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Richard Smoley, author, has more than 30 years’ experience studying and practicing esoteric spirituality. His latest book is The Dice Game of Shiva: How Consciousness Creates the Universe. He is executive editor of Quest: The Journal of the Theosophical Society in America and editor of Quest Books.
Rev. Dr. Kara Hawkins, educator, is a life-long apprentice of the traditional Grandmother Ways of American Indian Spirituality. A musician, poet and singer, she is a ceremonial leader, serves as the American Indian Spirituality Faith Member on the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council (GKCIC), is Secretary for the Heartland Chapter of the Alliance of Divine Love, Inc. (ADL), and was a monthly contributor to the ADL’s Dayspring, writing Kara’s Korner--American Indian Spirituality from 2004-2009. Kara’s Korner articles from 2008-2009 may still be read at the ministers’ area newsletters link at www.allianceofdivinelove.org
Russell Buddy Helm, teacher, has toured and recorded with many great musicians, from The Allman Brothers to Frank Zappa. Classically trained since the age of eight, he travels across the U.S. and Japan teaching his unique drumming therapy, Helmtone Drum Protocols, in hospitals, churches and counseling centers. His books include The Way of the Drum. Visit www.buddyhelm.com, www.helmtone.com.
Dean Radin, Ph.D., is Senior Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences and Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Psychology at Sonoma State Univ. He has authored over 200 articles and several books, including Entangled Minds and The Conscious Universe.
Jiayi Xiong, artist, is a freshman at the Rhode Island School of Design for the class of 2014. She is a 2010 graduate of Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, Missouri. Her artwork, “Uncertainty,” is featured in the movie trailer.
Rev. Dr. Vern Barnet founded the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council in 1989. His Wednesday Kansas City Star column began in 1994. Civic, Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Hindu, Buddhist and other groups have honored him, and an annual "Vern Barnet Interfaith Service Award" was established in 2010. He is minister emeritus at CRES, www.cres.org.
