Beth Beurkens, M.A. has been a teacher of shamanism and a vision quest guide for 20 years. She is a faculty member at the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, instructor at Rogue Community College and the School of Women & Earth (Switzerland), and a teacher of creative writing. Beth leads dynamic seminars in North America and in Europe and has a shamanic healing practice in Ashland, Oregon and Basel, Switzerland. Beth has taught religion and spirituality courses at numerous California colleges for thirty one years and holds an M.A. in philosophy from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Beth has studied extensively with Michael Harner, Alicia Luengas Gates and Sandra Ingerman. She is the author of "Shaman's Eye" and "Shaman: Spirit Walker" 2010 and 2011 wall calendars.

She is an ordained minister in the Circle of the Sacred Earth and holds a Master of Arts in Philosophy from the University of California, Santa Barbara.