Carl Hartman was born in New Jersey in 1936, raised mostly on a small farm outside of Trenton. After 20 years as a Methodist minister, he left the ministry to begin a different, spiritually "larger" life in New Mexico. In New Mexico, Carl worked in construction and then opened his own construction company. Currently, he is not involved in any "organized" religion but continues to study Native American and Andean shamanism. Carl finds himself most in his center when working with the sacred pipe, sweat lodge and native cosmologies. He continues to grow in this ever-expanding and mysterious multiverse.

Carl has an undergraduate degree in Literature and Philosophy from Dickinson College and graduate studies from Drew University Seminary. He’s married with 3 children, 7 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.