Sacred Essence

Sacred Essence, spiritual shop in Coniston

Sacred Essence is a retailer specialising in crystals, tarot, incense and holistic wellbeing products, operating from Coniston in the United Kingdom. Its catalogue is organised into broad thematic areas — holistic wellbeing, crystals, incense, candles, ritual tools, world instruments, tarot and spiritual books — and combines online sales with service from its physical shop.

Crystals and healing stones

The crystals section brings together tumbled stones, worry, thumb and palm stones, as well as clusters and rough crystals. The selection includes eggs, hearts and spheres, chumpi and shamanic healing stones, pendulums and dowsing rods, pi stones and gemstone donuts, plus pyramids, towers, points and wands. It also offers crystal candle holders and Vogel cut healing crystals.

The catalogue is arranged by specific varieties, including agate, amethyst, aventurine, black onyx, calcite, carnelian, citrine, clear quartz, fluorite, hematite, jasper, kyanite, labradorite, lapis lazuli, lava stone, malachite, moonstone, obsidian, opalite, pyrite, rose quartz, selenite, shungite, tiger's eye, tourmaline and turquoise.

Incense, smudge sticks and energy clearing

The shop stocks incense sticks, cones and dhoop cones, as well as burners and incense holders, including backflow ones. This section is completed by resin incense and charcoal discs, smudge sticks and loose sage, botanical confetti of herbs and petals, Nag Champa incense and oils, palo santo and white and Californian sage.

Within holistic wellbeing are room sprays and energy mists, Alaskan sacred sprays, Australian bush flower essences, space mists, Florida Water as a spiritual cologne, and refillable spray bottles and atomisers for clearing spaces and auras.

Tarot, books and ritual tools

The range includes tarot and oracle cards, spiritual books and spell, ritual and prayer candles, alongside church, pillar, dinner and tealight candles, candle holders and accessories, scented candles and reed diffusers.

In the ritual and shamanic sphere, sacred textiles are offered such as mestana mesa cloths, unkuna mesa inner cloths, altar manta mats and cloths, inti watana wraps and ties, mesa and shoulder bags, qero chuspas and kintu pouches, shaman pouches, qero paqo shaman ponchos and hats, bands and chumpi belts. The selection is completed with altar items and offerings, prayer flags and ritual kits, medicine pouches, smudging feathers and dreamcatchers, cord cutting ritual blades, yoga and meditation cushions.

World instruments and sound

Sacred Essence sells instruments such as Remo Buffalo drums, vegan and synthetic, shamanic frame drums and bodhráns, maracas, rattles and rainsticks, wind chimes and garden bells, Koshi and Heola wind chimes, singing bowls, tingshas and gongs, meditation bells and whistles, flutes and panpipes, as well as drum bags and accessories.

Brands stocked

The shop works with a wide range of brands, including A E Williams Pewter, Alaskan Essences, Australian Bush Flower Essences, Beautiful Botanicals 4 Life, Crystocraft, Goloka, Green Tree, Hay House, Heola Wind Chimes, Himalayan Natural Salt Rock, Juniper Ridge, Karma Incense, Koshi Wind Chimes, Lake Land Soul, Made By Zen, Morning Star Japanese Incense, Murray Lanman & Kemp (Florida Water), Native Indian, Native Soul, Nature's Design Sacred Geometry, Nitiraj Original Incense, Om Nag Champa, Om Water, Palo Santo, Penguin Random House, Peruvian, Price's Candles, Qero Paqo's, Remo Buffalo Drum, Sacred Essence, Sage Spirit, Satya Incense, Star Child, Swift-Lite Incense Charcoal, The Four Winds Society, Tibetan Spirits, Viking Glenluce, Well Actually, Wim Hoff 'Iceman', Woodstock Wind Chimes and Young Living.

Guides and resources for customers

The website publishes a body of its own guides on crystals, tarot, incense and holistic wellbeing. These include a complete guide to spiritual life, guides on birthstones and healing crystals, on candles, charging and cleansing crystals, crystal combinations, crystals for beginners, crystal gifts, crystal grids, crystal shapes, crystals for anxiety, the chakra system, crystals for fertility, love, protection, sleep and stress, crystal meditation and the despacho ceremony.

Also included are guides on the birth of the drum, energy clearing, gifts under £25, the fire ceremony, how to choose your first crystal, how to create an altar, using sage, incense cones, palo santo, smudging, manifestation and intention, meditation, nature and seasonal rhythms, pendulum dowsing, resin incense and charcoal discs, raw versus polished crystals, creating a sacred space, opening sacred space in the four directions, sacred sprays, shamanic journeying, shamanic tools, shamanic drums, singing bowl sizes, sound healing at home, spiritual gifts for beginners, spiritual wellbeing in everyday life, tarot and oracle, tarot card meanings, how to choose your first deck and how to read the cards, as well as a guide to world instruments.

In-store service and shipping

The site advertises 10% off your first order and free UK delivery on orders over £40. The shop allows you to select a destination country or region and operates with prices in pounds sterling for a broad list of countries in Europe, the Americas, Asia and Oceania.

Location and contact

Unit 4B Lake Road Coniston United Kingdom · Phone: 015394 22090 · Email: info@sacredessence.co.uk · Opening hours: Monday and Saturday: 10:30-16:00; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 11:00-16:00; Sunday: 10:30-15:30