You don’t have to be a witch, a crystal collector, a tarot reader, or a practicing anything. You don’t have to subscribe to a particular spiritual tradition or have a single conversation about chakras if you don’t want to.
What you do have to be is curious. Open. Willing to step into a space that operates by a completely different set of rules than the rest of the retail world — where the inventory is alive with intention, where the person behind the counter actually knows what they’re talking about, and where the whole point is not to sell you something but to connect you with something.
Ventura County has more of these spaces than you probably know. And they are genuinely extraordinary — each one completely different from the next, each one rooted in a distinct tradition, each one run by someone who gave up a more predictable path because this one called louder.
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Owner Maegan Day has over 20 years of experience catering to local spiritual seekers, crystal collectors, and jewelry lovers of all levels — spending a decade building personal relationships with customers and vendors alike. All product lines come from individual and local artisans, small US companies, and fair trade international distributors.
The 1,500 square foot store carries crystals, gemstone and silver jewelry, sage, incense, candles, Tibetan singing bowls, handmade brooms, figures from world faiths and mythology, oils, books, tarot cards, and magical tools — plus a children’s section and several product lines by local and individual artists. The psychic reader on staff has over 45 years of experience — offering insight, guidance, mediumship, life coaching, and communications with the other side. Pet readings are also available.
Mockingbird Moon is the entry point — the shop you bring your skeptical friend to, the one that feels accessible and warm without sacrificing depth. Maegan has built something genuinely community-rooted here. The prices are fair, the staff actually knows what they’re talking about, and the vibe is welcoming to anyone at any point on their spiritual journey.
Journey Home started in 1986 as a small metaphysical bookstore — carrying a few crystals and jewelry pieces alongside shelves of books and music. Nearly four decades later it has grown into the largest metaphysical store in Ventura County. That kind of longevity doesn’t happen by accident. It happens because a shop becomes genuinely woven into the spiritual life of its community — generation after generation of seekers, collectors, healers, and curious first-timers walking through the same door.
At Journey Home you’ll find crystals, jewelry, incense, gifts, books, music, and all the metaphysical tools you need to assist you in your search for knowledge and enlightenment — alongside psychic readings from some of Ventura’s most experienced readers, including Rona the Witch, a tarot reader and metaphysical therapist with her own devoted following.
The store is dedicated to providing a sacred space for spiritual exploration, personal transformation, and conscious living — rooted in the vibrant energy of Ventura and inspired by soulful spirits, fostering a community of seekers, healers, and visionaries.
Regulars talk about coming back for decades — for birthday gifts, for crystal hunting, for readings that helped them through their hardest moments. “I’m glad we have this wonderful store still here after so many years,” one longtime customer wrote. That sentiment — relief that something this good is still standing, still showing up — is the highest compliment any local business can receive.
Nearly 40 years in Ventura. The largest in the county. Still here
Kelle Evans is the daughter of a geophysicist — and her lifelong passion for crystals, gems and minerals was shaped by that scientific background. She didn’t come to crystals through mysticism but through geology, through the understanding that these are natural creations of the earth with their own frequencies and energy. She is a Master Healing Practitioner, Shaman, Teacher, Mentor, and Healing Crystal Purveyor — with 23 years of experience — offering Reiki-infused crystals and jewelry, sound baths, trainings, art events, and a genuine healing community in Ventura.
The crystal collection is one of the largest hand-selected collections in all of Southern California — every piece personally chosen and Reiki-infused before it hits the shelf. The healing sessions are deeply personal, built around each client’s specific needs, and available both in person and remotely.
“I left a successful corporate job because I knew I needed to grow and share my healing gifts. When I am on my death bed, I want to be able to look back and know I made a difference.”
Clients describe her as transformative. They talk about clearing emotional blockages they’d carried for years. They talk about feeling like they found their way home.
That is not a shop. That is a practice.
Not every spiritual tradition speaks in crystals and tarot cards. Some speak in saints and candles and cleansing waters — in the ancient curandera tradition that has been healing communities in Latin America and the American Southwest for centuries.
La Justa Señora Botañica on East Main Street in Ventura is a traditional Latin botanica — a completely different world from the New Age crystal shop, rooted in a spiritual tradition that predates most of what we call “wellness” by several hundred years.
Señora Martha runs the shop and she is, by every account, the real thing. Customers describe her as making you feel instantly like you came to visit family. “She is a wonderful and warm woman. She has a fantastic area of supplies, from candles and cleansing waters to statues and more. Her presence felt very motherly.” She works with light and protection — readings, spiritual consultations, and a shop stocked with the tools of her tradition.
For anyone who grew up with this tradition — or anyone who wants to understand a form of spiritual practice that is genuinely woven into the fabric of Ventura County’s Latino community — this is an essential stop. Treat it with the respect it deserves.
Malone’s opened quietly in December of 2021 — because the founders were tired of driving out of town or ordering online and felt it was time for Camarillo to have its own metaphysical, spiritual and crystal shop. The mission from day one: a place where people could learn, gather and grow.
The shop carries over 200 types of crystals, candles, jewelry, tapestries, dream catchers, kimonos, crystal skincare products, all kinds of lamps, and hosts tarot readers and healers at monthly classes, moon meditation ceremonies, and community events throughout the year.
What makes Malone’s special is the vibe — genuinely warm, community-centered, and staffed by people who are each knowledgeable in different areas of spirituality and crystals. Regulars call it a home away from home. There’s also Miss Honey, the shop cat, who has her own devoted following and is apparently a very accurate judge of character.
The monthly moon meditation ceremonies are worth showing up for specifically — a community ritual that connects Camarillo’s spiritual seekers in a genuinely meaningful way.
Kara Bauer found her way to Ojai after traveling extensively and living in several big cities around the world — always dreaming of having a healing community space, but it wasn’t until she came to Ojai that the dream finally seemed to take root. “I came to see Ojai, invited by a friend, and just a few weeks later I moved here. Everything was easy, and I know that when things are flowing and seem to align without much mental planning, it’s a confirmation from Spirit that you are on the right path.”
Every crystal at The Crystal Corner is charged within Ojai’s powerful energy before finding its way to a customer — with close relationships with miners, collectors, and master carvers worldwide ensuring everything is ethically sourced, high-quality, and high-vibrational. The shop has won Best Crystal Shop in Ojai four years running. And the back patio — peaceful, spacious, occasionally occupied by a large and unbothered cat basking in the sun — is worth the trip to Ojai on its own.
There is a reason that metaphysical shops are thriving right now — not just in Ventura County but across the country. People are hungry for spaces that operate outside the transactional logic of the modern world. Places that slow time down. Places where the person helping you actually cares about why you came in.
Whether you believe that crystals hold energy or not. Whether you’ve had a tarot reading that changed your life or think the whole thing is nonsense. Whether you light candles for saints or meditate with singing bowls or simply want to buy something beautiful that came from the earth — these shops exist for you.
They are community spaces. Healing spaces. Counterculture spaces in the truest sense — offering an alternative to the way we usually move through the world.
Walk in with an open mind. See what finds you.
