Cathy Coleman, Ph.D., was Ralph Metzner’s wife of 31 years. A former dean of students at California Institute of Integral Studies, president of Kepler College, and director of IONS’ EarthRise Retreat Center, she lives in Sonoma, California.

Foreword • by David Presti

Preface • by Cathy Coleman and Simon Warwick-Smith

Overview and Early Life
Ralph Metzner • by Cathy Coleman

Remembering Ralph Metzner: Scholar, Teacher,
Shaman • by David Presti

The Unusual Second Son • by Robin Metzner

There Are No Winners in War • by Richard Strozzi-Heckler

A Scholar, Educator, and Mentor
Entertaining Gods and Goddesses • by Stanley Krippner

Climbing the Ladder of Spiritual Awakening • by DeLee Lantz

Ralph’s Animation of the Academy • by Michael Flanagin

Master Teacher • by Peter Faust

Reflections on a Life Well-Lived • by Roger Marsden

Toward Healing and Transformation: A Letter
to Ralph • by Scott Hill

Mentor and Father Figure • by Daniel Sloan Brown

Psychedelic Medicines
for Healing and Visions
Meteor Showers of Synchronicities • by Stanislav Grof

Personal Inspiration and True Psychedelic
Pioneer • by Rick Doblin

And So It Is, Raoul. And So It Is! • by Charles S. Grob

Remembering Ralph: Reminiscences on a Mentor
and Friend • by Dennis J. McKenna

Courageous Explorer • by Susan Homer

Palenque and Beyond • by Tim Scherer

The Many Faces of Ralph • by Carla Detchon

The Abbess and the Wandering Monk • by Diane Haug

Birth of a Psychedelic Culture • by Gary Bravo

Steppenwolf’s Magic Theater • by Jack Silver

A Man to Remember • by Uwe Doerken

Healing with Salvia divinorum and Ralph's Helping
Hand • by Friedrich Rehrnbeck

The Clear Bead at the Center • by Dorothy Fadiman

The Broken Lineage • by David Lukoff

Extraordinary Things Happened When
I Was with Ralph • by Christian Rätsch

Enchantments • by Claudia Müller-Ebeling

Remembering My Amigo • by Luis Eduardo Luna

Treasured Time with Ralph • by David Jay Brown

Life-Changing Work with Sacred Medicine
Circles • by Mark Seelig

Esoteric Modalities and
Sacred Storytelling

The Great Work • by Alan Levin

All Turned Out for the Good • by Ralph Abraham

At the Well of Remembrance • by Monika Wikman

Ralph’s Ultimate Magical Mystery Tour • by Leo Figgs

Inspiration for New Dimensions Radio • by Justine Willis Toms

A Rich Strand of Jewels • by Paul Müller

Reverend Ralph • by Gail Colombo

Self-Transformation of Beautiful Warrior • by Briege Farrelly

You’ll Always Have a Place in My Heart • by Jamy Faust

Green Psychology

Terrapsychology’s Debt to Ralph Metzner • by Craig Chalquist

The Maternal Mythic Milieu of
Ralph Metzner • by Alastair McIntosh

As Above, So Below • by Sam Mickey

Heeding the Call of the Soul • by Brian Nattrass

Ecological Interconnectedness • by Jan Edl Stein

Artistic Expression

Geomancy and Goddess Imagery • by Christopher Castle

Cosmic Manners: A Song for Ralph Metzner • by Leigh Marz

The Bardo Blues • by Phil Wolfson

The Winged Heart Rises • by Jais Booth

Invocation to the Web of Ralph's Life • by Silvia Nakkach

Mystical Living: Classical and Improv • by Maria Mangini

Conversations with Ralph • by Susan Wright

Death, Conscious Dying,
and the Afterlife

Ralph Metzner: Bodhisattva • by Chellis Glendinning

How to Channel: The Gift Ralph Gave • by Matthew McKay

Afterlife Journey of the Soul in Jewish
Mysticism and Tradition • by Simcha Paull Raphael

Friend, Inspirer, and Companion • by Roger Liggenstorfer,
Christine Heidrich, and Markus Berger

Ralph’s Report on the “Here Now” in the
“Here After” • by Michael Ziegler

Family

Extraordinary Dad • by Sophia Metzner

Adventures Growing Up with Ralph • by Elias Coleman
Jacobson

The Sacred Hoop of Partnership • by Cathy Coleman

Acknowledgments

Glossary of Psychoactive Medicines

Books and Music by Ralph Metzner

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