Career
He presently lives in Austin, Texas. Fitch was a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, and a United States Air Force commissioned officer, eventually retiring with the rank of Captain. He holds a master’s degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California.
His military service took him to Japan, Viet Nam, Thailand, and several posts in the United States.
After completing his three year term of service, he returned to the United States as a civilian, and took employment as a technical writer and electronics engineer in Washington District of Columbia Fitch, who has also gone under the name "Ea", was initiated by Raymond Buckland in 1967, while stationed in Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts. Through the 1980s Fitch continued to perform as a Gardnerian High Priest, but his researches also led him to initiation in a number of other traditions and orders, including: Faerie faith, Mohsian, the Order of Osiris, the Order of the Temple of Astarte, Norse, and Ceremonial magick.