Ray Vespe, M.S., Ph.D. is a former Associate Professor of Integral Counseling Psychology and a retired licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. He has experienced teachers and teachings in the spiritual traditions of Hinduism; Vedanta; Yoga; Tantra; Kashmir Shaivism; Sufism; Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana, Ekayana, Ch'an and Zen Buddhism and Taoism. The latter two involved meetings with Alan Watts, T'ai-Chi practice with Al Chung-liang Huang and Gia-fu Feng, study with Bishop Nippo Syaku and meditation with Shunryu Suzuki Roshi. Ray has authored four books integrating Chinese Taoist wisdom, psychotherapeutic practice, soul-journeying and spiritual development.