Terence McKenna spent twenty-five years exploring and developing an ethno-pharmacology of spiritual transformation, in the process discovering Novelty Theory, which was based part on the sequence of hexagrams in the ancient I Ching, or Book of Changes. Terrence is author of many books, including The Invisible Landscape: Mind, Hallucinogens, and the I Ching. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a distributed major in Ecology, Resource Conservation and Shamanism. McKenna died on April 3, 2000, at the age of 53.

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Eric Clopper is the president of Intact Global, an organization dedicated to education, advocacy, and protecting bodily integrity. Eric is the lead trial attorney at The Clopper Law Firm in Los Angeles and the President of Intact Global, a nonprofit dedicated to ending child genital cutting in the U.S. through strategic impact litigation. Intact Global will host its inaugural conference in Portland next weekend on March 29-30, culminating in a press conference on March 31 at Pioneer Courthouse Square to announce the filing of its first constitutional challenge in Oregon to protect Oregonian boys from circumcision and other forms of genital cutting.

Tricia Eastman is the author of the new book, Seeding Consciousness: Plant medicine, Ancestral Wisdom, and Psychedelic Initiation. Tricia is a lineage-honoring medicine woman and founder of nonprofit Ancestral Heart. A renowned speaker, artist, and writer, she bridges worlds rooted in her mestiza ancestry with profound insights from a decade of Bwiti initiations and training.

Gregory Shushan, Ph.D, is the author of the new book, Near-Death Experience in Ancient Civilizations: The Origins of the World’s Afterlife Beliefs. Gregory is the leading authority on near-death experiences and afterlife beliefs across cultures and throughout history. He is an award-winning author affiliated with Birmingham Newman University, University of Winchester, Marian University, and the Parapsychology Foundation. A former researcher at the University of Oxford and University of Wales, he lives in San Francisco.

Elizabeth Husserl is author of the new book, The Power of Enough: Finding Joy in Your Relationship with Money. Elizabeth is a registered investment advisor representative, financial advisor, and cofounder of Peak360 Wealth Management, a boutique wealth planning firm. She holds a BS in economics from Tulane University and an MA in East-West psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies, where she has also taught as an adjunct professor. Her experience spans nonprofit work throughout the Americas, and she is a highly sought-after speaker. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and daughter.

John Gray is the author of the most well-known and trusted relationship book of all time, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus. USA Today listed his book as one of the top 10 most influential books of the last quarter-century. In hardcover, it was the #1 best-selling book of the 1990s. Dr. Gray’s books are translated into approximately 45 languages in more than 100 countries and continues to be a bestseller.

Dr. Gray has written over 20 books. His most recent book is Beyond Mars and Venus: Relationship Skills for Our Complex Modern World. His Mars/Venus book series has forever changed the way men and women view their relationships.

Dr. Carol Orsborn is the author of the new book, Spiritual Aging: weekly reflections on embracing life. Carol is a best-selling author of over 35 books. She has recently launched the Spiritual Aging Study and Support Group at Substack. She founded the Sage-ing Book Club, run in conjunction with the leading organization in the field, Sage-ing International. Carol is a leading voice of the conscious aging and spirituality and aging movements. Over the past decade, she has also blogged about the Boomer Generation for Huffington Post, BeliefNet.com and PBS’s Next Avenue, among others.

Dr. Orsborn received her Master’s of Theological Studies and Doctorate in History and Critical Theory of Religion from Vanderbilt University, specializing in adult life-stage and spiritual development, with post-graduate work in Spiritual Counseling at the New Seminary in Manhattan. She is an internationally-recognized thought leader on the fulfillment of the human potential.

Paul Levy is the author of The Quantum Revelation: Awakening in the Dreamlike Nature of Reality. A pioneer in the field of spiritual emergence, Paul is a wounded healer in private practice, assisting others who are also awakening to the dreamlike nature of reality. He is the founder of the Awaken in the Dream Community in Portland, Oregon, and the author of six books, including three on what he named the “wetiko” mind-virus, the subject of an earlier Pathways episode. An artist, he is deeply steeped in the work of C. G. Jung, and has been a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner for 40 years.

Shelly Tygielski is the  author of the new book, Sit Down to Rise Up: How Radical Self-Care Can Change the World. Shelly is the founder of the global grassroots mutual aid organization Pandemic of Love. She is also the co-founder of Partners in Kind, a purpose in production equity fund that invests in social impact in entertainment projects.  Her work as a self-care activist, community organizer, and mindfulness teacher has been featured by over 100 media outlets, including CNN Heroes, The Kelly Clarkson Show, CBS This Morning, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. A trauma-informed mindfulness teacher and a former Garrison Institute Fellow, she has been called one of the “12 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement” by Mindful.org. Shelly is currently working on her doctorate degree at the Lilly School of Philanthropy at Indiana University.

Alanna Kaivalya, PhD, is the author of The Way of the Satisfied Woman: Reclaiming Feminine Power. Alanna is a bestselling author, spiritual leader, and expert on mythology, spirituality, and psychology. Her global network has more than 30,000 members, and she is host of the Spiritual Leadership Podcast, originally launched in 2005. She earned a doctorate in mythological studies with an emphasis in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and is a former board member of the Carl Jung Foundation.