Elixir Issue 4

Jules Cashford lives in the UK and is the author of The Moon: Myth and Image. With Anne Baring, she co-authored the well-received The Myth of the Goddess: Evolution of an Image, and has translated the Homeric Hymns for Penguin Classics. She recently made a film on DVD entitled “The Mystery of Jan van Eyck.” More about Jules and her writings and work can be found at www.julescashford.com.

Richard Grossinger is co-founder of North Atlantic Books and the Society for the Study of Native Arts and Sciences. His numerous articles synthesize magical and esoteric prose with anthropology, science and popular culture. Richard has authored many books of fiction and non-fiction, including the Planet Medicine trilogy, Embryos, Galaxies and Sentient Beings, and Embryogenesis. His On the Integration of Nature: Post 9/11 Biopolitical Notes was published by North Atlantic in 2005.

Jean-Yves Leloup is a doctor of psychology, philosophy, and theology and teaches in Europe, South America and the US . Among his many books, he has translated and commented on the Gospels of John, Thomas, Phillip, and Mary Magdalene as well as other texts discovered at Nag Hammadi in Egypt . His best selling work is studied in many universities in the US and South America..

Victor Mansfield is a professor of physics and astronomy at Colgate University where he also teaches popular courses that include Tibetan Buddhism. He has published widely in physics, astronomy, and several interdisciplinary fields, studied and practiced with teachers in the USA , Europe, and India , and lectured widely in the USA and Europe. He warmly invites you to his web site at www.lightlink.com/vic.

Jennifer Morgan is a storyteller author, educator, and environmentalist with a love of the natural world and cosmology. Her trilogy of children’s books includes Born With a Bang: The Universe Tells Our Cosmic Story (which earned the Learning Magazine Teachers’ Choice Award), From Lava to Life: The Universe Tells Our Earth Story, and Mammals Who Morph: The Universe Tells Our Evolution Story. Information about Jennifer’s programs and publications are available at www.UniverseStories.com.

Gregory Shaw is Professor of Religious Studies at Stonehill College in Easton, MA. He is the author of Theurgy and the Soul: The Neoplatonism of Iamblichus, and articles on the later Neoplatonists and Iamblichus in particular. His current work explores the Platonic teaching that the gods reveal themselves in human souls, a tradition of human and divine co-existence now lost to the West. Greg also competes as a Masters swimmer and holds several world records..

Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan was head of the Sufi Order International for almost 50 years. He is internationally recognized among leaders of all faiths as a master of meditation. Trained in the major spiritual traditions, his teaching is derived from both the rich mystical tradition of the East and the esoteric heritage and scholarship of the West, and from music, science, and psychology. Pir Vilayat initiated dozens of international gatherings of religious, spiritual, and scientific leaders, and participated in many international and interfaith conferences promoting understanding and world peace. He passed from this life in 2004.