Twice a Fulbright scholar and twice a U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities grantee, David Kowalewski, PhD, has been practicing shamanism for several decades. His research on shamanism, religion, and the paranormal has appeared in Journal of Contemporary Shamanism, Journal of Shamanic Practice, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Review of Religious Research, Journal of Church and State, Sociology of Religion, and International Journal of Transpersonal Studies. He has studied with the shamans of many continents, and is a graduate of extended training by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, including its Three-Year Program in Advanced Shamanic Initiation.