Underground Magic – by Jelani

I’m seriously under the impression that whenever Jesse and I get together, weird things are just attracted to us! That’s the only logical explanation that I can come up with on how on a random Friday in Wheaton Maryland we stumbled into a voodoo shop straight out of True Blood! On surface the shop looks like your average figurine and candle shop, but trust me when I say it’s all a facade!

What first got me into the place was the statue of the “homeless Jesus” looking dude that was just too epic not to check out. Everything about that just screamed amazing!

The weirdness continued on a somewhat playful level when I saw these Illuminati style pyramid eye necklaces. Even though some might consider this stuff crazy, I still felt like it was in a pawnshop type of place and not a serious voodoo shop.

The figures of the dude with one arm and leg where cool, but I started to get the feeling that people didn’t buy these things just for decoration.

When I saw the grim reaper and skulls though I started to get a little shook.  But what made it all click in my head was seeing their collection of spell books. At this point I knew I was in some voodoo shit!

Shortly after I snapped this picture, the storeowner made sure I put my phone away. Clearly this wasn’t your ordinary corner store. Since we couldn’t take any more pictures, we bought some of the bugged out stuff in there so that you can get a glimpse into how deep this rabbit hole of magic goes.

There was an entire wall dedicated to magic colognes that each gives you some power. They ranged from, “Small Business Success” to “Dominate Your Husband” colognes. Jesse’s favorites that he bought where the “Jinx Killer” and “Morocco Oil”.

This revenge necklace is pretty dope too. The picture in the bag is of a knife going through a tongue, which probably means, “don’t talk shit”.

The real finds where these three magical candles that we bought. My favorite is the one that looks like a Klan’s member. You can literally smell the racism!

The one called “Shut Up” says that it’ll stop people from snitching. Might need to get a couple of those going before every weekend.

This might have been the most evil thing I found in the store! It’s a candle that you burn to have people sent to hell in whatever way you put down. It’s pretty much a candle version of the Death Note book (shout out to manga fans).

This crazy spot is called Botanica Boricua and is located at 2516 W. University Boulevard in Wheaton, MD right next to our hommies at Tattoo Paradise. If you stop by, make sure you come prepared to see some bugged out shit.