Daan van Kampenhout, born 1963, studied with traditional shamanic teachers from different cultures. However, the most important teachers have been and continue to be the spirits, who appear in his dreams and during ceremonies. Since 1986 he has been teaching and lecturing internationally on the subject of shamanism. In 1993 he founded the Practice for Shamanism and Ritual. He is the author of three books and many articles about traditional and contemporary shamanic practices. Part of his work, both articles and books, has been translated from the Dutch and published in English, French, Spanish and German.