Occult Supplies in Palo Alto and Environs

There's no occult store, per se;  that said:

Several community newcomers lately have said that they
think the reason there's no local occult shop is that
most of the occult supplies are readily available in
mainstream stores, to wit--

Elephant Pharmacy on El Camino is a
holistic/health/metaphysical drug store that carries a
lot of herbs, oils, incenses, and so on: special
essential-oil soap for use before a ritual? This is a
good place to look for it.

Walgreen's and Long's drug stores usually have lots of
incenses, often many oils, and sometimes orisha
candles (ostensibly Catholic saint images on candles
color-coded for the West African deities for whom the
saints are considered masks).

Whole Foods on Homer has a lot of herbs, candles,
incense, etc.

Country Sun Health Foods on California Street, ditto,
plus a few more things (more incenses, crystals,
essential oils, etc.)

Shady Lane on University Avenue has masks, statuary,
etc.:  http://www.shadylanegallery.com/

Watercourse Way on...Addison? street is a sort of
Buddhist hot-tub temple spa, and has some nice
meditation and New Age type stuff.

Tibet Designs, 315 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94301
(650) 328-2659 has some very cool Tibetan supplies and
textiles, etc.

Unicef Store, 552 Emerson St, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Phone:	(650) 326-3170  has a lot of interesting stuff,
some of it useful for ritual work.

Bell's Books on Emerson Street (near the Unicef
store):  http://www.bellsbooks.com/

Renaissance Book Store, 230 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto,
CA 94301, (650) 321-2846 (I think it's open only by
appointment--used, rare, etc. books)
http://www.renaissancebooks.com/ 

Gryphon Stringed Instruments on Lambert Avenue is a
popular place for Pagans learning about Celtic harp
and so on--they have instruments, music, lessons, etc.
 http://www.gryphonstrings.com/

For books, Borders on University Avenue, Know Knew
Books on California Street (used books, so selection
varies a lot), Kepler's on El Camino in Menlo Park,
Bookbuyers on Castro Street in Mountain View,
East-West Books on Castro Street in Mountain View, the
San Jose Bookshop on Kentwood Avenue in San Jose
(http://www.sjbookshop.com/), and Fields Books in San
Francisco (http://www.fieldsbooks.com/).

East-West Books on Castro Street in Mountain View also
has Tarot cards, oils, incenses, etc.

Global beads on Castro Street in Mountain View has a
lot of special stones and such--amber, jet, rose
quartz, etc. etc.

Moonfyre Metaphysical, 401 E Campbell Ave, Campbell,
CA
95008

Open Door Metaphysical Books, 1195 Clark St, San Jose,
CA 95125, Phone: (408) 294-1828

Inner Journey in Los Gatos, while not a "classic"
occult shop, does have a lot of good stuff: 
http://www.inner-journey.com/

The best general occult shop I know of in the Bay Area
is the Ancient Ways Shop in Oakland: 
http://www.ancientways.com/

Serpent's Kiss in Santa Cruz (has a lot of Voudoun and
Santeria stuff as well as Wiccan): 
http://www.serpentskiss.biz/

Sacred Grove in Santa Cruz: 
http://www.sacredgrovesantacruz.com/

Air & Fire Mystical Bazaar in Boulder Creek: 
http://www.witchvox.com/vn/vn_detail/dt_sh.html?a=usca&id=4761

Anubis Engraving in San Francisco: 
http://www.anubisengraving.com/



Here's a link to some other (somewhat-local and other)
resources:  

http://www.conjure.com/COG/stores.html

http://www.conjure.com/COG/NCalres.html

Music:

http://www.conjure.com/COG/music.html

I get a lot of my supplies in the Dealers Room at
PantheaCon every February: http://pantheacon.com/

Other folks out there:  where are YOUR favorite local
places?

Blessings,

Valerie