Richard Ireland discovered his psychic gifts at the age of five. A minister in the National Association of Spiritualist Churches (NASC), he founded the interdenominational University of Life church in Phoenix in 1960 and shortly thereafter began appearing on radio and TV and in venues across the country. His autobiography, The Phoenix Oracle, was published in 1970.

Foreword contributor Mark Ireland, author of Soul Shift: Finding Where the Dead Go, lives in Scottsdale, AZ.