Retail Frustration

Hermetic Library fellow Beth Kimbell posts about the lack of sources and difficulty finding specialty crafted esoteric items of a serious nature on her blog at “Retail Frustration“.

“I have been thinking a lot lately about what I find frustrating in live or web occult retailers. Everywhere I go in this country I see white light, glittery fairy stuff, and not, say, the tools I need to call angels and demons, or walk the planes or carve out a small patch of sacred space.”

“Why can’t I get a statue of a licentious murder goddess carved by hand during the appropriate hours of the day or night on a specific day of the week during the chosen phase of the moon? What makes them think I want a resin cast of my gods when I can have their corresponding stone or wood, hand-crafted with love not mass produced? Why settle for print outs of the enochian tablets?” [via]

Consider also:

  1. Side by Side
  2. The N.O.T.H.I.N.G. Machine
  3. “In nature the Tortoise has 6 members at angles of 60°.”
  4. “I grew up believing in the inherent goodness of humans, and that religion was the crutch they used to get through life without accepting true responsibility for their actions.”
  5. “It took years to learn to be myself and I would not give it up.”