The Magic Moon

I LOVE this place. Since I have moved to this area it’s the only shop I have found of this kind. They have just about everything you could need. Incense, tarot/​oracle cards, candles, smudging sticks, etc. Friendly and helpful staff, and they just expanded !

Very sweet knowledgable woman I had spoke to about my azurite. I’ve called many stores across the U.S. And she knew what was going on with my stone scientifically speaking that is. If only I could go to this store and buy stones. Very friendly from what I got over the phone.

fat fingered the check it.
DEF NOT A BAR!!!
im sure its a brilliant hobby shop, as judging from the rest of the reviews i’ll leave 4 stars as an apology.

Went here today as a special trip, just found out about this store via Facebook. Glad I found out about it, this is a great shop! They sell everything like gemstones, pendulums, incense, clothes, tarot cards, books, scarves, necklaces, bracelets, candles, wands, and all kinds of incense burners, etc.
The store is small, but has a great selection. The staff is very friendly and store is kept nice and clean, can’t wait to go back!

This is a great little shop. There are so many unusual and cool items to look at. These type of stores is one of the best thing to come out of the sixties. They are a rare and beautiful thing when you find them now. If you are in Saratoga, don’t miss stopping in to The Magic Moon. I love it!

Im a begginer at wicca and overall this place is awesome. Some stuff is pricy$$$$
THIS PLACE KICKS BUTT! GO HERE!

As far as I know, this is the only store in the area that sells Pagan/​witchcraft supplies. I usually stop in here every time I’m in Saratoga, but in retrospect, I don’t usually buy anything… maybe a couple of single tumbled stones. The store is really tiny and really cramped and if there are more than two or three customers in there it’s impossible to move around. The aisles are barely wide enough for one person to walk down, so there’s a lot of backtracking and moving out of the way for other people. They have a decent selection of books, but they are way overpriced – before Borders closed, I would sometimes see a book I liked, then walk to Borders and find they sold it for at least $ 5 less. They have a decent selection of herbs and candles. The supplies they have, such as little figurines, incense burners, etc. are cheap mass-​produced crap you can find at any wholesaler for a fraction of the price. They used to carry a lot more handmade products from local artists, but I’ve seen less and less of that over the years. In the past 10 times I’ve been in the store (probably more than that) I have not once been acknowledged by the staff. Eight out of ten times the girl behind the counter is on her cell phone, and the other two times she’s having a conversation with another staff member or a friend, bitching about the job. It’s not a particularly good vibe, especially for this kind of store.

I made a special point to go to The Magic Moon last time I was in Downtown Saratoga, not for anyone one thing in particular but just to browse. I have been getting into Tarot and thought I might look at their cards and look at their gemstones as well.
The shop itself is small and packed tight with wares from floor to ceiling. They carry incense, candles, herbs, clothes, jewelry, cards, books, décor pieces, gem stones, and more. The selection of Tarot cards was very large and had a good variety. If I hadn’t just bought a set a would have bought some. So, A+ on the Tarot Cards.
The gem stones on the other hand were pretty sad. The selection was fine but the prices and pieces were not good at all. Too much for what you were buying.
My sister in law found a cute anklet that she bought so the trip was worth it. I will go back if I am going to buy more cards but I will buy my gems from other places.

I have lived around the area for awhile now and used to like Magic Moon because it was the only cool hippie head shop that I knew of in my high school days.
Now that I am about to graduated college, I have visited over the summer with some of my friends and boyfriend. For the past 3 times I have visited, I have had a bad experiences. The female employee behind the counter smirked and looked us up and down at us as we walked in asking for all our IDs. That’s fine… but do you have to be 18 to be the store? All of my friends and I were above the age of 20, so I am not sure if she was trying to push us out or just be a b#@%!. I just felt very attacked when I walked into the store especially when I wasn’t looking at any pf the smoking pieces/​tobacco. All of their smoking pieces are way over priced by 5 – 10 bucks anyway. And their hookah shisha is 8 dollars a box for ones you can buy for 4 dollars on Lark. Basically, everything in their store is overpriced because it’s tourist hippie shop in Downtown Saratoga.
Also, they have «legal herbs» and «zan-​x» behind the counter if you ask for it. The employee behind the counter said «kava kava» is herb that you can do recreationally. I looked at this kava kava for 27 bucks and it happens to be the same stuff I take as supplement for better sleeping/​stress. You can buy the liquid extract of the kava root in a health food store for 13 bucks. They had more than a 50% mark-​up. And if you research kava kava, altho it can be used recreationally, most people get sick form the amount you’d need to take of this herb to feel strong effects. I feel like they try to sell any herb as some kind of recreational drug. If you want to get fucked up, have a beer or go buy some pot, seriously. Don’t waste your money and time with this over priced grass.
I have had just bad experiences with the employees. And everytime I come here, I never get anything. Nothing is that special and everything is over priced. Don’t fall for the tourist hippie trap.

I have heard about Magic Moon for several years now but just have never had the opportunity to go in there until this past weekend. I was never greeted by the 2 clerks, neither of whom were very busy, they never asked if I needed any help. They were both down-​right rude to my boyfriend. One was more concerned with pushing their most expensive «pipes» on the stoners than helping us. I found their products to be vastly over-​priced. A few other people I have spoken to since regarding them have said the same thing. I will definitely NOT be returning.

Romantic Anniversary Weekend = Eight Herbs and Gems Needed
Selection:
When we arrived on Sunday and went for a walk down to Broadway, I was excited to find Magic Moon. It was just closing up at the time, but on our way out of town, I made a special stop in with a list of supplies I needed in hand. It’s basically part metaphysical/​new age store and part head shop, a combo that makes sense in vaguely college-​town Saratoga. You can pick up a new piece and some incense all at one.
A wide selection of incense and herbs, which excited me. They had nearly everything I needed herb-​wise (nettles, milk thistle, cedar tips, frankincense, patchouli, valerian), except one, which they were just out of. Candles galore and a semi-​complete selection of stones and gems. I picked up a tektite (which I had never used before and was suggested for me) and a serpentine. Jewelry and tarot cards, runes and statues abound.
There’s also a bunch of apartment-​oriented things, like shawls, doorframe beads, tapestries, lots of tie-​die. It’s a mish-​mash of things, but it’s stores like this where you find the best stuff at great prices. Compared to how much I’ve spent on pieces of tektite since, $ 3 for a rather large piece has pleased me. If I ever end up that way again, you can bet I’ll be stopping in to stock up. Anyone and everyone could fill their pantry for cheap at Magic Moon.
Venue:
The best thing I love about stores like these are how fun they are inside. You’ll smell (or at least I’ve been told) the incense and calm down as soon as you walk in. There’s something in every nook and cranny of the store, and you could spend all day looking at everything. It’s a large enough store, and while it might feel a bit cramped, it’s only because the multicultural statues and all the awesome stuff takes up space!
It’s just off the main drag on Phila, and it’s probably gets a lot of foot traffic, but both times I went it was empty. After getting a cup of coffee go spend some time at Magic Moon, you’re bound to find something. The staff are helpful and can recall details of stones off the top of their heads, they’ll help you find whatever you need.