THE LIBRARY OF AVALON - Key Persons
Richard was previously the Secretary of the LoA from 2014 till becoming Chairman in 2023. He studied Psychology and Metaphysics towards an MA at the University of Edinburgh. In 1982 he took Sannyas and also went on to work over a number of years with Frank Natale, founder of the Natale Institute. He also researched and practiced mediumship with Steven Speed in London during the 80's and worked at the Humaniversity Institute for therapy and education in the Netherlands, becoming a co-founder of the London Humaniversity in Crouch End, London. He worked as a television producer and presenter in the Netherlands for 15 years as well as a theatre director and set designer for numerous productions in various London Fringe Theatres. He moved to Glastonbury in 2008 where he has since worked as a Hypnotherapist. He became an LoA member and volunteer in 2010.
During my time in University ( doing a BA in the archaeology of Western Asia) I worked in the UCL library . It cemented my love of working in Academic libraries. I continued working in public libraries, especially ones affiliated to universities such as Hendon and Middlesex university. I have been studying Kabbalah, Alchemy and Hermeticism for a long time so working as a volunteer in the Library of Avalon is a dream come true.
Trustee: Zehavit Huddy I started working in a kibbutz library in Israel at the age of 12. Whilst some view this as child Labour, I have nothing but fond memories. It was during the 80s and all the cataloguing, issues and returns were done manually which made me very familiar with the Dewey decimal system. A limited staff with very little budget - we often had to re- bind our books ourselves. I worked there until the age of 18 when I was drafted to the IDF. I was assigned to a history museum where I worked as an archivist for 2 years. I left Israel at the age of 20 and came to the UK, working in various public libraries as a library assistant. I watched the world change as computer systems where introduced.