Rev. Mira Joleigh, CPC (she/they)
Co-Founding Minister, Co-President, and Treasurer of Entheo Temple Inc.
Rev. Mira is ordained in the Entheist faith, a certified life coach, professional home organizer, retreat facilitator, ceremonialist, and transformational healer.
Rev. Mira has been a 20 year student of Yoga, Transcendental Meditation, and Zen Buddhism. As a spiritual teacher, Mira utilizes the framework of Spiral Dynamics and a diverse synergy of ancient and contemporary spiritual practices.
As a graduate of Mastery In Transformational Training, she has been recognized for her teachings on servant leadership, mindfulness, gratitude, affirmative mindset and shadow work.
Rev. Alex Himes (she/they)
Co-Founding Minister, Co-President, and Secretary of Entheo Temple Inc.
Rev. Alex is ordained in the Entheist faith, an artist, writer, ceremonialist, and healer. She is a student of embodiment practices such as Tai Chi, Yoga, and Ecstatic Dance. Her spirituality is deeply influenced by mathematics, physics and metaphysics.
Rev. Alex has found a profound spiritual awareness through 20 years of experience of altered states with entheogens, meditation and embodiment practices.
Rev. Alex's teachings are informed by her rich experience in self-healing and by supporting fellow mystics to process inter-generational trauma, addiction, PTSD and cPTSD. Her life's work includes helping people heal by releasing their attachment to the material and bringing Zen minimalism to their surroundings.
Staff & Volunteers
Frances Webb - Administrator
Eric Turrentine - Project Manager
Eric Turrentine - Project Manager
Frances works behind the scenes to support church operations. They are the lead facilitator of cultivation and foraging events. Frances also, occasionally, supports hands-on in Calm The Chaos ministry.
Eric Turrentine - Project Manager
Eric Turrentine - Project Manager
Eric Turrentine - Project Manager
Eric has taken the lead on helping to bring Entheo Forest Sanctuary to fruition, and has also been supporting our Little Free Pantry ministry.
Nick Bauer - Outreach Coordinator
Eric Turrentine - Project Manager
Nick Bauer - Outreach Coordinator
Nick has been a pivotal support in sourcing locations and developing alliances with other churches for the Little Free Pantry ministry.
A Few of Our Spiritual Teachers:
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher, widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time. His work The Perennial Philosophy (1945), examined the commonalities between Western & Eastern mysticism, and illustrated that the same metaphysical truths are found in all the major religions of the world. The Doors of Perception (1954), detailed his psychedelic experience with mescaline Huxley's religious interests placed him in the unique position of shifting the discourse by being one of the first Western thinkers to point to the potential religious importance of hallucinogens.
Ram Dass
Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley
American spiritual teacher, guru of modern yoga, psychologist, and writer. Formerly known as Richard Alpert, his experiments in the Harvard Psilocybin Project and subsequent firing from the university led to his prominence as an advocate for psychedelics and cognitive liberty. His best-selling 1971 book Be Here Now, described by multiple reviewers as "seminal," helped popularize Eastern spirituality and yoga in the West.
Thích Nhất Hạnh
Thích Nhất Hạnh
Thích Nhất Hạnh
Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, prolific author, poet and teacher, historically recognized as the main inspiration for engaged Buddhism. Known as the "father of mindfulness", Nhất Hạnh was a major influence on Western practices of Buddhism.
Alan Watts
Thích Nhất Hạnh
Thích Nhất Hạnh
English writer, speaker and self-styled "philosophical entertainer," known for interpreting and popularising Japanese, Chinese and Indian traditions of Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophy for a Western audience. Watts' unique charismatic style in writing and lectures made complex spiritual ideas accessible and engaging to a wide audience.
Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith
Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith
Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith
American New Thought minister and founder of Agape International Spiritual Center in Los Angeles. Recognized for his Life Visioning™ process, guiding his students to take the experience of inner peace and awakened awareness into their everyday lives.
Abraham-Hicks
Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith
Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith
American inspirational speaker, channeler, and author. Known for their timeless wisdom about law of attraction "translated from a group of non-physical entities called Abraham." Channeler, Esther Hicks describes what she does as tapping into "infinite intelligence."
Pema Chödrön
Rev. Dr. Michael Beckwith
Pema Chödrön
American Tibetan-Buddhist, ordained nun, author, principal teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia. Chödrön has written several dozen books, many themed around "shenpa", or "attachment", the moment one is hooked into a cycle of habitual negative or self-destructive thoughts and actions.
Louise Hay
Don Miguel Ruiz
Eckhart Tolle
American Religious Science practitioner, spiritual author, speaker, and AIDS advocate. She authored several New Thought self-help books, including the 1984 book You Can Heal Your Life and founded Hay House publishing. She is best known for teaching self love through the practice of affirmations.
Eckhart Tolle
Don Miguel Ruiz
Eckhart Tolle
German-born spiritual teacher and self-help author best known for his book, The Power of Now. Tolle does not identify with any religion, but uses teachings from Zen Buddhism, Sufism, Hinduism, and Christian mysticism. He teaches a blend of Eastern and Western theologies with a clear voice.
Don Miguel Ruiz
Don Miguel Ruiz
Don Miguel Ruiz
Mexican spiritual teacher and author of Toltec and neoshamanistic texts. Ruiz is best known for his book The Four Agreements. He has been able to merge ancient wisdom with modern physics and practical common-sense, forging a new philosophy for seekers of truth and personal authenticity.
Michael Singer
Neale Donald Walsch
American author, zen spiritual teacher, founder of Temple of the Universe, a yoga and meditation center --he is best known for his book The Untethered Soul. His teachings speak to those seeking peace beyond the mind, offering a clear pathway to awakening through presence and radical acceptance.
Neale Donald Walsch
Neale Donald Walsch
American author, speaker, and spiritual messenger, best known for Conversations with God. His writing presented a modern, accessible dialogue with the Divine -- which resonated with spiritual seekers disillusioned by dogma, and offered a vision of the Divine as unconditional love and ever-present wisdom.
Wayne Dyer
Wayne Dyer
American self-help author, motivational speaker, therapist, and spiritual teacher. Inspired by Swami Muktananda and Nisargadatta Maharaj, he wrote about New Thought, Taoism, Non-Dualism and The Power of Intention. His film The Shift (2009) explored the spiritual journey from ambition to meaning.