Robert Ayres is an international teacher of meditation and astrology and has a Bachelor's Degree in History, a Master's Degree in the Science of Creative Intelligence and is a Master's Candidate in South Asian Studies and Sanskrit.  While an undergraduate at the University of California, Mr. Ayres was attracted to the ancient art and science of astrology, as well as meditation.  While becoming a practitioner of these arts, he also became involved in the Rosicrucian mystery schools and associated schools in Kabbalah and Tarot.  At the same time, there was a connection with the Theosophical Society and the writing of H.P. Blavatsky.  Mr. Manly Palmer Hall of the Philosophical Research Society was also a fundamental influence in these early years.  The work of Rudolf Steiner and his Anthroposophical Society is an important source of background knowledge.