Occult Stores' Scores Masterlist

The guide to the scores is taken from this post. This page is dedicated to the scores. To see if a particular store is already on this list, search the page by pressing CTRL + F (pc) or COMMAND + F (mac) and typing in the store's name.


Store's Name: The Hidden Path
URL: http://www.thehiddenpath.org
http://www.thehiddenpath.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/thehiddenpath
http://spiritualnetworks.com/thehiddenpath/
https://www.facebook.com/THPath
Location: 71 Terrace Street, Suite 101 & 102
Struthers, Ohio 44471
Evaluated by: Imshelle/callyberry
___ Staff:
(+1) Friendly
(+1) Knowledgeable
(+1) Professional
___ Items:
(+1) Religious variety
(+1) Authenticity (eg: no cultural appropriative items.)
(+1) Supports individual artisans and/or witches (eg: items are handmade opposed to factory made)
(+0) Includes health warnings for herbs, spices, oils.
___ Services:
(+1) Variety (eg: not just Wiccan.)
(+1) Has community outreach and/or classes
(+1) Promotes an educational atmosphere
___ General:
(+1) Overall appealing atmosphere (or online readability)
(+1) LGBTQ and gender identity positive
(+1) Anti-racism
93% = Score (12/13)

Additional Comments:  12/13 unless they put warnings on the products since the last time I was there, though April or Linda usually do tell you if something could be dangerous there are other people working there as well.

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Store's Name: Next Millennium
URL: Online Store
Location: Omaha, Nebraska
Evaluated by: Allec
___ Staff:
     (+1) Friendly
     (+0) Knowledgeable
     (+1) Professional
___ Items:
     (+1) Religious variety
     (+) Authenticity (eg: no cultural appropriative items.)
     (+1) Supports individual artisans and/or witches (eg: items are handmade opposed to factory made)
     (+1) Includes health warnings for herbs, spices, oils.
___ Services:
     (+0) Variety (eg: not just Wiccan.)
     (+1) Has community outreach and/or classes
     (+0) Promotes an educational atmosphere
___ General:
     (+1) Overall appealing atmosphere (or online readability)
     (+0) LGBTQ and gender identity positive
     (+0) Anti-racism
54% = Score (7/13)

Additional Comments: The most of the problems stem from the store's ignorance towards cultural and racial issues. Here is a petition addressing one facet of the problem. Here is a link to my posts addressing other problems with the store. Otherwise, the people at the store are very nice.

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Store's Name: This Crooked Crown's Witchery & Curiosities
URL: Online Store
Location: East Providence, Rhode Island
Evaluated by: Allec
___ Staff:
     (+1) Friendly
     (+1) Knowledgeable
     (+1) Professional
___ Items:
     (+0) Religious variety
     (+1) Authenticity (eg: no cultural appropriative items.)
     (+1) Supports individual artisans and/or witches (eg: items are handmade opposed to factory made)
     (+1) Includes health warnings for herbs, spices, oils.
___ Services:
     (+1) Variety (eg: not just Wiccan.)
     (+1) Has community outreach and/or classes
     (+1) Promotes an educational atmosphere
___ General:
     (+1) Overall appealing atmosphere (or online readability)
     (+1) LGBTQ and gender identity positive
     (+1) Anti-racism
93% = Score (12/13)

Additional Comments: I changed "religious variety" to just "variety" on the grounds that the shop owner works as a secular witch. Still, since the products are handmade, there is not a variety in products on the web store to select from. Also worth commenting is that the community outreach is more or less her willingness to educate online and to take in local clients.

Part of the evaluation is also taken based on the information she blogs on Tumblr and Wordpress, which are free sources of information and not sold services.

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