Occult & metaphysical things to do in San Francisco
Looking for occult & metaphysical spots in San Francisco? These 7 are the genuinely strange ones — The Sword and Rose, The Golden Fire Hydrant, Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of San Francisco they'd never find on their own.
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The Sword and Rose
You enter through what looks like a private house's front door, down a tunnel-like foyer, and out into a hidd…
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The Golden Fire Hydrant
An ordinary iron hydrant on this corner kept flowing when the 1906 earthquake snapped every water main around…
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Osmosis Day Spa Sanctuary
You lie down in a redwood tub and get buried up to your neck in a warm, springy mound of cedar fiber and rice…
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Ancient Ways
A self-described "complete metaphysical" shop in Oakland's Temescal district that has been selling "spells an…
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Archimedes Banya
A working Russian bathhouse on a scrappy stretch of the Bay shoreline where staff swat willing customers with…
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Crystal Way
A sun-filled Castro corner storefront that's been dealing crystals since 2003, with towers of amethyst and qu…
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The Love of Ganesha
A jewel-box crystal, clothing and spiritual-goods shop on Haight Street, a Haight-Ashbury institution packed…