William Wilson Quinn
William W. Quinn is an alumnus of the University of Arizona (B.A. 1970 in Literature and Writing). In 1978 he earned the degree of M.A. in Religious Studies from the University of Chicago’s Divinity School, where he was a protégé of Prof. Mircea Eliade, and thereafter earned the Ph.D. (1981) from the University of Chicago’s Humanities Division in the philosophia perennis. In 1989 he earned the degree of J.D. from Arizona State University, College of Law.
From 1973 to 1978 Mr. Quinn was employed by the Theosophical Society in America, which he joined in the year 1969. He was first the Assistant Editor and thereafter the Editor of The American Theosophist and Quest magazine, and an Associate Editor of the Theosophical Publishing House in Wheaton. Since his first publication in The American Theosophist in 1971, he has published two books–one being his doctoral dissertation titled The Only Tradition–and numerous articles on comparative religion, spirituality, and metaphysics, as well as articles on American Indian history, culture, and law in national academic journals and law reviews. He has been both a lecturer for the Theosophical Society and a guest lecturer at several universities and has appeared on the faculty of numerous seminars and workshops in all these subject areas.
From 1982 to 1987, Mr. Quinn was an ethnohistorian for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, applying his training in tribal religion to anthropological and ethnohistorical inquiries into American Indian groups seeking Federal acknowledgment. Following law school, Mr. Quinn was in private practice for over ten years in Phoenix, specializing in Federal Indian law, first as a partner in the firm of Shea & Wilks and later as Of Counsel in the firm of Snell & Wilmer.
For the last six years of his legal career, Mr. Quinn was the Field Solicitor for the Office of the Solicitor, Phoenix Office, in the Department of the Interior. In that position, he represented various bureaus and services of the Department in Arizona and throughout the American Southwest, including the Bureau of Indian Affairs. In his years as both a Federal attorney and as a tribal attorney representing federally recognized Indian tribes and Indian people, he appeared in virtually every level of judicial forum of the State of Arizona and courts of the United States.
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Tim Wyatt
A life-long spiritual explorer and student of the esoteric mysteries, occult science and the Ageless Wisdom, Tim Wyatt has spent five decades working as a journalist in all sections of the broadcast, print and online media. A dedicated pioneer in consciousness research, he is the founder of the Leeds-based School of Applied Wisdom and travels extensively giving talks, seminars and workshops on occult topics to The Theosophical Society and many other groups.
He is the founder of the now defunct esoteric imprint Nosegay Books and currently runs Firewheel Books. His recent book Cycles of Eternity: An Overview of the Ageless Wisdom has received worldwide acclaim. He has written for many Theosophical publications around the world and is currently writing a major work on death.
Despite – or maybe even because of – having no recognised academic qualifications whatsoever, he has won awards for his plays and television documentaries. Wyatt is also the author of numerous novels, short stories, articles, non-fiction works and poetry. He is the founder of several other publishing companies and at least two record labels. His other diversely chequered roles include film director, radio talk show host, car designer, public relations consultant, funeral celebrant, TV and film actor, musician, death counsellor, barman, teacher, DJ and advisor to government departments.
He is a devoted walker, animal lover, book and art collector and naturalist. Apart from brief stints in London, Thailand, and the North West, he has spent most of his life in the Yorkshire Pennines. These days he makes only rare and reluctant visits to cities.
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April Hejka-Ekins
April Hejka-Ekins, PhD is professor emeritus of Public Administration at California State University, Stanislaus. For over 24 years, she has taught a wide range of subjects in the master’s program, including courses in Public Service Ethics and Organization Theory. Prior to her academic career, she attained a Master’s degree in Social Work and worked as a therapist for ten years in Community Mental Health. April and her husband, Jerry Hejka-Ekins, founded a non-profit organization, Alexandria West, which is dedicated to the study and preservation of the Ancient Wisdom and includes an extensive library, educational program and service projects.
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Jerry Hejka-Ekins
Jerry Hejka-Ekins is president of Alexandria West, a not-for-profit educational organization dedicated to the promulgation of the Universal Wisdom Tradition, and to the preservation of the modern and ancient writings of those who have contributed to it. He received a MA degree from California State University Stanislaus. Since 1963, he has been active with various Theosophical Organizations where he has lectured, organized seminars and published. He is also an associate editor of Theosophical History, a peer-reviewed journal concerned with the modern Theosophical Movement.
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Orlando Fernandez
Orlando is the son of a wise woman of the Conchero magical tradition in Mexico, He started his spiritual journey at a very early age, participating in festivals and open-air rituals very often performed at the top of forgotten pyramids, set in the volcanic landscape of his native land. Some years later, while reading pure mathematics, Orlando discovered his true spiritual love: the Western Esoteric Tradition. The charms of Rosicrucianism, Alchemy, and Theosophy proved to be an irresistible attraction and since then Orlando has been studying and participating in the practical work of several esoteric fraternities. In particular, he has been a member of the Theosophical Society in England for several years, where he has been invited to give lectures to his fellow Theosophists on several occasions. Orlando likes toemphasise that he has approached the esoteric not only from the practical side but he also has a keen interest in the philosophical and the scholarly aspects of the esoteric. Orlando completed an MA in Western Esotericism at the University of Exeter writing a memoire on "Music and Esotericism in the Twentieth Century." Having obtained a PhD in Mathematical Physics from the Unversity of Paris followed by a series of postgraduate research work in King's College of London and being trained as a scientist Orlando is also very interested in the relationship between science and the esoteric, and has written a PhD dissertation "Esoteric Quantization: The Influence of the Esoteric Imagination in the Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics". Orlando also likes to point out that his spiritual journey is not limited to the Western tradition as he has been engaged with the practical side of Kashmir Shaivism, and he is pursuing a serious programme of Yoga in Shrinagar, Rishikesh, and Varanasi.
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David Nieuwejaers
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David Nieuwejaers has been a student of perennial philosophy and comparative religious thought for the past 25 years. His main field of interest are Christian mysticism and the western esoteric tradition. Inspired by sapiential teachers, such as Plato, Plotinus, Dionysius the Areopagite, Meister Eckhart, Tauler and Boehme, he frequently gives lectures and study classes. He is also associated as a volunteer with the monastery of Chevetogne (B.), a Benedictine monastery devoted to the unity of Christians. David was born in Belgium and lives in Maastricht (The Netherlands) where he works as a professor in criminal law.
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Erica Georgiades
Erica Georgiades MA Ancient Religions (UWTSD), BA (Honous) in Philosophy and Psychological Studies (Open). She is the editor of FOTA Newsletter and a researcher on Theosophical History, especially focusing on the veiled years of Helena Petrovna Blavatsky. She has lived and worked for two years, on a voluntary basis, at the Archives at the International Headquarters of the Theosophical Society Adyar, Chennai, India, under the direction of Radha Burnier. She is also a member of the board of the Theosophical Society in Greece and one of the organisers of the EuST. Since 2013 she has been exploring and studying philosophy of death, attitudes toward death, how to deal with suffering, mourning processes, loss, afterlife beliefs in the ancient Mediterranean world, as well as ancient ways to live in harmony, tranquility, and peace.
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