For a very long time now, I haven’t seen any Botanica stores anywhere anymore.
During the 1980’s to 1990’s I couldn’t go anywhere without seeing them somewhere whether I was in Queens, Manhattan, or visiting my cousins over in the Bronx.
I was told by a guy who reads people professionally that a lot of those stores were shut down due to all the animal sacrifices that were being done inside for rituals, invocations, and spells.
I always felt the cutting and shedding blood of innocent animals for the sake of supernatural ceremonies were sick, and ridiculous.