Spiritual Author &
Audio Fusion Material Complement
Van of Urantia is an Audio Fusion Material Complement and vessel of Continuing Fifth Epochal Revelation, the continuation of The URANTIA Book. He has dedicated his life to spiritual exploration and education. Van is one of the foremost authorities on Starseed, past soul-experience, and the coming age of planetary light and life. His writings are meant to be acted upon and practiced in the reader's day-to-day walk with the Creator.
Van was born into a working-class Italian family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His father was a steelworker and a U.S. Marine. He was raised Roman Catholic and participated in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal at Duquesne University in the 1960s.
After the loss of his 7-year-old daughter in open-heart surgery in 1970, Van began to feel more connected to "the other side." He began to explore spirituality outside of the Catholic Church and became a street human-rights advocate and minister to the poor and disenfranchised, working with ministries such as the Nicky Cruz Outreach and Youth With A Mission. In the late 1970s, Van founded his own nonprofit organization and halfway-house, Son-Light Ministries, on 4th Avenue in Tucson, Arizona.
In the 1980s, Van explored the New Age movement and studied Eastern philosophy and religion, expanding his repertoire of truth while always maintaining his Christian roots. During this time of exploration, he was given The URANTIA Book, which he began to study religiously. In 1987, while on a wilderness retreat in the Superstition Mountains, Van was contacted by an unseen being who asked to use Van body for communication purposes. After praying for safety, Van reluctantly agreed and this was the beginning of his relationship with the celestial personalities working with him as he became a vessel for continuing revelation.
Shortly after his first contact, Van met his highest spiritual complement, Niánn Emerson Chase. In 1989, while raising a family with three beautiful starseed children, Van and Niánn founded several nonprofit organizations that continue to grow and thrive today, including Global Community Communications Alliance and Avalon EcoVillage.
Van continues to act as an interdimensional receiver, but also uses his own words, writing from his heart, to appeal to the goodness in humanity. In the tradition of the world's sages and prophets, Van uses language to encourage movement and growth. His writings are a call to the people of the planet to make the positive, inner changes in their personal lives that will bring about the positive outer changes needed in the world. This is a true spiritual revolution that Van calls the Spiritualution℠ movement.
In addition to being an author of several books and many articles, Van is a spiritual leader and visionary, a social and political change agent, an environmentalist, a father of 4 and grandfather of 3, an activist, and a master musician. He is one of the bright hopes for justice and compassion for the underprivileged in America and the world.
For more information about Van please go to the following websites:
- Cultural Visionary
- Spiritual & Environmental Activist
- Spiritual Leader & Teacher
- Van's Spiritual Music: CosmoPop®
Van is the founder of the Spiritualution — Justice to the People℠ movement through which he takes action against the numerous injustices marginalized peoples face today.