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Steffan has been a spiritual seeker nearly his entire life. His spiritual search began at the age of 13 when he read "Autobiography of a Yogi" by Paramahansa Yogananda. At age seventeen he was introduced to a group where he learned about the channeling of spirits. At this time he was also given instruction in the development of his psychic abilities. He was taught energy healing in the form of "the laying on of hands" and began to see auras.

Steffan began experimenting with a wide variety of mind altering substances. Some these substances like LSD and Psylocybin mushrooms, ultimately had the most profound influence as they made him aware of alternate realities and levels of consciousness that most people aren't aware of in their everyday reality. He became aware that it is not a changing environment that alters our perception but rather a shift in our perception that allows us to see the world in a different way.

In his early 30's Steffan met his first spiritual teacher Joseph Costa Ph.D. who began teaching him about "thought" and how everything we know in the physical universe is a manifestation of it. He was taught about the soul, the mind and the intellect and the interrelationship between these three aspects of our being. In addition Steffan completed 100 hours of training in past life regression hypnosis.

In his early thirties Steffan was introduced to the Native American flute and the didgeridoo, which ultimately sparked interest in the use of sound as a vehicle for healing and transformation. Steffan eventually became a master builder of Native American flutes and marketed them in the United States, Germany and Japan.

In 1996 while marketing his instruments at a Prophets Conference in Phoenix Arizona, Steffan met man living in Iquitos Peru. This man had been studying ayahuasca shamanism for the last 15 years in the jungles of Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. They developed an instant report and that evening Steffan was invited to participate in his first ayahuasca session. Over the next nine years the two maintained their friendship and in 2005 Steffan embarked on his first journey to Peru. It was on that trip that he was introduced to the mestizo ayahuasca healer Norma Navarro. Her magical way of facilitating and her powerful ayahuasca permanently transformed the course of his life.

Less than a year later, Steffan was again in Peru; this time participating in a 15 day shamanic retreat with San Pedro maestro, Sayre Tupac Wiracocha. It is Sayre's belief that the sacred power plants are software for the body that enable us to download, assimilate and embody the ancient wisdom of Pachamama (Mother Earth).

Steffan has since dedicated his life to the study of the indigenous healing traditions of the Andes and the Amazon. He says "Pachamama as a living being wants us to remember who we are. That is her truest desire. I believe from the deepest part of my being, that the sacred power plants of Peru can help humanity with this process."

Steffan has now embarked on quest to bring all those who are ready to explore the rabbit hole of consciousness in ways never before imagined, to the Jungles of Peru and the Andes mountains, so that they may experience the sacred power plants in their place of origin.