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The Annual International Conference on the Study of Shamanism and Alternative Modes of Healing was founded in 1984 by Dr. Ruth-Inge Heinze to preserve and further the integrity of shamanism and share the latest insights in the field of alternative healing.

Please Note: This Conference is fully booked and cannot accept new registrants

2008 Conference
Labor Day weekend
Santa Sabina Center
San Rafael, California
August 30, 9:00 am to
September 1, 4:00 pm

This year’s conference will include a
Ruth-Inge Heinze Memorial Lecture
by Dr. Stanley Krippner

Also speaking, Dr. Stan Grof, Researcher of non-ordinary states of consciousness

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Mongolian Shamans will be presenting at the this year's conference

	DR. PROF BATBAYAR GONCHIGDORJ, Director of the Institute Ataa Tenger of Mongolian Shamanism, Sc. D, Science and History, Professor, Historian Topic: "Accessories of Mongolian Shamans" Batbayar Gonchigdorj presenting Ruth-Inge Heinze with a certificate from the Mongolian Government, a special Pin and a Mongolian Scarf	Also Presenting: BATTSETSEG BATAA, Assistant to the Shamans, Scientist Staff, Researcher of Mongolian Mountains, Nature, and Water. Topic: "Mongolian Shamanism as an Intangible Culture" SARUUL MAGSAR, Foreign Affairs Staff

PUREVSUREN BEGZIAV, Head of the Distant Treatment Center, Nation's honored Doctor, Board Member of the Institute Ataa Tenger of Mongolian Shamanism, Peace Representative. Topic: "Curing Possibility of Cancers using Bio Energy"	PUREVSUREN BEGZIAV with the Dali Lama recently.	SUMIYA TSERENDORJ, Vice Director of the Institute and Female Shaman Topic: "Meanings of the Mongolian Shamans Spirits"

The Society for Shamanism, Healing and Transformation is dedicated to:

	Interdisciplinary and socially engaged inquiry of personal and social change, with a special focus on healing practices.
	Interdisciplinary and socially engaged inquiry on healing practices.
	The transformative dimensions of inquiry, learning, and diverse healing modalities.
	Traditional and nontraditional practices of shamanism.
	The future of humanity and welfare of the Earth.

This organization continues in the tradition first established by Dr. Ruth-Inge Heinze in 1981, known as Independent Scholars of Asia. We are dedicated to sponsoring an annual conference, workshops, lectures, and publications.

We seek to advance inquiries and reflections especially focused on the fields of anthropology, psychology, philosophy, religion, social theory, science, and the arts.

The study of shamanism has been the seed from which our endeavors have unfolded. We seek to explore new models of transdisciplinary, interdisciplinary, multicultural, dialogical, and socially-engaged inquiry.

Remembering and practicing ancient ways of knowing bring such work to bear on what appears to be the fundamental issues of our times: global warming, globalization, healing from the effects of genocide, and signs of death and disease among various living groups. There are many other important topics. This remembering and honoring is done through written, oral, and artistic modalities.

We strive to engage in a deep conversation with a diversity of perspectives and discourses, which often have been kept separate. These include those groups identified as indigenous and non-indigenous; Western and Eastern, Northern and Southern; feminine and masculine; young and old, intellectual and practical; artistic and spiritual.

Notes from Shamans of the Twentieth Century, by Ruth- Inge Heinze, p. 144- 146, explains how the Shamanism Conference started: Conference History

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