Jake Kobrin TALKTALKTALKS an Enchanted Life

The multi-disciplinary artist discusses being a child psychic, bonsai trees, and his forthcoming book on Magick

“Meditation practice is meant to be a preparatory practice for how you relate to life. It’s supposed to change your orientation to reality and how you experience it. At a fundamental level, it really is meant to unravel the illusion of reality.” 

— Jake Kobrin

Jake Kobrin is someone whose life is a testament to the fact that magic works. That and meditation. He’s been cultivating his own practice since his teenage years in the Bay Area, where he studied with the Buddhist teacher, Jack Kornfield. It was during the same time that he was exploring lucid dreaming and the works of Aleister Crowley. 

A multi-disciplinary artist, his many titles include: painter, tattoo artist, musician, DJ, magician and author. His debut book on magick is scheduled for release in 2024 by Llewellyn.

Jake is based in Bali, where he's spent the past five years, and has traveled…