Nathaniel Newby is a teacher and wayshower who focuses on effective being. He is the author of Spiritual River Guide: A Handbook of Being. He studied ontological design with Fernando Flores and earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Washington State University. Shirley E. Knight is the founder of AwakeNow.org. She earned a master of divinity from Unity Worldwide Spiritual Institute and a master's degree in English from the University of Houston.