Fueled by a love of both the mystical and the miraculous within the mundane, Bruce has studied geometry, pattern & form to uncover its deeper implications and symbolism since the early 1970's when he read Secrets of the Great Pyramid by Peter Tompkins and This Living Earth by David Cavagnaro; references to the Golden Section in both books lead to further exploration in high school and opened up worlds of ideas about proportion, harmony and resonance. Perusing these domains took him into such diverse realms as electronic music, archetypal astrology, computer graphics, and ancient architecture. Inspired by Paul Horn's flute music in the Taj Mahal, he created a spreadsheet (before the term existed) of resonant frequencies and harmonics of the passageways and chambers of the Great Pyramid and contacted electronic musician Paul Beaver with the idea of recording music there. Paul was taken with the idea; Bruce took a year off from his studies at UC Davis to travel to Egypt, but the trip as originally envisioned never materialized due to the political climate there in the autumn of 1973. Nineteen years later, after taking a workshop on Sacred Geometry by lecturer and author, Gregg Braden, Bruce fulfilled his dream and recorded sound and music in the Great Pyramid on an Egyptian tour lead by Braden. Gregg also had a catalytic effect of rekindling Bruce's enthusiasm for Sacred Geometry, which ultimately developed into his book, Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook, which has been translated into German as Mandalas der Heiligen Geometrie.

Bruce worked as a hardware and software engineer at Grass Valley Group between 1984 and 2004 after returning to UC Davis to finish an Electrical Engineering degree, which was postponed by other episodes as an Adult Education instructor, printed circuit board designer, and TV repair technician, among others. He enjoys many facets of art, travel, wilderness photography, hiking, African drumming, esoteric astrology, astronomy, alternative energy, solar design, environmental activism, amateur radio, meditation, yoga, metaphysics, parapsychology, self-sufficiency, organic gardening, nutrition, community radio, backpacking, cross-country skiing, swimming, flying, Kirlian photography, geodesics and global networking. He is co-founder of New Frontiers of the Gold Country, a branch of a non-profit educational group. He maintains a World Wide Web site devoted to sacred geometry at: http://www.intent.com/sg

Bruce lives with his wife, Nancy Bolton-Rawles, in the Upper Rogue Valley of southern Oregon.