Meet the Occult Library Staff
Daniel Yates - Owner
Daniel Yates is a theologian, folkorist, musician and photographer with an active interest in sabbatic and elphamic witchcraft practices. He lives in the Lancashire valleys of North-West England with his wife and two children where his postgraduate research focuses on seasonal effects on religious practices in the region.
Danny Scopelliti - Volunteer Librarian
Danny Scopelliti is a librarian, musician, and occultist. He is based on the East Coast of the United States, on the fringes of the Finger Lakes region. His area of interest focuses on the intersection of library studies, information stewardship, and occultism. He is also concerned with the nature of the book as a repository of power, particularly in the context of esoteric and occult currents.
Ben Pitcher - Volunteer Zine Hunter
Seeker of the Obscure, Fortean, Occultist, admirer of high-strangeness, book lover and positive contributor to the Occult Community.
Taylor Akers - Volunteer Librarian
A librarian, microcosmic archivist, dream gleamer and avid cat fan. Spawned in north central Pennsylvania but always floating around, Taylor has an interest in the occult, symbology, community, creativity, psychedelics, and analytical psychology.
Sylvia & Tristan Eden - Volunteer Illustrators
Sylvia and Tristan Eden are a pair of ritual practitioners rooted down in the Pacific Northwest. They run a small occult publishing house, Leodrune Press, for sharing their ideas and experiments in natural magic.
Mell Martella - Volunteer Librarian
Melissa is a library technician by training living in a small village in the province of Quebec in Canada. She is driven by her genuine curiosity about people, cultures, and how they perceive the physical realm and beyond.