Bios Jaap and Jeanne
Jaap van Etten's Bio
Jaap was born and educated in the Netherlands. He received his Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Amsterdam, where he specialized in ecology and population genetics. His work history includes being a laboratory technician, a High School Biology teacher, and a research scientist. He spent six years in Africa, where his job also exposed him to many different cultures and ideas, as well as a different perspective on ecology. He held the position of being the Director of the Department of Education and Exhibitions at the National Natural History Museum (later called Naturalis) in Leiden, The Netherlands
In 1990, he shifted his attention to spirituality, energy healing, the study of Earth and crystalline energies (crystals and crystal skulls), and the subtle worlds. He studied these subjects intensely. His passion is the integration of science and spirituality. He introduced the term "metaphysical ecology" for the first time in 1999 and employed it in his book, "Gifts of Mother Earth."
Jaap moved to the United States in 1998 and is married to Jeanne Michaels. They founded Lemurantis in 2004, which has as its goal of supporting the transition from Duality to Oneness. He has studied the energies in the Sedona area for more than 25 years. He includes the results of his studies in his books, lectures, articles, workshops, and online courses.
Increasingly, the subject of metaphysical ecology has become a critical issue. This resulted in the creation of the Universal Center for Metaphysical Ecology, together with his wife, Jeanne Michaels, and Gary Palisch. Recently. He integrated, together with Jeanne, all organizations and websites under the Center for Metaphysical Ecology, LLC.
Jaap is an International speaker and workshop facilitator, having served as a Master of Ceremonies at large metaphysical conferences. He is the author of five books and has written numerous articles on metaphysical ecology subjects for magazines in the US and the Netherlands. Together with Jeanne and alone, he has facilitated workshops worldwide. His work has shifted increasingly to developing online courses as a basis for creating programs at the Center for Metaphysical Ecology.
Jeanne Michael's Bio
Jeanne's Master's Degree is in Western and Buddhist Psychology, which she received in 1977 from Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. That reflects her interest in the alternative and spiritual aspects of life from a young age.
Shortly after that, she began her ongoing education by learning many various energetic healing modalities and integrating them with her understanding of human nature. She has maintained a healing practice for over 25 years.
She married Jaap van Etten in 1998. Together, they founded Lemurantis, which aimed to support the transition from Duality to Oneness. Together, they have given workshops internationally, and she has assisted him in researching earth energies in many countries. Together, they have also explored working with many types of subtle energies and beings.
Individually and together, they also give healing sessions. Together and separately, they have researched, worked with, and trained on using crystal skulls as tools to expand consciousness, promote healing, and facilitate transformation. She has assisted him with some of the exploration and research for his books. See Jaap's bio.
Her passion lies in harnessing energy in various forms to facilitate the healing, transformation, and upliftment of people's consciousness, Gaia, and the Universal Living System. That includes earth energies, crystals, water, healing modalities, the energy of words, and other vibrational systems.
She loves working with water, particularly the quality of water that holds energy and can be used for healing and transformation. She is also passionate about using consciousness to transform and transmute polluted water.
One of her top gifts is her sensitivity to subtle energies. One aspect of this quality is to feel energetic disharmony and harmony within an individual, on the land, within a house, or a group of people. She utilized this quality extensively during her six years at a Spiritual Retreat Center.
Since leaving the Retreat Center in 2008, her primary focus has been Lemurantis and, more recently, the Center for Metaphysical Ecology, where she continues to develop and share her qualities both with Jaap and as an individual.
Information Contributors
Gary “Bear” Palisch
Gary met Jeanne and Jaap in 2005 when they held the first crystal skull meditation. Although he believed that we were very strange (to put it mildly), he kept coming to the meditations, increasingly feeling connected. This was especially possible because he had always a deep respect for Mother Earth and all relatives.
In 2007, Gary and Jaap worked at a spiritual retreat center. That started their deep sharing about aspects that are now called metaphysical ecology. Through sharing and deep, honest discussions, their understanding of Mother Earth grew.
Gary always felt that the research and sharing of metaphysical ecology needed to be supported. The realization that it was the foundation for a new, earth-centric vision instead of an anthropocentric one was, for him, the primary reason.
Together with Jeanne and Jaap, he founded the Universal Center of Metaphysical Ecology, which ultimately led to the current Center for Metaphysical Ecology. The continuous sharing and deep discussions on metaphysical ecology have and continue to make an essential contribution to the Center. As Jaap put it: I do not know a better sparring partner in getting clarity in the complexity of metaphysical ecology.
Daniel Maddux
Daniel has been, and still is, essential to the work we do at the Center for Metaphysical Ecology.
He joined us first as a participant in our weekly crystal skull meditations. This changed in 2014, when he became a research partner who increasingly became essential for certain aspects of the Center's research. Many of the locations were at places that Jaap could not access alone. Daniel was not only an excellent guide, essential for all the bushwacking we needed to do, but also literally gave a helping hand in certain situations.
Daniel’s key contribution is his role in video recording our research. Starting in 2015, he recorded our research, our discoveries, and our impressions. His recordings have been used in the courses and in several YouTube videos.
Increasingly, his ability to feel energies and, through our interactions, his questions about the complex subject of metaphysical ecology contributed to a broader understanding of it. He is also contributing to the development of energy fields and to the collaborations with the Sidhe, Blue Race, and many other human races with whom we share this world.
In summary, without Daniel, the Center would not be what it is today.
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