SSP HISTORY

— 2003 —

June 2003 - The idea arises

— 2004 —

January 2004 - Society is officially formed as a legal corporation in California
Board of Directors appointed
Bank account opened
First membership drive starts

May 2004 - First Annual SSP Board Meeting
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Article in Advances in Mind-Body Medicine
Article in Spirituality & Health

June 2004 - Website goes live

December 2004 - Membership hits 400

— 2005 —

March 2005 - Membership hits 500

April 2005 - Article in Sacred Hoop

May 2005 - Grant of $3000 to publish a book received from Ed Kinney
Barbara Tedlock named as editor

June 2005 - First Annual Conference at Asilomar draws 100 attendees
First Board Conference Gathering
First SSP Annual Meeting with membership

June 2005 - SSP Scholarship Fund established

August 2005 - Non-Profit status granted by IRS

December 2005 - Second Annual SSP Board Meeting Santa Fe, New Mexico

— 2006 —

January 2006 - SSP receives a $10,000 Challenge Grant to start a journal

February 2006 - SSP receives a $5000 grant to conduct a practitioner survey

March 2006 - Membership hits 600

June 2006 - Four conference scholarships awarded

July 2006 - Second Annual Conference at Asilomar draws 110 attendees
Second Board Conference Gathering

August 2006 - First SSP UK Gathering at Glastonbury Town Hall, Somerset, draws 100 people

September 2006 - SSP raises $10,000 to meet Journal Challenge Grant

December 2006 - Third Annual SSP Board Meeting

— 2007 —

March 2007 - The “Tuesday Night Conversations” Program Begins
Hank Wesselman, Sandra Ingerman, Tom Cowan and Alberto Villaldo participate as the 2007 speakers

May 2007 - Membership hits 700

June 2007 - Two Conference Scholarships Awarded at the US conference

June 2007 - Third Annual Conference at Menla Mountain Retreat, Phoenix, NY, draws 105 attendees
Third Board Conference Gathering

July 2007 - The Gift of Shamanism videos posted on SSP web site

August 2007 - Journal Editors Named, work on the first issue begins

August 2007 - SSP’s first book manuscript — Healing Medicine — submitted to Sandra Dykstra Literary Agency

September 2007 - First Annual SSP UK Conference at earth Spirit Center, Compton, Dundan draws 67 attendees

December 2007 - Fourth Annual SSP Board Meeting

— 2008 —

Throughout 2008 - “Tuesday Night Conversations” Program Continues
Featuring Gerry Starnes, MEd; Jose Luis Stevens, PhD; Carol Proudfoot-Edgar, CSC; and Paula Denham, CSC

February 2008 - First issue of The Journal of Shamanic Practice published

May 2008 - Two US Conference Scholarships Awarded

May 2008 - Fourth Annual Conference at Sunrise Springs, Santa Fe, New Mexico draws 122 attendees (including youth pre-conference)
Fourth Board Conference Gathering

September 2008 - SSP Membership hits 800

September 2008 - Second Annual SSP UK Conference at Gaunts House, Dorset, draws 100 attendees

September 2008 - Second issue of The Journal of Shamanic Practice published

December 2008 - Fifth Annual SSP Board Meeting

— 2009 —

Throughout 2009 - “Tuesday Night Conversations” Program Continues
Featuring Rabbi Gershon Winkler & Rabbi Marian Maron;Evelyn Rysdyk & C. Allie Knowlton; Griselda Alvarez Sesma; Angaangaq ; Stephen DeNorscia ; Kristin Madden ; Kenneth "Bear Hawk" Cohen ; Sobonfu Some

January 2009 - List Serve established

February 2009 - Third issue of The Journal of Shamanic Practice published

May 2009 - Two US Conference Scholarships awarded

May 2009 - Fifth Annual Conference at Menla Mountain Retreat in Phoenix, New York only draws 40 paid attendees. SSP loses $13,000

September 2009 - Third Annual SSP UK Conference at Gaunts House, Dorset, draws 100 attendees

September 2009 - Fourth issue of The Journal of Shamanic Practice published

October 2009 - List Serve disabled due to lack of use

November 2009 - SSP Membership rises to 860

December 2009 - Sixth Annual SSP Board Meeting

— 2010 —

January – May 2010 - “Tuesday Night Conversations” Program Continues
Featuring Richard Whiteley and John Turk.

March 2010 - Fifth issue of The Journal of Shamanic Practice published

May 2010 - Sixth Annual Conference at Kennolyn, Soquel, California, our first foray into Shamanism Without Borders. 61 participate.

September 2010 - Fourth Annual SSP UK Conference at Gaunts House, Dorset, draws 101 attendees

September 2010 - TNCs switch to Christina Pratt. New series features Tom Cowan, Leo Rutherford, John Lockley and Jonathan Horwitz.

October 2010 - Sixth issue of The Journal of Shamanic Practice published

December 2010 - Seventh Annual SSP Board Meeting

— 2011 —

January – May 2011 “Tuesday Conversations” Program Continues Featuring Michael Dunning, Richard Whiteley, Kevin Sachs, Wil Taegel, Stephan Beyer, Paula Denham, David Corbin & Nan Moss, Martha Lucier, Annie Spencer, Peter Clark & Sarah Finlay

March 2011 - Seventh issue of The Journal of Shamanic Practice published

May 2011 - Seventh Annual Conference at Sunrise Springs in Santa Fe, New Mexico. 62 participate.

August 2011 - Shamanism Without Borders book published. (400 copies)

August 2011 - Todd Lucier videos posted on SSP website

September 2011 - Fifth Annual SSP UK Conference at Gaunts House, Dorset, draws 110 attendees

October 2011 - Second printing of Shamanism Without Borders book. (200 copies)

October 2011 - Eighth issue of The Journal of Shamanic Practice published

December 2010 - Eighth Annual SSP Board Meeting