Z emigrated to the U.S. in 1959, studied at the University of Chicago, and trained with Second City. Influenced by her spiritual heritage, she practiced Goddess worship and later became active in the women’s liberation movement in Los Angeles. Seeing a need for spirituality in feminism, she founded the Women’s Spirituality Movement and the Susan B. Anthony Coven No. 1, inspiring countless groups. Her book The Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries became a key guide for Goddess spirituality. Arrested in 1975 for reading Tarot, she lost the trial but helped overturn the law. She has since led rituals, taught, and written extensively.