I was a solitary child. I sat in my room, reading. I read every book I could find on astrology, the kabalah, mythology, palmistry, psychic healing, shamanism, the tarot, and yoga. My desire was to be an artist. My connection was to generations of hermits and healers, monks and wise men, psychics and mediums, priests and ecstatics, prostitutes and shamans, empaths and oracles. As a teenager, I had an ecstatic transformative experience in which I was introduced to the spirit world.