Like his music, Raphael F. Sharpe can be described as essential,
intuitive and spiritual, while at the same time physical and an
earthly-Pan incarnate. His mother was a powerful psychic similar to
Edgar Cayce; his father, an elegant ragtime piano player.
Raphael has a unique talent for teaching deep and profound eastern and
western techniques in a simple, clear and common sense way. (He was
born and raised in Oklahoma and is proud of it.) It has been his
experience that when these teachings are empowered with the heart, they
become miraculous. He also has a talent for bringing people to deep
states of enlightenment in a fun and pleasurable way.
He is well known for his private sessions for singles and couples which
may include “psychic readings set to music”, teaching men the art of
using Taoist practices for strengthening the immune system, healing and
balancing relationships or exploring the art of time travel.
At an early age, it was discovered that he was a child musical genius.
By the time he was thirteen, he was freely composing concertos and
fugues in the style of Vivaldi. After completing composition studies at
the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, he performed in a variety of
professional musical environments: a choir director for Handel's
Messiah, a rock 'n roll band leader, a concert pianist performing with
symphony orchestras, a 'gypsy' violinist, a juju drummer for an African
dance company, a choir and music director for several churches.
For ten years, Raphael was a musician at the Esalen Institute in Big
Sur, California, studying with and creating music for leading,
alternative innovators like Milton Trager, Dr. John C. Lilly, Gabrielle
Roth, Alan Cohen and Dr. Emmett Miller. He was a much sought after
visionary musician who always performed with a deep attitude of service.
Raphael's Music To Disappear In (Volumes I and II), on the Hearts Of
Space label, is known worldwide as a premier evocation of the new
alternative healing movement.
His latest musical albums include The Healing Light of the Amazon (from
a sacred Brazilian tradition); a CD with his wife, Kutira, entitled The
Eternal Feminine; and Never Give Up (from the Tibetan tradition) with his
adopted Tibetan son, Tenzin.
