Kristie Knutson: Kristie Knutson is currently the Conferences Manager for the Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.), the Edgar Cayce center in Virginia Beach, VA. She was formerly the President and CEO of the Rosicrucian Order in San Jose, CA.

The Rosicrucians provide metaphysical and mystical teachings that have their roots in antiquity – teachings that focus on the body/mind/spirit relationship. They also sponsor the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most popular tourist attractions.

Kristie’s career in nonprofit management spans a range of organizations and causes. She has served as Program Manager for the American Leadership Forum-Silicon Valley. The ALF-SV is an organization that brings together a diverse network of Silicon Valley’s most influential leaders from business, nonprofit, religious and political spheres. Kristie was also a Development Writer for the Sempervirens Fund in the San Francisco Bay Area, an environmental organization dedicated to safeguarding redwood lands for public enjoyment.

As part of a talented team of professionals, Kristie helped found the Institute for Global Transformation, an organization devoted to uplifting humanity through the development of transformative consciousness, and by leveraging the creativity and positive impact of people involved in collaborative work. Kristie served first as Vice President of this group, and now sits on their Advisory Board.

As a former member of the Board of Directors of Stanford Alumni Consulting Team (ACT), Kristie served on the group’s Marketing Committee. ACT links the management skills of Stanford University Business School alumni with the needs of local nonprofit arts, education, environmental and social service organizations. Estimated to be one of the largest pro bono consulting resource providers in the Bay Area, ACT is part of Stanford’s Center for Social Innovation and the Graduate School of Business Alumni Association.

Now residing in Virginia Beach, VA, Kristie serves as the Conferences Manager of the Association for Research and Enlightenment. The A.R.E. is a not-for-profit organization, founded in 1931 by Edgar Cayce, to research and explore transpersonal subjects such as holistic health, ancient mysteries, personal spirituality, dreams and dream interpretation, intuition, and philosophy and reincarnation. With an international headquarters in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the A.R.E. community is a global network of individuals who offer conferences, educational activities, and fellowship around the world.

Kristie has been blessed with the privilege of working for organizations whose messages and teachings she deeply believes in. She has developed a depth of knowledge and experience in metaphysical and mystical subjects, including the Law of Attraction, alchemical visualization, meditation, reincarnation, dreams, A Course in Miracles, and more. She has lectured and taught extensively across the globe, and has enjoyed strong popularity for the depth of her teaching, and her compassionate and humorous approach.

Philip Gardiner is an international best selling author of numerous books, including Gnosis: "The Secret of Solomon's Temple Revealed," "The Serpent Grail," "The Shining Ones," "Secrets of the Serpent" and his new "The Ark, The Shroud and Mary."

During the program, Philip will reveal the secrets of the Ark and the Shroud on the tour, which has just been made into a documentary as some of his other books have. In addition, he will be leading "metaphysical" walking tours to Notre Dame, including the Glass Pyramid, the Rose Line Meridian, and the Arago Markers in the courtyard of the Louvre.

Zachary James Miller, Ph.D. is a Paris-based, American counselor, lecturer and independent filmmaker. The former psychotherapist and holistic health counselor has since earliest childhood been interested in all things unusual, paranormal, supernatural and unexplained. He is a Magus and Shaman and is a former member of the O.T.O. (Ordo Templi Orientis) magical order. His interest in the brain and the mind developed his interest in psychology but long before his work as a therapist he had a fascination for, as William James put it, "... the uncharted realms of the human consciousness..." which led him to look deeply at the work and life of some Hindu yogis and their remarkable powers.

His unique background in psychology, parapsychology, chaos magic, ninjitsu, kung fu, isolation tanks, quantum physics, parallel times, fasting, consciousness expansion, astral projection, remote viewing, holistic health, massage, energy work, tantric yoga, brain machines, comparative religions, and more allow him to separate real phenomena from hallucinations of a psychopathological nature. He has studied psychology and related subjects with many of the pioneers in their fields. His teachers have included Dr. John Lilly, (isolation tank inventor & dolphin communication pioneer), Dr. Will Schutz (encounter group therapy pioneer), Dr. Joan Halifax (anthropologist, study of Shamans), Dr. Carl Rogers, Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, Dr. Timothy Leary, Dr. Richard Alpert (Ram Dass), Swami Muktananda, Colin Wilson, Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan (head of the Sufi Order), and others. In addition to creating his holistic heath center (Center for High-Level Wellness), he has worked at Akron Children's Hospital, Blick Clinic (for developmentally disabled), Mentor Critical Care, and St. George Homes in Berkeley, California (for adolescent schizophrenics), among others.

Dr. Miller counts as interesting life experiences seeing his first and only "very impressive" UFO sighting in 1984 while at Harbin Hot Springs in Northern California and having his first astral projection experience at age ten. Dr. Miller attended The University of Akron then transferred to Antioch College, and did his Masters work in psychology and holistic studies at Antioch College West, San Francisco, California, under the direction of Dr. Will Schutz. He has completed his Ph.D in Parapsychology.

Dr. Miller will be available for private consultations.

Details on private sessions, cost, method of sign-up, payment and optional workshops during the extension will be given on the first day of the travel program. The individual presenter will handle sign-ups.

*Note: This list is accurate at the time of printing. Some Presenters availability may change. Others may be added.