Susan Mokelke, JD, President
"With the support of FSS faculty, students, donors, and other friends of shamanism, as president I am committed to helping to build a vital and sustainable future for the Foundation—in service to our mission to teach, study, and preserve shamanic knowledge for the welfare of our earth and its inhabitants."
— Susan Mokelke
In addition to her role as president, Susan is an FSS Faculty member. She has trained extensively in the Two Week Shamanic Healing Intensives and the Three-Year Programs of Advanced Initiations in Shamanism and Shamanic Healing – as well as teaching the Pacific Northwest Summertime Three Year program. Her numerous writings on shamanism include Effective Core Shamanic Drumming Circles, Ethical Considerations in Shamanic Healing, and Core Shamanism and Daily Life. She developed the new FSS workshop Shamanism Practicum: Guidelines for a Healthy Shamanic Practice, and is the editor of the annual FSS scholarly journal Shamanism and the FSS E-Newsletter. She maintains an active shamanic healing practice.
Student Feedback
"Susan is filled with stories, grace, encouragement, authenticity, humor, and a strong sense of ethics. She demonstrates a vast knowledge and experience without any judging."
"Susan is such a grounded, clear, honoring teacher and it is inspirational to witness her obvious comfort with, depth, and commitment to the spirit world and this work. Far from acting "the guru", Susan frequently redirects our questions back to us, encouraging us to seek the answer from our own Spirit Helpers. This approach further demonstrates her respect for the process and has helped me build confidence and familiarity with my own relationship with the spirit world."
— Christobel Macdonald, Three-Year Program student
"Thank you Susan for the living example of creativity, integrity, power, humor, joy and impeccability that you demonstrated during the Three Year Program. There is something you do in your understated and yet remarkably insightful manner that touches my heart deeply."
— Pete Hatherell, Three Year Program student
"Susan is clear, accomplished, approachable and marvelous, simply marvelous."
"Susan is amazing and an incredible soul."
"Very respectful of questions and sharing, etc. Very decent, fair, kind. So easy to understand. I so appreciate the simplicity and clarity."
"Susan Mokelke is an excellent teacher. She is clear, well-organized, extremely knowledgeable. I would take any sort of class she ever felt like offering."
"Susan is a wonderful presenter. Her compassion, depth of knowledge, self-effacement, and her great sense of humor helped even the room so that there was no student/teacher barrier. She was a wise person presenting new knowledge to willing people. It was beautifully done."
— Brian Erwin