Scott Taylor is, by profession, a Legendarian.
He has followed the liquid trail of the dolphins for over twenty years,
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 story full time.
Having spent hundreds of hours among his many dolphin friends,
swimming, playing, watching, listening and learning,
he considers himself to be a child among Elders.
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....
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 tours the world, sharing the meta-tale
of the dolphin-human connection.
He works with Amanda, who is the Director of the Dolphin EDventures Wellness Program,
which brings adults seeking "non-clinical, self-directed therapy" into intimate, safe contact
with the dolphins at Coffs Harbour's wonderful Pet Porpoise Pool.
He lives in Coffs Harbour, Australia, with Amanda,
spending his days doing research, writing, and swimming with dolphins.
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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