Frank Owen was influenced as a child by the writings of C.G. Jung and Joseph Campbell. His later formative years would include experiences with various indigenous peoples, Buddhist mind-training, explorations of his ancestral Ireland, Scotland and Spain, and graduate studies in counseling psychology, Jungian dreamwork, and organizational development. NEKYIA.POETRY (nekyia-the-descent.blogspot.com) is an interweave of image, sound and verse oriented toward the deeper mystery of being.