Michael James Winkelman

Michael Winkelmans wideranging teaching and research interests focus on shamanism consciousness psychedelic medicine He teaches in the Human Health Program on the ASU Polytechnic Campus and he has served as President of the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness and the Founding President of the Anthropology of Religion Section of the American Anthropological Association Michael received his BA from Rice University 1976 a PhD from the University of California Irvine 1985 and a Masters in Public Health in Community Health Practice from the University of Arizona 2002 His research on shamanism includes the 
investigation of the origin of shamanism and contemporary applications of shamanic healing in substance abuse rehabilitation As an author he has pioneered perspectives on shamanism as humanitys original neurotheology Michael has published Altering Consciousness Multidisciplinary Perspectives Shamanism A Biopsychosocial Paradigm of Consciousness and Healing Supernatural as Natural A Biocultural Approach to Religion and edited the 2 volume collection Psychedelic Medicine New Evidence for Hallucinogenic Substances as Treatments