My name is Jessa Lewis (née Narolski, traditionally Narolska). I am a reconnecting practitioner descended from the Hutsul and Lemko peoples of the Carpathian Mountains, as well as from Illyrian ancestors who found refuge from Rome in Gorski Kotar. I also have Celtic, Norman, and Germanic heritage, though my current practice is rooted primarily in my Carpathian lineages. I currently live on the Olympic Peninsula, on land traditionally inhabited by the Squaxin Island Tribe, a union of several South Salish Sea peoples.

The practices I carry are inherited through bloodlines, not formal initiation. My lineage is one of village folk healers, practitioners who relied on lived experience, intuition, and a close relationship with the natural world rather than prescribed texts, closed practices, or rigid hierarchies. Authority was recognized through results. Much was lost to centuries of religious and political pressure, and I am part of a generation committed to recovering and sustaining what remains. My ongoing studies in ceremonial facilitation, herbalism, harm reduction, and end-of-life care complement that recovery, never replacing it.

My journey deepened at Standing Rock in 2016, where joining the Water Keepers in defense of Indigenous rights catalyzed my search for my own ancestral roots. I understood, for the first time, what it meant to be diaspora, disconnected from the land and the people who shaped my lineage. That experience grounded my practice in reciprocity, consent, and honoring boundaries. What I am invited into, I hold privately if it is not for me to share or claim.

Alongside ceremonial and sacramental work, I forage, run a small apothecary, and engage in mycological genetics research, integrating traditional knowledge and emerging science for my community. I hold an MBA in Sustainable Business and Organizational Change from Presidio Graduate School and an MA in Natural Resource Management and Energy Policy from Evergreen State College. My earlier career in crisis communications, wildfire response, policy reform, and agricultural markets revealed how modern systems can fail people. This work is about what comes next.

As a co-founder of Entheo Church, I serve as a hearthkeeper, offering ceremonies, rites of passage, and work with sacramental allies to help others access their own sovereignty and wisdom. I do not claim to be a master or sole authority. My responsibility is to continue practices that nearly disappeared, with integrity and accountability in community. My hope is for these traditions to survive, adapt, and flourish through ongoing learning and collective care.