Djalòki’s biography abridged

~ Updated October 2008 ~

Reverend Djalòki, also known as Jean Luc Benjamin Dessables, is an engineer, a licensed Interfaith minister ordained by the New Seminary and assigned to the Interfaith Temple of New York City  (www.newseminary.org), a Vodou Priest, and a seeker of universal wisdom, ancient, current and future.

His practice includes Paradigm Expansion Coaching (combining elements of Life Coaching, Spiritual Counseling, Shamanic/Vodou teachings and Interactive Guided Imagery), cross-cultural consulting, and international lectures and workshops on the connections between religions (Eastern and Western), Shamanism (including 21st Century Vodou) and advanced science (of consciousness and of matter).

Djalòki is a co-founder of the “N a Sonje” Foundation (http://nasonje.blogspot.com), which aims at healing the historical wounds between the peoples of Africa, Europe and the Americas. A former associate of DOA/BN for 8 years (www.haititravels.org, transformational cultural tourism in Ayiti), he is also an Interactive Imagery Guide.

His intention is to help create a sustainable multicultural global society showing reverence for the diversity of life and valuing inclusive excellence among people and institutions. He believes that the time has come for the global shift and expansion of human consciousness, prophesied by many ancient people, that may mark a major leap of evolution for humanity.

Since 2004, Djalòki has been speaking at several educational institutions in the US, including Saint Mary’s College of the University of Notre Dame, Keystone College, University of Southern Maine, Earlham College, Naropa University, Temple University, Indiana University in South Bend, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, New York University, the New Seminary Center for Interfaith Studies, and other community and spiritual centers. His speaking engagements also took him to Europe. He has been published in the Black Arts Quarterly of Stanford University.

Djalòki is a citizen of the world and of Ayiti (Kreyòl name of Haiti); he lives in Port-au-Prince, Ayiti. He speaks French, Ayitian Kreyòl, English and Spanish.

Read some of Rev. Djalòki’s texts on http://djaloki.wordpress.com