Safa Mirror: on letting go and letting come and the pursuit of a life lived in artistic service

Safa Mirror is a trans-disciplinary artist, researcher, and Tarotière, delving in the intersections of art, magick, and mysticism. Her research focuses on analyzing, deconstructing, and contextualizing Middle-Eastern mystical traditions, alongside Western esoteric practices. As a performer, she utilizes her research to decipher, translate and perform the mystical Persian poetry of Rumi, Hafez, Nasimi, and others. Additionally, as a Tarotière, she synthesizes her research and performance to engage in the transcendental art of divination, offering insights drawn from both Eastern and Western wisdom traditions. Safa’s work is presented here https://www.safamirror.com/

We are pleased to welcome Safa to this podcast capsule on Radical Imagination. Together, we explore the essence of imagination and the unique ways Safa taps into it. We dive into her relationship and practice with Tarot and Sufi poetry, uncovering how they serve both as tools for personal and collective sensemaking and as a means to uplift marginalized and vulnerable voices. In a moving story shared at the end of the episode, Safa highlights the power of dedication as means of anchoring oneself in service to a larger whole.