Alexander Alich
Researcher, Media Consultant, Author, Lecturer, Expert Witness, Practitioner & Supervisor
Berlin, Germany & Birmingham, UK
Tel: +49 (30) 79 74 56 53
Tel: +49 (173) 73 277 48
Email
Law
- Expert in the fields of shamanism and complementary, alternative and integrative medicine
- Expert advisor for civil cases and expert witness for criminal cases
- England, Wales and USA
- Focus: Injuries and complications from shamanic and spiritual work, retreats, rituals and meditation
Media Consultant
- Available for background and interviews
- Radio, print, podcasts and television
- Specialty: shamanism today, safe practice, injuries from shamanic work and spiritual practices
- Credits: BBC World Radio, NPR, PRX, Vice, The Economist, Dazed & Confused, The Conversation
- My podcast: The FoxFire Podcast on shamanism, safety and culture
Researcher
- Doctoral Candidate, University of Birmingham, School of Social Policy and Society
- Research focus: shamanism, indigenous and Western practice in shamanism, safety, ethics, law
- Research profile at the University of Birmingham
Practitioner & Supervisor
- Traditionally trained in the US Southwest for three decades
- Specializing in trauma, spiritual emergence and emergencies, neurodiversity
- Supervisor for shamanic practitioners and post-doctoral projects
Author
- Shamanism and Safety: ancient practices and modern issues in Routledge Handbook of Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Perspectives from Social Science and Law
- Approximately 80 print articles on shamanism and spiritual practices for lay audiences
Teaching
- Founder and Head of School for the FoxFire Foundation since 1988
- Associate Fellow AdvanceHE (AFHEA) UK
- Post-graduate teaching assistant at the University of Birmingham Health Services Management Centre
Membership
- Royal Society of Medicine
- Writers Guild of Great Britain
- International Society for Academic Research on Shamanism
- European Society for Integrative Medicine
- Founder of the International Association of Shamanic Practitioners since 2002
Last updated: 12. November 2024