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  • Dr. Dee Kennedy in Ireland

    Dr. Deirdre Kennedy D.C.E.M

    Dee Kennedy has a diverse background in healing arts, energetic practices and spiritual trainings since 2001.
    These include Shamanic practices, Alchemical Healing, Reiki, Bio Geometry, Non-denominational Mindfulness Meditation facilitation, Celtic and Egyptian ritual and shamanic leadership, studies/practices in Tibetan Buddhism, Shaolin Kung-Fu, Daoism and dream training.

    She is an Ordained and Initiated Mystic High Priestess, initiated into the Celtic and Egyptian Lineages, having trained for over 10 years. She is also an Ordained Gnostic Mystic Priestess, having trained for 3 years. Dee has been training, traveling and leading spiritual tours in Egypt since 2006.

    A founder of the former non-profit arts organization, Living Dream Arts, which provided free arts education to at-risk youth in the Bay Area from 2009-2017,
    Dee is an active artist in music and film, is a painter, actress, writer and also has a jewellery line- The Eyes of Eve.

    She is Associate Producer on an award winning film, Guitar Man, and Consulting Producer on award winning short film, Hatshepsut-
    about the incredible 18th Dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh.

    Dee completed her 5-year Doctorate in Chinese Energetic Medicine - Medical Qigong, under the tutelage of world renowned Qigong Grandmaster, Professor Jerry Alan Johnson, in Aug 2024, year of the Dragon.

    Dee has been featured for her work in Mamma Milano, Yolo Journal, and Harpers Bazaar.

  • Joseph Kenny Irish Historian

    Joseph Kennedy

    Joseph Kennedy was born in Callan Co. Kilkenny, Ireland, the oldest of 7 children. He attended school locally, before joining the Irish Christian Brothers at the age of 14. After leaving the Brothers some years later he finished his schooling in St. Kieran’s College, Kilkenny.

    Uncertain as to what career to pursue he worked at various jobs including a period as a policeman in the early 1960’s. He applied for and was granted a green card for the USA in 1965 and lived and worked there for many years, including 6 years in the US Army and Reserve, before returning to Ireland and taking over the family farm.

    Joe as he is known, has had a passionate interest in history and genealogy since he was very young. He was a founder member of Callan Heritage Society in 1982, and was its Secretary for over 40 years. As a local historian, he has been involved in the publication of over a dozen books and pamphlets relating to the general Callan area.

    He receives a constant flow of people from overseas tracing their ancestors, and has a wide knowledge of local families. Ancient Ireland, its magnificent manuscripts and sacred places and holy wells are an abiding fascination with him. He just loves to chat about them.

    Joe is married to Liz and has four children, Stephen, Deirdre, Robert and Joseph, and 6 grand children.

  • Dr. Chris Holder

    Dr. Chris Holder

    Dr. Chris Holder has spent a lifetime immersing himself in the mystical arts. Holding two ordinations in both Orthodox Daoism and Christian Mysticism, Chris is a treasure trove of shamanic history, alchemical practices and personal cultivation techniques to help take the everyday person to their fullest potential.

    Chris is a Medical Qigong Doctor with nearly two decades of experience helping patients heal. Whether it be from a chronic physical ailment, an energetic abnormality or spiritual crisis, Chris has spent a career helping the client heal all aspects of their being. In many circles known as a world leader in remote/distance healing, Chris has created a global practice. His healing expertise lays within the cancers, traumatic brain injuries, neurodegenerative ailments and spiritual trauma.

    Where he truly shines is in his teaching. Chris is a Senior Disciple of Qigong Grandmaster Sifu Dr. Jerry Alan Johnson. From assisting Sifu Johnson in teaching the medicine, to having a thriving community of Christian Mystics, Chris finds his peace in front of his students. He currently teaches two courses of the Christian Mystical Arts for up-and-coming priests and has built a thriving community of Christ centered shamans.

    Chris has significant ties to Ireland, tracing his lineage back to Nenagh County Tipperary as far back as the 1300's.