Thank You

Without the following people, this issue of Coreopsis; A Journal of Myth and Theatre could not have come to fruition:

Cover Art: Thea Ghar © all rights reserved.

Special thanks to Stephan Brown.

Our Volunteer Staff for this issue:

Editorial staff

David Bragi: Copy Writer

Elizabeth Spurr: Photographer

Robyn Perry, Reporter at Large for Music, Editor/Copy

Susan Gabrielle, Editor/Copy

Laurie Deitsch, Editor/Copy

Leslie Fish, Editor

Stephan Brown, Editor/Copy (Special Assignment)

Elizabeth Phillips: (on leave) Copy Editor

Iria Vasquez-Paez: Copy Editor

Chip Thomas, Artist in Residence, Design

Tatyanna Wilkinson, Design

Denise Dumars, Author Liaison

Tzipora Katz, Ph.D. Associate Editor

Lezlie A. Kinyon, Ph.D.: Editor/Owner

Artists

Profiled Artists: Fawn Journerhawk, Luisah Teish

Cover art: Thea Ghar

Profiled: Nedra Williams

Incidental Art: Luisah Teish and photography: Thea Kinyon Boodhoo, L. Kinyon

Chip Thomas, Artist-in-Residence

Advisory Board

Ivan Szendro, Artist, Shaman in Residence

Luisah Teish, Priestess in Residence

Tatyanna Wilkinson, Technical Advisor

Thea Kinyon Boodhoo, Branding Advisor

Marylyn Motherbear, Poet, Ritualist, Priestess-in-Residence

Linda “Kitty” Crowe, Ritual Theatre Artist

Chip Thomas, Artist-in Residence, 2016

Web Design

Thea Kinyon Boodhoo, Branding Advisor

Tatyanna Wilkinsen, Webmistress; Egeria Consulting, Technical Advisor

Contributors for this issue:

Stacy Dulan, Musician, Artist-Scholar, University of California at Berkeley

Leslie Fish, Musician, Independent artist-scholar

Janet Croft, Ph.D., Rutgers University

Ron Boyar, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA

Laurie Destch, Coreopsis Editor

Steve Blomerth, Musician

Denise Dumars, Coreopsis Editor,

Tatyanna Wilkinson, writer, web designer

Helena Dominic Art, Ph.D., Cheyney University of PA, Cheyney, PA

Lauren Raine, Cherry Hill Seminary MFA, artist, writer, poet

Peer Reviewers and Readers:

Orly Salinas Mizrahi, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Rodney Shackelford, Johns Hopkins

Adrian Alatriste, Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

Daryl S. Paulson, MBA, Ph.D., BioScience Laboratories, Inc.

Sarah Caissie-Provost, Ph.D., Clark University

Rick Gilbert, Ph.D., Saybrook University; Founder, PowerSpeaking, Inc.

Curt Hoffman, Ph.D. Full Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Bridgewater State University

Aaron Irvin, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Arianne N. Johnson, M.F.A., Ph.D. Candidate, Princeton University

Jerry Jaffee, Ph.D., Lake Erie College

Sara A. Kass, Ph.D. Columbia University. and Saybrook University; New York Times staff editor.; Ed. The New Existentialist

Stanley Krippner, Ph.D., Saybrook University

Melissa Marrapese, Ph.D., Post Doctorate Fellow at The Fremont Community Therapy Project

Connie McNeely, Ph.D., Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University

Donnell Miller, Ph.D., Horsham Clinic; Johnston College; University of Redlands (emeriti)

Laura Miriam, Ph.D., Saybrook University

Joan Hageman, Ph.D., Saybrook University Alumni Council, President Emeritus

Allan Coombs, Ph.D., California Institute of Integral Studies

Erika M. Nelson, Ph.D.

Lauriantiu Ristashe, Ph.D. Sophia, Bulgaria

Jane Galor, MA, Poet, Publisher; California

Sharon Mijares, California Institute of Human Science

Ron Boyer, MA, California

Zsuzanna Budapest, California

Artist Referees:

Denita Benyshek, Ph.D., Visual Artist, Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate Stacy Karis Dulan singer-songwriter, USA

Doug Peters singer-songwriter, United Kingdom

Maria Volchenko, Ph.D. Artist, Dream Researcher Lomonosov Moscow State University

PhD. Ukraine

Zsuzanna Budapest, ritualist, writer, activist, USA

Emeritus – thank you and we wish you well…

Rev. Donnell Miller, Ph.D., Johnston Center for Integrative Studies; Horsham Clinic; Moreno Institute/West Emeritus, who passed this past year from complications of cancer – and – who will be greatly missed.

A special goodbye to George Hersh, Ph.D., Advisory Board, Emeritus, who passed into Fair Avalon and who will be greatly missed.

Editing a journal such as this one, no matter how small, is a big job, and one that requires more commitment than rewards. We also understand the calls of the “real world” of career must, at time, overtake those who have put so much in the way of time and energy into a volunteer publication.

At this time we should like to also express gratitude and good wishes for future successes to these contributors. It’s been a terrific experience working with you, and we hope that you will continue to stay in touch. Good luck to you in all things!

Reba Wissner, Ph.D., Music Editor Emeritus.

Paul B. Rucker: Art Direction Emeritus

Laura Miriam, Ph.D., Advisory Board, Emeritus

Denita Benyshek, Ph.D., Editorial Staff, Emeritus

Aaron Irvin, Ph.D., Reader, artist referee