Shamanism with Ruth Inge-Heinze, Ph.D. - Part 3 of 3

NOTE: In my personal opinion, anyone who calls themselves a "Shaman" and does not use entheogens is not a Shaman. As Terence McKenna once said, "Shamanism is not a religion, it's a set of techniques, and the principal technique is the use of psychedelic plants."

Ruth Inge-Heinze, Ph.D. (bio from assacon.com):
With a Ph.D. in Comparative Religion and Psychological Anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley, Ruth-Inge Heinze has devoted her life to spirituality and healing. She is teaching and conducting research in Asia, Europe, and the United States since 1960. Her work is reflected in six books, e.g., The Role of Buddhism in Modern Thailand (1974); Tham Khwan: How to Contain the Essence of Life (1982); Shamans of the 20th Century (1991); Trance and Healing in Southeast Asia Today (1988/1997); The Nature and Function of Rituals (2000); The Search for Visions (2001), and over a hundred of essays in professional journals.

Ruth Inge-Heinze is a long-term meditator and has been president of a meditation society in the Bay Area. She also holds licenses in Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture, Reiki I and II. Aside from her regular presentations at national and international conferences, she is also the founder and moderator of the Annual International Conference on the Study of Shamanism and Alternative Modes of Healing since 1984. Currently she is involved with a monthly Dream Group and designs the lectures for the Universal Dialog series and two other organizations. She is, furthermore, the founder and national director of Independent Scholars of Asia, Inc.

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I trust her but am getting bad vibes from the interviewer, Anyone else?