Blind Guardian the 2nd
There are no proper ones near me. Only hippy stores stocking more crystals and Silver-Ravenwolf books than you can shake a stick at. I only venture inside to complain about their lack of Buddhist scripture.
I think that's the majority of occult stores everywhere, actually. There was one semi-decent one near Laren's house when we were dating, but it has since been sacrificed to the gods of the mini-mall. I mourn. But even that one had a major supply of crystals, cheap incense, crystal unicorn and wizard statues, and fluffbunny literature. Otherwise known as the stuff that sells the most, so that the legit stuff can wait for the educated buyer in peace and security. All hail the giggly eejit with cash, they keep the stores in business. I next found one hole-in-the-wall that only did crystals, with a small consistent stock of sweetgrass braids and sage bundles - they were good quality, my mum and I cleaned them out every time they got more sage in. A month later, the shop owner decided to move to another state. The only one I've found in my area since seems to specialize in cheap materials at exorbitant prices, plus a large section for self-help books of dubious usefulness. And of course the requisite tchotchkes that look like they were dreamt up by a five-year-old with a box of crayons, feathers, and glitter glue. talk2hand
