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 the University ofCalifornia at San Diego, for California State University at Sacramento, andfor American River College and Sierra College in the greater Sacramento areawhere his most popular class is focused on the role of religion and magic inthe lives of traditional people. He is also a shaman in training, now in the20th year of his apprenticeship.