Hillary Webb

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A Brief Bio

Dr Hillary S. Webb is a cultural anthropologist, an author, and a mixed-media storyteller. She specializes in existential-humanistic psychology and the anthropology of consciousness. For over 20 years Hillary has been immersed in studying how individuals from cultures around the world find and create meaning for their lives. In particular Hillary is interested in how people understand, access, and engage with non-ordinary states of consciousness.

Hillary is the former Managing Editor of Anthropology of Consciousness, the peer-reviewed journal for the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness (a division of the American Anthropological Association). She is the former Research Director at The Monroe Institute, a research facility dedicated to exploring the effects of sound stimuli on human consciousness. Hillary is also the author of a number of books such as Yanantin and Masintin in the Andean World, Traveling Between the Worlds, and Exploring Shamanism as well as numerous articles, essays, and encyclopedia entries pertaining to her areas of expertise.