Origins of the Spiritual Cinema Circle
The Spiritual Cinema Circle originally grew out of collaboration between film producer Stephen Simon and
psychologists Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks. Stephen had produced many beloved movies with spiritual themes, such
as "Somewhere In Time" and "What Dreams May Come," and had given hundreds of talks and seminars on the
emerging genre of Spiritual Cinema. During that time The Hendricks had created a non-profit foundation dedicated
to creating a new consciousness in mass media.

Stephen says: "I knew of Katie and Gay Hendricks through the books on relationships they'd written, like
Conscious Loving, but I didn't meet them in person until around 1996. I was immediately impressed by how
dedicated they were to helping build a new kind of consciousness in the world. We became good friends.
The concept for The Spiritual Cinema Circle actually came to Gay during meditation one day in 2003.
He meditates every day early in the morning, and one day I got an excited early-morning call from him."