For those of you who follow along on Facebook or Twitter, this is old news. But we have finally opened a shop!
We snagged a great location in Oklahoma City right by the Red Cup Cafe, at 31st and Classen. Our official opening date was September 8, 2012. This is proving to be a great location, and our landlady is super awesome too. I love this old house!
Here’s a picture from about a month ago:
Looking eastward (toward the Red Cup) through the shop.
The thing about a metaphysical shop, the people working behind the counter have to be a huge wealth of knowledge. People will come in and ask anything and everything, and all of it weird!
Fortunately, I have some tips on how to prepare for such a job.
First, learn everything you can about religion, from standard American christianity, catholicism, traditional judaism, several flavors of wicca, and greek, roman, nordic, egyptian, and hindu mythology. We don’t get a lot of muslims but it’s also very helpful to have a working knowledge of islam.
Then become able to field questions about herbology, aromatherapy, minerology, and ancient history.
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