Mirabai Starr

Mirabai Starr, MA, is a leading voice in the interspiritual movement who helps make timeless wisdom accessible to contemporary audiences. She taught Philosophy and World Religions at the University of New Mexico-Taos for 20 years and is on the 2020 Watkins List of the “100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People of the World.”

Starr has received critical acclaim for her revolutionary new translations of Dark Night of the Soul, by 16th-century Spanish mystic St. John of the Cross; The Interior Castle and The Book of My Life, by St. Teresa of Avila; and The Showings of Julian of Norwich.

Her book God of Love: A Guide to the Heart of Judaism, Christianity and Islam won the New Mexico/Arizona Book Award for Religion and was named one of the Best Books of 2012 by the website Spirituality & Practice & won the 2014 Nautilus Gold Award for Religion and Spirituality in the Western Traditions. 

Her book, Caravan of No Despair: A Memoir of Loss & Transformation was named one of the Best Books of 2015 by Spirituality & Practice; and Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce & Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics was a longstanding Amazon bestseller, & named one of the best books of 2019 by S&P.

Starr was born to secular Jewish parents who challenged institutionalized religion and moved the family to Taos, New Mexico, where they embraced an alternative, “back-to-the-land” lifestyle. As a teenager, she lived at the Lama Foundation, an intentional spiritual community in New Mexico that honors the world’s spiritual traditions and recognizes the mystical heart of each path. Starr was trained from an early age to recognize and celebrate the interconnections between and among all faiths.