Hierophany & Hedge

Name: Hierophany & Hedge
Address: 19 West Pike, Covington, KY, 41011, US
Telephone: +18592612710

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Hierophany & Hedge are purveyors of fine eldritch goods and services including magical reagents, sib

06/12/2026

Every aspiring wizard wants to plan rituals according to celestial motion, draw elaborate chalk circles, and chant for hours in dead languages.

But, really, who has the time?

Baking a seven tiered wedding cake might be great, but that’s no reason not to make some brownies from a box. Too many of us (ourselves very much included) put off doing small satisfying things today in favor of some incredible future plan that often never comes to fruition.

In an effort to encourage people to add just a little bit more enchantment to their lives, here are a few simple charms and spells.

We will probably be sharing more of these in future, but we’d be delighted to hear some of your own.

06/08/2026

The world needs radical empathy.

It is not enough to see ourselves in other people, we must recognize the birds, the trees, and even the hills and rivers. We must see their suffering and their triumphs as our own.

We must do this because it is right, but also for our own sakes.

Contrary to what our sociopathic overlords tell us, we do not survive alone. We survive as a community, as a species, as an ecosystem, and as a biosphere.

So here is some praise for spiders.

Yes, they look scary and some can be dangerous, but we figured out how to love cats.

They’ve been around for almost 400 million years and might be able to teach us a lesson or two about surviving mass extinctions.

Join our arachnid celebration with a charming new deck from , an insightful new book from , and a supply of cuddly plush arachnids almost as numerous as the real thing.

We’ll be open this week on Saturday (6/13) from 12-5pm and Sunday (6/14) from 12-4pm.

06/06/2026

Most of the figures of American folklore we met in school were either cartoonish like Paul Bunyon’s awesome blue ox, Babe, or cheerily toothless thanks to historical omissions.

Take Johnny Appleseed. He’s presented as a charming goofball who just wanted people to eat apples because apples are great. Apples are great, but he was actually planting bitter fruit that could be used to make hard cider, thus providing booze to the frontier.

John Henry was the incredible exception. There’s no way to sanitize the tale of a black man who literally works himself to death racing against a machine, particularly when he was doing so to justify why people like him should continue to be employed.

The story is probably mostly fabrication, although there is no shortage of nineteenth century laborers who sort of fit the description. It has become an enduring myth not because the particulars are “true,” but because the deep narrative is as American a story as there is.

It speaks to very real ongoing fears about insecurity and automation and, in the way of magical things, it has grown larger as we feed it with our imaginations.

The tunnel most attributed to the legend is in beautiful hill country that is worth a visit even if you don’t like haunted holes in the ground as much as we do.

We felt like we were exploring a damned spaceship as our drone, the Purricane Mk.II (ask Baroness what happened to the Mk.I), glanced down the flooded tunnel.

Next stop: the New River Gorge!

06/03/2026

We were as sad as all of you when we sold the last of our wood-capped Folklore candles. The world became a little less magical when the last flame of the last Storyteller turned to smoke.

You can imagine the celebrations when the chandler responsible for those candles released a new line of scents.

These Uncommon Remedies display her mastery of subtle blends that grow and evolve, filling a room with landscapes shaped from scent and memory.

They are the perfect cure for all that ails you.

Now available at

06/01/2026

There is too much happening this week for just one narrative!

is already under way! This festival by highlights local artists like the incomparable and international celebrities like . We’re particularly excited for The Mad Women’s Ball by

This week our friend will be launching the kickstarter for their new tarot deck. The style reminds us of beloved 1980s “cosmic” comic books. We hope the funding is a huge success, because we’d love to stock these cards!

This weekend Covington will be hosting the celebration! Celebrate the universality of love and the human right for self creation while wearing all the colors! The parade goes right by our shop, so you can cheer the floats and then pop in for a visit!

We’ll be open this Friday (5/5) from 6-8PM, Saturday (5/6) from 12-5PM, and Sunday (5/7) from 12-4PM.

05/29/2026

The Green Bank Observatory exists within an exclusion zone where mobile phones and digital cameras are forbidden.

In contrast to so much of existence today, this is an analog experience, and one which is humbling in so many ways.

There is the simple overwhelming physical presence of these colossal radio telescopes. The largest of them is so vast that the wheels it uses to rotate are the size of locomotives.

Unlike urban skyscrapers, they preside over empty ground, highlighting their inhuman scale; but, their physical mass is the least of it.

Their purpose is to look deep into the vastness of our universe, and backwards toward the origin of time. To think on the light years travelled by the radio waves they listen for is to realize how tiny all of humanity is.

Despite that, one leaves them moved with awe for our little species. Our engineers built these things. Our scientists unravel their messages.

The darkness is enormous, but we understand it better than any civilization that has ever existed.

This is one of the most amazing places we have ever visited. Anywhere. If you have the chance, make the trip.

Just make sure you have a map, because you can’t use your phone to get here or away.

Next stop: the Great Bend Tunnel.

05/26/2026

“I can’t believe I missed Halfway to Halloween and World Goth Day.

I’m so upset I could just break this mug.

But what’s the point, no one is watching.”

“BARONESS, I AM RIGHT HERE!”

“Like I said. Maybe I’ll go have a White Claw.”

Open Thursday (5/28) from 6-8PM, Saturday (5/30) from 12-5PM, and Sunday (5/31) from 12-4PM

05/25/2026

Augur’s mother recently regaled us with some tales of her childhood deep in West Virginia coal country, and inspired us to go in search of a few Appalachian legends.

We began our trip in Parkersburg, the perfect gateway to the heartland of the state.

It is adorned with a host of nineteenth century spires that make it impossibly picturesque at sunset, and its history as a rail hub explains the presence of the decadent Blennerhassett Hotel.

Staying there gave us an excuse to check out a place described as “The Most Haunted Hotel Room in West Virginia.”

Our thanks to the hotel staff who put up with us running all over their building looking for ghosts.

Did they engineer an encounter for us?

Maybe.

But, if so, we aren’t complaining.

Next stop, the Green Bank Observatory!

05/21/2026

After watching the new Mortal Kombat movie and reading the new Dungeon Crawler Carl book, we found ourselves wondering how we would all spec out if we found ourselves in a video game world.

Everyone knows that Maine C***s are OP, so if you’re looking to dominate, the choice is really just whether you go for the dark magic of Baroness or the righteous smiting of Murderpaws.

Then again, we know some of you are there for the role-play, not just the win.

As always, a huge thank you to our staff, present and past, for indulging us.

We’re open this Saturday (5/23) from 12-5PM, and Sunday (5/24) from 12-4.

05/18/2026

The is surrounded by miles of open field in western Ohio.

It was once a monastery of nuns who enjoyed crafting, demure head coverings, and contemplation of divine blood.

It still houses one of the largest collections of Catholic relics in the world, including the striking skeletal remains of Saint Cruser.

This Saint is a mystery.

Their remains were given to Father Brunner by the Vatican in the 1830s for transport to Ohio, but no one living seems to be clear on just who Saint Cruser was.

Some have speculated on a relationship to a cephalophoric child martyr with a similar name, but these are not a child’s bones.

Some records refer to this saint as a “sister,” while others reference a male saint.

We like to think of this unknowable history as a blessing rather than a curse. After all, it’s the faith, not the bones, that make a relic matter.

Still, without a clear history or portfolio, Saint Cruser isn’t a big draw for pilgrims.

Should you be interested in changing that, we offer an alternative perspective on Saint Cruser as a patron saint of the mysterious, the hidden, and, dare we say it, the occult.

The shrine is open to the public, and we are living proof that you can step inside without bursting into flames, even if you aren’t a Catholic. It’s also just a few minutes from the incredible New Bremen Bicycle Museum.

We’re open this week on Saturday (5/23) from 12-5PM, and Sunday (5/24) from 12-4PM.

Address

19 West Pike
Covington, KY
41011

Telephone

+18592612710

Website

http://hierophanyandhedge.com/

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