Lewis E. Graham, Ph.D., D.D. was raised in a small, East Coast town facing industrial decline due to globalization. As the son of a successful entrepreneur, he was relentlessly curious and achievement-focused-with ardent pro-civil rights beliefs and broad spiritual interests from an early age. He was a natural learner and successful student.
He earned a B.S. degree in Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University. He then earned an M.S. from the University of Georgia, where he also was awarded a Ph.D. degree in Clinical Psychology with a co-major in Psychophysiology.
This unusual path of study aimed to pursue his interest in the mind-body connection at an early point in scientific focus upon that area of emerging research. It later would become known as psychoneuroimmunology. After graduation, Dr. Graham pursued a three-year postdoctoral training curriculum as a US Public Health Service Fellow and served as an adjunct faculty member at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine. In 1981, he completed multidisciplinary postdoctoral studies before entering a business career. Having been a marathoner and amateur triathlete at Stanford, he competed in the World Championship Triathlon in Nice, France in 1983. He also undertook community service as a Planning Commissioner and later was elected to the City Council in Brisbane, California, serving one term as Mayor. In the early 1980's, he founded and managed (for nearly 20 years) a successful international consulting firm with offices in San Francisco, London, Zürich, and Oslo--living primarily in London during the 1990's to better serve European clients.
Starting in 1987, Dr. Graham began a 13-year program of divinity studies. Consistent with a dramatic shift in personal values, in 1998 he focused on making a life transition to a path of authentic service. This included select charitable giving and esoteric contributions.Ultimately he was ordained as a minister by both the Temple of Knowledge and the Huna Heiau, which also awarded him its Doctorate of Divinity degree (D.D.) in 2001 after years of dedicated learning and wide-ranging Gnostic immersion.Dr.
Graham's in-depth exposure to multiple areas of orthodox research has been invaluable for the GNOSIS series. It is a novel fusion of science and spirituality that integrates decades of research, travel, inquiry, and sincere seeking to gain clarity on clues suggested by long-standing esoteric riddles.