Lorraine holds a Bachelor of Science (Mathematical Statistics, Numerical Analysis and Computation) from the University of Cape Town.  However, she says, her real education came from the school of life where she sought answers to the questions: “Who am I? What is the meaning of human existence? What is my destiny task?” 

She has been particularly influenced by a study of the great religious traditions; Carl Jung, founder of Analytical Psychology whose work explored the fundamental nature of mind and behaviour and somewhat restored ‘psychology’ as a discipline of the soul;  and Rudolf Steiner, founder of Anthroposophy (wisdom of the human being), a path of knowledge where the discipline of the soul is placed within the context of understanding the place and work of the human being in the whole cosmos.