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Abra, the shop's black cat, sitting on the glass counter at Harvard Ave, with the open front door and the street on one side and a wall of pendants on the other

Allston’s occult & metaphysical shop

Tarot and oracle decks, stones and minerals, incense, candles, oils, statuary, books and sterling jewelry, in Allston since 1983.

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

 

1211 Commonwealth Ave, Allston

On the shelves

Everything we carry
Enderby, a white dog with a chain collar, lying in Duplicopy's window and watching it being washed
Enderby, in Duplicopy and Ritual Arts’ window

Since 1983

It began as a single room at the Allston Mall. Soon after, our first sign went up 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. Before long, witchy things shared the shelves with the résumés and rubber stamps, and when the owners left for Florida Toni took over the whole shop as Ritual Arts.

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 the Allston Mall, Duplicopy and Harvard Ave

Our very tiny door

We’re lucky to have a Tiny Door in the shop, made by our own José Adler. It’s one of ten tucked into shops around Allston, each by a local artist, and the letters behind the doors spell out a phrase. The whole project is the work of Beyer Bullard, an Allston neighbor with a wonderful imagination, and we’re thrilled to be part of it.

The tiny door at Ritual Arts: a small wooden shadow box between cloth banners reading Ritual and Arts, its door marked with an eye and seven stones. Every few seconds it swings open on a little painted icon lit from behind.

Find the other doors: @tinydoorsallston