Spiritman was born February 22,1949 in the beautiful sun bathed costal Tampa Bay city of St. Petersburg, Florida. Spiritman resided in St Petersburg with his sister Victoria Martin and his parents Presiding Elder B.H.Martin Sr and his mother Rev. Willa C.Martin. Spiritman attended Gibbs High School. Spiritman's favorite subject was English. While there , Spiritman was the English instructor in the English class of Mrs. Frankie Minnis during Student Government Days .Spiritman was one of her favorite students. Spiritman was also in the Drama Guild at Gibbs High under the direction of Anthony Thurston. Spiritman graduated from Gibbs High In 1967.The summer of "67" Spiritman studied Summer Stock Theatre in the Old Town District of Chicago, Illinois at "The Hungry Eye Theatre".In 1968 Spiritman enrolled in Florida A & M University under the direction of Carlton Mollette and Ron Brown. Spiritman remain there until 1971.

Returned to the Tampa Bay after school and entered into an environmental services contract with the McDonalds Restaurant Chains. In 1977 Spiritman moved to Atlanta and formed a New Thought organization called .The Circle Light ,that was headquarterd downtown at 780 Peachtree which was at that time call The Howell House. In 1980, Spiritman traveled to West Africa and lived in the interior of the countryside of Liberia ,Guinea and Ivory Coast where he experienced profound insights concerning matters of Spirit and Nature. In 1983, Spiritman moved to Miami Florida and  opened a shoe exporting company " Soulier International " which exported shoes to West Africa and to Haiti. In 1986 Spiritman moved to Jamaica West Indies where he lived in the mountains and continued his focus of matters of nature and of spirit. In 1988 Spiritman moved back to Miami where he lived reclusively on a North Miami River Property that allowed for the study of music , living in nature , fishing and boating everyday ,writing and spiritual introspection. In 1997,Spiritman moved back to St Petersburg Florida and after the death of his father Presiding Elder B.H.Martin Sr ,Spiritman and his mother moved to Atlanta where his sister Dr.Victoria Martin ,lived. Spiritman resided in South Fulton County where he and his mother lived together until her death in 2007.

Today, Spiritman lives in a southwest Atlanta community where he is performing poetry , making personal appearances and promoting love ,compassion, planetary restoration and the abatement of human suffering though writing ,speaking and poetic performances.