FOUNDER

Daniel Yates is a theologian, folklorist, 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. Daniel currently works on cataloguing publishers, authors and their various works. He also oversees the art gallery project and several other forthcoming additions to the site.

VOLUNTEER LIBRARIAN

Danny Scopelliti is a librarian, musician, and writer. 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. Danny is currently the wordsmith of the Occult Library blog alongside running the Curio section of the site exploring the concept of Images & Ideas.

VOLUNTEER LIBRARIAN

Seeker of the Obscure, Fortean, Occultist, admirer of high-strangeness, book lover and positive contributor to the Occult Community. Ben currently works on cataloguing zines and periodicals.

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. Taylor currently works on standardising the bibliographic data across the site.

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. They are currently working on the various logos and additional artwork found on the site.

CARTOMANCY DATA

Jamie is a solo practitioner with a keen focus on divination and any praticies that aids her in glimpsing the future. Jamie is currently working on cataloguing all the decks involved with cartomancy.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA

S is a solitary witch who can reliably be found walking the combes of Burgundy, France with a botanical key or a celestial map.