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Abra the black cat on the glass counter at Ritual Arts on Harvard Ave, with pendants on the wall

Allston’s occult & metaphysical shop

Tarot and oracle decks, stones and minerals, incense, candles, oils, statuary, books and sterling jewelry in Allston for over 40 years.

  • Monday to Fridaynoon to 7 pm
  • Saturday11 am to 7 pm
  • Sunday11 am to 6 pm

 

1211 Commonwealth Ave, Allston

Enderby, a white dog in a chain collar, watching Duplicopy's window being washed
Enderby, in Duplicopy and Ritual Arts’ window

Since 1983

It began at 160 Harvard Ave, in the window of Duplicopy, a copy shop that ran off posters for local bands. Its owners had hired Toni to think up new ways to make money. She thought of incense. When they left for Florida in 1983 the copy shop was hers, and before long most of the witchy side had moved into a room at the Allston Mall.

In 1993 the shop moved to 153 Harvard Ave, its home for thirty-three years, and this October, to our new home at 1211 Commonwealth Ave. Thank you to everyone who’s kept coming in and supporting us over the years!

The whole storyWith photographs from Duplicopy, the Allston Mall and Harvard Ave

Our very tiny door

Our Tiny Door was made by our own José Adler. It’s one of ten hidden in shops around Allston for Beyer Bullard’s Tiny Doors project, and the letters behind them spell out a phrase.

The Tiny Door at Ritual Arts by José Adler, a wooden shadow box with an eye and seven stones on its door

Find the other doors: @tinydoorsallston