East Coast Conference Presenters (New York City)

Note: Although we may invite back some presenters from year to year, in all cases they will have prepared all new presentations.

Rick Stack, M.S. Ed., was a student of Seth & Jane Roberts and personally attended over 100 Seth sessions given in Jane Roberts' classes in Elmira, NY. He is the President of New Awareness Network Inc., "The Seth Bookstore" (www.sethcenter.com) and publisher/editor of The Seth Audio Collection, The Early Sessions (Books 1-9 of the Seth Material), The Personal Sessions, and other books by Jane Roberts. Author of "Out Of Body Adventures" (Contemporary Books 1988), he has been teaching workshops on the Seth material, Dreams, Out of Body Experiences and metaphysics throughout the United States and abroad for over 30 years. He has been on the faculty of many schools throughout the United States and has appeared on numerous radio and television shows. His current projects include being on the board of advisors for The World Peace Festival Berlin, and a global outreach program to educate and introduce people to the Seth material (www.sethlearningcenter.org). He is also the president and executive producer of New York Dinner Theater, a theatrical production company operating in the Northeast US for over 18 years.

Dr. Tien-Sheng Hsu is the founder of the rapidly expanding Taiwan Seth Culture and Education Foundation, with branches throughout Asia. He is also the founder of the Seth Holistic Clinic in Taipei which treats medical and physical illness using Seth's concepts and principles. The many people who have dramatically improved or healed themselves with the aid of what they learned from Dr Hsu, (and from their own subsequent study of the Seth material) have resulted in a burgeoning interest in the Seth material throughout Asia. As a result of Dr Hsu's work, tens of thousands of people have been introduced to the Seth material and Seth Study groups and lectures continue on an ongoing basis in Malaysia, mainland China, Hong Kong and throughout Taiwan. Dr. Hsu worked as a specialist in family medicine at the Renai branch of the Taipei City Hospital but transferred to psychiatry to gain a deeper understanding of how the human psyche affects the body. After being a psychiatrist at the Taipei City Psychiatric Center, he became the director of the mental health department at the Taipei County Hospital. Dr Hsu is the author of over 13 books and established a publishing company in Taiwan which will be publishing all of the Seth books in Mandarin.

Mary Dillman has dedicated the past 10 years to researching and helping to organize the original manuscripts, journals and papers of Jane Roberts that are archived at Yale University. Her work for the benefit of current and future scholars of the Seth material includes ongoing interviews with friends and associates of Jane Roberts and Rob Butts, including former ESP class members. These interviews, as well as documents and audio tapes, are forming an ancillary collection for eventual use by other researchers. In her presentations Mary enjoys sharing her discoveries along with her adventures and insights from using the Jane/Rob/Seth ideas in her own life.

Irene O'Garden has been consciously creating a rich multidimensional artistic life since discovering Seth and Jane in 1981. Her critically acclaimed play, Women On Fire, played to sold-out houses Off-Broadway and is published by Samuel French. Her new play, Little Heart will open in 2011 starring Amanda Plummer. Irene's book, Fat Girl, about coming to peace with food and her body, was published with her drawings by Harper San Francisco. She has performed it throughout the US and Canada. Her poetry is found in many literary journals and anthologies, and Harper has also published her best-selling and award-winning children's books. Her new children's book is forthcoming in November 2011. She has garnered awards, fellowships and artist residencies, and founded a performing literary magazine now in its 24th year. She enjoys teaching workshops and traveling the world with her husband of 30 years. You can see her rendition of The Codicils at ireneogarden.com, under Books/Calligraphy.

Rich Kendall was a member of Jane Roberts ESP Classes during the 1970's. His former company, Kendall & Delisle Books, published Dreaming Myself, Dreaming A Town, by Susan M. Watkins; Jane Roberts, The San Francisco Interview; and along with Rick Stack helped bring The Seth Video to market. Rich is currently writing a retrospective of the years he attended Jane's classes.

Anne Marie O'Farrell, attended several of Jane Robert's ESP/Seth classes and has been the literary agent for the Seth material for the past 18 years. After most of the Seth books went out of print, she worked closely with Robert Butts on getting all of the Seth books republished in the United States, and an ongoing effort to have as many Seth books as possible published in other languages. She is a partner in the Marcil-O'Farrell literary agency and specializes in the areas of human potential, personal growth, healing, self-help, new age and children's books.

Jeff Marcus, attended Jane Roberts' ESP classes from 1971-1975. He is the operations manager of New Awareness Network Inc. and worked on the publication of many Seth books including The Early Sessions and The Personal Sessions. He also works as an actor and is the author of "A Biographical Directory of Professional Basketball Coaches."

Michael Goode, attended several of Jane Roberts ESP classes in the late 1970's and is the art designer for the Seth books published by New Awareness Network Inc. He is the Senior Art Director and Studio Manager for Spring, O'Brien advertising agency in New York City. On weekends, Michael can often be found riding his bike with Rick Stack and continuing their 40 year discourse on the applications of the Seth material.

Barrie Gellis MA was a former member of Jane Roberts ESP class (one of the NY Boys) and was referred to as "our poet" by Seth in the Oct 31, 1972 Class. He is a Conflict Resolution/Peer Mediation Specialist in a High School has been a High School English Teacher in New York City for the past 14 years. He has produced two public access TV shows for QPTV in Queens NY, has published over 70 poems in various magazines, and is the author of the poetry book "Outside is a Secret Key", a collection of poems that relate to Seth's ideas. Additionally, he has been very active online for 11 years and has created a number of ongoing Seth message boards--as well as hosting a bimonthly cyber Seth chat. Barrie's presentation will highlight Seth's description of the goodness, love & compassion inherent in all people and how Seth's concepts empower each person to become accountable in a loving way for their own lives--while caring about the well-being of others.

Andy Maleta has presented at many Seth conferences and is a world traveler, adventurer, and filmmaker from Austria, who also has a home in India, near Nepal and Tibet. Through his documentaries and experiences, Andy brings a global perspective of various cultures and how the concepts of the Seth material apply to their creations of reality.

Check back June 2010 for full roster of Presenters