John W. Martin

John ("Jason") Martin holds a Ph.D. in French and comparative literature and has taught at Michigan Tech, the University of Tulsa, and West Virginia University.

Being involved in Amazonian shamanism for more than twenty years, Jason has in-depth knowledge of the two worlds in which his most recent work, Voluptua, is set. A seasoned traveler, he has lived in France, Greece, and Spain, and has traveled widely in India, Mexico, and Peru. He speaks fluent French, modern Greek, and passable Spanish. He worked in France as a Seine River boat pilot and was married by his shaman in the Temple of the Stars in Machu Picchu.

Jason has been a teacher of yoga and meditation for more than thirty years and is the co-founder of the Starseed Center for Yoga and Healing in Montclair, New Jersey. He maintains a healing practice in Montclair, New Jersey (www.jasonmartin.mirrorz.com). He was a founding member of the Twelve Miles West Theater, an equity company that produced several of his plays. He has also published The Atlantic Monthly and is the author of the 1983 work, "The Golden Age of French Cinema, 1929-1939" (Twayne's Filmmakers Series).