Buckland Museum of Witchcraft & Magick

12/05/2023

Join Toni Rotonda & Steven Intermill as they discuss the Museum of Tasseomancy (tea leaf reading) with its founder and curator, Amy Lou Taylor! The Museum of Tasseomancy is currently on display in the Buckland Museum back gallery, and contains over 150 objects spanning 120 years of tea leaf reading history!
From Amy Lou's website:
"Amy received her first two Tasseography cup sets in the early to mid 1990s. Her first cup was the c.1938 Lipton’s Tea (made by JG Meakin) ‘Marigold’ cartomancy style Cup of Knowledge. Then a few years later, she received a c.1978 International Collector’s Guild ZARKA Fortune Telling Cup . It was from that point forward, that she became fascinated with these sets, and all the other commercial items that were created to regular everyday people to foretell their future with their morning cup of tea.
"After starting with those two cups, she began collecting in earnest, and in the last 25 years has created a museum with now more than 50 historical cup sets, books, booklets, advertising, postcards, tea company gimmicks and giveaways. A collection that spans over 120 years of history related to reading the leaves."
Amy Lou Taylor: https://taotat.ca/tasseomancy-museum.html

12/04/2023

Tonight at 8pm!
December installment of the Emerald City Circle, Monthly meet to talk Divination and Fortune-telling. FREE to all, all skill levels welcome. Tarot, Crystal Gazing, Dreams, Geomancy, you name it! Fun.

12/01/2023

Time to get out your 3D glasses!
📸: William Kiraly

11/30/2023

It's Oberon Zell-Ravenheart Birthday! We mention Oberon on every tour, we love sharing stories of his many great adventures. Happy Birthday, Oberon! Photo taken here at the museum when he came to visit us in 2019.

11/29/2023

It's finally starting to warm up! Way too early in the season for yesterday's weather, but at least it has an unearthly glow about it...

Have you planned your visit to the Buckland Museum yet?
https://bucklandmuseum.org/buckland-museum-tickets/

11/24/2023

We just received a package from  of her beautiful brooms! These are seriously so cool, make sure you stop by and see us tomorrow during the 2023 Yule Market and check them out for yourselves!

11/24/2023

IT ALL STARTED IN A Bay Shore basement...

A collection of Wiccan artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

11/21/2023

We are always closed on Wednesdays, and we will be closed on Thursday, November 23rd. We will reopen on Friday, November 24th at 12pm. 

Tickets: https://bucklandmuseum.org/buckland-museum-tickets/

11/20/2023

The pre-order is wrapping up soon! 

Long sleeve t-shirt featuring Raymond Buckland's pentacle talisman on the front, and on the back the phrase "Witches are alive and well and living in Cleveland, Ohio". Created by acclaimed artist Brian Barr. These t-shirts will be printed in a limited run, no guarantee they will be produced again.

Shirts are soft Gilden long sleeves, and all screen printed in Cleveland, OH.
Free shipping in the contiguous USA.

https://bucklandmuseum.org/product/buckland-museum-long-sleeve-t-shirt-pre-order/

11/19/2023

Thanks to Phil Mendoza of Chicago for traveling all this way to teach a workshop of hands-on practical applications of the concepts of scrying. We are all looking forward to Phil's inevitable return!

11/15/2023

"The museum features all kinds of mysterious artifacts, magic-related items and plenty of souvenirs to take home."

Tucked away in a small nondescript brick building on Cleveland's South Side is one of the most unique destinations in the entire city—The Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick.

11/14/2023

There was witchcraft in Iceland as elsewhere in the world, and 21 people were burned in the 17th century for the practice. Only one woman.

11/09/2023

This shirt is on pre-order until November 21st. Special pre-order price of $28 includes free shipping in the contiguous USA. This will ship the day they arrive from the screenprinter (estimated around November 28th.) If you need it shipped worldwide please email us at [email protected] with “international shipping” in the subject line.

Long sleeve t-shirt featuring Raymond Buckland’s pentacle talisman on the front, and on the back the phrase “Witches are alive and well and living in Cleveland, Ohio”. Created by acclaimed artist Brian Barr. These t-shirts will be printed in a limited run, no guarantee they will be produced again.

Shirts are soft Gilden long sleeve, and all screen printed in Cleveland, OH.
Free shipping in contiguous USA.

11/09/2023

Taking pre-orders for the 2023 long sleeve Buckland Museum t-shirt! You'll look stylish as you support your favorite witchcraft museum! Maybe share this post with the comment "hint hint" to let the person that always struggles to find you the perfect gift what you really want for (insert solstice based celebration here).

Pre-order the 2023 long sleeve t-shirt featuring museum founder Raymond Buckland's pentacle talisman.  

11/05/2023

Closed today, November 5th. Still feeling witchy? Lyonel at The Wild Hunt has you covered.

Lyonel Perabo introduces readers to four of the Witch shops he has visited in the region of Cleveland, Ohio.

11/05/2023

Closed today, very sorry, nothing we can do. Back tomorrow at 12pm.
Tickets here: https://bucklandmuseum.org/buckland-museum-tickets/

11/04/2023

Join us Diviners of all mediums, skills, styles, and types. This Monday 11/6 at 7:00 pm at the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft. Free.

10/26/2023

Steven's band Telecult Powers will be closing out Saturday Night's WCSB Halloween Ball 2023 w/This Moment In Black History & Rozwell Kid! at the Beachland Ballroom. Cosmic synthesizers cranked to 11. Party is free, costumes are encouraged!
Our friends will be playing, as well as a number of other great acts.

10/26/2023

"If you’re raising kids in a Pagan tradition, it can sometimes be hard to find rituals and ceremonies that are both age appropriate and celebrate the aspects of the particular Sabbat. Factor in that small children tend to have a shorter attention span, and the days of standing in a circle for an hour watching someone chant are pretty much out of reach. That said, there are plenty of ways you can celebrate the different Sabbats with your children."

If you’re raising kids in a Pagan tradition, it can sometimes be hard to find rituals and ceremonies that are both age appropriate and celebrate the aspects of the particular Sabbat. Factor in that…

10/25/2023

Craving more stories from history that explore the arcane arts? Check out our partner Cleveland Play House and their fall production of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Family, friends, and patrons of the Buckland Museum get special discount tickets - just use BUCKLAND at checkout. See you at the theatre!

10/23/2023

Susan Rawlings, Professional Psychic Medium was here a few weeks and brought a camera crew with her!

10/20/2023

Parking & Walking map for tomorrow's 9th Annual Halloween Flea Market @ No Class & More! Do not miss! You may want to just save this right on to your phone, make it easy on yourself.

10/19/2023

Witchery in the news!

The Buckland Museum of Witchcraft & Magick is located on Broadview Road in Cleveland.

10/18/2023

“When you think of witches, you think of nebulous forms,” says Steven Intermill, director of the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft & Magick in Cleveland, Ohio. “But you come here, you see things that were used by actual witches, and it sparks in your head, ‘These are people, too.’”
Have you planned your visit to the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft & Magick?

Founded by Raymond Buckland, this museum was the first in the US to showcase the occult, Wiccan practices, and the supernatural anthropologically.

10/18/2023

Our director had the honor of curating an exhibit for the Occult Humanities Conference this past weekend. Earth Air Fire Water Paper: Material of the 20th Century Occult Explosion. It featured a good chunk of ephemera and images from the Buckland Museum collection, multiple zines from various sources (special thanks to David Sassman & Cat Gina Cole), flyers relating to The Necronomicon and Stargroup-1 (thanks Peter Levenda), plus records, film stills, and correspondence courses from Steven's personal collection.

"Whenever I find something really interesting or even just quirky while digging through archival material, there are a couple of people I send an image to, one of them being OHC co-organiser Jesse Bransford. He called me one day and said 'All the things you send me pictures of... Can that be an exhibit?' That was the launching off point. "

The exhibit turned out beautifully, and it was a joy to share the real gems to anyone who wanted to hear about them.

Thanks for the technical and moral support, thanks & for inviting us and being shining lights of the gnosis, thanks to everyone who spent time in the gallery.

It was easy to transport, we would love to exhibit this somewhere else, maybe somewhere warm this winter. Feel free to let us know if you have any ideas.

10/17/2023

Thanks to Jesse Bransford () & Pam Grossman () for inviting us to this year's Occult Humanities Conference at NYU.
PRESERVING AND PRESENTING THE OCCULT with Simon Costin (); Steven Intermill () and Toni Rotonda (Buckland Museum of Witchcraft & Magick, US); and Anna Björg Þórarinsdóttir (, Iceland); moderated by Jesse Bransford (NYU). The panel was a joyous occasion, with lots of laughs, and even some tears, and hopefully will be the first of many over the years.
Thanks to all the other speakers! We were blown away by every talk!
I'll do a follow up post soon about the Earth Air Fire Water Paper: Material of the 20th Century Occult Explosion exhibit I curated soon, but I have to get ready for a busy day at the museum! It is October!

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10/13/2023

How things change...
"In the ancient city of Exeter, three women were hanged for practicing witchcraft in the late 17th century, the last of such executions in England. Now, merely a short walk from where the hangings occurred, the University of Exeter will offer a postgraduate degree in magic and occult science, which the school says is the first of its kind at a British university."

Nice mention in this article of the Occult Humanities Conference, where we are this weekend!

The postgraduate degree, to be offered at the University of Exeter starting next year, will focus on the history of magic, folklore and rituals.

10/11/2023

We were inspired by a copy of Folklore Myths And Legends of Britain we recently acquired, and of course struck by the image of the Dorset Ooser Mask on the cover. From the text within:

"Centuries ago, a man wearing a horned mask known as an Ooser may have been the high priest who officiated at a pagan fertility ritual: and the mask may have represented a powerful pagan god. But by the 19th century, the Ooser's original meaning had been forgotten, and in places like Shillingstone, it had become the 'Christmas Bull', a terrifying creature which roamed through the streets of Dorset villages at the end of each year demanding refreshment from any villagers.

"Sometimes, its former sanctity was so far forgotten that it was used to frighten children, or to taunt unfaithful husbands or wives. Once every Dorset village may have had an Ooser, but by the beginning of the 20th century only one was left at Melbury Osmond. Now, even that has been lost, and the ancient Horned God has probably disappeared from Dorset forever."

As the text states, the Dorset Ooser mask has disappeared! Our founder Raymond Buckland had created his own copy, but that has disappeared as well. We knew we must have one created for the museum, but who could bring something like this to life? We immediately thought of herself, Lindsay Parker.

Thank you, Lindsay!

1. Our new mask 2. Folklore Myths and Legends Cover 3. Article 4. Ray Buckland's mask 5. Lindsay handing it over to Steven 6. The mask in action!

10/04/2023

Finally here! The Buckland Logo patch!
A beautiful patch manufactured in Cleveland, OH! 4″ x 4″.
Designed by the artist Dawn Aquarius. Would look snazzy on your jacket, hoodie, or tote bag!
Shipping included in the price. All patches include Iron-on backing. Add your patch to any iron safe fabric or sew it on.
https://bucklandmuseum.org/product/buckland-museum-of-witchcraft-logo-patch/

09/27/2023

We miss you Buck! 

We are remembering our founder Raymond Buckland (1934-2017) on the anniversary of his death. Here's a photo of Buckland at the opening of the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft & Magick in Cleveland, OH, Aprll 30th of 2017.
What is remembered lives, and Ray will be long remembered!

09/23/2023

Celebrate the Fall Equinox at our Mabon Spectacle!
11am until 4pm!
The Buckland Museum will be having a $5 book sale, and we've invited some local vendors to hang out with us:
Corner of the Sky, Books & Beyond
The Lake Witch
Black Greil
Freya's Garden of Earthly Delights
Ostara's Ornaments
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No ticket to the museum needed to enjoy the market.
+++++ Please note, we have no more slots available for vendors.

No ticket needed to the museum to attend the market.
The event will take place next door at Corner of the Sky Books & Beyond
Tickets to the Buckland Museum are available at www.BucklandMuseum.org.

09/11/2023

Just a reminder...
We are closed from Monday, September 11th until Thursday, September 21st.

We will reopen on September 22nd at 12pm.

Tickets are now open on our website for the rest of September, and October.

https://bucklandmuseum.org/buckland-museum-tickets/

09/09/2023

It's always a bummer when people forget their stuffies here, but we are always quick with a gag.
Andi, come get Harry! They're getting into trouble! Or at least let me know where to mail Harry home.

09/09/2023

Celebrate the Fall Equinox at our Mabon Spectacle!
The Buckland Museum will be having a book sale, and we've invited some local vendors to hang out with us:




Ostara's Ornaments
++++ More to be announced.
No ticket to the museum needed to enjoy the market.
+++++ Please note, we have no more slots available for vendors.

No ticket needed to the museum to attend the market.
The event will take place next door at Corner of the Sky Books & Beyond
Tickets to the Buckland Museum are available at www.BucklandMuseum.org.

08/08/2023

RIP William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist. Here's a letter from deep in our archives thanking Ray Buckland for some consulting he had done for the film. 🎥

08/04/2023

While we were celebrating Lughnasadh over here in the Northern Hemisphere, our dear friend Verana celebrated Imbolc in the land down under. Here she is sporting our (now) world famous Glow In The Dark t-shirt! Thank you, Verana!

We have now figured out an efficient way of doing international shipping! If you need something shipped outside of the USA, feel free to email us at [email protected] and we can make a quote for you.

08/03/2023

We decided to freshen up the signage a bit for the museum! 

https://bucklandmuseum.org/buckland-museum-tickets/

08/02/2023

We hope there's joy and comraderie in tonight's Lughnasad Supermoon. She's beautiful.

07/20/2023

Live from the Buckland Museum gallery space, we have Adrianne Blanks and the Oracles! They stopped in on their way to residency at Cedar Point!
https://www.adrianneblanks.com/

07/18/2023

Jason Myers – Musician, Magician & Vegan On A Mission
Born in 1972, Jason Myers has been a practicing Witch since the mid-1980s and is a 2nd-degree priest with the Cabot Kent Hermetic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts. He lives in a 123-year-old cottage by the forest in the south hills of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his wife Aubrianna (a 2nd-degree Cabot priestess and reiki practitioner) and their two black cats Karma and Bella.
Jason may be best known as the bassist for the pagan traditional heavy metal band, Icarus Witch, which he co-founded twenty years ago. His group is preparing to release its 7th record (a futuristic Witchcraft concept album) for Cleopatra Records and was recently named one of the two best metal bands from Pennsylvania by the genre’s premier outlet, BraveWords . com. Icarus Witch has toured the world and played with legendary acts like Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden’s Paul Di’Anno, Queensrÿche, and Twisted Sister. In the studio, they’ve collaborated on recordings with legends like former Rainbow/Deep Purple singer Joe Lynn Turner and Dokken guitar hero, George Lynch.
Myers has been featured in top-tier magazines such as Guitar World, Bass Player, Classic Rock SPIN, Decibel, and Metal Hammer for his music. Yet he’s just as happy to discuss his views on the occult with prominent outlets such as Witches & Pagans, WITCHES Magazine, Yahoo, or even animal-friendly outlets like Chewy.
Speaking of animal-friendly, Jason became vegan for the animals in the late 1990s after being a vegetarian since the early ‘90s. To further their environment al activism, he and Aubrianna co-founded Litter Wizards, an organization that advocates for and actively removes trash from nature. He’s currently working on his first book which explores the intersection between veganism and nature-based spirituality.
Jason Myers recently had his 30-year-old hand-crafted athame, Shadowchaser, enshrined in the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft & Magick alongside artifacts from his occult icons like Aleister Crowley, Gerald Gardner, Sybil Leek, Laurie Cabot, Oberon Zell, and Raymond Buckland in his home state of Ohio.

Shadowchaser ~ A Unique Athame For A Weird Witch
By Jason Myers
I cast the blade myself at a Witchcraft gathering in Florida back in the early 1990s. Into the metal of the blade, I melted the handle of my first athame (a jeweled letter opener from my paternal grandmother) as well as several pieces of sacred ceremonial jewelry and a wizard statue that I wanted to forever incorporate into my ritual knife.
At the time, the handle was a hand-carved wooden ceremonial pipe with wood-burnt symbols on it. I even rigged up a laser pointer to use as a guide while I was practicing my circle casting, sort of like some folks do with a site to aim their guns (this was back when such a simple laser cost around $100).
In more recent years I simplified and replaced that handle with a deer bone that I found on a vision-quest hike in the forest and dyed black.
I am honored to contribute this magickal tool to the museum because it:
● shows how my spiritual path has evolved
● is a one-of-a-kind creation that literally has my blood sweat and tears mingled with the
metal and bone
● was the blade I used in my circle casting test to become a 2nd-degree priest of the Cabot Witchcraft tradition
● represents my deep connection with and reverence of animals (particularly deer in my devotion to Cernunos)
● was ethically foraged – as a vegan I would never use any animal product that resulted from intentional killing; I consider the discovery of this bone a gift from the gods