David M. Odorisio, PhD, is Associate Core faculty at Pacifica Graduate Institute, Santa Barbara, California. He received his MA in the History of Christian Spirituality from Saint John's University, School of Theology-Seminary, and his PhD in East-West Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies. David is editor of Merton and Hinduism: The Yoga of theHeart and has published in numerous journals in the areas of psychology and religion, and the life and writings of Thomas Merton.