Lucia Hodges is an independent scholar who likes to probe into the depths of things. A long-time spiritual seeker of Catholic heritage, she practices mantra yoga as well as meditation on the inner sound and light. Over the course of much of her working career she's managed to keep a foot in two worlds, balancing legal, medical, and other jobs with life and service in spiritual communities.

Applying her graduate university experience in ecology and spirituality with a keen interest in theosophy to research the interface between science and religion, she believes a solid understanding of what the soul is and how it functions will be critical for humanity in the years ahead.