Curious about magic? These 6 Louisville-area shops can help you tap into the spirit world

Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal
Updated ·3 min read

Magic is often practiced in private, but Kentucky and Southern Indiana are home to several metaphysical shops that serve as gathering points for the magically inclined.

This winter we published a piece on Raven's Roost Boutique in New Albany, which is home to the monthly Witches Market on the third Saturday of each month. Since the event launched late last year, it has welcomed dozens of vendors and hundreds of guests both experienced in and curious about Wicca and pagan practices. The number of Americans who identify with Wicca or paganism has risen from 134,000 in 2001 to nearly 2 million, USA TODAY reported in 2021.

With the success of the Witches Market in mind, we rounded up a few other local businesses that embrace the metaphysical arts.

Want to explore your spiritual side? Here are a few local businesses that can help.

The Bluegrass Witch

The Bluegrass Witch is located on the upper deck of Logan Street Market at 1001 Logan St.
The Bluegrass Witch is located on the upper deck of Logan Street Market at 1001 Logan St.

1001 Logan St., inside Logan Street Market

The Bluegrass Witch makes many of its items in-house with locally sourced products. This shop, which is located in the upper level of Logan Street Market, is known for its house-wrapped burn bundles, ritual bath blends, handmade crystal jewelry, crystal filled candles as well as its aromatherapy sprays and soaps.

The Bodhi Tree

Monica De La Torre named her spiritual wellness shop The Bodhi Tree, paying respect to the important symbol in Buddhism that references when the Buddha attained enlightenment while sitting under this fig tree.
Monica De La Torre named her spiritual wellness shop The Bodhi Tree, paying respect to the important symbol in Buddhism that references when the Buddha attained enlightenment while sitting under this fig tree.

6306 Meeting St., Suite 101

The Bodhi Tree is a metaphysical gift shop and spiritual wellness center. In addition to selling crystals, books, tea, wellness products, manifestation candles, among other things, the shop is home to several practitioners. Guests can interact with psychics, mediums and Reiki healers. The Bodhi Tree also offers a variety of services including, light therapy, aura photography, astrology and numerology life mapping, light activation healings and infrared sauna treatments.

Louisville Rock Shop

The Louisville Rock Shop operates inside Mark Anthony's at 536 Baxter Ave.
The Louisville Rock Shop operates inside Mark Anthony's at 536 Baxter Ave.

536 Baxter Ave., inside Matt Anthony Record Shop

For many years Louisville Rock Shop had a presence in the Frankfort Avenue area, but that shop closed during the pandemic. Now the owner, Jill Barnes, offers Reiki and readings by appointment. She also teaches classes on stones, the archangels and Reiki.

Natural Mystic

Natural Mystic has an extensive collection of ethically sourced crystals and gemstones as well as a variety of handmade, locally sourced incense, jewelry, essential oils and candles.
Natural Mystic has an extensive collection of ethically sourced crystals and gemstones as well as a variety of handmade, locally sourced incense, jewelry, essential oils and candles.

1581 Bardstown Road

Natural Mystic has an extensive collection of ethically sourced crystals and gemstones as well as a variety of handmade, locally sourced incense, jewelry, essential oils and candles. The business has an extensive collection of local handblown glass, and it works closely with local artisans who make intricate pendants and stunning display pieces. The store also sells small batch, privately farmed kratom, which is a natural substance with psychoactive ingredients.

Raven's Roost Boutique

128 W. Main St. in New Albany

In the three years since Raven's Roost Boutique opened in downtown New Albany it has become a hub for the magically inclined. This store has a strong library of books that can guide or inform people on what practice might be best for them. The business is best known for events such as teen nights, the Witches Market, a community night for Pagans as well as its upcoming Witches Ball.

Stix-N-Stonz

2234 Dundee Road

Stix-N-Stonz has more than 4,000 products from around the world, including crystals, books, herbs, tea and aromatherapy. This metaphysical store describes itself as "where art, science and tradition meet." Stix-N-Stonz also offers a variety of services such as psychic readings, Tarot card readings and crystal readings. Workshops are available for people who are looking to broaden their spiritual horizons.

Reach reporter Maggie Menderski at mmenderski@gannett.com.

This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: 6 Louisville-area stores for Wicca, pagan magic needs