“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul…a human being has roots by virtue of his real, active and natural participation in the life of a community which preserves in living shape certain particular treasures of the past and certain particular expectations for the future…the past once destroyed never returns.  The destruction of the past is perhaps the greatest of all crimes.  Today, the preservation of what little of it remains ought to become almost an obsession. We must put an end to the terrible uprootedness…”

The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Toward Mankind, Simone Weil

was born in Scotland. He holds university degrees in astronomy and in geophysics. His studies include diverse subjects such as astronomy, geology, the Gaia Theory, consciousness studies and gnostic christianity. He is the co-author (with Andrew Glazewski) of  Harmony of the Universe and science fiction novels Gaia’s Children and Immortality Machine. He is currently a Board Member of the Scientific and Medical Network and co-editor of Paradigm Explorer. Along with his wife Amber, he is presently managing Sichów House and Library, located 20 km from Wójcza, the birthplace of his mother, Rose Popiel.

is a long time student of Jungian psychology and former Program Manager of the Jung Centre Houston. She is a graduate of the Edward Albee Advanced Playwriting Master’s Class, 1998-2001, University of Houston School of Theatre and Dance. Her plays include, Walking Zoe (2001), The Sweet Smell of Ligustrum (2010) and The Ecstasy of Mary Magdalene (2015). Her interest in protecting aesthetics, especially poetry against the strong tide of materialism, is central to her work.