DI Michael Hasslinger

m_hasslingerBorn in 1946, married, one daughter lives close to Vienna in Wiener Neudorf, Lower Austria. He studied architecture in Vienna and Graz and then constructed railway tunnels. Then je joined the construction company of his parents. 1980 Civil Engineer. Until 2006 he run his own construction company with 25 employees at Traiskirchen.

Suffering from depression during youth time he looked around for spirituality and community. He joined at Graz University Community and afterwards the group of catholic priest Dr. Jantsch in Südstadt. On the way of looking for a "heling tool" he attendes Michael Harner's first workshop at Vienna in 1983. He learned how to shamanize and joined several drumming circles to provide help to clients.

Since 1994 he serves as a Faculty member of FSS Europe as well as Vice Director of the European Branch of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies.