Erin Prophet is a scholar of religion currently pursuing her doctorate at Rice University, where she focuses on consciousness, religious experience and intersections between religion and health. She has a master’s in public health from Boston University, with a focus on diet and nutrition. She grew up in a new age community which exposed her to wide variety of spiritual techniques and diets. She is the author of Prophet’s Daughter: My Life with Elizabeth Clare Prophet inside Church Universal and Triumphant.