Scott Taylor has been by profession, a Legendarian.
He has followed the liquid trail of the dolphins since 1983,
passionately exploring the story of our long relationship with the
people of the sea.
His quest as a young man--born in America
and raised in Central America, Europe, and America--
led him to the study of spiritual traditions and techniques of mind
expansion.
As a young wandering yogi he experienced an epiphany
in which he realized that he must participate in life rather than
retreat from it.
He took up the challenge, married, had two wonderful children
and invented a career for himself as a furniture designer/craftsman,
which he pursued for twenty years, living in Colorado.
Along the way, the Legend of the Golden
Dolphin found him.
From that day in 1983, his life began to transform again,
until he found himself following the "dolphin tale" full time.
Having spent hundreds of hours among his many dolphin friends,
swimming, playing, watching, listening and learning,
he considers himself to be like a child among Elders when he is among dolphins.
While he has had the extraordinary good fortune to have had
mind-to-mind communication
with several of the People of the Sea,
he realizes that the content of the communication is of such rare
quality
that it is virtually impossible to relate this to others. Yet, he
persists in trying....(smile)
Years of dedication to the pursuit of the inner story, following his
gentle obsession,
has enabled him to develop a comprehensive understanding
of the nature of our relationship to the other self-realized souls of
this planet.
Eventually, he discovered that he was inside the story he was
following--
a character in the Legend itself.
As he watched, his life became intimately entwined with the tale,
finally leading him to move to Australia, where he continues
his research, teaching, and writing.
Along the way, he became involved in an interspecies communication
experiment
that was privately funded (by himself and a few patrons).
The experimental system that was developed to explore the theoretical
model
that the team was working with was discovered to have several
wonderful
qualities for human listeners. With a close friend, he launched
himself
onto "the road", bringing the "Dolphin Radiance
Experience"
to thousands of people across the United States in the early 1990`s.
As he shared the story of his quest, and The Legend,
he heard a request for a more complete sharing of the tale.
He envisioned a large collection of books, scientific reports,
films, videos, clippings, recordings, papers and images,
that could be referenced by interested researchers.
He founded, and continues as the Executive Director of,
the Cetacean Studies Institute,
which has accumulated a substantial archive, offers educational
programs,
and provides consulting services to a wide variety of people:
artists, scientists, film makers, authors, students,
therapists, educators, swim facility owners, legislators, activists
and mystics.
"Souls in the Sea: Dolphins, Whales and
Human Destiny"
is his first book, in which the dolphin tale is brought up to date,
and its many threads are related
as never before. It is a work of "meta-history" in which a multitude
of views and
"medicine wheels" of information are combined for the first time.
Comprehensive, poetic, scientific, spiritual, and humorous, it is a
major contribution
to the field of dolphin--and human--studies.
He is a gifted speaker/performer and tour leader/storyteller.
He has led numerous groups of people to dolphin sites
in Mexico, Florida, Hawaii, the Bahamas and Australia.
He is available as a speaker, futurist and inspirational guide,
with a wealth of knowledge from many disciplines.
Seeing the need for a non-profit educational corporation, he founded The Dolphin Embassy
with his partner, Amanda Hain. The Embassy has done tours of the world, sharing
the meta-tale
of the dolphin-human connection in India, Belgium, Quintana Roo,
many of the United States, Australia, and New Zealand.
He has worked with Amanda, who is the Director of the Dolphin EDventures
Wellness Program,
to bring adults seeking "non-clinical, self-directed therapy"
into intimate, safe contact
with the dolphins at Coffs Harbour's wonderful Pet Porpoise Pool.
He now lives on the Sunshine Coast, in Queensland, Australia, with Amanda,
spending his days doing research, and writing. Having earned a Bachelor's degree
(with First Class Honours) in Human Geography, from the University of the Sunshine Coast,
based in part on his dissertation “The Dolphin-Human connection: Embassy or Zoo-without-walls?”
in which he explored dolphin agency and its role in dolphin-human interaction management schemes worldwide,
he is now doing research for his doctorate, for a thesis entitled:
"Of babies and bathwater: the contested spaces of Dolphin-Assisted Therapy".
The thesis for his doctorate will be submitted in December of 2012.
Dr. John C. Lilly, MD ("Dr. Dolphin" to many...) had this to say
about Scott:
"Mr. Taylor is a key person in what I call the Cetacean Nation,
a global network of like-minded individuals attempting to bridge the
communication gap
between humans and cetaceans.
His work contributes a wider understanding of humanity, cetacea, and
the environment
on the edge of the twenty-first century.
Scott's continued efforts as educator and catalyst
bridge not only the interspecies communication barrier, but the
barriers betweeen people."
Articles by Scott have appeared in "Living Now", one of Australia's leading alternative health magazines, plus "Be Magazine (Byron Experience)", and "Vision", a leading California alternative magazine.
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