Zecharia Sitchin     Zecharia Sitchin, is an internationally acclaimed researcher and author whose 12 books, including the latest bestseller End of Days, have combined archaeology, ancient cuneiform texts and the latest scientific discoveries with the Bible to retell history and prehistory of mankind and planet Earth. In his first trailblazing book, The 12th Planet, now translated into more than twenty languages, Zecharia offered evidence that we are not alone in our solar system, the past is the key to the future, and the ancient ones are returning soon.
Andrew Collins   Andrew Collins, explorer, researcher, and author of the groundbreaking The Cygnus Mystery, examined the mystery of crop circles in his books The Circlemakers and Alien Energy. In the forthcoming A.R.E. Press book Beneath the Pyramids: Finding the Hall of Records he details the results of his ongoing exploration on and under the Giza plateau and the search for lost Hall of Records.
Greg Little   Greg Little, EdD, coauthor of Edgar Cayce’s Atlantis, Mound Builders, and Ancient South America, is a psychologist turned explorer who has visited more than 1,000 American mound sites and studied the growing evidence that these architects came from Central America. He has authored three books on mystical phenomena and dozens of articles on the alignment of ancient sites and their effects on brain processes. He has appeared on numerous TV documentaries, including NBC’s Quest for Atlantis.
Lora Little   Lora Little, EdD, is coauthor of five books on Atlantis, including The Lost Hall of Records. She has studied the archaeological data and traveled extensively to ancient Native American sites in both North and Central America for over 20 years. For the last six years, Lora has been leading research on Atlantis in the Bimini and Andros areas and brings exciting new video and the latest findings on the Bimini Road and other sites.
Michael Faught   Michael Faught, PhD, a graduate of the University of Arizona and a former faculty member at Florida State University, is an acclaimed expert in the underwater archaeology of prehistoric sites. He has been instrumental in developing a massive archeological database to aid scholars in understanding the complex behaviors of the early peoples of the New World. He grew up with a parent very much influenced by Edgar Cayce, and brings a balanced, mainstream view of archeology to his presentations.
John Van Auken   John Van Auken a long-time staff member of the A.R.E. and one of our most popular speakers on ancient mysteries and mystical spirituality, has appeared on several television programs including the Discovery Channel’s Search for Atlantis and the History Channel’s Digging for the Truth. He is the author of Ancient Egyptian Mysticism and editor of A.R.E.’s Ancient Mysteries newsletter.
James Mullaney   James Mullaney, whose books include Edgar Cayce and the Cosmos, and The Heavens Declare!, is an astronomy writer, lecturer, consultant, former curator of the Buhl Planetarium in Pittsburgh and, more recently, Director of the DuPont Planetarium. He served as editor for Sky & Telescope, Astronomy, and Star & Sky magazines, and he was recently elected a Fellow of the prestigious Royal Astronomical Society of London.
Shelley Kaehr   Shelley Kaehr, PhD, is the author of 15 books including Edgar Cayce’s Guide to Gemstones, Minerals, Metals and More and Crystal Skull Consciousness. A Hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner, and certified Diamontologist and Gemologist, she is known throughout the world for her work with the vibrational energies of gems and stones and their meaning, history, and lore.
Peter Woodbury   Peter Woodbury, MSW, a psychotherapist and Harvard University graduate, is a popular speaker on the Edgar Cayce perspective and a favorite A.R.E. Tours leader and international traveler who recently addressed the first Latin American A.R.E. Conference in Ecuador. He brings over 20 years of research to his presentation.
Ellen Cayce and Ann Clapp   Ellen Cayce has spent many years studying attunement through movement and music from the Cayce readings. She is joined by her mentor Ann Clapp, known as the “prophetess of sacred dance” for her decades of study and practice of the Temple Beautiful arts; she compiled the two-volume Library Series of Cayce readings on Egypt, which is included in Edgar Cayce’s Egypt.

Annual Ancient Mysteries Conference presents Return of the Ancient Ones: Ancient Visitations, Crop Circles, Mound Builders, and Atlanteans - Oct. 9-12, 2008