Artes And Craft - OUR MISSION
We steadfastly, obdurately, and pugnaciously refuse to be just another Wiccan and/or New Age shop. My wife and I have been practicing occultists for more decades than we care to say. We run a well-known Alexandrian based coven with a storied lineage (MoonFire), are initiates of OTO and practicing ceremonials, and also well practiced in British Traditional pre-Wicca Witchcraft and in Yoruban practices. Although our wares will have a price, our advice and experience will be free. We have now retired from the corporate world to focus on our shop and temple; our careers did at least make it possible for us to travel all over the world. As such we have seen many wonderful stores and products from all over and have brought the best of everything together under a single roof. We have also traveled all over the fair state of Michigan, visiting many a pagan festival and conference. Therefore we will also present the very best of Michigan pagan artisans under our roof. Our local community is important to us, our shop and temple will be a community resource. We will not sell mass manufactured products made in the sweatshops of China and India beyond that which is absolutely necessary. Our tools and adornments will be hand made from locally gathered Michigan materials. We have our own forge and woodwork shop and will offer hand-made ritual weapons made by experts observing the necessary correspondences and times. Those who practice or wish to practice traditional witchcraft will find stangs, staffs, keppens, mazey stones, wish stones, witch hooks, hand forged blades, and more. Ceremonial magicians will find ritual weapons suitable for Thelema, Golden Dawn and grimoire magick. We will also have products for Santeria, Yoruba, Voudun and Astatru. We will cover the day to day basic ritual supplies everyone needs, and those items which are for specialist purposes and hard to find. We will be able to supply the beginner… but will also have that which is exotic for the seasoned practitioner and expert. Ours is the biggest apothecary in the area. We carry a range of raw incense ingredients and herbs, including live plants, as well as our own award winning Luna Ignis brand of incense blends and anointing oils. We will sell books, but not just the generic mass produced paperbacks you find in a typical store, we import books from England and small specialist publishers. Our store will showcase books from the Talismatic Publishers - small publishing houses that make limited edition and hard to find books that specialize in Traditional Witchcraft, the High Occult, grimoires and more. We are a destination. Our ultimate goal is to help pagan Michigan thrive and to be the biggest and most specialized store in the mid west. We invite you to join us! For our events, click here to link to the Artes and Craft calendar!
