Circle of Honor

Honorees

Spiritual Awakenings International wishes to honor and say thank you to the ground-breaking pioneers in the field of Spiritually Transformative Experiences (STEs) and Spiritual Awakenings.

Diane Willis: founder of iSee and Chicago IANDS

website:www.chicagoiands.org

website: www.dianewillis.com

Pim Van Lommel, MD: groundbreaking Dutch cardiologist and NDE researcher

website:https://pimvanlommel.nl/en/

book: Consciousness Beyond Life

Robert Turner, MD, Francis Lu, MD, and David Lukoff PhD: successfully proposed to American Psychiatric Association the creation of non-pathological diagnostic category in DSM-IV for religious or spiritual issues including STEs.

David Lukoff’s website: www.spiritualcompetency.com

video: Understanding spiritual crises

Stuart Sovatsky PhD: pioneer raising awareness about Kundalini Awakenings, directed first Spiritual Emergence service, the Kundalini Clinic

website: https://princeton.academia.edu/StuartSovatsky

Kimberly Clark Sharp, MSW, LCSW: pioneered NDE support/sharing groups in USA

website: https://www.seattleiands.org/kimberly-clark-sharp.html

book: After the Light: What I Discovered on the Other Side of Life That Can Change Your World

Kenneth Ring, PhD: co-founder of IANDS, International Association for Near-Death Studies

website: www.kenring.org

blog: www.kenringblog.com

Alexander Moreira-Almeida, MD, PhD: Founder and Director of the Research Center in Spirituality and Health, School of Medicine, Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF), Brazil.

website: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexander-Moreira-Almeida

book: Science of Life After Death

Jyoti Ma: co-founder of the Kundalini Research Network, former director of the Spiritual Emergence Network

website: thefountain.earth

website: www.centerforsacredstudies.org

Raymond Moody, MD: coined the phrase Near-Death Experience and first defined NDE symptoms

website: www.lifeafterlife.com

website: www.finalwordsproject.org

George Lucas: filmmaker, accurately depicted STEs in his groundbreaking Star Wars films
David Lorimer, MA, PGCE, FRSA: Founder and Chair of the Galileo Commission, Global Ambassador of the Scientific and Medical Network

website: https://galileocommission.org/

website: https://scientificandmedical.net/

Jeffrey Long, MD: founder of the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (NDERF)

website:http://nderf.com/

book: Evidence of the Afterlife

Yvonne Kason, MD: first Canadian MD specializing in STEs, coined the phrase “Spiritually Transformative Experience” (STE), defined STE types, co-founder of the Kundalini Research Network and Spiritual Awakenings International

website: spiritualawakeningsinternational.org

book: Touched by the Light

Stanislav Grof, MD: co-founder of the Spiritual Emergence Network
Bruce Greyson, MD: co-founder of IANDS, International Association for Near-Death Studies

website: www.brucegreyson.com

website: https://med.virginia.edu/…/near-death-experiences-ndes/

Norma Edwards, D Div: groundbreaker in raising awareness about Near-Death Experiences – bridging with the black community globally.

website: www.reprogramyourlife.org

book: Awakening

Betty Eadie: groundbreaker in raising awareness about Near-Death Experiences with her book Embraced by the Light

website: https://www.embracedbythelight.com/

book: Embraced By The Light: The Most Profound and Complete Near-Death Experience Ever

Dannion Brinkley: groundbreaker in raising awareness about Near-Death Experiences with his book Saved by the Light

website: www.dannion.com

book: Saved by the Light: The True Story of a Man Who Died Twice and the Profound Revelations He Received

Emma Bragdon, PhD: pioneer in Spiritual Emergence and Spiritual Emergency

website: imhu.org

John R. Audette, MS: co-founder of IANDS, International Association for Near-Death Studies

website: eternea.org

PMH Atwater: groundbreaking Near-Death Experience researcher and multiple NDE experiencer

website: www.pmhatwater.com

books: Amazon.com : PMH Atwater books

Mark Anthony, JD: Psychic Explorer, groundbreaker in bridging Law practice with Spiritually Transformative Experiences, and coined the term “Afterlife Frequency”

website: www.afterlifefrequency.com

books: The Afterlife Frequency and Evidence of Eternity

Circle of Honor Honorees no longer living

Richard Maurice Bucke, MD: described STEs in his groundbreaking book, Cosmic Consciousness

book: Cosmic Consciousness

Edgar Cayce: groundbreaking American psychic, founder of Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE)

website: https://www.edgarcayce.org/

Peter Fenwick, PhD: groundbreaking British end-of-life and NDE researcher

website: https://galileocommission.org/peter-fenwick/

book: The Art of Dying

Bonnie Greenwell PhD: co-founder of the Kundalini Research Network

website: www.kundaliniguide.com

website:  www.awakeningguide.com

Christina Grof: co-founder of the Spiritual Emergence Network

books: Spiritual Emergency, and other books

Bill Guggenheim and Judy Guggenheim: coined the phrase “After-Death Communications” in their groundbreaking book Hello from Heaven!

website: http://www.after-death.com/

book: Hello from Heaven: A New Field of Research – After-Death Communication – Confirms That Life and Love Are Eternal

William James, MD: groundbreaking author on STEs in his book The Varieties of Religious Experience

book: The Varieties of Religious Experience

Gopi Krishna: pioneer raising awareness of kundalini awakening in the west in his groundbreaking book Kundalini, the Evolutionary Energy in Man

books: Kundalini the Evolutionary Energy in Man, and other books

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, MD: pioneering author describing NDEs, ADCs, and other STEs in her groundbreaking book On Death and Dying

book: On Death and Dying

Lee Sannella, MD: irst US MD to specialize in Kundalini Awakening

book: The Kundalini Experience: Psychosis or Transcendence

Paramahansa Yogananda: father of yoga in the west, described STEs as normal part of spiritual development in his groundbreaking book Autobiography of a Yogi

website: https://yogananda.org

books: Autobiography of a Yogi, and other books

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