Occult & metaphysical things to do in Salt Lake City
5 occult and metaphysical places in Salt Lake City, among them Golden Braid Books, Salt Lake City Cemetery and Summum Pyramid. Botanicas, tarot parlors, witch shops and ritual supply counters, treated as the working businesses they are rather than as a novelty. They spread across Central City / East Downtown, The Avenues, Poplar Grove, Salt Lake City, Sugar House and 1 more area, so two or three can make a whole afternoon. Every entry is hand-vetted against real sources — not scraped off a top-ten list or averaged out of crowd ratings.
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Golden Braid Books
A metaphysical bookstore that's held the same storefront since 1979, physically wedged into the same building as the vegetarian Oasis Cafe. Six named in-house readers (Ross, Dixie, Amber, Alexis, Alexander, Marie) do walk-in and by-appointment tarot and psychic readings most days, and the shop still runs its own daily horoscope column online rather than syndicating one.
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Salt Lake City Cemetery
The cemetery's own gravedigger, Jean Baptiste, confessed in 1862 to robbing roughly 300 graves for burial clothes and shrouds before a mob nearly lynched him and authorities exiled him to a barren island in the Great Salt Lake, where he vanished for good. A short walk away, Lilly E. Gray's 1958 headstone reads 'Victim of the Beast 666' — not a satanic marker, but a bitter political inscription her anti-government husband commissioned.
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Summum Pyramid
Since 1975, the New Religious Movement Summum has practiced 'modern mummification' out of a windowless pyramid on the city's west side, blending Egyptian ritual with 1970s psychedelic philosophy and offering mummification services for pets (and, per their own literature, people). The pyramid itself is normally closed, opening to the public only for reserved evening classes on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month.
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Elemental Inspirations
Calls itself flatly 'the hardcore spiritual & pagan store' — twenty-plus years (opened 2004) of stocking deity statuary across Wicca, druidry and shamanism, with owner Leanora hand-making the candles, bath blends and $49.95 grab-bag 'mystery boxes' (8-15 surprise metaphysical items) sold at the register.
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The Conjuring Tree
A metaphysical supply-and-event hall that puts witchcraft tools — athames, chalices, cauldrons — on the same floor as a full Viking/renaissance-faire counter of drinking horns and furs, while actively keeping a bench of readers on staff for tarot, reiki, numerology and pendulum work.
Occult & metaphysical things to do in Salt Lake City — FAQ
Which occult & metaphysical spots in Salt Lake City are the strangest?
Ranked by how strange they actually are: Golden Braid Books, Salt Lake City Cemetery and Elemental Inspirations. Golden Braid Books — A metaphysical bookstore that's held the same storefront since 1979, physically wedged into the same building as the vegetarian Oasis Cafe.
Where in Salt Lake City are they?
Across Central City / East Downtown, The Avenues, Poplar Grove, Salt Lake City, Sugar House and West Jordan. Each listing gives the neighborhood and address so you can cluster a couple into one outing.
Is this a good weird date in Salt Lake City?
That's what the list is built for. Every entry has a specific move rather than a vague recommendation — at Golden Braid Books, for instance: Each book a slot with a different one of the shop's six readers, then carry your notes out to the Oasis Cafe patio next door to compare what came up over tea.
How were these occult & metaphysical spots chosen?
An agentic research system digs for the genuinely obscure — the spots even locals miss — and every one is verified against real sources before it makes the list. We deliberately skip the landmarks already on every Salt Lake City guide.