Thanks to everyone who has donated books for my library. Right now the physical library is on hold, so I am asking people to stop donating books, at least for the moment. As many of you might already know, I rented a commercial space for the last 11 years in Naperville, Illinois for my music lesson studio. Originally I envisioned combining the music lesson space with a subscription library. Since 2020, running a small business out of a commercial space has become too expensive to sustain. Though I always seem to maintain a core of approximately 20 loyal students at any given time, 20 students is a far cry from the 40 - 50 needed to pay the bills and clear the most modest of profits. Thanks to my own Ogham divinations and help from fellow Ecosophian and horary astrologer Andrew Skeen, I made an informed decision to collapse my Studio and teach out of my own home in a nearby town. I’ll be making the final part of move by February when my commercial lease expires.
Please pray for me to find a suitable way to make the physical library happen. For now, it is at http://patreon.com/athenareadersclub as an online version. There are lots of great occult and rare books available to patrons in the continental US.
Druidry gave me sufficient antennae over the last six years to discern that renting a commercial space in the existing climate will only serve to exhaust my resources and snuff out my ability to run a library at all. Commercial rents are at all time highs. I sincerely hope it will get easier to rent commercial space in the future. For now, I’m collapsing to avoid the rush in hopes of rising again in a better climate for small-scale entrepreneurs. I am fairly sure that this is the right thing at the right time. Again, thanks everyone for all your help and book donations so far.
Request to Stop Book Donations and Library Update
Thanks to everyone who has donated books for my library. Right now the physical library is on hold, so I am asking people to stop donating books, at least for the moment. As many of you might already know, I rented a commercial space for the last 11 years in Naperville, Illinois for my music lesson studio. Originally I envisioned combining the music lesson space with a subscription library. Since 2020, running a small business out of a commercial space has become too expensive to sustain. Though I always seem to maintain a core of approximately 20 loyal students at any given time, 20 students is a far cry from the 40 - 50 needed to pay the bills and clear the most modest of profits. Thanks to my own Ogham divinations and help from fellow Ecosophian and horary astrologer Andrew Skeen, I made an informed decision to collapse my Studio and teach out of my own home in a nearby town. I’ll be making the final part of move by February when my commercial lease expires.
Please pray for me to find a suitable way to make the physical library happen. For now, it is at http://patreon.com/athenareadersclub as an online version. There are lots of great occult and rare books available to patrons in the continental US.
Druidry gave me sufficient antennae over the last six years to discern that renting a commercial space in the existing climate will only serve to exhaust my resources and snuff out my ability to run a library at all. Commercial rents are at all time highs. I sincerely hope it will get easier to rent commercial space in the future. For now, I’m collapsing to avoid the rush in hopes of rising again in a better climate for small-scale entrepreneurs. I am fairly sure that this is the right thing at the right time. Again, thanks everyone for all your help and book donations so far.