The
Trust is a Founding Member of the World Wisdom Alliance
Global
Indigenous Studies
James
Cowan is author of a number of internationally acclaimed
books, including A Troubadours Testament and Letters
from A Wild State. In 1998 he was awarded the prestigious
Australian Literature Societys Gold Medal for his novel,
A Mapmakers Dream. His work has been translated into
seventeen languages.
Cowan
undertool a ten-year study of the Aboriginal culture which
led him to work, study and finally live among Aborigines in
the Center, the Far North and the Kimberly region of Australia.
This resulted in a series of books that explored Aboriginal
themes: Mysteries of the Dreaming, Myths of Dreaming, Letters
from a Wild State, Sacred Places, The Aboriginal Tradition,
and finally Messengers of the Gods all found their inspiration
in traditional cultural perspectives that Cowan found there.
Angeles Arrien is
a cultural anthropologist, award-winning author, educator, and
consultant to many organizations and businesses. She lectures
and conducts workshops worldwide, bridging cultural anthropology,
psychology, and comparative religions. Her work is currently
used in medical, academic, and corporate environments. Angeles
is the President of the Foundation for Cross-Cultural Education
and Research. Her books have been translated into nine languages,
and she has received three honorary doctorate degrees in recognition
of her work
David
Abram, Ph.D., is the author of The Spell of the Sensuous.
He is an ecologist, anthropologist, and philosopher interested
in "bettering relations between humans and the more than
human world." A bioregional activist and a central figure
in the deep ecology movement, he is also an accomplished sleight-of-hand
magician and has lived and traded magic with indigenous magicians
in Indonesia, Nepal, and the Americas.