Beware of the Witches of Hollywood

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By MARY FRANCES GURTON, Staff Writer 12.JUL.06
Pop Culture : Tinseltown’s ‘Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn, and cauldron bubble’ shop.

Got magick? At Panpipes Magickal Marketplace in Hollywood, factions from every sector of the occult underworld can find what they need for paranormal or supernatural magic — black or white — witchcraft and sorcery, wizardry, astrology, alchemy, practical mysticism, voodoo, divination and fortune-telling.

“We cater to all traditions,” says owner Vicky Adams, 38, dressed a la Elvira at the shop’s Cahuenga Boulevard location. “Everyone has a right to practice what they feel, what’s right for them.”

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The owners have literally been terrorized as a result of those misunderstandings, even having bottles thrown at them when they leave the shop, among other assaults.

A “Biker for Christ” came into the store, smashing up the glass counters while telling them they would burn in hell forever for their beliefs, Darling said.
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