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.
Mark Anthony, JD: Psychic Explorer, groundbreaker in bridging Law practice with Spiritually Transformative Experiences, and coined the term “Afterlife Frequency”
website: afterlifefrequency.com
books: The Afterlife Frequency and Evidence of Eternity
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/
Stanislav Grof, MD: co-founder of the Spiritual Emergence Network
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
Jeffrey Long, MD: founder of the Near-Death Experience Research Foundation (NDERF)
website:http://nderf.com/
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/
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
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
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, 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
Stuart Sovatsky PhD: pioneer raising awareness about Kundalini Awakenings, directed first Spiritual Emergence service, the Kundalini Clinic
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
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 Association for Research and Enlightenment (ARE)
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
Bill Guggenheim and Judy Guggenheim: coined the phrase “After-Death Communications” in their groundbreaking book Hello from Heaven!
website: http://www.after-death.com/
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