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This page: Priestess Rose. Opposite: Staff and scenes inside The Holy Rose.
SPIRITUAL PURSUITS A peek into the “esoteric wonderland” of The Holy Rose by KATIE PATE photography by EAMON QUEENEY
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tep into The Holy Rose and you’ll find yourself enchanted by a collection of practical and fantastical goods, from handcrafted jewelry adorned with semiprecious stones to crystal balls, holy water and jars filled with hard-to-find herbs like angelica root or mugwort. Hundreds
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of books and ornaments line the walls. Lord Bastian, the black cat, will greet you upon entering and you’ll hear a friendly “Hello!” from behind the counter. “We kind of defy description, we just try to be an uplifting space,” says the owner of the store, known as Priestess Rose, who declines to reveal her given
name. She has flowing honey-blonde hair and a pleasant smile, and is often draped in ankle-length dresses as she moves about her shop. As she describes it, the store is an “esoteric wonderland for the spiritual seeker” that sells goods from across the spectrum of beliefs and traditions, including Paganism, Wicca, Bud-
