About Us

We offer a curated selection of practitioner-made, locally and sustainably sourced goods to support your magical and spiritual work. Our aim is to cultivate a sense of wonder, healing and joy.

It has been our aim to source the best goods made by talented artisans who care deeply about their products and create them with intention. They are experts in their chosen art. Items for the magical home, fascinating and delightful gifts, jewelry for seekers, handmade beeswax intention candles, prints and cards… we have an ever-changing selection. We also offer esoteric books, a large selection of Tarot and oracle decks by independent publishers, handcrafted metaphysical items made by practitioners, and an array of crystals. When you make a purchase in our shop, you are directly supporting the creative dream of an artisan. Their creative joy further resonates in your life and magical practice.

In Spring of 2019, STAR + SPLENDOR expanded to add readings and classes. Our workshops are taught by experienced practitioners who offer practical application of their spiritual wisdom. We select only the best instructors and readers. We want you to come away from your experience in a reading or class feeling confident, illuminated and able to navigate your magical and everyday life empowered and with greater ease. Check out the services here.

At STAR + SPLENDOR, our ethics are at the core of all we do. Read our Statement of Ethics here.

You can find us online, and in new shop at 96 Congress Street in Troy, NY. We are located in the historic Trojan Hardware building at the corner of 4th and Congress.

At STAR + SPLENDOR, we bring you magic, every day.

About the owner:

Ami Lahoff has been a student and practitioner of the hermetic arts for over 30 years. She has a deep background in the Western Esoteric Tradition. Her study and practice includes yoga and the Tantric tradition, Kabbalah, alchemy, Tarot and ceremonial magick. She is well-versed in many traditions, however, and holds the belief that one’s spiritual practice is an important part of their self care. She enjoys finding common ground with others and cheering them on along their own individual paths to truth and beauty. She’s got some strong Earth dynamics in her chart, so she is also pretty pragmatic and grounded. This comes in handy as a metaphysical shop proprietor!

Ami offers Tarot readings at the shop and remotely, via Zoom. She’s inspired by the deep Hermetic wisdom of the cards, and how they reflect archetypes, consciousness, and psychology. Her approach to the Tarot honors it as a healing tool, as much as it is a method of divination. If you’d like to book a reading with Ami, you can do so here.