Diviner and Dreamer : Aurah the Adept
Sarah Jane Semrad (Aurah the Adept) is a multidisciplinary creative devoted to the study and practice of spiritual and metaphysical traditions. Through her work and consulting practice, Living Mandala Consulting, LLC, she helps bring clarity, balance, and beauty to personal and creative endeavors all while guided by the mandala as a living symbol of harmony and wholeness. She holds the view that each person stands at the center of their own mandala, continually shaping both inner and outer worlds.
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“Aurah” is her creative name, deriving from a deep subplot figure from Glinda of Oz, meaning 'deity of the dawn breeze' and as an echo of the aura or one's subtle field of Being. This Adept name was adopted through a formative vernal equinox initiation ritual in 2016 as a reflection of her deeper identity as an artist, writer, and explorer of consciousness charting a creative future. Aurah is most definitely the deck maker.
Her work weaves intuition with structure, spanning writing, music, and symbolic systems. She studies the arts, the sciences, astrological magic, and more. She loves to dance and play the flute. She holds an MA in Spiritual and Metaphysical Studies and a BA in Chemistry. |
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Artist : Cathey Miller
Cathey Miller was born in the Bay Area of Northern California. She attended middle and high school in Richardson, TX , then returned to California to attend Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. Upon graduation in 1985, she moved to New York City where she freelanced as an editorial illustrator.
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In 1987, she moved to Dallas establishing her own art studio which catered to interior designers, later branching out into theatrical scenery, and scenic painting for film and television. Her commercial art career is in its 37th year. Since 2001, the subject of her personal paintings has been the mythical planet of Cathedonia. Miller’s amateur studies in particle physics convinced her that she existed simultaneously in a parallel universe, flying around in a spaceship, drinking big gulps, exploring the galaxy, and saving the earth from monsters. Telling stories through paintings is Miller's way of connecting to the real and imagined world.
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