Hank Wesselman

Anthropologist Hank Wesselman, PHD., is one of those rare, cutting edge scientists who truly walks between the worlds. He received his Master's degree in zoology at the University of Colorado and his Doctoral degree in anthropology from the University of California. Hank first became interested in indigenous spiritual traditions back in the 1960s. Since then, his work as an anthropologist has allowed him to spend much of his life living among traditional peoples in remote areas, seldom, if ever, visited by outsiders.

Since the early 1970s, he has conducted field research exploring the ancient, eroded landscapes of East Africa's Great Rift Valley in search of answers to the mystery of human origins. He is currently doing research in the Middle Awash Valley in northern Ethiopia. It was out in the tribal lands in southern Ethiopia, that Hank first began to experience spontaneous altered states of consciousness similar to those of traditional shamans.

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  • Alternative Fuels/ Shamanic Teachings

    David Blume discussed his ventures into alcohol-based fuels, which he thinks could replace gasoline. Followed by Hank Wesselman on shamanic teachings.More »
  • Art Bell: Somewhere in Time

    Art Bell: Somewhere in Time journeyed back to June 13, 2002, when Art was joined by anthropologist, Dr. Hark Wesselman, who discussed how someone can access The Grid - the place that takes us into the third level between the physical and the spiritual world.More »
  • Shamanism & Spiritual Growth

    Anthropologist and author Hank Wesselman discussed his eight years of visitations, begun in 1996, with the late Hawaiian shaman and kahuna Hale Makua, who was like the Dalai Lama to the Polynesian world. As he chanted the names of his ancestors, "I could see him very subtly...More »
  • Shamanism & Anthropology

    Anthropologist, author, and primary investigator of the Early Man sites in Ethiopia, Hank Wesselman discussed how shamanism can be used for accessing the realms of spirit and gave an update on discoveries in anthropology. His new book, co-authored with Sandra Ingerman, explores...More »
  • Soul Retrievals

    Anthropologist Hank Wesselman and his wife, shaman Jill Kuykendall discussed spirit medicine in relation to soul loss & soul retrieval. People can lose parts of their soul due to traumas such as abuse or the loss of a loved one, explained Kuykendall. There are three aspects to...More »
  • Shamanic Ways

    Author, shaman, and paleoanthropologist Hank Wesselman returned to C2C as the main guest on Tuesday night. Speaking of a profound moment on one of his research expeditions in Africa, he said it was "heady stuff to hold the bones of the earliest ancestors in your hands and then...More »
  • Shamanism & Altered States

    Dr. Hank Wesselman spoke of his anthropological studies into human origins as well as his "inner space" experiences derived through shamanic practice. "Under the skin all homo sapiens are Africans," Wesselman said, adding that the different racial features developed around...More »
  • Dr. Hank Wesselman

    Anthropologist, Hank Wesselman, PhD., has worked for much of the past 30years with an international team of scientists, exploring Eastern Africa'sGreat Rift Valley in search of answers to the mystery of human origins. Hehas also taught for the University of Hawai'i at Hilo, for...More »
  • Dr. Hank Wesselman

    Research paleoanthropologist Hank Wesselman, PhD is one of those rarecutting edge scientists who truly walk between the worlds. He did hisundergraduate work, as well as his Masters Degree, in Zoology at theUniversity of Colorado at Boulder, then went on to receive his...More »