Jonathan worked for The September 11th Fund, served as a columnist for Music for America, and spearheaded the activist media group Greene Dragon, where he appeared in international media such as CNN, MSNBC, ABC, Time, and on the cover of New York Magazine. He is one of the co-founders of Evolver.net and Reality Sandwich, and coordinates the Evolver Spores program with 40+ regional chapters hosting monthly events. Jonathan is an initiate of the International Sufi Order, founder of the NYC Gnostics, and creator of “The Ayahuasca Monologues: Tales of the Spirit Vine.” He is a Reiki Master and certified in Chi Healing and Bioenergetic Therapy from the Connecticut Healing Institute. He has a private healing practice in New York City and does Skype and phone sessions for those outside of the city: www.TalatHealing.com.

About The Electric Jesus

Jonathan Talat Phillips is the author of The Electric Jesus: The Healing Journey of a Contemporary Gnostic, Evolver Editions (an imprint of North Atlantic Books).

When Jonathan Talat Phillips experiences a devastating loss as a countercultural media activist, he unwittingly starts on a mystical journey marked by underground ayahuasca ceremonies, kundalini awakenings, prankster spirit guides, extraterrestrial encounters at the Burning Man festival, and miraculous energy healings that reshape his skeptical worldview. Along the way, he chronicles the rise of an international movement that is trailblazing visionary ways to address our current planetary crisis through raised consciousness.

To better understand his spiritual journey, Jonathan delves into his own Christian background, discovering the lost rites of the mystery schools. Uncovering secret “electric” meanings behind biblical symbols like the serpent, dove, and tree of life, he reveals how early Christians utilized a radical initiation process for harnessing divine energy in order to achieve gnosis, direct knowledge or experience of the divine. Jonathan suggests that these mystical symbols, which appear in spiritual traditions across the globe, offer a profound energetic roadmap and alchemical message for personal transformation, as well as a potential evolutionary shift for our world.

Jonathan Talat Phillips has been a Reiki energy practitioner for more than six years. He is certified as a Reiki Master Teacher and is a graduate of the intensive two-year Chi Healing and Bioenergetics course at the Connecticut Healing Institute under the tutelage of marriage and family therapist Barry Gordon. He currently has a private practice in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and teaches Energy Medicine workshops and retreats, as well as Reiki 1, 2, and Master certification courses.

Jonathan’s practice incorporates a unique mixture of Bioenergetic Therapy, life couching, and hands on healing energy techniques. By connecting with stagnant or blocked energy in your electromagnetic field, together we work to release stuck energies, trauma, and illness to bring about your natural state of health, vibrancy, joy, and personal power. Jonathan’s sessions are powerful energetic experiences. He is not simply a “light worker,” but also specializes in anger therapy and shadow work to help release blocks that other healing modalities can’t access. Chakra reconstruction, addiction healing, auric cleansing, transcendental breathwork, past life healing, hormone balancing, spinal healing, brain balancing, hara line and core star healing, meditation, and dreamwork are some of the techniques he uses in his practice.

Prior to starting up his healing practice in NYC, Jonathan lived in England, Argentina, The Czech Republic and Spain. He returned to the US to work for The September 11th Fund and then spearheaded a civic-minded media group, where he appeared on CNN, MSNBC, ABC, Time, and the cover of New York Magazine. After experiencing a number of mystical encounters and “miraculous” healings, he turned his focus towards expanding consciousness. He is one of the founding members of Evolver LLC, serving as senior editor of the leading web-magazine for transformational culture, Reality Sandwich, and as director for Evolver.net, a social network for "conscious collaboration." He coordinates the Evolver Regionals program, which now has over forty cities hosting monthly "Spore" events. He also gives “Electric Jesus” presentations, revealing how early Christians utilized energy for healing and spiritual evolution.