Darpan is a singer, multi-instrumentalist, and self-described neo-shaman, born in the Netherlands and raised in Australia, where he earned a B.A. Hons in Psychology and Dramatic Arts from Flinders University. He spent time in Poona and later lived and worked with shamans and healers in Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru, with further study in Transpersonal Psychology and Tibetan Buddhist and Taoist philosophy. He is recognized in Europe and Australia as a teacher, musician, and healer, and his background includes early involvement in bringing ceremonial plant-medicine practices from South America into Western retreat settings. Recordings include Body of Light, LoveLight, Temple of Glowing Sound (Parts 1 and 2), and Viva Medicina.

Editorial note: Darpans biography includes his role in introducing ceremonial plant-medicine practices to Western audiences. This is described here factually as part of his background rather than as an endorsement of the practice itself; the profile focus remains on his music.

Mood and energy: Ceremonial, meditative, ethereal. Recommended uses: Ceremony, deep meditation.

Sacred Ground Confidence Score: 4 out of 5 stars   Final recommendation: Approved.

Why this artist belongs in Sacred Sounds: A substantial, long-running catalog of ceremonial and meditative music from a recognized figure in the Western sacred-medicine-music scene.