Like shifting currents of air that flow and move with endless grace, the poems of Gathering in the Ocean: The Abandoned Lore of Agnosia relate the fragmented stories of a journey around the world. As the poems recount physical destinations, they also reflect the spiritual energies, ghosts and the myriad other factors that colour experience and memory. To explore this work is to begin an inner journey of revelation wherein the ancient unity of unknowing is unveiled. Author jason hoare batty lives in Exeter, Devon with his wife Natalie. They expect their first child in September of this year.