ABOUT US

Elizabeth B. Jenkins, MA, MFT, is a licensed psychotherapist and internationally bestselling author of two books on the INKA Tradition: THE RETURN OF THE INKA: A Journey of Initiation and INKA Prophecies for 2012 (Pu`umaka`a Press, re-release 2009) and JOURNEY TO Q'EROS: Golden Cradle of the Inka (Pu`umaka`a Press, 2009). She teaches the spiritual tools of the INKA needed for transformation on the personal, community, and global levels in preparation for 2012 and beyond, and leads INITIATION TRIPS to PERU to experience the HATUN KARPAY--the Great Initiation of the INKAS. Elizabeth has taught worldwide and led trips to Peru for the last 20 years. She is also a singer-songwriter and has produced the CD INKA SPIRIT. Elizabeth lives with her mate and their two children,1600 trees, and 80 sheep on an organic orchard in Hawaii where she offers special trainings and programs with the Q'ero Indians of Peru. She is the Founder and Director of Wiraqocha Foundation for the Preservation of Indigenous Wisdom since 1996, and collaborates with native Hawaiian Kahuna, healers, and teachers as well as the fantastic forces of Mother Nature on the Big Island of Hawaii. She can be contacted via www.inka-online.com or WiraqochaFoundation.org.

                    

  Juan Nuñez del Prado, anthropologist and Andean priest. Juan has studied Andean tradition for 40 years and has trained with Q'ero priests. His father, anthropologist Oscar Nuñez del Prado, "discovered" the Q'ero Indians--direct descendants of the Inkas--in 1949 and led the first expedition to their villages in 1955. Juan met his Master, don Benito Qoriwaman (see right, top photo) --mentioned in Shirley MaLlaine's book, It's All in the Playing--, and studied with him for 10 years before receiving the Hatun Karpay Initiation in 1988. Juan has been gathering the Inka prophecies for 15 years. Trained in Anthropology and a native of Cuzco, Juan is an excellent teacher and bridge between cultures.