Over the past two decades, West has written essays on topics of interest to people on the frontiers of consciousness. These articles have been published in the US, Belgium, the Netherlands and Italian magazines. During the past fifteen years, she has taught classes at the University of Texas, Austin. Her courses embrace various aspects of spiritual awakening as well as writing. West has maintained journals for thirty years of her adult life. These chronicles form the basis of her book, seminars and articles.

In the early 1970’s West graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and received a Master of Arts degree from Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant.

Ike West lectures in the US and Europe, sharing insights that fully illuminate the new bounds of consciousness-raising and spiritual expansion. She is currently working on a new novel set in ancient Greece.

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