Hamilton 'Hap' Barhydt (1928-2007) with a BS in physics from Yale and a PhD in engineering physics, worked on the development of guided missiles and infrared imaging systems, then twenty-nine years of innovation in electro-optics at the Hughes Aircraft Company. But as the Vietnamese War wound down, he began to question the morality of his work. His soul-searching led to a journey to the ancient holy places of the Mediterranean in the company of a group of New Agers. Poetry, photos and commentary explore the ideas of ancient Greece, the early goddess religions and spiritual healing; the secrets of the Giza Plateau; Jerusalem, the centre of Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the aspects of Sufism and an early Christian upbringing integrated with Buddhism. It also led him to his wife, Elizabeth and the founding of Loving Life, a non-profit educational organization dedicated to research and teaching in touch healing.