COME VISIT US!
The Lucky Mojo Curio Co. occult shop is located in the relatively small town of Forestville, California. We operate a mail-order business on the world wide web as well as a regular walk-in store for local customers to browse. We have a couple of acres here, and we grow many of our own herbs in our garden.
We make all of our oils, incenses, sachet
powders, and bath crystals on the premises in the
old-fashioned drugstore laboratory shown here.
The 12 foot tall dark chestnut wood cupboard along the back wall, holding all the jars of herbs,
was built in the 1880s. It came out of a demolished pharmacy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In the foreground you can see coloured, unscented bottles of almond oil,
and on top of them, a row of bottles of the various concentrated essential oil
compounds that are blended with herbs and minerals when we make up our spiritual oils.
At the left is Lefty, our 1880s-era skeleton, in his beautiful redwood coffin. We don't know what his name was in life, but we do know that he was a Caucasian man, about 5 feet 4 inches tall, who was between 20 and 35 when he died. He probably succumbed to an infectious disease, since his skeleton is unmarked by injury in any way. He was mounted as a medical skeleton for the use of student-doctors sometime during the late 19th century; all the bronze wing-nuts that hold him together were hand-made and his cartilage is really his, not the nylon or plastic cartilage that is used on contemporary medical skeletons. Lefty's coffin is a typical Victorian era "toe-pincher," made from first-growth California redwood that has been hand hewn. He was, for many years, kept as a ritual skeleton in a Northern California Odd-Fellows Lodge, where he was used to exemplify Death during initiations. At some point during the 1970s, he, and several other Oddfellows Lodge skeletons, were sold to an antiques dealer, who kept them for decades in his storage area.
We purchased Lefty in 2002 We had his wooden coffin cleaned and refinished with tung oil, then relined it with shimmery royal blue cloth spangled with metallic red stars. If you look closely at the photo, you will see a small bottle of Florida Water at his feet. This is a traditional offering to the spirits of the dead. As you can also see, Lefty is wearing a black bow tie. I put this on him as a festive touch in August, 2002, when we were hosting a party at the shop -- but the next day, when we went to take it off, he let us know that he liked it very much, and indeed, it suits him very well.
At right is Dusty, the six-foot tall, extremely life-like wizard sculpture
who stands just inside the doorway
at the entrance to the shop. In his upraised right hand he
holds a softly glowing crystal ball. This has earned him the title of "largest
night-light in Forestville." Fans of Garrison Keillor's show "A Prairie Home Companion"
will recognize the names of Lefty and Dusty from "The Lives of the Cowboys," a favourite
radio drama of mine.
Folks are always welcome to drop by the store to
browse, shop, or simply talk to us from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday
through Sunday. If you have a large
order you want filled, it's good idea to phone it in a day or two
ahead of your visit if you are driving up from
the Bay Area -- we make everything by hand jn very small batches, and we
don't want to disappoint anyone by not
having everything ready for you if you show up unannounced.
At right is Sophie the Portuguese Water Dog wearing her Hot Foot Chili Pepper bandana and sitting by the small Chinese painted cupboards in the Candle Island.
We have about 2500 different herbs, roots, candles, dressing oils, essential oils, incense blends, amulets, books, tarot and cartomancy cards, mineral curios, posters, holy cards, religious statues, soaps, hair care products, zoological curios, and crystal salts in stock at any given time, but if you want particular items custom-made for you, please phone us ahead so that we can put them together in time for your arrival, or be prepared to watch (and even pitch in!) as we prepare your order to your specifications.
We sell retail to individuals and wholesale to shops all around the world, and we count among our customers some of the nations's best spiritual workers and root doctors. Many of the items we carry are unique to us, including our own special moulds for figural candles and amulet jewelry. We specialize in tools for magickal work that are beautiful as well as useful, and we strive for authenticity and the continuation of traditional forms of spell-craft above all else.
If you specifically want to meet catherine,
please call ahead for the best times.
Cat is usually available in the afternoon, but *not*
always on Mondays or Wednesdays, due to her other
tasks. At those times count on
Susie, Diana, Eileen, Ferne, Ernie, Vida, Celeste, Nikki,
Kathy, Chelsa, Brian, or Nagasiva to help you.
We are located west of Santa Rosa in Sonoma
County, California,
a block and a half north of Highway
116 in the town of Forestville.
Our address is
6632 Covey
Road
Forestville, California 95436
(707)
887-1521
Take California State Highway 101 to Santa Rosa, California.
From Santa Rosa, take Guerneville Road west to the end of the road at a 'T' intersection with Highway 116. Turn right (north) on Highway 116 and proceed to the town of Forestville.
As you enter Forestville, the road makes a sweeping uphill left-hander, and at the crest of the hill you'll see Carr's Drive-in on the right. This is the junction of Covey Road and 116.
Turn right (north) on Covey Road and pass between two churches (a large tan one on the left and a small white one on the right).
Cross Center Street and continue for one-half block and on your left you'll see a post with the number 6632 in white lettering on green tiles, atop a larger black-and white sign that reads, "Drive Slowly. Watch for Animals."
Enter the driveway, which is lined with rose bushes, apple trees, and fence posts on which there are nailed abalone shells. Drive to the top of the hill and park by the big old white barn, where an old yellow and black sign says "Customer Parking. Unauthorized Cars Will Be Towed Away."
Walk across on the sidewalk to the one-storey, grey building (NOT the two-storey house).
[Acknowledgements: Thanks to Mari for
the photo of Lefty and to Marc for the photos of the shop.]
Hey! We got visited! The History Channel tv show "Weird U.S."
made a pilgrimiage to our shop in 2005 to document its
weirdness. Here are some pictures of the event, featuring
"Weird U.S." hosts Mark Sceurman and Mark Moran, plus
technical crew from KPI-TV.
If you have any questions about Lucky Mojo spiritual supplies or how to use them to cast real, authentic money spells, love spells, healing spells, protection spells, revenge spells, or gambling luck spells, call the Lucky Mojo Curio Co. occult store at (707) 887-1521 any time Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Pacific time -- or search the Lucky Mojo web site for hundreds of free online magic spells that you can use:
We specialize in spiritual supplies that are hard to find, esoteric, arcane, and, above all, authentic. Our prices are fair and our quality unsurpassed because unlike most occult shops on the web, which are just resellers of factory-made products, we grow many of our own herbs, and we hand craft all of the dressing oils, incense, bath crystals, sachet powders, mojo bags, floor washes, and spell kits that we sell right here in our shop, one at a time.
In keeping with old-time conjure shop standards, we don't just make spiritual supplies; we pray over them and dedicate them to the needs of our clients as we craft them. We also offer free candle dressing with herbs and oils on all mail-order or in-shop glass encased vigil lights and novena candles, and there is no charge for the setting of prayer lights on our petition altars for customers of the shop.
We sell retail and wholesale from our occult store in Forestville, California, and we ship nationally and internationally to our many mail order customers. For your online shopping convenience we accept Visa, Mastercard, and American Express.
SEARCH THIS SITE:
a local search engine and a named link to each Lucky Mojo page
Lucky Mojo Site Map:
a descriptive entry-level index to the whole Lucky Mojo pile
Lucky W Amulet Archive Home Page:
an online museum of folk-magic lucky charms
Hoodoo in Theory and Practice:
by cat yronwode; free online book on rootwork and conjure
Blues Lyrics and Hoodoo:
a large database of slues songs that mention rootwork and conjure
Sacred Sex Home Page:
essays on tantra yoga, karezza, sex magic, and sex worship
The Sacred Landscape Home Page:
essays on archaeoastronomy and sacred geometry
Freemasonry for Women Home Page:
a history of mixed gender freemasonic lodges
The Lucky Mojo Curio Co. Occult Shop:
spiritual supplies for hoodoo and conjure
The Comics Warehouse:
a source for back-issues of Claypool comic books;
catherine yronwode,
the eclectic and eccentric author of all the above web pages
nagasiva yronwode:
tyaginator, nigris (333), nocTifer, lorax666, boboroshi, !
Lucky Mojo Free Spells Archive:
free magic spells, love spells, witchcraft spells, etc.
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