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 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
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
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 book: Hello From Heaven: A New Field of Research-After-Death Communication Confirms That Life and Love Are Eternal
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/ book: Evidence of the Afterlife
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
Kimberly Clark Sharp MSW, LICSW, 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 David Lukoff’s website: website: www.spiritualcompetency.com video: Understanding spiritual crises
Pim Van Lommel MD, groundbreaking Dutch cardiologist and NDE researcher website:https://pimvanlommel.nl/en/ book: Consciousness Beyond Life
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/
Christina Grof co-founder of the Spiritual Emergence Network books: Spiritual Emergency, and other books
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 first 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