29th International Conference on Shamanism, Healing & Transformation

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Call for Proposals (pdf)

Cycles of Time

This year we will explore images, stories, ceremonies, rituals and shamanic practices evoking and celebrating cycles and rhythms of time. What are our visions and emergent dreams of past, present and future? What does it take to act responsibly to benefit future generations?

Santa Sabina Retreat Center
San Rafael, California
September 1st - 3 rd
Labor Day Weekend - 2012


Mandaza Augustine Kandemwa

Mandaza Augustine Kandemwa
Bantu Shaman from Zimbabwe /Peacemaker
Rowena Pattee Kryder

Lewis Mehl-Madrona
Professor of Medicine
and Psychiatry
Author, Bridging Native American and Western Medicine
David Cumes, M.D.

David Cumes, M.D.
Sangoma Medicine,
Ancestral Dream Work

 

 

Dr. Ruth-Inge Heinze

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“Shamans play an important role in society today, by removing imbalances and restoring the connection between the sacred and the secular. They continue to ritualize the process of transformation.”
Ruth-Inge Heinze

Dr. Ruth-Inge Heinze passed away July 20, 2007

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The Annual Conference on the Study of Shamanism and Alternative Modes of Healing was founded in 1984 by Dr. Ruth-Inge Heinze.