"I am a 73-year-old spiritual teacher in southern Indiana. My background, in chronological order, is Christianity, agnosticism, the Eastern traditions, paganism, ceremonial magic, Kabbalah, Judaism, and finally the Path the Water. In the 70's, after exhausting the avenues of Christianity, I became open to eastern thought, primarily Hinduism and Buddhism. In 1978 I was initiated into Suret Shabd yoga by Darshan Singh. At the time circumstances led me away from that path although my journey eventually led me back to it. During that side journey I became interested in ceremonial magic which eventually led me to the Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism). Judaism took me back to the Bible in which, aided by Kabbalistic principles, I discovered the Path of Water. The Path of Water is the mystery of baptism or the Mikvah."