I became interested in the spiritual arts from the older generations of my Persian Jewish family, where I saw the matriarchs consult the unseen with coffee cups, and the respected patriarchs speaking in hushed tones about changing situations by reciting psalms and carrying calligraphied amulets.

I spent my undergraduate years studying cultural anthropology with a focus on African diasporic traditions and indigenous magicoreligious systems, which gave me a solid foundation to engage and learn. I developed my practices over the decades through exposure, guidance and fellowship from practitioners in folk and indigenous traditions.