Authors Nana Nauwald, born in 1947, is an internationally known visual artist. Author of many books, and lecturer. For about thirty years she has researched shamanism worldwide: Peru, Columbia, New Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Siberia. After completing extensive studies with Dr. Goodman, Nana Nauwald became a certified trainer and facilitator in Europe, presenting and teaching ritual trance workshops in many European countries. She is the founder of the German Felicitas-Goodman-Institute, and she also initiated the Russian Felicitas-Goodman-Institute. She lives near Luneburg in northern Germany. www.ecstatictrance.com