This the third in a series of interviews with Gail about the cultural practices of the Huichol Indians of Mexico. Here she describes how her journeys to the Huichol people in Mexico intersected with her marriage, and how she eventually brought her husband with her to the peyote ritual ceremony. She movingly describes the close, [...]

This is second in a series of interviews with Gail about the cultural practices of the Huichol Indians of Mexico. Gail shares how she first came to realize that she had cancer while high in the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains with the Huichol indians, far from civilization. She describes the shamanic healing that may have [...]

This is first in a new series of interview with Gail about the cultural practices of the Huichol Indians of Mexico, who are known for their peyote rituals. Gail describes her first two trips to the Huichol country and how she was welcomed into this community. She explains what life is like at 10,000 feet [...]

This is the third interview in a three-part series. Here she describes her initiation into Mongolian shamanism – after many years of study and shamanic practice. The event took place in California when visiting shamans from Mongolia spontaneously decided that Gail was surrounded by spirits and was ready. She describes the preparations, the ritual, and [...]

This is the second interview in a three-part series. Here she describes her visit to Mongolia in 2011, after having developed close relationships with different shamans and researchers from Mongolia who visited her home in California. She describes remarkable healings and rituals that she witnessed and the dreams and visions that accompanied her journey.

Here she tells how she developed a close connection with shamans from Mongolia who visited the United States in 2004. As a result of this connection, she was invited to present at a conference on shamanism in Mongolia. She describes a variety of adventures with shamans in Mongolia, including some in which it appeared to [...]

Here she describes life and work of Jean Millay, PhD, teacher, fine artist, biofeedback researcher, parapsychologist, and psychic. Jean was closely aligned with the pioneers of the psychedelic era of the 1960s and 1970s. She was a deep student of shamanism. She worked closely with other parapsychologists including Stanley Krippner and Russell Targ. Her books [...]

Here she describes traumas in her childhood and teenage years. She explains that she never considers a relationship with living persons as “finished” and describes how she has persisted until traumatic relationships became loving. She describes her work as a psychic demonstrator for Werner Erhard and Mind Dynamics. She also describes her involvement with parapsychologists [...]