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.
John R. Audette MS co-founder of IANDS, International Association for Near-Death Studies
website: eternea.org
Emma Bragdon PhD pioneer in Spiritual Emergence and Spiritual Emergency
website: imhu.org
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
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
Peter Fenwick PhD groundbreaking British end-of-life and NDE researcher
website: https://galileocommission.org/peter-fenwick/
book: The Art of Dying
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/
Stan Grof MD co-founder of the Spiritual Emergence Network
Bill Guggenheim and Judy Guggenheim coined the phrase “After-Death Communications” in their groundbreaking book Hello from Heaven!
website: http://www.after-death.com/
Yvonne Kason MD first Canadian MD specializing in STEs, coined the phrase STE, Spiritually Transformative Experiences, defined STE types, co-founder of the Kundalini Research Network and Spiritual Awakenings International
website: spiritualawakeningsinternational.org
book: Touched by the Light
Jeffrey Long MD, founder of NDERF, Near-Death Experience Research Foundation
website:http://nderf.com/
George Lucas filmmaker, accurately depicted STEs in his groundbreaking Star Wars films
Raymond Moody MD coined the phrase Near-Death Experience and first defined NDE symptoms
website: www.lifeafterlife.com
website: www.finalwordsproject.org
Jyoti Ma co-founder of the Kundalini Research Network, former director of the Spiritual Emergence Network
website: thefountain.earth
website: www.centerforsacredstudies.org
Kenneth Ring PhD co-founder of IANDS, International Association for Near-Death Studies
website: www.kenring.org
blog: www.kenringblog.com
Kimberly Clark Sharp MSW, LICSW, pioneered NDE support/sharing groups in USA
Stuart Sovatsky PhD, pioneer raising awareness about Kundalini Awakenings, directed first Spiritual Emergence service, the Kundalini Clinic
Robert Turner MD, Francis Lu MD, 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:
website: www.spiritualcompetency.com
Pim Van Lommel MD, groundbreaking Dutch cardiologist and NDE researcher
website:https://pimvanlommel.nl/en/
Diane Willis, founder of iSee and Chicago IANDS
website:www.chicagoiands.org
website: www.dianewillis.com
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 ARE, Association for Research and Enlightenment
website: https://www.edgarcayce.org/
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
William James MD groundbreaking author on STEs in his 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 first US MD to specialize in Kundalini Awakening
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