March 1st, 2010
Interview with Hal Zina Bennett
an interview with Hal Zina Bennet
Hal Zina Bennet’s highly acclaimed work includes countless articles and more than 30 successful books, including two adult novels: Spirit Circle and White Mountain Blues.
Many of his books have become classics in their fields: Write From the Heart, Spirit Animals & the Wheel of Life, The Lens of Perception and Zuni Fetishes, “The Well Body Book”, Follow Your Bliss, with Susan J. Sparrow, “The Holotropic Mind”, with Stanislav Grof, M.D. Hal’s interest in creativity, human consciousness, metaphysics, and the ancient wisdom traditions began as a teenager, following a coma and near-death experience that left him temporarily blind, during which time he was initiated into the reality of the inner world. Studies in ancient spiritual traditions over the next 20 years helped him to validate insights he’d had during his encounters with his own death and his visions of the world beyond.
In addition to being a prolific author, Hal has helped over 200 authors develop their own work, several of them bestsellers.
Hal speaks with Joanna about his near-death experience, entheogens as mind-expanding tools, story-telling as a wisdom practice, our spiritual connection to Nature…
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