Circle of Honor
Honorees
Spiritual Awakenings International wishes to honor and say thank you to the ground-breaking pioneers in the field of 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
Dannion Brinkley groundbreaker in raising awareness about Near-Death Experiences with his book Saved by the Light
Bonnie Greenwell PhD co-founder of the Kundalini Research Network
Bruce Greyson MD co-founder of IANDS, International Association for Near-Death Studies
Stan Grof MD co-founded the Spiritual Emergence Network
Bill Guggenheim coined the phrase “After-Death Communications” in his groundbreaking book Hello from Heaven
Yvonne Kason MD first Canadian MD specializing in STEs, coined phrase STE, defined STE types, co-founder of the Kundalini Research Network and Spiritual Awakenings International website: spiritualawakeningsinternational.org book: Touched by the Light
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
Kimberly Clark Sharp pioneered NDE support/sharing groups in USA
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
Circle of Honor Honorees no longer living
Richard Maurice Bucke MD described STEs in groundbreaking book Cosmic Consciousness
Edgar Cayce groundbreaking American psychic, founder of ARE, Association for Research and Enlightenment
Christina Grof co-founded the Spiritual Emergence Network
William James MD groundbreaking author on STEs The Varieties of Religions Experience
Gopi Krishna pioneer raising awareness re kundalini awakening in the west Kundalini, the Evolutionary Energy in Man
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross MD pioneering author describing NDEs, ADCs, and other STEs 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 Autobiography of a Yogi