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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is a best-selling author and leading researcher of restricted history, ancient knowledge, sacred sites, and the interaction between temples and consciousness. He has published five books in five languages. Described by one CEO as "perhaps the best metaphysical speaker in the world right now,” he has been an international keynote speaker for two decades and appears on GAIA TV, Ancient Aliens, and numerous radio shows such as Coast To Coast. He is also a documentary filmmaker and leads private, sell-out tours to sacred sites worldwide.

John Schroeder has been a student of the Edgar Cayce readings since the 1960s. Both he and his mother, Helen Ruth, served as Board members for the A.R.E., Atlantic University, and the Edgar Cayce Foundation.
John has a BA in finance and an MBA in marketing. He retired in 2011 as executive director of Unity of Phoenix and now devotes his time to writing and teaching.

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.

Mark Anthony, JD Psychic Explorer (the Psychic Lawyer®) is a fourth-generation psychic medium who communicates with spirits. He is an Oxford educated attorney who has tried over 100 jury trials and is licensed to practice law in Florida, Washington D.C., and before the United States Supreme Court.

Mark Anthony is known as “The Psychic Explorer” due to his extensive travels to mystical locations in remote corners of the world examining Ancient Mysteries and Supernatural Phenomena. His background in science, quantum physics, survival of consciousness, near-death experiences, history, archaeology, philosophy and theology has been well received at past Edgar Cayce A.R.E. Events. This year’s conference, Mark will be speaking on The Ancient Sacred Astrology and the Mystery of the Magi.

Mark appears nationwide on TV & Radio. The CBS hit show “The Doctors”, Gaia TV’s “Beyond Belief episode “Quantum Leap to the Other Side with Mark Anthony’ and is the co-host of “The Psychic and The Doc” on Transformation Talk Radio.

Also, Mark is a columnist for Best Holistic Life Magazine. His latest book is The Afterlife Frequency. His other best-selling books are Never Letting Go and Evidence of Eternity.

Mark Anthony is a featured speaker at afterlife and paranormal conferences and universities including Brown, Columbia, Harvard and Yale.