Inside the Witch Depot — Crystals, Snakes, and Finding a Teacher | Astrology Ride of the Day

Harry Potter opens the door to a bigger question — how much of witchcraft's "magic" is actually real, and how does someone even start learning it? Lindy's answer: "when the student is ready, the teacher will come," the same way she found her own path after walking into a New Orleans shop years ago. From there, she takes us inside the Witch Depot itself — candles, over 250 herbs, close to 300 crystals, and her favorite item in the whole store: a Mexican black king snake. She's been collecting crystals since she was 12, black tourmaline is still her favorite, and she breaks down the real way to choose and cleanse a crystal — matched to the element it actually came from, not just left under the full moon. Know thyself. Balance your energy.

Takeaways

1. Lindy is honest about the limits of her own tradition — assessing Harry Potter's spellwork accuracy would take insight from an English witchcraft lineage she isn't personally trained in.
2. To her knowledge, J.K. Rowling wasn't a practicing witch — just an author whose books for children became a worldwide phenomenon.
3. On becoming a practitioner: "when the student is ready, the teacher will come" — Lindy found her own mentor by walking into a New Orleans shop early in her path.
4. The Witch Depot carries over 250 herbs and close to 300 crystals — her personal favorite item in the store is a Mexican black king snake.
5. Lindy has collected crystals since age 12; black tourmaline remains her favorite for its calming, protective feel.
6. Her approach to crystal cleansing: match the method to the stone's origin element — fire for volcanic stones like obsidian, earth for grounding stones — rather than defaulting to a full moon cleanse.

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