Dr. Lee Irwin is a Professor in the Religious Studies Department at the College of Charleston in Charleston South Carolina, USA. He is a scholar of world religions with an emphasis on Native American traditions, western esotericism, Hermeticism, contemporary spirituality, mystical cosmology, American Sufism, and transpersonal religious experience as related to dreams and visions. He is the Vice President of the Association for the Study of Esotericism (ASE) and a board member of the Sophia Institute, the Institute for the Study of Dreams, and the Seven Pillars, House of Wisdom Program. He has been a workshop leader and group facilitator for over twenty years, particularly in the areas of visionary cosmology and the development of the sacred human. He is the author of over 40 articles and many books, including: The Dream Seekers; Visionary Worlds; Awakening to Spirit; The Alchemy of Soul; and, Coming Down From Above: Prophecy, Resistance, and Renewal in Native American Religions. Click for Website