RAY
Ray is an authentic and internationally respected healer and teacher with over 45 years of experience in the realm of healing arts and personal transformation. His work initiates and accelerates the healing process, placing you on a journey of deep connection with yourself and the world around you.
Ray's connection to, and awareness of, how energy moves within subtle systems in Nature and within the body began very early. Growing up on a small farm beside his grandmother, who was a healer of Cherokee descent, Ray's psychic gifts, spiritual interests, and connection to nature were evident in early childhood.
Years of personal integration of the natural world and spiritual realms form the cornerstone of his work, offering a holistic approach to personal growth and spiritual development.
Due to his own unique and transformational experiences during a lifetime of world travel, he has a gift for connecting with a wide variety of people with difficult healing needs. He has assisted people of many cultures and awareness levels around the planet. His teachings are universally applicable, no matter one's background or challenges.
Ray's lifelong commitment to healing extends beyond the individual level. For over 20 years, he formally served as a conservation and preservation specialist, working to protect Earth's natural resources in the US and Africa. As a non-profit organization founder and board member, he currently also guides conservation and humanitarian projects focused in East Africa. In 1984, he created an international tour company, Pure Wild Safaris, guiding self-discovery tours in remote locations while exploring the origins of human consciousness and cultural rites of passage. For the past 20 years, he has focused his healing abilities and life's work on assisting individuals in meeting the unprecedented personal challenges of the Planetary Rite of Passage our world is undergoing. He has shared his expertise through private practice, public presentations, and workshops, as well as various media platforms, including TV, film, radio, and print.
Ray is a gifted teacher and speaker who can communicate and awaken an understanding of diverse and challenging healing issues in a direct and personal manner. Whether through private healing sessions, public presentations, or tours and retreats, his work leaves a lasting impact.
Engaging with his work is an investment in your transformational journey as Ray provides the wisdom, tools, and community support needed to embark on this unique path to healing. By exploring these pages, you will discover some of the ways Ray's life's work may assist you as it has thousands of others worldwide.
PLANETARY RITES OF PASSAGE
A Personal Rite of Passage is defined by a life changing event that if successful, results in profound change and healing … a Planetary Rite of Passage is our planet also evolving through crisis. They are interconnected.
In this context, the Earth's rite of passage could be seen as a point of awakening, growth, and transformation for humanity while the Earth moves through different energetic stages or phases, encountering challenges, and undergoing shifts on different levels. While traditional rites of passage focus primarily on individual growth and transition, planetary rites of passage, marked by change and often crisis, emphasize that our well-being is intricately tied to the well-being of the Earth and all its inhabitants.
Just as individuals go through personal, transformative rites of passage to mark significant life transitions, we can envision our planet’s evolution in a similar light. Planetary rites of passage may take various forms and reflect different cultural, spiritual, or ecological contexts. Because the Earth is a living, evolving being composed of systems, it also experiences crisis when these systems are out of balance. Imbalance can be caused by many factors, but where humans upset the equilibrium, we can create change.
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Through, ceremonies, rituals, or experiential practices conducted in natural settings, humans can connect with, and assist the planet in moving through it’s rite of passage. These rituals and ceremonies often draw inspiration from indigenous wisdom, ecological principles, and the recognition of Earth as a living, interconnected organism. They serve as transformative experiences that awaken individuals to their inherent connection to nature, deepening their commitment to sustainable living, environmental stewardship, and fostering a harmonious relationship with the planet. Combined with social and political action we can institute healthy ecological principles and planetary well-being.
Our Planetary rite of passage forces humanity to explore their relationship with the Earth, reflect on their values, and undergo a personal transformation as well. It encourages us to align our individual and collective actions with the Earth's well-being, recognizing that we are interconnected participants in a shared evolution.