Kees den Biesen is a theologian with a special interest in symbolism and poetry and a patristic scholar of early Syriac literature and the spirituality of the Christian Orient. He studied at the Patristic Institute 'Augustinianum' in Rome and wrote his dissertation at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands: 'Simple and Bold: Ephrem's Art of Symbolic Thought' (Gorgias Press, 2006). Catherine Ann Lombard is a Psychosynthesis Psychologist and Counselor and received her MA in Psychosynthesis Psychology from Middlesex University, London. Catherine has a Diploma in Psychosynthesis Counseling from the Institute of Psychosynthesis, London. Catherine has lived in California, Japan, Egypt, Ireland, and Italy. Catherine is also a published writer, poet and English teacher.