Serge Arias was born on May 25, 1944, in Lyon, in a cellar, during a bombing of the city. Grandson of a healer, he developed a connection to divinatory arts very early on.
After musical studies, he won a first prize in violin in Geneva, which led him to join the National Orchestra of Paris at the age of 18. However, two years later, he decided to leave this world to devote himself to clairvoyance. At 20, he opened his first clairvoyance office in Lyon. The army, during his service, was interested in his ability to read cards, to the point of wanting to remove him from active duty. Moreover, his reputation quickly spread, especially in Paris.
He made two world tours to study different divination techniques and collected more than 350 divinatory tools (mancies) from various cultures: coffee grounds, petals, dominos, pendulum,...
