After a twenty-year diverse, engaging, career in the field of Telecommunications the time had come for change. This exciting and challenging career provided financial security as the ability to employ a unique genre of creative writing. As fulfilling and stimulating utilizing these tools, my dream of writing novels was not realized. Four years ago a long-time friend suggested I return to writing novels. I had not written a novel in many years (that body of work, waits in my desk drawer for renewed attention). The following day I was in front of my computer. The first novel in the series took flight. The innate passion of my life was reborn. It was my plan to write one thought-provoking novel until the same friend suggested a second novel. Now there are five in this series. The sixth and final of the series is in its first draft form. I have four lovely dogs that sleep or play in my office as I work. Two of these little beasts are Yorkshire Terriers, Sammy and Chloe the other two, miniature dachshunds, Barney III (long story) and Cecil. There are two beautiful young men who rush into my office from time to time, my sons. The additional passions of my life is working out each morning, meditating each afternoon and the gift of laughter. All of which are necessary when I sit in front of the computer and create “Political Thrillers”. I neglected to mention my manic consumption of six to eight bottles of spring water daily. Thank you for exploring “The Lighthouse Keeper Series”. It is true, “Nothing in this world ever happens by mistake”, and when it happens it is always for our benefit. http://www.teriraes.com/

Hannah is an advocate of everyday justice. She has spent many years working within the non-profit world and dealing with issues like poverty and human trafficking. Hannah currently writes a blog called "Life Style Justice", which focuses on gentle, sustainable, joyful activism in the everyday.  Hannah lives in Minnesota with her husband. She works as a non-profit consultant, while also serving on the Minnesota Human Trafficking Task Force and working on various grassroots projects to fight modern-day slavery. http://www.lifestylejustice.com/

Douglas E. Noll, J.D., M.A. is an award-winning author, teacher, peacemaker, and mediator, specializing in difficult, complex, and intractable conflicts. He has been honored as Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America and California Attorney of the Year by California Lawyer Magazine. For the past 4 years, Doug has been working pro bono in maximum security prisons, teaching murderers to be peacemakers. With his colleague, Laurel Kaufer, he has trained more than 200 men and women inmates to be peacemakers and mediators within their prison communities. The results have been astounding. Violence has been reduced, lives have been transformed, and inmates have regained their humanity. So many inmates have told Doug “If I had just learned these skills and this knowledge 20 years ago, I would not be in prison today,” that Doug decided to reach out to the free world. He has written a simple e-Book, called “How to Live a Centered Life,” and has created Negotiate a Centered Life, an on-line life skills and re-lationship course. In addition, he reaches out to middle schools and high schools to teach young people the essential life skills that will guarantee centered lives and strong relationships. As Doug says, “If I can teach murderers to be peacemakers, imagine what I can do for everyone else.” Doug hosts his own radio show and has appeared as a guest on hundreds of local and national radio and television shows. http://negotiateacenteredlife.com/

Whitney Freya is an up and coming presence in the arena of spiritual teachers and the self-help movement. She is devoted to help people to use art making as a spiritual practice and expressive living. She uses art as an energy work medium of the imagination and as a way to connect to the subconscious and Source energy, allowing for new healing insights and personal growth. She is considered a muse for guidance in ways to tap into creativity as a pure language of our souls. Whitney is also a mother of three, an author, motivational speaker, and creative entrepreneur. www.WhitneyFreya.com

Kirsty is an adventurer, healer and teacher who combines her passion for ecstatic dance, self-healing and natural living to help people live intuitively, in harmony with their true nature, create what their hearts most desire and honour their soul’s calling. Ever since she was a child, dance has been Kirsty’s sanctuary. Her medicine. A place she feels free and connected to source. Born to dance and to invite others to share their dance, she is renowned for holding a safe, sacred space that encourages people to let go deeply within, connect with their body’s wisdom, transcend limitations and express themselves fully, liberating their creative potential and aliveness in the moment and in their every day lives. Separateness dissolves and oneness arises. Her interest in self-healing and living in tune with our true nature arose from her own miraculous healing. Following 10 years competing internationally as a member of the Great Britain Synchronised Swimming Team and being in peak condition she suffered from years of debilitating chronic fatigue and then cancer. Embarking on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment she made a full recovery. Yet the real magic in her life happened when she re-connected with her heart and its deepest desires and learnt to listen to her intuition. Committing to fulfil her heart’s desires, she followed her intuition on an adventure through North and Central America sharing ecstatic dances along the way. Landing in Costa Rica she fell in love and created a lifestyle that nurtures her whole being. And the journey continues... Kirsty employs everything she’s learned on her own journey with her clients to help them live fully, vitally and on purpose. http://www.kirstymacandrew.com/

Lorraine Flaherty is a Transformational therapist, author, lecturer and pioneer of Inner Freedom Therapy, which has been designed to help people reach their full potential. She sees herself as a spiritual detective looking for the root causes of people’s problems and guiding them into the subconscious part of their mind so that they can find the answers they need. Her work is a kind of Feng Shui for the soul; a clutter clearing that frees people from unnecessary and unhelpful beliefs, behaviours and limiting ideas. She helps people to explore their current life memories and deal with any traumas or limiting beliefs that have been present since childhood or carried down through the ancestral line. She also helps them to explore their past lives to deal with unfinished business and unresolved karma and tap into their potential future lives to see what direction they need to be moving in. They get to access the space between lives to learn more about who they really are, why they are here and how they can heal. She has a busy private practice in Covent Garden, Central London and teaches Accelerated Learning and Clinical Hypnosis to midwives and student doctors in UK Universities, which include Oxford, Cambridge and UCL. She runs a variety of workshops and retreats, alone and in collaboration with some of the best in the mind body and spirit field: Finding Inner Freedom, Get Over It and Four Roads to Inner Freedom. She is a director of the Past and Future Life Society and is very passionate about helping people to change their lives for the better. Her first book Healing with Past Life Therapy: Transformational Journeys through Time and Space is out now with Findhorn Press and has two CDs which support the book called Inner Freedom 1 and Inner Freedom 2 http://www.innerjourneys.co.uk/

Gage Tarrant is the founder of Mind NRG Co-Creative Sanctuary and The Institute of Stress Sciences. Mind NRG Co-Creative Sanctuary is dedicated to psycho-spiritual growth, education and sponsoring programs that improve people's lives by creating opportunities to use their minds in creative, productive ways.  http://www.mindnrg.org/

Discover the Divine image that is the light in the center of your being. Set out on the inner journey. The inner journey has great rewards-but the wild storms, dark nights, and stretches of barren desert can't be avoided. That's why this book was written. It offers an oasis where you can be refreshed along the journey-and a candle or two to carry with you when the nights are dark. Here you will find opportunities to be better equipped for your journey, an instruction manual for wayfarers. David is the founder of 'Waymark Ministries' whose mission is to create opportunities for people to engage in the message of the Christian faith outside of mainstream church; he is a Spiritual director/teacher and Retreat Leader; 'Explorer Guide' for The Community of Aidan and Hilda (www.aidanandhilda.org) a dispersed Celtic Christian Community; the author of books on Christian Meditation, including the award winning 'The Mystic Path of Meditation'; and has been a Church Minister. He is qualified in 'Spiritual Care' (holistic care and pastoral counselling) and is currently studying a Masters' degree in 'Christian Spirituality'. David lives in the Beautiful New Forest on the south coast of England with his wife and two young children. https://www.facebook.com/groups/244869532207040/

Manny Hagman is a Loveworker/Musician and Writer from Austin, Texas. In April 2013, Manny experienced a breakdown/break through from years drug abusive, workaholism, and ungrounded, self inflicted spiritual abuse. After attending a transformative weekend through the New Warrior Training with the Mankind Project, Manny finally became aware of the power and Truth of his being. With inspiration from everyday life, he began openly sharing his experiences, pain, fears, and triumphs with the world through his Facebook page Manny Diaz - Awakening One Step at a Time. Manny takes a grounded approach to spirituality, choosing to look at the physical world as the source for healing. Manny hopes to inspire others through his writing and authentic living. Manny is on a mission to model authentic living to those who might be scared or confused on how to do so. Manny believes that vulnerability and transparency are keys to help others heal and return mankind to Unity consciousness and awareness. He believes that spiritual healers have the greatest impact when they reveal their human side to others and let them the world know it’s ok to be who we are, as we are, where we are. https://www.facebook.com/MannyDiazAwakening

Kate has worked many years in long day care centres, pre-schools, kindergartens and managed Before and After school Centres as well as a Nanny agency. Furthering her skills, Kate studied adolescents with behavioural problems becoming a foster mother opening her home as emergency accommodation for adolescents who could no longer live at home. Kate created and built Beyond A Joke in her brother Bruce’s memory and to assist with teenagers facing bullying today within the community, online and so forth. Kate’s aim is to empower teenagers and build them up to be strong, compassionate and caring human beings. Beyond A Joke is creating a domino effect of kindness throughout communities to outweigh the negative effects of aggression and bullying. http://www.beyondajoke.com.au/

Leading UFO researchers and documentary film makers Lee and Brit Elders have worked on many in-depth investigations, including the Billy Meier photographs/contact case in Switzerland, and the waves of UFO sightings in Mexico which began in 1991. The Elders were the original and primary investigators, along with Col. Wendelle Stevens (Ret.), of the extensive ET contacts and UFO photographs of Eduard "Billy" Meier. Their investigation led to a two-volume investigative report, two full-color large-format photo books, and four volumes of "contact notes" recorded by Billy Meier (all published by Wendelle Stevens). The Elders have written two books on UFOs, and produced seven video tapes, and they have helped to produce numerous TV programs. Brit Elders is CEO of ShirleyMacLaine.com, author, documentary filmmaker, as well as a columnist for Wellness Bound Magazine and other publications. She is also the source of the information that is available in the Cooking in the Lite section of ShirleyMacLaine.com and the hostess of Cooking in the Lite Radio. Lee Elders was destined to be an investigator/adventurer. Born in a railroad house in Bowie, AZ, he was raised on the Apache reservation near San Carlos where his pet was a coyote and his mentor an Apache medicine man who helped forge Lee’s resolve during his Expeditions in Ecuador. Lee has an extensive background in investigation and documentary filmmaking and has traveled the world exploring the unknown. http://www.LeeElders.com/

Bruce Davis, Ph.D. was trained as a psychologist but discovered early that true happiness is not possible without a meaningful spiritual life. Through the years he traveled and lived in many cultures in different parts of the world. But it was in Assisi, Italy, the historic home of Saint Francis and Saint Clare, that he found a peace and inner path which seemed universal in its language and presence. After years of bringing groups to Assisi, Bruce and his wife, Ruth, decided to live in Assisi. In the spirit of Saint Francis, they created The Assisi Retreat Center with altars to all the world’s major religions. Their center was given an official blessing by Pope John Paul II. The Assisi Retreat Center was listed as one of the top ten meditation retreats in the world by Travel and Leisure Magazine. More recently CNN listed the center again as one of the top ten meditation centers in the world. After many years of leading retreats, Bruce found the main ingredients for personal transformation included spending time in silence, nature, and heartfulness meditation. The peace and quiet of silence helps people to discover an inner presence in the heart that is lost by many in our busy world. Since creating the Assisi Retreat Center, Bruce and Ruth have started Silent Stay, a retreat center near Napa, California. Bruce is the author of several books including: The Magical Child Within You, The Heart of Healing, Monastery Without Walls, My Little Flowers, The Calling of Joy, and Simple Peace-The Spiritual Life of St. Francis of Assisi. Bruce is also a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post. For more information about Bruce’s and Ruth’s current activities visit their website at:www.SilentStay.com.

Aleya is a sound healer, energetic practitioner, Minister in the state of California, Doctor of Oriental Medicine in New Mexico, and a Licensed Acupuncturist in Colorado. She has been an alternative healer for 20 years. Aleya graduated from Lewis and Clark University in Portland, Oregon and earned her Master's Degree in Oriental Medicine from The Southwest Acupuncture School in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She practiced in Telluride, Colorado for 7 years before moving to Santa Barbara, California where she serves an international clientele as a spiritual guide and sound healer. In 2001 Aleya had an enlightenment experience, which enabled her to perceive other realms, hear the angelic beings, and increased her empathic and clairvoyant abilities. Aleya has mastered the ability to help people release the root causes of their suffering. Her tools help people discover how to move forward with greater peace, empowerment, and freedom. Each day Aleya tunes into the energy coming onto the planet and creates a guided meditation to email to clients all over the world. Her Cups of Consciousness meditations help guide, support and attain increased clarity, balance and joy each morning. In addition to her daily Cups of Consciousness, Aleya also hosts conference call sessions, called The TALL Cups of Consciousness, every 3 weeks. These sessions are live online so clients can listen and watch Aleya as she answers questions, teaches her unique protocols and gives energetic weather forecasts. Aleya also guests on numerous radio shows including The Shirley McClain Show, hosts many in-person classes and retreats, maintains a successful private practice, and has produced 5 commercial CDs, Awaken, Om-ing with Whales, Angelic Healing, Sound Medicine, and In Stillness. She recently signed with Sounds True for her Angelic Healing album. www.aleyadao.com

Garret John LoPorto, a thought-leader and media-artist known for his Internet activism, his viral speeches and music videos which have had over 6 million views in the last year alone, as an inspirational speaker, and an expert in neurodiversity and the psychology behind disruptive innovation. LoPorto authored two books on the psychology of disruptive innovation. Garret John LoPorto - voice of "We Are From the Future" and the Wayseer Manifesto - is also the founder of http://UPRISER.com/ Garret LoPorto graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1999, where he majored in Computer Systems Engineering with a minor in Computer Science. LoPorto was a member of the United States Army ROTC and Theta Chi fraternity. He worked as a computer graphics specialist, systems administrator, and webmaster. LoPorto then went on to develop multi-player gaming at Microsoft Research. LoPorto was a senior creative consultant on viral internet marketing for TrueMajority.org and the 2004 John Kerry presidential campaign. LoPorto is the founder of Quantum Light Marketing with for-profit and non-profit clients.

Anthony Tilotta is an Independent Musician from Toronto, Canada who calls his music “New Age Consciousness”. By walking his talk, others can see that the 'impossible' is actually acheivable. Anthony creates music to help others awaken, love, feel inspired, motivated, and to stand in their power. His full length album “RISE” was released Physically and Digitally on October 1, 2013. Many have described "RISE" as: “Simply, beautiful”  “Soothing, yet powerful” “A communication with higher self” “Inspirational, relatable, and better than a lot of stuff on the radio” “Anthony has such a lovely voice” “Just what this world needs.<3″ “I’m in love with this” “Your music makes our soul open up and our hearts sing.” Visit AnthonyTilotta.com for FREE music, as well as full albums and merchandise available for purchase. RISE. http://AnthonyTilotta.com

Our names are Gianna and Genevieve. Our lives are all about spirituality, helping others and ourselves. We always pay attention to what's going on universally, apply universal laws in our lives, throw out old beliefs, thought patterns, heal traumas, while embracing our true divinity and letting our clairvoyant abilities and higher power be our guide. All to create the realities we want, to be better people, to have a better world. We help others do this too. Universal change starts with individual change.                 We talk about old surfacing patterns we're dealing with, universal lessons we're learning or have learned, and what's going on in the YOUniverse right now.   To learn more about the twins visit… http://www.lightworkertwins.com/

John Rachel has a B. A. in Philosophy, has traveled extensively, is a songwriter and music producer, a left-of-left liberal, and has spent his life trying to resolve the intrinsic clash between the metaphysical purity of Buddhism and the overwhelming appeal of narcissism. Prompted by the trauma of graduating high school and having to leave his beloved city of Detroit to attend college, the development of his social skills and world view was arrested at age 18. This affliction figures prominently in all of his creative work. He is author of eight novels, four of which are coming out in 2014 and 2015. He has also had over 30 short stories, 7 poems, and numerous political articles published in both print and online magazines. Currently in development is a new novel set in Japan, another in Africa, and a creative non-fiction work, allegedly an account of his extensive travels, but more likely the product of the voices in his head which have plagued him since puberty. Author Rachel has been traveling through and living in over twenty-six countries since leaving America August of 2006. He is now somewhat rooted in a small traditional farming village in Japan near Osaka, where he proudly tends his small but promising vegetable garden. http://jdrachel.com

Simran Singh - author, creative visionary, transformational catalyst, and Rebel Humanitarian - is Publisher of the Nautilus Award–Winning 11:11 Magazine and number-one rated, 11:11 Talk Radio show host. Having no interest in being teacher of Guru, Simran invites people to stand with her as ‘Examples of a New World Paradigms’. Author of Your Journey To Enlightenment and Conversations With The Universe, this Lead Rebel of The Rebel Road Tour, impacts thousands upon thousands with her message. Her passionate style takes individuals on a journey into courage, fearless authenticity, and presence through writing, speaking, creative expression and experience as the Rebel in her one-woman show, The Rebel Road: Connecting the Dots of What Was to What IS by illustrating the bridge between dark and Light as our path of radiance and illumination. www.Simran-Singh.com www.TheRebelRoad.com www.ConversationsWithTheUniverse.com www.YourJourneytoEnlightenment.com

Lynn Milburn Lansford was born in Stillwater, Oklahoma, the youngest child of university  English professors. At 6 months, her parents uprooted her and moved to Ethiopia where she caught not only Malaria, but the compassion for serving others. She attended a boarding school in Laredo, Texas where she was the only "gringa" which fed her love of many cultures. Most weekends found her in Mexico opening her heart to the impoverished. She married her high school sweetheart only to lose him to drowning four months later. She delivered her first child, a son, 6 months later. She was 16. Lynn attended Oklahoma State University, remarried, and had two more children and sixteen foster children, although not all at once. She became a jewelry store owner and earned her Diamond degree from the Gemological Institute of America. After the dissolving of her ten year marriage and her business, she met her soul mate and current husband Jim Lansford. Wanting more children, she and Jim decided to adopt from Romania soon after its revolution. This decision changed their lives forever. After adopting two very ill children, one of Roma descent and discovering hundreds more children hidden away, they spent the next twelve years working for children's rights in Romania. Just recently, she and her husband created The Children's Healing House in the Rocky Mountains to house, free of charge, families flocking to Colorado to obtain Medical Marijuana for their sick children. Lynn is a minister and spiritual counselor specializing in Mediumship. Yes, she really can communicate with those who have crossed over and loves doing it! https://www.facebook.com/Childrenshealinghouse

Author of the internationally acclaimed Medicine Woman Series, Lynn Andrews who has spent the last 25 years studying with shamanic women on three continents. This best selling author shares her ancient teachings of shamanic training. Lynn Andrews brings spiritual tools and compelling techniques for healing from the spiritual realm to the modern everyday physical world. Her techniques use the power of thought to take you beyond self limitation to other realities.  Lynn Andrews is a 21st Century Shaman and mystic life coach Lynn is America’s best known shamanic healer and veteran metaphysical instructor. Her 19 books are published in 12 languages, including two New York and Los Angeles Times best sellers. http://lynnandrews.com/