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Dan Harms is a librarian and author living in central New York. He has a masters in anthropology from the University at Buffalo, and a masters in library and information science from the University of Pittsburgh. His fascination with magical belief and practice has led him to research and publish a great deal in the areas of folklore, ritual magic, and their appearances in literature.His past works include The Cthulhu Mythos Encyclopedia, The Necronomicon Files (with John Wisdom Gonce), The Long-Lost Friend (editor), The Book of Oberon (with Joseph Peterson and Daniel Clark), William Dawson Bellhouse, Wax Images, Of Angels, Demons, and Spirits (with Daniel Clark), Balloonists, Alchemists, and Astrologers, and The Book of Four Wizards (with S. Aldarnay, forthcoming).His articles have been published in Abraxas, Folklore, Fortean Times, The Journal for the Academic Study of Magic, The Journal of Scholarly Communication, The Journal of the Western Mystery Tradition, Thanatos, and The Unspeakable Oath. He has spoken at Treadwell's in London, and at conferences at Oxford, Western Michigan University, and Waterloo University, among others. He is also an avid roleplaying gamer, and occasionally writes for publishers including Chaosium, Arc Dream, and others.