John C. Woodcock holds a doctorate in Consciousness Studies (1999). His thesis concerns the theme of "the end of the world," based on his own personal experiences lasting twenty years. At first it seemed to John that he was undergoing a purely personal psychological crisis but over time he discovered that he was also participating in the historical process of a transformation of the soul, as reflected in the enormous, even apocalyptic, changes occurring in our culture. During this difficult period of John's life, he wrote two books: Living in Uncertainty Living with Spirit and Making of a Man....