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

Freddy Silva is a bestselling author, and leading researcher of ancient civilizations, restricted history, sacred sites and their interaction with consciousness. He has published seven books in six languages, and produced thirteen documentaries.

Described as "perhaps the best metaphysical speaker in the world right now,” for two decades he has been an international keynote speaker, with notable appearances at the International Science and Consciousness Conference, the International Society For The Study Of Subtle Energies & Energy Medicine, and the Association for Research and Enlightenment, in addition to appearances on Gaia TV, History Channel, BBC, and radio shows such as Earth Ancients, Fade To Black and Coast To Coast. He also leads sell-out leads tours to sacred sites in England, France, Egypt, Portugal, Yucatan, Peru/Bolivia, and Scotland.

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.

Manu Seyfzadeh is of Persian and German descent. He is a medical doctor and scientist by academic training having obtained his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees at the University of California, Irvine. After internship at Baylor University in Houston, Texas, he completed the S.T.A.R. program at UCLA, combining residency in dermatology, and a post-doctoral fellowship program in molecular immunology. He currently works as a practicing physician for a single-specialty group practice in Southern California.

Originally inspired by Robert Bauval's The Orion Mystery, Manu entered the field of ancient history mysteries as an independent researcher in 2016 with the publication of his first book about the architecture of the Great Pyramid. Since then, he has published several articles about Egypt's pyramids, the Great Sphinx, and Goebekli Tepe, some together with co-authors Robert Bauval, Robert Schoch, and Robert Neyland. His most recent investigations have led to a major book publication in 2021 called Under the Sphinx, foreworded by Graham Hancock, in which he investigates the hieroglyphic evidence for the real Hall of Records prophesied by the 20th century American psychic Edgar Cayce. Manu has also published new discoveries of hidden messages within the Pyramid Texts. He has been invited to present at Contact in the Desert and has been featured on several internet podcasts including Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and Jimmy Church.

Manu speaks fluent English, German, and Farsi. He has a working knowledge of Spanish and the hieroglyphic language of the ancient Egyptians.

Adam Stokes has degrees in religion from Duke University and Yale Divinity School. He has published on a variety of topics including biblical studies, Mormon studies, Classical studies and ancient American history. His work has been featured in numerous journals and magazines including the Classical Outlook, Journal of Book of Mormon Studies and Ancient American magazine. He is the author of several books including From Egypt to Ohio: A Semitic Origin for the Giants of North America, Relics of Babel: A Re-Examination of the Michigan Relics, Perspectives on the Old Testament: Diverse Approaches from Ancient to Contemporary Times and The Latin Scrolls: Selections from the Five Megilloth Translated from the Latin Vulgate. He has also been a featured guest on numerous podcasts including Earth Ancients, Blurry Creatures, Expanded Perspectives and She’s All Over the Place with Katie Chonacas. He currently teaches high school Latin in New Jersey and a course on the Old Testament at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. 

Award-winning artist, author, editor, labyrinth builder, and Renaissance woman, Meryl Ann Butler is a popular, longtime A.R.E. presenter. Her artwork hangs in hundreds of collections around the world, including those of the late Nelson Mandela, HH the late Swami Satchidananda, Dr. C. Norman Shealy, Caroline Myss, and Dr. Patch Adams, and A.R.E. Headquarters. As a journalist she has contributed to numerous international publications and blogs, and is currently the owner/instructor of Ocean View Arts, and art studio and art school.

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. Mark spoke at the 2017 A.R.E. Annual Ancient Mysteries conference on Debunking Death: The Science of Reincarnation and Eternal Life. He most recently spoke at the 2019 A.R.E. Annual Ancient Mysteries conference on Rulers, Royals, Psychics and Spirits: The Psychics behind the Thrones. 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.

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.