Other Worldly Waxes & Whatever

Other Worldly Waxes has reopened in Beacon, New York! You can shop online at

Probably one of my favorite wiccan/​occult stores in the city, OWW&W is a holdover from before the Mallification of Manhattan. The store is small, cramped, and a bit dusty, but the best scented oils and incense can be found here, as well as ritualistic supplies if you’re into that sort of thing.
The powdered incenses are sold by the ounce and come in a variety of scents. There is also a huge selection of oils, many named for the aura or power they are supposed to enhance or bring about: Letting Go, Forgiveness, True Love, Carnal Lust, Empowerment, Joy, etc. Candles in the shape of a male or female form come in various colors (white, black, blue, red, green) which mean different things in to spellcasters. Annointed with oils, glitter, and other finery, they are sold for at-​home spellcasting, again, if you’re into that sort of thing.
Definitely more for those interested in spirituality/​the healing arts/​occultism/​wicca/​etc., as you will probably be looked up and down and spoken to with a chill if it looks like you took a wrong turn at the door and ended up in here instead of Pottery Barn or something. If you need ritual candles, sage, incense, tarot cards, runes, divination tools, spellcasting tools, etc., OWW&W is your slice of heaven/​Eden/​nirvana/​your own enhancted place.

Disclaimer: If you don’t believe in magic, you might not be so into this place. But if you do, ohhhh boy you are in for a treat…
My sister introduced me to this little candle shop and I am now a pretty frequent customer. They have magical hand-​carved candles for almost anything you can imagine — I’ve bought letting go, wisdom/​enlightenment, attracting love, money/​success, fearlessness/​confidence, etc. You can get the candles dipped in different oils too, to enhance the magic in different ways.
The incense they have is great too, I burn some almost every morning when I wake up — this morning I burned inner peace/​outer harmony. It really helps with positivity.
My new favorite thing from this store is the miniature cauldrens you can buy with the powder incense — I pour the fearlessness/​confidence incense into the little pot and burn it in my room, it looks cool, smells awesome and totally empowers me for the day :)
They also have tarot readings sometimes, and when I got mine done it was creepily accurate. Will definitely return for another one sometime.
The best part is, the candles are really cheap, you can get a bunch of them dipped in different oils for a few bucks! Can’t go wrong, really. I might head over there today and get a letting go candle and perhaps a financial success one considering I just quit my job… Make wishes, believe in them, and this stuff can help.

AWESOME candle store! You won’t find these candles at Bath and Body or elsewhere. If you’re into candles, you must check out this store.

This is my very favorite place to get candles and incense. Though small and somewhat claustrophobic, the retail staff is always friendly and never seem to raise an eyebrow when you ask them to carve you a candle, for say, quick success. And that’s what they sell here — magical brews and candles for success, love, money… all the good stuff.