Black Spirituality Religion : An esoteric guide to visiting London

Part 5

Upon leaving, turn right and then right again into Southampton Row. Cross over High Holborn at the traffic lights and continue down Kingsway. Take the second right into Great Queen Street. There are a couple of Masonic suppliers on the right, and a huge 1930s edifice on the left - this is the Grand Lodge, HQ of the English Freemasons (http://www.grandlodge-england.org/), note the interesting symbolism on the building (I know this place well, I had the honour of being initiated here into my third degree as a 'Master Mason', indeed I still wear on my left hand a silver ring to commemorate my advancement, which I bought from one the shop's on the right).

You cannot miss this huge, and I mean great, big, imposing building on the right. There was some sort of ceremony going on because all these wrinkly, old white men in black suits were walking and I would have taken a photograph, but didn't want to draw attention to myself just incase they were running low on Pineal glands. Sure I could have outrun those geriatrics, but I decided to go my merry way.

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Part 6

Continue until you reach Endell Street and turn right. Take the next right into Shelton Street, past the London Ecology Centre on the right. The next right brings you into Neal Street and the left after that enters Shorts Gardens. There is a small passage on the right just past Neals Yard Wholefoods which leads into Neals Yard itself. Here you will find "New World Aurora" (http://www.tylwythteg.com/ukpagan.html), purveyors of all things twinkly including: New Age music and Neals Yard Apothecary, who stock every herb and oil you could possibly want. There is also various healing places and self-development centres situated here

When you turn right on Endell Street, keep walking all the way down (at some point, you will see the Buddha on a Bicycle shop which was formerly known as New World Aurora) The Neal's Yard shop is worth a visit for local occultists, if you are interested in stocking up on dry herbs.

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Part 7
Leave Neals Yard by the passage opposite the one you came in by. Turn right and you will find yourself at "Mysteries" (http://www.mysteries.co.uk/) -a huge occult and New Age shop selling books, cards, jewellery, oils, incense and periodicals etc.

No different to any other New Age shop in my opinion. Thy do have a range of Indian diety statues such as Shiva, Ganesh but you could pick these up in Camden Market. The over-priced items (£80 for a feather; the kind used during smudging.), small and cramped interior with no air conditioning make this one shop not worth visiting.
 
Part 8

On leaving, turn left and continue along Monmouth Street until you come to a junction with a monument in the middle. Going widdershins, turn into the second right, Earlham Street. There should be a couple of market stalls here. A few yards on the left is the "Dover Bookshop", publishers of cheap, out-of-copyright books (http://www.doverpublications.com/). Their range includes translations of books such as the Malleus Maleficarum, folklore and mythology and books of old woodcuts and illustrations, including special volumes of mythological creatures and witchcraft images.

The Dover Bookshop is still there, and unusual in that the books are mostly illustration books, rather than text books. If you work with sigil magick, this is a good place to purchase books with symbols, etc.
 
Part 9

Turn right out of the shop and go back to the junction. Take the first right and continue down Monmouth Street, Upper St. Martins Lane and St Martins Lane. Eventually you will come to Cecil Court on the right. About half-way along on the left is "Watkins" (http://www.watkinsbooks.com/), a specialist occult bookshop. The ground floor has new books and an impressive range of tarot cards; the basement contains a fascinating selection of second-hand and antiquarian books


This is a good description, and from an Black persepctive, it was the only shop that stocks the New Orleans Voodoo Tarot deck, as well as lots of books on the Orishas, and Voudon. I bought a few general books, with my favourite one being 'Mama Lola, a Voudon Priestess in Brooklyn' - A must read.

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