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Healthcare Chaplain (Hospice) and Pastoral Counselor Originally from southern California, Fr. Norman Kraft is an author,
speaker, educator and health care professional living in Salem, Massachusetts. Following undergraduate studies, he entered an Orthodox Catholic seminary in 1986, graduating with his Licentiate in Sacred Theology (STL) three years later. Father Kraft has served in the Orthodox Church, the Congregational Church, and in several chaplaincy roles. In the 1990's he devoted several years of chaplaincy and service to people with AIDS in southern California. He incardinated to the Priesthood in the Apostolic Johannite Church in 2007. In addition to this work, Father Kraft is a dedicated student of Chinese medicine, philosophy and martial arts. He holds a masters degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine, is a licensed acupuncturist, and has maintained a clinical practice since 1980. He has lectured and written widely on the subjects of Chinese medicine and psychiatry. His current ministry is focused on health care chaplaincy, especially in the field of death, dying and grief (thanatology). As an expression of this ministry, Fr. Kraft volunteers his time to work with local hospice organizations and hospitals in Massachusetts. A gnostic and theological syncretist, he is currently pursuing a
MTh/PhD degree, drawing inspiration from Western monastic and contemplative traditions, Chinese Taoism, Buddhism, and Native American (Athabascan) religious systems. An Adept of the Aurum Solis Order, Norman Kraft is the author of "Ogdoadic Magick" (Weiser, 2001) a well-regarded work for newcomers to the Ogdoadic tradition. He currently leads an Ogdoadic working group, the "Lapis Lazuli Circle" (www.ogdoadic.org). Father Kraft married his wife
Jeanie, also a health care professional, at Abbaye Notre-Dame
d'Aiguebelle, a Cistercian monastery in southern France in 2001.
Together they enjoy travel and ancient churches, and are regular visitors to monasteries in the U.S.
He can be reached via norman.kraft@johannite.org
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