There's a little home furnishings and accessories shop that opened in my neighborhood a few weeks ago that has become one of my favorite spots for witchy treats and supplies. I'm sure the owner has no idea.

My first discovery was their selection of 100% beeswax candles in a remarkable array of colors. While they are expensive, beeswax candles are generally acknowledged to be the best to use for candle magick. Given their expense and general rarity, it's often often difficult to find them in enough different colors to perform all spell work. Hudson sells candles in more colors than ANY magick shop I've seen, beeswax or no.

The owner of the shop likes to have a selection of antiques on hand as well as the new items. They carry old, colored Ball jars and antique apothecary bottles - perfect for storing ingredients, potions and other mixtures. They also have a great selection of candle holders, ranging from candelabra that look like tree branches to antique glass pedestals. All quite witchy indeed.

My most recent, and so far favorite, find are the "curious offerings that entice the senses and render the common, uncommon" by Douglas Little of D.L. & Co., Modern Alchemists and Purveyors of Curious Goods. Kookily Victorian, Mr. Little (as he likes to call himself) could not have created a more witchy line of opulent goods if he were trying (not knowing Mr. Little, I'm operating under the assumption that he was not). I bought one of the miniature "rare botanic" candles in Thorn Apple, which sports on its label the latin name datura stramonium. For those of you not quite up on your herbology, datura, also known as jimsonweed, is a flowering plant known for its hallucinogenic properties. It's also highly poisonous. How very Victorian! While a visit to Mr. Little's website (which I highly recommend as it is an experience unto itself) reveals that the essential oils used in the Thorn Apple candles are actually applewood, vetiver, oakmoss and patchouli, I like to think that I could light the candle by my bed at night and be transported into dreamland on a cloud of datura.

Who knows what I might find at Hudson next!

Posted by Angela-Eloise at 3:40 PM