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