It felt strange to put this all in one place, but why not.

I'm an agender person (they/them) of eclectic study who has been following various witchcraft/Occult practice since the late 90s in some capacity. I was raised in an interfaith Eastern Orthodox and Reform/Reconstructionist Jewish household by West Asian/East European/Balkan immigrants to the US/Turtle Island. I haven't really been aware of how much nuance and potential difference to various practitioners in North America this could introduce to my life until much more recently, as many of us Americans have grown to question the assimilationist paradigm we were raised with. Witnessing what amounts to selective appropriation of the Abrahamic and ethnic traditions I was raised with, in various occultist circles in particular, has been increasingly upsetting. Where I once resonated with familiar threads, as the 2010s moved forward I began to be aware of increasingly distressing abuse of occult principles for the advancement of White Supremacist, ultra-capitalist and other harmful goals. All that said, one of my primary Kabbalah teachers is non-ethnoreligiously Jewish and I've had deep appreciation for her respect and understanding of the practice.

I'm still, ultimately, one who feels like an explorer, one who's never really fit boxes in the witchcraft/esoteric world (or much elsewhere), and one who approaches authority with a healthy dose of mistrust. Currently I could best be described as an agnostic? and feminist Kabbalist. I'm not gonna sit here and give you a resume of how woke I am, but I'll say that I hope my practices are nudging me in directions of right relationship.

It felt strange to put this all in one place, but why not.

I'm an agender person (they/them) of eclectic study who has been following various witchcraft/Occult practice since the late 90s in some capacity. I was raised in an interfaith Eastern Orthodox and Reform/Reconstructionist Jewish household by West Asian/East European/Balkan immigrants to the US/Turtle Island. I haven't really been aware of how much nuance and potential difference to various practitioners in North America this could introduce to my life until much more recently, as many of us Americans have grown to question the assimilationist paradigm we were raised with. Witnessing what amounts to selective appropriation of the Abrahamic and ethnic traditions I was raised with, in various occultist circles in particular, has been increasingly upsetting. Where I once resonated with familiar threads, as the 2010s moved forward I began to be aware of increasingly distressing abuse of occult principles for the advancement of White Supremacist, ultra-capitalist and other harmful goals. All that said, one of my primary Kabbalah teachers is non-ethnoreligiously Jewish and I've had deep appreciation for her respect and understanding of the practice.

I'm still, ultimately, one who feels like an explorer, one who's never really fit boxes in the witchcraft/esoteric world (or much elsewhere), and one who approaches authority with a healthy dose of mistrust. Currently I could best be described as an agnostic? and feminist Kabbalist. I'm not gonna sit here and give you a resume of how woke I am, but I'll say that I hope my practices are nudging me in directions of right relationship.

Alexis P. Morgan - Member of Lucifer's Well online community early 2021- spring '22 when it shut down. Derived inspo for this bio page from Alexis's site. Her work has heavily informed most things liberation-oriented I explore.

Ayamanatara - various studies, feminist Kabbalah through advanced training & pathworking- since 2013

Laura Tempest Zakroff- various spirituality/movement, Sigil Witchery, Stirring the Cauldrons, Weave the Liminal- since 2008

Lasara Firefox Allen- Jailbreaking the Goddess- 2016

Kristin "Abhayada" Dwan- Usui Reiki training 1 and 2- 2014-15

Anne Craig aka Jenna Silverhair (formerly of CSM and Roebuck) Pagan Ethics, General witchcraft-2008-2015

Learning Light reader’s studio in Anaheim- 2012?

Special note: From 2016 to approximately 2018 I spent time at the side of a friend who instructed me in martial arts as well as the views of his SouthWestern Turtle Island/US indigenous nation that he felt comfortable communicating to me. He has expressed that he doesn't wish to be named. In the interest of respecting that I will not give his name or specific nation, but I need to include the energetic space for his wisdom in this list. I don't teach to others or communicate anything from his wisdoms for profit.

Alexis P. Morgan - Member of Lucifer's Well online community early 2021- spring '22 when it shut down. Derived inspo for this bio page from Alexis's site. Her work has heavily informed most things liberation-oriented I explore.

Ayamanatara - various studies, feminist Kabbalah through advanced training & pathworking- since 2013

Laura Tempest Zakroff- various spirituality/movement, Sigil Witchery, Stirring the Cauldrons, Weave the Liminal- since 2008

Lasara Firefox Allen- Jailbreaking the Goddess- 2016

Kristin "Abhayada" Dwan- Usui Reiki training 1 and 2- 2014-15

Anne Craig aka Jenna Silverhair (formerly of CSM and Roebuck) Pagan Ethics, General witchcraft-2008-2015

Learning Light reader’s studio in Anaheim- 2012?

Special note: From 2016 to approximately 2018 I spent time at the side of a friend who instructed me in martial arts as well as the views of his SouthWestern Turtle Island/US indigenous nation that he felt comfortable communicating to me. He has expressed that he doesn't wish to be named. In the interest of respecting that I will not give his name or specific nation, but I need to include the energetic space for his wisdom in this list. I don't teach to others or communicate anything from his wisdoms for profit.

Elemental Space Clearing Online Course with Denise Linn- Winter 2022-23

Ethical business building with Anuradha Kowtha/The Kowtha Constellation- 2021-22

Ethical business-building free virtual meetings with Anuradha Kowtha- 2022

Burnout recovery coaching with Asooli Coaching- 2022

Sowing Post-Capitalist Seeds- September-December 2021

Hollaback! Bystander Intervention Training 2.0: Conflict De-Escalation

Hollaback! Bystander Intervention Training to Stop Police Sponsored Violence and Anti-Black Racist Harassment- May 2021

Hollaback! Bystander Intervention Training to Stop Anti-Asian & Xenophobic Harassment- May 2021

Ayamanatara- Conflict Mediation- April 2021

7 Cups Website- Active Listener Training, Psychological First Aid -April 2021

Elemental Space Clearing Online Course with Denise Linn- Winter 2022-23

Ethical business building with Anuradha Kowtha/The Kowtha Constellation- 2021-22

Ethical business-building free virtual meetings with Anuradha Kowtha- 2022

Burnout recovery coaching with Asooli Coaching- 2022

Sowing Post-Capitalist Seeds- September-December 2021

Hollaback! Bystander Intervention Training 2.0: Conflict De-Escalation

Hollaback! Bystander Intervention Training to Stop Police Sponsored Violence and Anti-Black Racist Harassment- May 2021

Hollaback! Bystander Intervention Training to Stop Anti-Asian & Xenophobic Harassment- May 2021

Ayamanatara- Conflict Mediation- April 2021

7 Cups Website- Active Listener Training, Psychological First Aid -April 2021

Current:

Queer X events- 2017- present

Belle, Book and Candle show- since 2017

Aquamarine Productions/DivinatX: Various public and private special events and online ​since 2010

Herbal Fun and Learning Days- since 2022

Past:

LAUnderground clubs-2016-2020

LADead nightclubs (Los Angeles)- 2011-2019

Storefronts: The Crystal Matrix, Atwater Village, CA. April 2013- August 2014

Ground Control Karaoke (Glendale)-2012-2017

Farpoint Karaoke (Hollywood)- 2013-2015

Dungeon Master productions (Los Angeles, CA)- 2013-Spring 2014

New Wave Bar (Bellflower, CA)-2013-2014

Current:

Queer X events- 2017- present

Belle, Book and Candle show- since 2017

Aquamarine Productions/DivinatX: Various public and private special events and online ​since 2010

Herbal Fun and Learning Days- since 2022

Past:

LAUnderground clubs-2016-2020

LADead nightclubs (Los Angeles)- 2011-2019

Storefronts: The Crystal Matrix, Atwater Village, CA. April 2013- August 2014

Ground Control Karaoke (Glendale)-2012-2017

Farpoint Karaoke (Hollywood)- 2013-2015

Dungeon Master productions (Los Angeles, CA)- 2013-Spring 2014

New Wave Bar (Bellflower, CA)-2013-2014

This is for potential tarot event clients:

Please understand that it’s now a hard boundary for me that I will not dress up in ethnic costume of a group I do not belong to, that has been extensively persecuted, to provide an element of fantasy for your event while I read tarot. This is highly disrespectful to all of the challenges and persecution that Romani have faced, and while not all people of this ethnic origin may have strong opinions on it, I am not comfortable with it. Here are only a few samples of thoughts on this topic, from a community diverse as any other.

Romanistan podcast episode about fortunetelleing and anti-Romani stereotypes

Article on Romani spirituality

This is for potential tarot event clients:

Please understand that it’s now a hard boundary for me that I will not dress up in ethnic costume of a group I do not belong to, that has been extensively persecuted, to provide an element of fantasy for your event while I read tarot. This is highly disrespectful to all of the challenges and persecution that Romani have faced, and while not all people of this ethnic origin may have strong opinions on it, I am not comfortable with it. Here are only a few samples of thoughts on this topic, from a community diverse as any other.

Romanistan podcast episode about fortunetelleing and anti-Romani stereotypes

Article on Romani spirituality