after 25 years of intense media work, steer wanted to explore an increasing interest in alternative ideas. he left professional music altogether for 3 years, creating and editinga national green-holistic magazine, catalist. later, as a result of guest-editing an issue of contemporary music review on music & mysticism. michæl maxwell organised two large music & the psyche conferences at london city u in 1993/4, from which an on-going network of musicians and therapists emerged, and led to a bbcr4 series music as sacred experience. this in turn led to a documentary commission from bbc religion to visit sai baba in india which resulted in two programmes: in search of sai baba and another about the philosophy withinindian music, which aired on bbc world service.