ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Our Story
This deck and book is the result of a unique collaboration of four people. One is Dutch artist Pieter Weltevrede, who created the remarkable images that grace these cards. The second is Kooch N. Daniels, who envisioned this unique deck and was the lead person in bringing it into being. Another is Victor Daniels, Kooch’s partner for more than 40 years. And the last, not shown here was Sri Harish Johari, teacher and dear friend to all three authors, who left this mortal realm twenty years ago. His classic 1987 book Chakras: Energy Centers of Transformation laid a foundation for this deck and book.
Kooch N. Daniels
author
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In Kooch’s view, the spark of awareness that leads us to conscious evolution and transforms problems into opportunities is always burning within us. A professional intuitive, author, and workshop leader, she strives to help people find their path to greater success, clarity, and peace of mind. Besides obtaining her M.A. degree in psychology with an emphasis on Jungian and transpersonal modalities, her interests have led her to a career as a professional reader in the San Francisco Bay Area where she has given readings to many thousands of people, from the rich and famous to the regular folks.
Her website is at MysticSecrets.net
Victor Daniels
author
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Victor is Emeritus Professor of Psychology at Sonoma State University where he taught for several decades. He creates new learning and workshop methods and group process approaches for students, psychotherapists, and counselors, and people from all walks of life. He has presented at gestalt therapy conferences in the U.S., Canada, Latin America and Europe. His background is in existential and humanistic psychology, gestalt therapy, psychoanalytic, behavioral and cognitive psychology, and yogic and Buddhist meditative traditions. He holds a Ph.D. in psychology from UCLA.
His websites are at consciousnessandculture.com and his Home Page at Sonoma State University
Pieter Weltevrede
artist / illustrator
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After getting a degree in social sciences in the Netherlands, Pieter’s meeting with Sri Harish Johari, an honored teacher for all three authors, led to a major career change. Johari, a master artist and jnana yogi, made Pieter his primary art student and taught him a unique wash technique. Thereafter Pieter spent part of every year studying in India, Now he presents workshops in Europe and the U.S. each year when he is not busy painting in the Netherlands or India. He did all the illustrations for the Sacred Mysteries Chakra Oracle and contributed to the writing. On his annual trips to Europe and America he shows a portfolio of his latest work and offers recent paintings for sale. His art can be viewed at Pieter Weltevrede Paintings at the Sanatan Society Art Galleries.