The Author of this Site
and Tour Guide on Pilgrimages
Ella Rozett taught classes
on Buddhism, Christianity, and Women in Religion
at the Santa Rosa Junior College, North of San
Francisco from 1998 to 2005. She studied Comparative
Religious Studies in Germany and the US and
received her MA in Buddhist Studies with an
emphasis on Christian-Buddhist Comparative Studies
from the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley.
She has been a public speaker on religious issues
since 1987. She leads interfaith meditation
groups in jails, recovery centers, and churches.
She has ministered to the sick and the dying
in hospitals and in their homes.
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Ella with those who
hold and keep her.
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Ella is a truly interfaith, bridge building
woman. Born in 1961 in Germany, of Jewish descent
on her mother’s and gentile on her father's
side, she was raised Lutheran. Her first spiritual
passion was roused by Native American spirituality.
Since a pilgrimage to India in 1983 her practice
has been a mixture of Buddhist meditation and
Christian prayer. She attends Catholic church
almost every day, participates in monthly Sufi
zikrs and receives the blessing of Mata Amritanandamayi
(a Hindu guru) every year when she comes from
India. - This may sound confusing to others,
but she is perfectly happy with so many blessings
and with her practice of 2-3 hours of prayer
and meditation a day and fasting according to
the instructions of Our Lady of Medjugorje twice
a week.
Ella is very comfortable with people who
don’t agree with her on everything. Her
husband Bob does not believe half the things
that are important to her, but they still love
and respect each other very much. So if you
don’t agree with some things written in
her attached articles, don’t worry about
it. It shouldn’t pose any problem on a
pilgrimage.
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Ella Rozett with His
Holiness the Dalai Lama and Michael von
Brueck in 1990.
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(p.s. I'm not into Facebook
and such, but if you're looking for Ellen von
Rautenstrauch, that was my maiden name. My mother's
maiden name was Marion Ullstein.)
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