John Van Auken is an internationally renowned speaker, a long-time A.R.E. staff member, a current director at A.R.E, and a popular leader of A.R.E.’s tours to sacred sites around the world. He is the author of numerous bestselling books including Edgar Cayce on the Spiritual Forces Within You, Angels, Fairies, Demons, & the Elementals, and is co-author of his most recent, Edgar Cayce on the Mysterious Essenes: Lessons from Our Sacred Past. His extensive knowledge of the Edgar Cayce readings, the Bible, ancient Egypt mysticism, world religions, and Christ Consciousness make him a popular and authoritative teacher.

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John Van Auken
Director, Legacy Education
Edgar Cayce Foundation

John has been a student of the Edgar Cayce readings for over 50 years. After 20 years as a carpenter, he went to night school, then Med School followed by Family Medicine Residency. He spent 10 years in mainstream Family practice then moved to Old Dominion University Student Health where he has been practicing for the past ten years. He has written for the “The Doctor Is In” column in Venture Inward and participated in Wellness Weeks at A.R.E. Headquarters as a physician and speaker.

He continues to study and apply in his life the Wholistic Body, Mind and Spirit perspective that the Cayce Readings so clearly show us is the way to health of body and peace of mind.

Joanne DiMaggio, MA, CHt, is considered a respected expert on the topic of reincarnation and soul writing. She has been a part of Edgar Cayce’s A.R.E. since 1987 and was on the Core Team that founded the Heartland Region in Chicago. In 1990, she attended an A.R.E. Conference in Chicago where Henry Reed, PhD, talked about what Edgar Cayce referred to as “inspirational writing.” Recognizing that writing as something she had done for many years, she began to devote much of her time researching all aspects of guided writing.

As a student at Atlantic University, she opted to do her thesis on inspirational writing, updating the name to Soul Writing to more accurately reflect Cayce’s intent. Dr. Reed served as her mentor and encouraged her to turn her thesis into a book. That book, Soul Writing: Conversing with Your Higher Self, was published in 2011.

Afterwards, she began incorporating Soul Writing into her past-life work, resulting in her second book: Your Soul Remembers: Accessing Your Past Lives Through Soul Writing. She later guided volunteers to use Soul Writing in her research project on physical karma, which became her next book: Karma Can Be a Real Pain: Past Life Clues to Current Life Maladies.

She is also the author of: I Did It To Myself…Again, which presents her research on the pre-life planning process; and her most recent book: Edgar Cayce and the Unfulfilled Destiny of Thomas Jefferson Reborn.

Joanne has had numerous articles published, given talks to global audiences, and been a guest on nearly 100 radio programs and podcasts.

In addition to her Masters in Transpersonal Studies degree, she obtained her Spiritual Mentor certification through Atlantic University. Joanne conducts private soul writing sessions and past-life regressions to clients worldwide via ZOOM. More at www.joannedimaggio.com.

Dr. Jean Paul (JP) Amonte DC, CMT, CHt, currently serves as Lead Instructor & Clinician of the A.R.E., maintaining clinical practice at the A.R.E. Health Center & Spa and a classroom presence at the Cayce/Reilly School of Massage. Dr. Amonte grew up in Virginia Beach, and after completing High School, he attended Wake Forest University, earning a bachelor's in Psychology and Biochemistry. Pursuing a background in Holistic Healing, JP graduated from Cayce/Reilly School of Massage, earned a Hypnotherapy certificate with Dr. Allen Chips, then moved to California and earned a Doctorate of Chiropractic at Palmer College West. Dr. JP Amonte graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2011, served as President of the Student Government and also was selected for the Virgil V. Strang Philosophy Award for his Cayce-based approach. Over the past 10 years, Dr. Amonte has been a featured speaker on Holistic Healing and Edgar Cayce's approach to health, presenting across the country and internationally. Currently, Dr. Amonte has published over a dozen YouTube videos on the A.R.E. Channel entitled “Heal Thy Self,” writes for Venture Inward magazine, and hosts a weekly Wellness Wednesday live video stream on the A.R.E. Facebook page. He is a popular lecturer at Edgar Cayce's A.R.E., and appeared in the 2017 Japanese documentary “The Readings.” He is an international speaker and published author on “Heal Thy Self,” and enjoys sharing his passion with everyone he meets.