Jason D. Batt, Ph.D., is a technological philosopher, mythologist, futurist, artist, and writer specializing in mythologies of space exploration. He co-founded Deep Space Predictive Research Group, Project Lodestar, and the International Society of Mythology. He has authored three novels, edited three fiction anthologies, and his short fiction and scholarly work have appeared in numerous publications. Jason currently serves as Senior Editor for the Journal of Mythological Studies, Co-Managing Editor of the Beyond Earth Institute Space Policy Review, Associate Editor of the Journal of Space Philosophy.
Jonathan Erickson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Integral Transpersonal Psychology program at the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is the author of the book Imagination in the Western Psyche: From Ancient Greece to Modern Neuroscience, and a variety of papers exploring creativity, imagination, neuroscience, spirituality, and ecopsychology. In addition, he is the author of the Song of Ancients series of science fiction novels which explore themes of transpersonal consciousness and artificial intelligence.