Comments on: Non-Pagans At The Pagan Store http://wildhunt.org/blog/2008/12/non-pagans-at-pagan-store.html Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:42:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Evn http://wildhunt.org/blog/2008/12/non-pagans-at-pagan-store.html/comment-page-1#comment-2415 Evn Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:29:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2008/12/non-pagans-at-the-pagan-store.html#comment-2415 <i>Lest you think I'm just being a hater, I used to work there many moons ago</i><br/><br/>Ah. So your motivation is vengeance, then? Always a crowd-pleaser. Lest you think I’m just being a hater, I used to work there many moons ago

Ah. So your motivation is vengeance, then? Always a crowd-pleaser.

]]> By: Mama Kelly http://wildhunt.org/blog/2008/12/non-pagans-at-pagan-store.html/comment-page-1#comment-2414 Mama Kelly Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:52:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2008/12/non-pagans-at-the-pagan-store.html#comment-2414 I haven't been to Enchantments in at least 15 years. I used to save my dollars for months to be able to afford a little spending spree there and loved coming home with candles and oils and their loose incenses. I haven’t been to Enchantments in at least 15 years. I used to save my dollars for months to be able to afford a little spending spree there and loved coming home with candles and oils and their loose incenses.

]]> By: Zaratha http://wildhunt.org/blog/2008/12/non-pagans-at-pagan-store.html/comment-page-1#comment-2413 Zaratha Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:28:00 +0000 http://wildhunt.org/blog/2008/12/non-pagans-at-the-pagan-store.html#comment-2413 I wouldn't really extrapolate too much about Pagan shops from the sad, sorry state of Enchantments. For starters, it's been there for 20+ years, and is probably one of the oldest shops in the country. But the reason business hasn't decreased there is because no actual Pagans have shopped there in years. Management has been one series of epic fail ever since the original owners sold it and moved. Extremely knowledgeable community fixtures getting fired over trifling, stupid drama, a joke of a selection, I could go on and on. The last time I went there, it looked like half the very meager shelf space was devoted to random crap someone was trying to get rid of (including used manga of all things). The only people who still shop there are Edina Monsoon types buying Catch a Rich Husband oil, thrill seeking yuppie Muggles, and newbies who still find the address in the back of Scott Cunningham books.<br/><br/>Lest you think I'm just being a hater, I used to work there many moons ago, and it guided me on my first steps on this path, when it was still a valuable resource. It's really painful to see that place's sharp decline, and I hope the situation improves. I am not terribly hopeful though. I wouldn’t really extrapolate too much about Pagan shops from the sad, sorry state of Enchantments. For starters, it’s been there for 20+ years, and is probably one of the oldest shops in the country. But the reason business hasn’t decreased there is because no actual Pagans have shopped there in years. Management has been one series of epic fail ever since the original owners sold it and moved. Extremely knowledgeable community fixtures getting fired over trifling, stupid drama, a joke of a selection, I could go on and on. The last time I went there, it looked like half the very meager shelf space was devoted to random crap someone was trying to get rid of (including used manga of all things). The only people who still shop there are Edina Monsoon types buying Catch a Rich Husband oil, thrill seeking yuppie Muggles, and newbies who still find the address in the back of Scott Cunningham books.

Lest you think I’m just being a hater, I used to work there many moons ago, and it guided me on my first steps on this path, when it was still a valuable resource. It’s really painful to see that place’s sharp decline, and I hope the situation improves. I am not terribly hopeful though.

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