Lyn Halper, Ph.D. is a transpersonal psychologist and a professor of Religious Studies at Rockland Community College of the State University of New York. She has done research in experimental parapsychology and extensive field work with mystics, holy men, and psychics. Her articles have appeared in scholarly journals and in "Fate" magazine. She is presently completing a book based on interview material with mystics representing many different religious and spiritual backgrounds. Married and the mother of three, she lives in the suburbs of New York with her husband and thirteen-year-old daughter.