, Raising Our Vibrations.
Daly, Carolyn Greer
Carolyn grew up in Washington D.C., where the National Mall was her playground.
After her marriage she moved to Maryland where she taught 8th grade Sunday school in a Methodist Church for several years. During that time, after experiencing a dark night of the soul, she began a personal search for truth that led to automatic writing and a lifetime devoted to spiritual exploration through her writing that led to many spiritual adventures. She has shared her experiences by giving talks and workshops on her book Opening to Fullness of Spirit, reading, facilitating a book study group, focusing on the works of Paul Selig, and taking classes at Unity Church of Charlottesville, where she is an active member.
She is currently an associate editor of Awareness: exploring spirituality, an all beliefs inclusive publication dedicated to expanding spiritual paths through professionally written articles and columns.
Here is a link for a two part interview with Carolyn.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbt519JdG52HffCw-VVwIZQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rpmi0pAML2c another video with Journey Time with Carolyn talking about her automatic writing.
Davis, Nola
Nola Davis, CEO, NHA, has spent the last thirty-three years working in the senior healthcare industry. Working with the elderly helped lay the foundation for her desire to understand the spiritual aspects of death. Her work as a healthcare administrator provided the opportunity to understand hospice and involve hospice services within the facilities where she worked. As a CEO of a healthcare corporation she now aspires to bring integrative services which support the body, mind and soul into the every day realm of healthcare. She has studied Healing Touch with Healing Touch International as well as other facets of the world of complimentary medicine. Nola lives with her husband in the Pacific Northwest.
De Haan, Patrick
Patrick De Haan lives in Texas. He is a retired financial executive (commercial insurance) and now, a part time foreign language schoolteacher. He has been married for thirty years and has two grown children. He speaks several languages, has lived in four countries, traveled to twenty-eight and has also visited thirty-four of our US states and territories. He was not a published writer beyond his website material until this book was written and published.
Delcour-Min, Paulinne
Paulinne Delcour-Min BA Hons, PGCE was born in Chester, England. She trained as an artist, ceramicist and art teacher before becoming interested in healing, which led her to study regression therapy. After raising her family she now lives by the sea in the North East of England with her husband, who is also a writer and therapist.
Paulinne has been a past life and soul therapist for over thirty years. During this time she has helped many people review and learn from their past lives in order to benefit their present one. Her passion for understanding her own previous lifetimes has led to an extraordinary journey which she shares with us through her books. Her regression work is influenced by shamanic traditions, and with the help of angels and inner guides her work encompasses a wide range of healing techniques.
Her years of experience have taught her that we all have inner treasures and that there is no need to fear death! Our souls are on a glorious journey through the dimensions of the universe, and we always come to planet Earth with a mission. For many of us who answered the call to be here right now, that mission is to help the future….
Spiritual Gold is the first book in a trilogy.
Dennis, Michael
Michael Dennis has both local and national Media Exposure. He has been featured on FOX and CBS TV. He was featured on the Jerry Springer Show in 1991, and has appeared on numerous Radio Shows. In April 2000 he completed a six month Psychic Radio Show for MOJO 94.9 F.M. in Cincinnati. He has also been featured on WAIF 88.3 a.m. and on WSAI 1530 a.m. where he makes guest radio appearances. He was interviewed in the 2000 Millennium Edition of The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Pittsburgh Tribune, March 2003 the Columbus Dispatch, April 2005 and the Dayton Daily News in May 2008. He has been working Psychic Festivals and Fairs since 1986 in the mid-west as well as in Toronto and Ottowa Canada. Michael is also a writer and his first book Halfway to Heaven was published in 2003. His book of love poetry Dawn\'s Kiss, will be coming out in the summer or Fall of 2009 and his spiritual/metaphysical book, Morning Coffee With God, is being published by Ozark Mountain Publishing in 2010.
Michael Dennis trained extensively and apprenticed with various Metaphysical Teachers. In 1985, Michael became a professional Psychic. In 1995 he gave up a foreign language teaching career to pursue his writing dream, and Psychic work full time.
Michael Dennis is based in Cincinnati, OH but has a world-wide clientele for Telephone and Email Readings.
Holmes, Anita
Anita Holmes' vocation is teaching; her avocation, writing! Her writing interests range from history to mystery, with time-slips a priority. She has three degrees (B.S. in Management from Marylhurst, a dual B.S. degree in Education and History from S.U.U., and a Master of Public Administration from Lewis and Clark.)
A widow, she has six children of whom she is inordinately proud, and 13 beloved grandchildren. Anita Holmes is an Oregonian by birth, an Alaskan by profession, and summer of 2011 will be a Missourian by choice.
Anita Holmes looks forward to compiling additional volumes on the remarkable topic of time-slips.
Hunt, Victoria
Victoria Hunt is a previously published author with Llewellyn Worldwide Publishing, which book, Animal Omens, was published in July of 2008. Having always had a profound love and personal connection with the world of nature, she resumed her studies of metaphysics and earth spirituality over sixteen years ago after an extended absence.
Victoria Hunt is a self-taught teacher of Celtic based Earth-Centered Spirituality and teaches out of her studio, Grove of the Red Hawk. She is a third level Reiki Master who includes intuitive counseling in her Reiki practice. As an ultra-sensitive, she has always enjoyed a life among the energies of a different reality. The ability to shift awareness and the gift of second sight runs far back in her family history.
Victoria Hunt has expanded her psychic abilities by studying under the same style taught at the Berkeley Psychic Institute. She holds a minister’s license through the U.L.Church, teaches workshops on faeries and working with energy, and gives intuitive readings using the Norse, Elder Futhark, Runes.
From 2004 to 2005, Victoria Hunt self-published a metaphysical newsletter entitled The File, (pronounced Fée Lyee in Irish Gaelic) and has organized and lead Celtic based celebrations and rituals.
Victoria Hunt was born in a hospital at the foot of the fifth highest mountain peak in California, Mt. Shasta, which is known for its energy vortex and its sacred spiritual nature. Her first professional involvement in writing was in High School when her poetry was published in the creative writing journal The Paper Whisper. After that, writing for personal pleasure, college writing classes and letters to the editor was her primary sources. In October 2004 she self-published a bi-monthly newsletter entitled The File (pronounced fee’lee in Irish Gaelic), until October 2005.
Victoria Hunt is personally involved in the book by the fact that eighteen of the stories are of her personal experiences.
Victoria Hunt made her transition on June 17, 2014.
Lewis, Diane
Diane Lewis is a gifted psychic medium, considered one of the best in her field. She discovered her abilities at a young age; as they matured, she sought to better understand these psychic experiences in order to further develop and refine her gifts. Today, with over twenty-five years of experience, Lewis’s true talent lies in her ability to help people—connecting them with the spiritual realm and leading them to uncover their own inner greatness. She uses her gifts in private intuitive readings, medium readings, public presentations, and workshops. You can learn more about her spiritual work on her website: www.dianelewis.us.com.
Lynn, Donna
Donna Lynn was one of those little children who never stopped asking “why?” She studied psychology, world religions, and metaphysics while working in healthcare in the quest for understanding the mind/body/spirit connection.
A wise teacher once told Donna “Your gentleness is your strength.” After a lifetime of being told by others that she was too sensitive, Donna decided to embrace her sensitivity when otherworldly beings showed up to answer her question of “why?” She interacted with beings that others couldn’t see and visited places that others haven’t been, overcoming extreme fear and slowly developing relationships with these entities. She has been advised that now is the time to share these experiences with others and invite them to explore new realms of possibility.
Milner, Dennis
Dennis Milner was born on 17th June 1924 in London, UK, and signed up to join the Royal Air Force during the latter half of world war two. After the war, grants were offered to service men and women whose education had been interrupted and Dennis took advantage of this and went to Queen Mary College to study Physics. Dennis chose to study Physics because it seemed to offer the means to understand the world.
After finishing his degree Dennis Milner went to work at Birmingham University as a metallurgist, eventually gaining the degree of Doctor of Science (D.Sc.). However, although physics could explain physical processes, science couldn't explain the important experiences he'd had in life, especially the comradeship he felt with others during the war.
To satisfy these unexplained "physical" things Dennis Milner and a colleague, Ted Smart, embarked on additional research alongside their metallurgy work; they decided to research the meaning of life. Dennis and Ted made significant progress and gave a set of lectures in the early 70's which generated interest.
In 1976, they published their first book "The Loom of Creation", and gained funding to take on 3 young researchers, Brian Meredith, Andrew McNeil and Harry Dean, to progress the work. The group produced fascinating results and insights, resulting in the publication of their second book, "Explorations of Consciousness".
After Brian, Harry and Andy left, Dennis Milner and Ted continued the work, gradually putting together the intriguing pieces of the jigsaw puzzle. When Ted passed away, Dennis continued on his own creating an anthology called "Kosmos", which included significant new content.
Dennis Milner made his transition on 23rd November 2011 after a long and fruitful life.
Myers, Andy
Andy Myers is a best-selling author, psychic medium, inspirational speaker, and life coach who has appeared on popular radio stations nationwide. As one of the most in-demand psychic mediums in the country, Andy is known for his sincerity, humor, and remarkable insights into the spirit world. Andy’s first book, Flying Paint Rollers from Heaven, was an instant best-seller in three categories and was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. In addition to making several television appearances, Andy has been published in numerous magazines and online articles. He travels often to conduct sold-out psychic events and inspirational lectures in cities nationwide. Andy resides in Omaha, Nebraska with his wife and daughter.
Needler, Guy
Guy Needler MBA, MSc, CEng, MIET, MCMA initially trained as a mechanical engineer and quickly progressed on to be a chartered electrical and electronics engineer. However, throughout this earthly training he was always aware of the greater reality being around him, catching glimpses of the worlds of spirit. This resulted in a period from his teenage to early twenties where he reveled in the spiritual texts of the day and meditated intensively. Being subsequently told by his guides to focus on his earthly contribution for a period he scaled back the intensity of spiritual work until his late thirties where he was re-awakened to his spiritual roles. The next six years saw him gaining his Reiki Master and a four year commitment to learn energy and vibrational therapy techniques from a direct student of the Barbara Brennan School of HealingTM, which also included a personal development undertaking (including psychotherapy) as a course prerequisite using the PathworkTM methodology described by Susan Thesenga with further methodologies by Donovan Thesenga, John and Eva Pierrakos. His training and experience in energy based therapies have resulted in him being a member of the Complementary Medical Association (MCMA).
Along with his healing abilities his spiritual associations include being able to channel information from spirit including constant contact with other entities within our multi-verse and his higher self and guides. It is the channeling that has resulted in "The History of God" and is producing further work.
As a method of grounding Guy practices and teaches Aikido. He is a 5th Dan National Coach with 28 years experience and is currently working on the use of spiritual energy within the physical side of the art.
Guy welcomes questions on the subject of spiritual physics and who and what God is.
Nussbaumer, James
Jim Nussbaumer composed his first novel – a football saga – at age eleven on the shiny turquoise typewriter he found under the Christmas tree. The book was entitled Reaching for the Goal. While his life has taken many turns since then, his focus on the Quest has never wavered.
Following tours of duty at Kent State University and in the U.S. Air Force, he spent the next twenty-five years in the financial services industry, excelling in a field he loathed – though not immune to its perks. By his thirties, running his own independent agency, he became an experienced public speaker and wrote a monthly column on financial security for Senior Forum, a regional Ohio newsletter. He then launched his own monthly client newsletter, Retirement Insights, which became hugely popular and evolved into a self-help publication with a nontraditional, nonreligious, spiritual slant.
Despite a long, successful career, in 2007 – faced with the pressures of an economy in freefall; the loss of one wife to cancer and two to divorce; the needs of his children and demands of an upscale lifestyle; and responsibilities to panicking clients – he illegally withdrew $100,000 of client’s funds to try to recoup the value of their investments and rescue his floundering business. The strategy failed and landed him a sentence of ten years.
His time in prison has been hell, and has also been unexpectedly fruitful, resulting in his return to his first love, writing, and the series that begins with The Master of Everything. The manuscripts were painstakingly handwritten in lined notebooks (he has no computer available in prison) and the material just keeps on coming.
I’ve got many, many blog posts , and many videos. I had some requests from FB and Twitter followers to describe some things, so I made this short video.
Parachin, Victor
Victor Parachin grew up in Canada and graduated from the University of Toronto School of Theology and is an ordained minister.
Victor Parachin is a meditation teacher and yoga educator. He and his partner, Janet, are directors of Yoga Spirit Academy, a yoga teacher training school in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Victor Parachin is the author of numerous books on Eastern spirituality.
Okken, Riet
Riet Okken grew up in the Netherlands and completed her studies there at the University of Groningen where she earned BS (Bachelor of Science) degrees in sociology and psychology with a minor in cultural anthropology and a MS (Master of Science) degree in clinical psychology with a minor in psychology of religion. Next she studied multiple forms of psychotherapy, such as Gestalt Therapy, Kinesiology, Postural Integration Therapy, Holotropic Therapy, and Initiatic Therapy (the latter with German Zenmaster Karlfried von Durckheim and Jungian therapist Maria Hippius).
,br> Always a lifelong learner, Riet Okken was drawn to share her knowing with others: students of theology at a theological university in the Netherlands and individuals and groups at the Spark of Light Work Center she and her partner founded in France to help others with psychotherapeutical counseling and intense training so they could discover whatever prohibited them on spiritual, mental, emotional, and/or physical level/s from awakening to the fact that they are part of the One Light.
In addition, she trained therapists in Spark of Light Work. Riet Okken no longer works with clients and students but continues to blend heart and head in her many books that are available in Belgium and the Netherlands and now here in the United States with this publication of The Liberating Power of Emotions: De kracht van de bestemming (The Power of Destination), Ankh Hermes Publishing House, 1988; Met de stroom mee (Going with the Flow), Ankh Hermes Publishing House, 1998; De bevrijdende kracht van emoties (The Liberating Power of Emotions), Astarte Publishing House, 2002, and now in English, Ozark Mountain Publishing, 2012; Lichtpuntwerk de liefdevolle ontvangst van onze emoties (Spark of Light Work: The Loving Reception of Our Emotions), Astarte Publishing House, 2004; and coming soon: Jezus ontsluierd (Jesus Unveiled).
O'Brian, Sherry
Sherry O’Brian is a psychotherapist who has assisted thousands of individuals through her workshops, groups, and private practice to transform their pain into possibility. The inspiration behind Peaks and Valleys: Integrative Approaches for Recovering from Loss is her passion to provide a larger audience with these transformational tools. Sherry has also developed a meditation CD, Release and Transform Burden: a meditation to awaken the healing light within, as well as A Meditation to Transform Your Inner Critic to assist others with releasing emotional pain and transforming their lives. These meditations are shared in this book and are available on her website: www.mindbodyspirit-innergrations.com.
Pattillo, Nikki
Nikki Pattillo graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas and began her career as a clinical and molecular biologist. She is the author of Children of the Stars: Advice for Parents and Star Children and also writes numerous newspaper articles to help raise awareness in consciousness on both environmental and spiritual issues.
As a child, Nikki Pattillo was psychic conversing regularly with her angels and guides. This natural gift was not understood by her family or friends and consequently she shut down her abilities out of fear. It was these same angels and guides that came to her later in life and said that it was time for her to allow her gifts to grow stronger and open a path for others, especially children, to follow in peace and harmony and without fear of their gifts.
Children of the Stars: Advice for Parents and Star Children was written as a guide to help parents understand their Star children and to help each parent spiritually understand what is happening with these gifted children who are here to help us. It was written to help children understand and not be fearful of seeing and hearing things that others cannot see or hear.
Nikki Pattillo says, "The most wonderful aspect of Star children is their willingness to take on the world and learn to make their own way through it. Star children will get to the point where they are able to mold society into something that reflects their energies and values. The truth that they hold and defend so well will reflect their integrity and spirituality and change the world as we know it."
Together with her husband Charlie and daughter Maddy, Nikki Pattillo and her family live on a small island in the Gulf of Mexico where they can connect with dolphin energies and the elementals of nature. Nikki works with many charities and is president of the recycling committee of her local community. She also writes a column in the newspaper on various environmental and spiritual issues.
Pealer, Rev. Grant H. D.D.
Having pre-birth memories, Dr. Grant Pealer has written many discourses about the mysteries of the esoteric, including giving an extensive study of life after death. He founded the Church of Spiritual Awareness in 1990 and also established “Pealer Group", a world-wide research group that studied the secrets of life and the universe.
Grant Pealer wrote Untold Jesus: The Two-Thousand-Year-Old Secret in 2002. Published in Pittsburgh by Dorrance, the work was based on ancient and secret documents written by those who knew Jesus personally. It was one of the first works to ever suggest Jesus survived the cross, married, and had a family. This book went into detail about that family, that secret life and many shocking revelations that have never been revealed anywhere else.
Grant Pealer also co-authored "Growing Up in the Garden of the Mad", a screenplay about children growing up in a supernatural environment. It is presently being prepared for a television movie.
Dr. Grant Pealer's interest in journalism began in the early 1960s when he worked on a small weekly newspaper. That was when he was first allowed to write a column about Life After Death.
Pendragon, Victoria
Victoria Pendragon was born and raised in the vicinity of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is the oldest of eleven. Her life has been defined, as are most of ours perhaps, by conditions that would seem to have been beyond her control. Eighteen years of various sorts of abuse and two diseases that should have killed her rank among the most outstanding of those.
Victoria Pendragon's study of metaphysics began in early childhood as an attempt to validate the lessons she'd been learning from the earth and the trees whenever she left her body. She has been working as a professional in the field of spirituality since 1995, has read tarot since 1964 and created in 2007, Sacred Earth Seven Element Tarot, a tarot deck designed to bring the world community together.
Victoria Pendragon began training in art when still a child, eventually acquiring a BFA from The Philadelphia College of Art. Her work hangs in numerous corporate and personal collections, among them The Children's Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Moss Rehab and Bryn Mawr Hospital Rehab.
Victoria Pendragon has two children by her first marriage, a son and a daughter, both of whom amaze her. She is currently married to her third husband, a man whose kind soul has created for her an atmosphere of clarity and creativity in which she dances, writes, creates art and helps when asked.
Perlin, Michael
Michael Perlin is the director, writer and producer of the Metaphysical film, "3 Magic Words" which reveals the common theme taught to us by all great spiritual masters. Michael believes that the problems we face in the world today are still going on because we live mostly on a "religious" planet and not a "spiritual" one. He believes there is an answer - a solution that can only come from a new spirituality that embraces a unifying reality of all the religions and sets aside the old ego-driven idea that there is only one true way.
Prentis, Joanna
Joanna Prentis was born in Bangalore in southern India. When she was two her family returned to Scotland where she spent her childhood and teenage years. After leaving school she traveled extensively, married and lived in Hong Kong for two years and then ten years in the Australian bush in Western Australia, where her three daughters were born. It was there that her interest began in alternative medicine and education, organic farming, metaphysics and meditation. With a local nurse, she ran a homeopathic and Radionic practice.
On returning to the UK Joanna Prentis trained as a Montessori teacher and educated her two youngest daughters at home for a few years. Her daughter Tatanya now lives in America, and Katinka and Larissa in southwest England. She now has two beautiful granddaughters.
Joanna Prentis did several healing courses and has a foundation diploma in Humanistic Psychology. She also trained with Ursula Markham and has a diploma in Hypnotherapy and Past Life Therapy.
With her daughter Tatanya, Joanna Prentis set up the Starlight Centre in 1988, a center for healing and the expansion of consciousness. She has introduced us to many innovative techniques and interesting people, and she continues to do this from her home in San Francisco.
Working with Stuart and her other regression subjects for this book was the most amazing experience Joanna Prentis has ever had with any of her clients. The information that poured forth was incredible and the energies in the room were so blissful and powerful. The happiness of being with Jesus was out of this world and breathtaking, but the sadness and confusion after the crucifixion were a complete contrast. She hopes this book will convey some of this. It is an amazing story and one she feels whose time has come.
Pullen, Walter
Walter D. Pullen is the latest incarnation of a soul on a long Path of evolution. An experienced astrologer, in 1991 he authored the freeware astrology software "Astrolog." He also wrote the maze generation program "Daedalus" as a literal metaphor for the turns and choices of our spiritual "Path." Walter combines writing, a degree in computer science, and love to serve our planet as part of an increasingly growing group of Lightworkers. He and his soulmate Jessica live in Seattle, Washington. **Due to circumstances beyond our control, we will not be able to publish the "Labyrinth Cards".**
Redwood, Charmian
In 1980 Charmian Redwood had a Near Death Experience in which she returned to Oneness and remembered Who She Is. Since that time she has been assisting others through her workshops and personal sessions to reconnect with and their own Divine Self and to activate the DNA codes for ascension. She has remembered her many lives as a teacher and healer in the mystery schools always guiding her students to find the God Within and to empower themselves.
Since moving to Hawaii in 2006 Charmian Redwood has brought forward many memories of Ancient Lemuria where we lived in Oneness and used our intention and connection to the Source to create everything we needed in our lives. Her work now is to bring back the teams who worked in the Ancient Crystal Cities so that we can begin to create our New World.
Charmian offers sessions of Hypnotherapy for the Soul. She guides her clients to experience themselves as Soul, to ask what The Soul wishes to say to the personality self and to look at the cause of any issues which clients may be experiencing in their lives such as illness, relationships, employment. The Soul knows everything about us, past, present and future. These sessions can be done by skype or phone. She also offers Akashic soul readings where she brings through memories of past lives in the temples, on other stars and guides the client through initiations they had in Lemuria, Atlantis, Egypt, Sirius etc. Charmian taught in all of the Mystery Schools of the past and in this lifetime she is meeting her former students and taking them in just a few sessions to reclaim the knowledge which once took years of apprenticeship to achieve.
Charmian offers many workshops on connecting with archangels, a Mystery school where students learn to receive their own messages.
Rivinus, David L.
David Rivinus began a decades-long study of dreams while working with children at a mental health clinic in the late 1960s. During that time, he attended seminars offered by Gestalt therapists who were also dream experts. Over time, this led to him developing his own simple, effective method of dream interpretation. While doing his research, he was struck by how “dreamlike” the unusual events of waking life can be as well. His understanding that one can analyze and interpret these waking life events, reaching the same kinds of profound, helpful insights that one gains from nighttime dreams, revolutionized his approach to dreams and their purpose in our lives. Since then, he has taught dream classes on three continents and in four languages, highlighting both nighttime and “waking” dreams. During the summer of 2012, he was a presenter at the annual conference of the International Association for the Study of Dreams. He participates in online dream-related blogs, teaches dream classes via Skype and conference calls, and regularly facilitates a local dream seminar in his home town of Portland, Oregon. He wrote the book Always Dreaming—Gaining Insights from the Metaphors of our Sleeping and Waking Lives to document his findings.
Schorn, Don M.
M. Don Schorn started his professional career in 1968 with a thermoplastics molding company. As a graduate mechanical engineer, he combined his interests in plastics and cars working for several manufacturers supplying component parts to the automotive industry. Mr. Schorn continued his postgraduate education with a curriculum in Plastics Technology and individual course study in various technical and managerial programs. His extensive manufacturing and design experience led to the development of a number of new processing techniques and numerous patentable innovations.
Utilizing his extensive plastics and manufacturing background, Mr. M. Don Schorn later joined a Detroit manufacturers' representative firm as a product development specialist. Working with various OEM automotive divisions, he assisted in finalizing product specifications and part designs, ISO quality criterion and certifications, along with direct marketing and sales efforts. After a successful professional career spanning more than 27 years, he retired early at the beginning of 1995 to pursue a second career in writing.
Since then, M. Don Schorn has studied cosmology, paleoanthropology, geology, and archaeology, along with extensive analysis of ancient records and sacred texts. Those studies provided both comprehension and factual data necessary to complete five manuscripts as of this date. Four of those books are non-fiction works, including the trilogy collectively known as the Journals of the Ancient Ones, which introduces the Elder Gods theory that reveals Earth's primordial development and the emergence of humankind. The author's other non-fiction work, Reincarnation-Stepping Stones of Life, is an enlightening examination of the reincarnation concept and its implementation as a way-of-life. Mr. Schorn's first fictional work is his Emerging Dawn novel, which details a near-future global search for ancient artifacts that are connected with the Mayan End-Time prophecy anticipated to occur on December 21, 2012.
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Schulhauser, Garnet
Garnet Schulhauser is a retired lawyer who lives near Victoria, on Vancouver Island, with his wife, Cathy, and little dog, Abby. He grew up on a small farm in Saskatchewan and moved to Calgary, Canada, after law school where he practiced corporate law for over thirty years with two blue-chip law firms. After retiring from his law firm in 2008, he began his new career as an author and his first book, Dancing on a Stamp, was published in 2012. Since the release of his first book, Garnet has been active with book signing tours and speaking engagements and has been a frequent guest on radio talk shows. When he is not writing or connecting with his followers, Garnet enjoys golfing, nature walks in the forest with Abby, and family gatherings with his sons, Blake and Colin, and their partners, Lauren and Bergis, and granddaughter Kymera.
In Dancing on a Stamp, Garnet recounts how his life changed dramatically one day in 2007 (while still practicing law) when he was confronted on the street by a homeless man named Albert (who was actually a wise spirit in disguise - an emissary from the spirit world). This seemingly chance encounter launched a provocative dialogue with Albert who disclosed startling new truths about all of life's big questions, including our true nature as eternal souls, the cycle of reincarnation on Earth, and how we create our own reality through free-will choices. He wrote Dancing on a Stamp at Albert's request so that these revelations would be available to everyone.
Garnet's second book, Dancing Forever with Spirit, describes his most recent adventures with Albert who appeared in his bedroom room one night to guide him on a series of out-of-body adventures to explore the wonders of the Universe, including the Akashic Records, distant planets with fascinating life forms, and a human civilization that made the shift to the New Earth. Albert's goal was to encourage humans to stop their abuse of Mother Earth and all of her inhabitants by casting aside their negative emotions and in favor of love and compassion.
Stillwater Gray, Annie
Annie Stillwater Gray
is a writer, a mystic, an astrologer, a public speaker, a teacher, an audio and visual artist, a healer, a singer-songwriter, and a media veteran. She has been on the air every year since 1974 and currently has her own syndicated radio program, The General Store Variety Show, now in its 15th year. Annie has studied Integrated Energy Therapy, Reiki, and Bach Flower Remedies. She has been helping people consciously connect with their Spirit Guides since 1989. Annie received a BFA from Boston University in graphic arts and writing. She creates songs and designs all the CD covers and publicity for her bands. At the date this book is released, her band is the western quintet Merry-Go-Roundup.
Styra, Blair
Blair Styra was born in Canada in 1960 and lived the first eleven years of his life there. He and his family immigrated to New Zealand in 1971 an event that was to pave the way for his spiritual journey. As a young child in Canada he always had the feeling that there was something more about life even though he could not define it with words. He felt very attuned to a presence of energy that as an adult he understood to be spirit. In his late teens he met up with a woman who eventually became his wife. The journey that they created together acted as a catalyst for his spiritual growth, and eventually led to him discovering his ability as a channel for spirit. From that point on he began to create new ways of being on all levels. This led to his connection with Tabaash and for the last 24 years Blair has been the channel for Tabaash. The work they have done together has since taken them throughout New Zealand and internationally. In New Zealand they presented for two years a radio program called “Talking with Tabaash” as well as presenting for 12 years monthly meditation/teaching evenings. They have also run seminars on such subjects as “Bringing God into the business world” and a seminar they have run with Dr Hetty Rodenburg on Grief and Spirituality called “Travelling Light”. Blair Styra considers his work with spirit to be his authentic vibration and a life long experience. Tabaash is available for one on one personal consultation’s in person and also on Skype. Blair Styra resides with his wife Kay in Wellington New Zealand.
Sudman, Natalie
Natalie Sudman worked as an archeologist in the Great Basin states for sixteen years before accepting a position managing construction contracts in Iraq. After being injured by a roadside bomb, Natalie retired from government service. She is now enjoying art, writing, and continuing explorations into the non-physical.
Natalie Sudman reads and heals psychically, communicates with those who have passed over, and channels non-physical beings. She offers information regarding personal questions as well as addressing broader subjects such as the nature of space, time or reality.
Natalie Sudman has a particular interest in the intersections of science and the non-physical. She has been a subject of studies performed by the University of Virginia's Division of Perceptual Studies, and welcomes invitations to act as a lab rat for any scientific investigation. Describing herself as an open-minded skeptic, Natalie finds that the rigorous methodology of science appeals to her critical mind, while her artistic nature enjoys the expansive freedom of leaving behind the critical mind in frequent forays into the non-physical. She maintains that an irreverent sense of humor and a willingness to look foolish are the cornerstones of constructive exploration.
Raised in Minnesota, Natalie Sudman has lived most of her adult life in eastern Oregon, Montana and South Dakota. She recently moved to southern Arizona. Her artwork is available through Davis & Cline Galleries in Ashland Oregon.
Sumpter, L. R.
When he was a sophomore in high school, L. R. Sumpter first read Ignatius Donnelly’s book on Atlantis. This was the beginning of a lifelong interest in “maverick” history and science. This interest continued over years of formal study for undergraduate and graduate degrees. These studies reached the doctoral level and have been done in eight universities on two continents and in four Western languages. Nor has this interest diminished through more than 35 years of teaching in elementary, secondary and higher education settings.
L. R. Sumpter has also worked for many years in engineering and sales. He has lived and traveled in 48 of the 50 United Sates and 10 foreign countries. He has taught, written articles for publication and presented papers in two languages. Finally, after retiring from teaching it has been possible for him to devote full time to studying and writing about unorthodox topics.
Wells, Janie
Above all else, Janie Wells is a survivor. No parent should have to bury their child, but Janie was catapulted instantly into the reality of violent crime in 2001 with the capital murder of her 30-year-old daughter. Grief stricken, broken and in shock, Janie not only picked up the pieces of her life, but discovered a passage to spiritual transformation by living each moment with honesty, raw emotions and an open heart. Janie's tenacity of purpose in the pursuit of justice and peace of mind launched her into a profound spiritual journey. She found that she was not alone in her struggle as her life began to overflow with angelic encounters and divine interventions.
Janie Wells' genuineness evolved into the ability to live totally in the present moment with a loving heart and courage of steel, making her days filled with divine moments of truth, not only for herself but many who cross her path. She makes room in her heart and shares her special gift without hesitation. She speaks with profound honesty and love, helping a person move from a fearful, powerless existence that is self-defeating and pulls the plug on connecting with the spiritual world . . . to that of a truly authentic life that ensures spiritual growth. Janie knows that her daughter Joann is her source of information for others when she is able to detach from everything and be totally in the moment with them. Janie and Joann's message goes beyond the story of pain to one of redeeming light and a great love for the fellow human. They inspire you to develop your own potential, to be self-caring, and to know yourself, to let go and be real.
Janie Wells is a mother, teacher, coach, national motivational speaker and mentor. She is currently employed by a large school system near Nashville, Tennessee and stays actively involved in spiritual activities, health and fitness events, and working within the US criminal justice system as a consultant. She has participated in capital defense team training, university student instruction and has been the keynote speaker at national conferences. Her speaking engagements include the Kiwanis Club, Washington and Lee University, the Virginia Bar Association's Annual Defense Workshop, the Gulf States Victim Witness Law Enforcement Conference, the National Crime Victim's Week in Georgia, the Fall Prosecutors Training Conference in Mississippi, the Annual Capital Habeas Unit Conference in Texas, the Lowndes County Family Violence Task Force Conference, Valdosta State University's Take Back the Night event and Western Kentucky University. Janie loves connecting to others and presents in such a way that inspires trust. She feels tremendous compassion that seemingly allows others to open up and deeply hear the messages she conveys.
Wheatley, Maria & Dennis
Author and professional dowser Maria Wheatley has been studying dowsing, astrology and past lives for over 20 years. Maria is considered a leading authority on earth energies and has spent the past ten years researching how ley lines and earth energies were integrated into ancient sites, and more importantly, how they were harnessed by our ancient ancestor to raise consciousness.
Maria Wheatley has been teaching subjects such as Earth Divination, the symbolic language of Mother Earth, and dowsing since 1992 and is the founder of The Avebury School of Esoteric Studies. Maria has been raising awareness of how the Earth's energetic eco-system can enhance or hinder our lives. She teaches corporate companies in the UK and a US nursing college how to identify the Earth's healing lines and geodetic patterns and to negate inharmonious energies. Maria's late father, Dennis Wheatley, was considered one of Britain's most advanced dowsers who taught several well-known authors, such as Geoff Stray, to dowse the hidden energies that flow silently through the Earth. The way forward is to work with the Earth not against her.
Dennis Wheatley
Dennis Wheatley was the President of the Swindon-based Wyvern Dowsing Society and a professional dowsing tutor employed by the Wiltshire County Education Authority in their continuing adult education program. He regularly lectured and wrote on dowsing-related subjects and at the request of national television networks made three films on dowsing for earth energy patterns. Additionally, he has made many television appearances. As an electronics engineer, he often brought state-of-the-art scientific instruments to bear on his dowsing research. Having inherited the research surveys and notes of Guy Underwood, which he had researched over ten years, the author is recognized as the world\'s leading authority on the geodetic system of earth energies. Dennis died peacefully at home on Beltane in 2006. This book has been republished in his loving memory and his daughter, Maria, continues her father\'s research into earth energies.
Wiersma, Jacquelyn
Dr. Jackie Wiersma currently resides in Fayetteville, AR where she teaches at the University of Arkansas. She is originally from Le Mars, IA where she did her Bachelor’s in Psychology at the University of Northern Iowa. She then pursued graduate degrees with a Master’s in Human Development & Family Sciences (HDFS) at Arizona State University, a Ph.D. in HDFS at Texas Tech University, and a post-doc at Penn State University. Jackie currently teaches a large Family Relations course at the U of A and has been studying young adult relationships for the past 10 years, with a curiosity in mate selection.
After moving to Arkansas four years ago, she became interested in the subject of astrology and zodiacs, based on her friends’ birthdays and their own compatibilities. She soon became an expert on zodiacs and has written the book (out next spring) “The Zodiac Recipe: A Ph.D.’s Guide to Understanding You and Your Relationships.”
Wilde, Sherry
Sherry Wilde was living an idyllic life until 1987 when her community experienced a UFO flap that was considered one of the most active in the world. No one could have ever guessed the unbelievable turn of events that would occur over the next 18 to 24 months as Sherry was forced to accept her involvement in a phenomenon that was totally unknown to her. It was astonishing to this pragmatic and level-headed woman of 37 when faced with the undisputable evidence that she was experiencing contact with extra-terrestrial beings. It almost pushed her over the edge to learn her contact had been ongoing for her entire life . Sherry spent the next several years of her life trying to exonerate the experience from her mind and ignoring the occasional visits. But when heavy contact started again in late 2009, after several years of peace, she could no longer ignore it. Inexplicably, she found herself writing a book about the experiences as her memory opened up to the past events and the teachings these beings had imparted to her. Overcoming her fear and learning the truth of her involvement became her life goal. She now accepts the truth of these encounters and has cooperative contact on a regular basis with the beings she calls "her guys".
Willmott, Lyn
Lyn Willmott has a BA in Ceramic Design, and another in teaching. She has run her own pottery business and has taught Art and English expression in a variety of class rooms - including five years where she ran the education department in a prison. At the age of sixty she became a fitness instructor and has helped conduct fitness trials for the aged. She has written 2 science fiction/fantasy novels for young adults and numerous short stories.
Wilson, Stuart
Stuart Wilson was born in Exmouth in the West of England. He came from a conventional background and went to a Scottish public school (Fettes in Edin-burgh). However his mother was fascinated by theosophy and the writings of Alice Bailey, and this led to Stuart's lifelong interest in esoteric teachings and the Eastern and Western wisdom traditions.
After service in the RAF on Christmas Island in the Pacific, Stuart Wilson entered advertising as an agency copywriter, rising over some years to become an advertising manager for an industrial company. He then retrained as a counselor and set up a small publishing business, which he later sold to concentrate on writing. He wrote two best-selling name dictionaries, including Simply the Best Baby Name Book, and moved in 1990 to help his friend Joanna Prentis with the development of the Starlight Centre in mid-Devon.
Stuart Wilson writes of this period: ..."It was inspiring and fascinating but also exhausting! A stream of visitors came in to the Centre, mainly from the United States and Australia, but some also from Europe. We had an amazing and mind-expanding time sitting at the feet of internationally respected spiritual teachers and workshop leaders. What I remember most about this time was the big gatherings when our friends came in to share a meal and talk about our experiences and all the changes that were happening in our lives. It was a wonderful time, full of joy and laughter, and the special events, like Anna Mitchell Hedges sharing her crystal skull, and the two fire-walks led by Esassani, were simply magical!"
Winterhalter, Robert
Robert Winterhalter graduated from Lakeland College, Sheboygan, Wisconsin (BA), The Iliff School of Theology, Denver, Colorado (MRE), Kentucky Christian University, Ashland, Kentucky (PHD), Unity Training School, Unity Village, Missouri, and Brooks Divinity School, Denver, Colorado. Robert lived his life through Christ. In his pastoral experience he was minister at the New Thought Temple of Christ, Cleveland, Ohio, minister at the First Divine Science Church, Appleton, Wisconsin, minister at the Universal Center of Truth, Lake County, Illinois, Director of Christ Tower of Prayer, Atlanta, Georgia, minister at the First Divine Science Church, Belleville, Illinois, and Minister of Education Gateway Church of Divine Science, Crestwood, Missouri.
Robert Winterhalter's teaching experience included Teacher Training Coordinator at Unity on the North Shore, Evanston, Illinois, faculty in the Ministerial Education Program at the Christ Church of Truth, Atlanta, Georgia, faculty at the Divine School of Higher Consciousness, Crestwood, Missouri, faculty in the External Degree Program, Hopkins College & Theological Seminary, Clearwater, Florida, and faculty at Divine Science School, Washington, DC.
Robert Winterhalter also served in administrative positions as Chairman of the Board at the Christ Center of Truth, Atlanta, Georgia, as Vice-President of Unity Church on the North Shore, Evanston, Illinois, as Vice-President of the Divine Science Ministers Association Board, as a member of the Academy & Religion & Psychical Research, as Director of District Presidents & Ambassadors-at-large of the International New Thought Alliance, as President of the Society for the Study of Metaphysical Religion (1993-2005), as President of the Greater St. Louis Alliance of New Thought Ministries, and as a board member in the Divine Science Federation International Board of Officers, representing the Divine Science Ministers Association.
Robert Winterhalter was a published author of religious books and articles. This is his fourth book. Previous books include The Odes of Solomon (Llewellyn), The Fifth Gospel (Harper & Row), and Jesus' Parables: Finding Our God Within (Paulist Press).Robert also wrote five curricular courses for Divine Science School, papers and book reviews for the Journal of the Academy of Religion & Psychical Research and the SSMR Journal, and articles in New Thought, Aspire, Dialogue & Distinction, and Wings of Truth.
Robert Winterhalter made his transition from this dimension on March 3, 2010 while this book was being printed.