Martin Shaw
Dr Martin Shaw is an acclaimed teacher of myth. Author of the award-winning Mythteller trilogy (A Branch from the Lightning Tree, Snowy Tower, Scatterlings), he founded the Oral Tradition and Mythic Life courses at Stanford University, and is director of the Westcountry School of Myth in the UK.
He has introduced thousands of people to mythology and how it penetrates modern life. For twenty…
Susan Aposhyan
Susan Aposhyan, an accomplished meditator and psychotherapist, is among the leading figures in the field of somatic psychology. From her roots as a professional dancer in New York in the 1970s, she encountered the practice of Body-Mind Centering and became a dedicated student of Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen. In the 1980s, she joined the faculty of Naropa University and founded and directed the Body…
Craig Holdrege
Craig Holdrege, PhD, is co-founder and director of The Nature Institute in Ghent, New York (natureinstitute.org), an organization dedicated to research and educational activities applying phenomenological, contextual methods. He is the author of numerous articles, monographs, and books, including Thinking Like a Plant: A Living Science for Life, and gives talks, leads workshops, and teaches…
Darcia Narvaez
Darcia Narvaez, Professor Emerita of Psychology, University of Notre Dame, researches moral development and human flourishing from an interdisciplinary perspective, integrating anthropology, neuroscience, clinical, developmental and educational sciences. Her earlier careers include professional musician, business owner, classroom music teacher, classroom Spanish teacher and seminarian, among…
K. Lauren de Boer
K. Lauren de Boer is a poet, essayist, and composer. He was executive editor of EarthLight, a magazine of ecology, cosmology, and spirituality for many years. He is currently visiting professor for the Integrative Learning Program in Eco-Cosmology for the Institute for Educational Studies at Endicott College.
Peter Adair
Peter Adair studied physics and philosophy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, before entering into a ten year practice of Zen Buddhism at monasteries in Japan and the U.S. He has worked for Greenpeace, produced Evolutionary Calendars, and was principal librettist for the Emergent Universe Oratorio by Sam Guarnaccia. Peter’s continuing inspiration is the beauty and mystery of our astonishing…
Bethany Lee
Bethany Lee, author of The Breath Between and Etude for Belonging from Fernwood Press, lives in Lafayette, OR, in a house at the edge of the woods. Her writing is often inspired by the space at the edge of things: her experiences as a hospice harpist, the year she spent traveling by sea, and the deep silence of her Quaker practice.
David Melville
David Melville is a poet who lives in Portland, Oregon. His most recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Atlanta Review, Amsterdam Quarterly, Water~Stone Review, RHINO, The Lyric, The Road Not Taken, Buddhist Poetry Review, and Anti-Heroin Chic. His work has also been anthologized in the college textbook Listening to Poetry: An Introduction for Readers and Writers (2019).
Marianne Peel
After having taught middle/high school English for 32 years, Marianne Peel is now nurturing her own creative spirit. She spent three summers in Guizhou Province, teaching teachers in China. She received Fulbright-Hays Awards to Nepal and Turkey. Marianne's poetry appears in Muddy River Review, Naugatuck River Review, Jelly Bucket Journal, among others. She has a collection of poetry coming out…
Sarah Carleton
Sarah Carleton writes poetry, edits fiction, plays the banjo, and makes her husband laugh in Tampa, Florida. Her poems have appeared in numerous publications including Cider Press Review, Nimrod, Chattahoochee Review, Tar River Poetry, Crab Orchard Review, and New Ohio Review. Her first collection, Notes from the Girl Cave, was recently published by Kelsay Books.