Arthur Hastings heads the psychomanteum bereavement project at the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology in Palo Alto. He is professor and director of the William James Center for Consciousness Studies, and author of With the Tongues of Men and Angels, a highly praised study of channeling. He was featured in the documentary, Science of the Soul: The Story of Transpersonal Psychology.

Irene Blinston has been with the psychomanteum research unit since its re-emergence at the institute in January 2003, and she is the webmaster of the psychomanteum website. She was invited by Dr. Raymond Moody, Jr. to present the research team's findings at the Omega Institute's Austin, TX campus. She was featured in the documentary, Science of the Soul: The Story of Transpersonal Psychology. She specializes in psychomanteum facilitation.

Natasha McLennan Tajiri, M.Sc.

Natasha McLennan Tajiri joined the research team in summer 2006 as Coordinator for the psychomanteum project. She manages the research and public sessions, and has a special interest in the use of the psychomanteum for self-exploration and as a way to gain insight into the questions and dilemmas of daily life. She is a fourth year Ph.D. student specializing in spiritual guidance and transpersonal education and research.

Rebecca Merz, M.A.

Rebecca Merz has been with the research unit since its re-emergence at the institute in January 2003. Her dissertation, Experiencing the Psychomanteum Process to Facilitate Bereavement: Deriving Meaning and Transforming Bonds to the Deceased, will be focused on the psychomanteum research conducted over the last two years. She specializes in psychomanteum coordination.

Richard Knowles has been with the research unit since its re-emergence at the institute in January 2003. He was featured in the documentary, Science of the Soul: The Story of Transpersonal Psychology. He specializes in the psychomanteum bio-monitoring equipment. His academic interests are in the field of parapsychology and consciousness studies.

Doug Slakey joined the research unit in the fall of 2003 and has guided a diverse group of individuals through their psychomanteum experience since that time. Based on psychomanteum research findings, he conducted research into the psychodynamic implications of attachment and grief with specific focus on the sense of presence often experienced by the bereaved. His current research involves the application of mirror gazing meditation as a psychospiritual growth path.

Gene Kranz joined the research team in Spring 2005 as a facilitator and researcher. Gene has personally benefited from the healing experience of using the psychomanteum, and has a special interest in the use of the psychomanteum for creative-expression purposes. He co-presented on the use and benefits of the psychomanteum at the 2005 Association of Transpersonal Psychology conference on Death and Dying. He is a fourth year Ph.D. student specializing in clinical psychology.