Member brian_dare

Real Name

Brian Dare

About My Library

More nonfiction than fiction, with a heavy emphasis on Occult, Metaphysical, Ceremonial Magic, and the like. Also a lot on music with a focus on Punk (which I view as much as a social movement as a genre of music).

One day I'm going to count them, but presently all I know is that my books number in the thousands.

About Me

Brian Dare, dubbed "Librarian of the Gods" by my friends, and by my patrons at the now-defunct first pagan coffeehouse in Tampa: Incantations.

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Saint Petersburg, FL

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Currently Reading

The Golden Thread: The Ageless Wisdom of the Western Mystery Traditions by Joscelyn Godwin

The Chemical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz (Magnum Opus Hermetic Sourceworks Series) by Christian Rosencreutz

Renaissance Magic and the Return of the Golden Age: The Occult Tradition and Marlowe, Jonson, and Shakespeare by John S. Mebane

A History of Witchcraft: Sorcerers, Heretics, and Pagans by Jeffrey B. Russell

Favorite Authors

Henry Cornelius Agrippa, Dante Alighieri, Bengt Ankarloo, Herbie Brennan, Giordano Bruno, E. M. Butler, Francesco Colonna, Brian P. Copenhaver, Ioan P. Couliano, Tomie dePaola, Antoine Faivre, Marsilio Ficino, Joscelyn Godwin, C. G. Jung, Aryeh Kaplan, Alexander Key, Richard Kieckhefer, Christopher I. Lehrich, Gertrude Moakley, Warren Murphy, editor Peterson, Joseph H., Plato, Israel Regardie, Kenneth Robeson, J. K. Rowling, Simon, Frances A. Yates

Local Favorites

Bookstores: Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Brandon Square, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Clearwater, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Dale Mabry, Barnes & Noble Booksellers - St. Petersburg, Book Swap of Carrollwood, Borders - Clearwater, Borders - South Tampa, Borders - Tampa, Enchantments, Goodwill Bookstore at Centergate, Goodwill Tara Bookstore, Haslam's Book Store, Mojo Books and Music, Old Tampa Book Company, Strand Bookstore, The Atlantis Bookshop

Libraries: St. Petersburg Library System - President Barack Obama Main Library, USF Library - Tampa

Other: 29th Annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair, 30th Annual Florida Antiquarian Book Fair

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Friends

666777, Academic-Magic, alclark0, chg1, ClaudiaMoscovici, fionathecelt, JAREDMONK, jic, KellyDiNardo, krlaw6, lisaling, morganhell, ragwaine, SpacemanSpiff, Stuart_A_Williams

Interesting Library

144Deucalion, Academic-Magic, AdocentynLibrary, aimia156, albill, AnarchoHermetica, anthimatter, arcana777, Arturo_de_Hoyos, AstronArgon, Bidwell-Glaze, Blinge, boniface, BrigidsBlest, chg1, Cinq-Mars, cirdan747, cook_a, Dacia, DavDWilliams, dayooper, deelenn, Desertcore, FaveteLinguis, fionathecelt, FoxPopulus, frater_vep, fraternpi, gaiacommunity, gentlemania, Henrik_Bogdan, hipgnosis, Horizon_Oasis, indigo93, israfel13, JackieGleason, JanWillemNoldus, JAREDMONK, jerryegray, JSKupperman, Karl19, kheperu, kspml, Loptsson, Makeda55, mariamontgomery, mheisercwipp, morganhell, NeosAlexandria, Nicole_VanK, nmohs, paradoxosalpha, pattyroland, Phevos, Phoenix333, rdelupos, rixsal, rowantree, scotiviator, sevenspirits, shacklebot, shivian, Smoking_Mirror, solis93, SpacemanSpiff, sscarborough, steve-adams, stitchinwitches, StPaulMasonicLibrary, Stuart_A_Williams, Suralon, the_red_shoes, Thoth93, WAGordon, wavymouth, wcharles, worlock93, wyvernfriend, Zaviel