Craig Hines

Craig Hines is a multimedia artist with two decades of experience in the fields of computer graphics, video production, and website design. His interest in computers began at an early age, and has only been rivaled by his fascination with ancient civilizations, paranormal phenomena, science, and technology. His focused research on what would later become GATEWAY OF THE GODS began in 1999, and continues through today. Hines believes that his training in multimedia, coupled with his knowledge of the paranormal, has given him a unique point of view, whereby he examines how to make the fantastic real and accessible.

Hines hopes that his research breathes fresh perspective into the field, and that his methods garner the mainstream respect that has eluded other authors. He encourages discussion of the facts, not agendas, both within the scientific and historical communities, and in the population at large. "Finding the truth of the world around us," Hines states, "will depend upon our ability to be honest and open to fantastic possibilities, yet discerning enough to not blindly accept the fantastic as the only plausible explanation."

In addition to his writing, Hines is also the force behind DARK IMAGININGS, a creative company offering his macabre, and quite often morbidly humorous, "haunted" artwork and special effects services. Reminiscent of Disney's Haunted Mansion attraction, Craig creates spooky changing portraits that transform before customers' unsuspecting eyes. These portraits may appear normal at first glance, but as you walk past them they reveal their true selves by transforming into ghoulish creatures and undead abominations.