About the Author

Dave Patrick has spent much of his life on the Scottish east coast but now lives in central England. A former Shell Finance executive and trained facilitator, he moved into the area of complementary medicine in 2003 and qualified in Quantum Touch(R) therapy. He compiled The View in 2010 to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and followed it with The View Beyond, on Sir Francis Bacon. He sees the books he has edited as a physical manifestation of a spiritual life-journey. He is a member of The White Eagle Lodge and the Francis Bacon Society Colum Hayward is the author of Eyes of the Spirit: Working with a Spiritual Teacher and of a scholarly introduction to Arthur Conan Doyle's Book of the Beyond. He also contributed to the companion volumes in this series, The View and The View Beyond. He has a life-connection with the White Eagle Lodge, from which his interest in the Cathars derives, but he holds a PhD in the field of English literature from the University of Cambridge and has written several scholarly articles. Interests have included mountaineering and rowing. He is presently Principal of the White Eagle School of Meditation.