Dr. Jean C. MacPhail, Ph.D., MB, ChB., Pravrajika Gayatriprana (Vedantic nun), Lived Life-cycles: Experiences Along the Way. A lifetime of profound STEs falls into a pattern of four cycles of twenty years. Every one of these was related to intense external stress, and all served to neutralize the stress and help to keep moving forward and to thrive.

Althea Watson, A Sighting of the Virgin Mary on the Wall of an Expressway Ramp Draws Crowds. In April 2005, a Sighting of the Virgin Mary on the Wall of an Expressway Ramp Drew Crowds. As news of the sighting circulated hundreds of people gathered. Althea will share stories from witnesses and her own STE which took her to her soul changing her perspective forever.

Kristin Lemaster, MIM, What Comes Next? Living a Soul-Aligned Life After Waking Up. A scientist and engineer, Kristin went on to study more than 30 energy modalities over the last 20 years, Kristin strives to help people align their lives with their energy for greater ease and fulfillment.  She learned to let her spirit lead in all aspects of life.

Dr. Sha’alah Ivory, PhD, B.Ed, formerly R.M. & C.P.M., Head or Heart? Harnessing the Spiritual Power of the “Left Brain.” Sha’alah sees the popularity of hatha and bhakti yoga (physical and devotional), and ‘mindfulness’ practices for spiritual growth. Citing her own powerful STEs coming from jnana (intellectual) yoga practice, she suggests that many spiritual traditions already include such paths for the benefit of the many ‘left-brained’ practitioners.

Hypnotist Rob Schwartz thinks each of us plans the circumstances, relationships, and major challenges we will experience in our upcoming lifetime, before we are born. He will share how we can gain insight into our life plan. This helps to gain understanding of the spiritual meaning and purpose of the relationships and challenges in our lives.

Anne Archer Butcher was rescued by dolphins from an imminent shark attack on a bright and sunny holiday. Dolphins surrounded her in waist deep water and performed what could only be described as a ceremony! This extraordinary mystical occurrence changed her life forever and opened a floodgate of Spiritually Transformative Experiences.

Sean Blackwell, The Spiritual Dimension of Bipolar Disorder. Many think spiritual awakening and bipolar disorder are completely different experiences, one beneficial and the other damaging. Sean’s experience and research shows no clear separation between the two, and bipolar disorder may have a powerful spiritual component.

Dr. Ann Berger-Knorr, BS, MEd, PhD, Wings Unfolding: A Spiritually Transformative Experience. Dr. Ann Berger-Knorr will share nine After-Death Communications (ADCs) that she experienced with various family members over the span of four years. One ADC catapulted her into a Spiritual Emergency which lasted for over two years.

Ellen Drummonds Curtis, Navigating Epiphany: Delusions of Grandeur as Vehicles for the Channeling of the Higher Self. This presentation carries the aim of vitalizing the human spirit toward a proud hope and profound vision of the Spiritual Awakening Journey on which we are all meant to tread, with diagnosis of mental-health conditions as a Heavenly representation of the Divine communicating through and into the material realm of the healing Matrix.

Dr. Yvonne Kason had a Kundalini Awakening in 1976, which prompted her to research this powerful STE. She will describe key kundalini features, after-effects on body, mind, and spirit, and how it starts a long-term process of spiritual transformation, with “psycho-spiritual housecleaning,” many STEs, and expansion of the range of consciousness.

Jeffrey Long, M.D. has scientifically studied over 4000 Near-Death Experiences (NDEs). He will share powerful evidence of the afterlife from twelve lines of evidence. Dr. Long will present his current groundbreaking investigation of the content of NDEs that address humankind’s ageless questions which include: Is there an afterlife? What is it like?