It was actually through having a good friend who I deeply admired that I ended up being mentored without consciously seeking it, and he takes the form of Larken Rose.

I absorbed so much by seemingly sheer osmosis that I now believe whole-heartedly as you do, Adam, that a mentor is an amazing and immensely beneficial kind of person to have in one's life.

Take the steps of those before you who are doing what you want to be doing already, and you'll usually find yourself where they ended up. :)