Author Rabbi *Alexander Seinfeld* is a native of the Pacific Northwest. His pursuit of transcendental spirituality began while completing degrees in Classics and Anthropology at Stanford University. He slowly turned toward the Jewish path after living for two years in rural Mississippi, "surrounded by folks who knew my people's book better than I did!" He eventually journeyed to Israel on a quest to become Jewishly literate. Years of study culminated in rabbinical ordination from Rabbi Zalman Nehemia Goldberg,/ shlita/. He completed /The Art of Amazement/ while teaching for three years in the San Francisco area. He has presented the seminar to Jewish communities around the world, including Jerusalem, Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, London, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, New York, Seattle, St. Louis, Toronto and Vancouver.