Alexander Alich

• 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

• 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

• 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
• Peer reviewer for the topic of shamanism (Religions, Societies 2024 – 2025)

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4586-6038

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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