This page is a few notes on where to buy Satanic materials and goods such as books, candles, etc. There are no Satanic Shops in the UK. There would not be much to sell at one, even if there were.
Books
Amazon.co.uk stock all of LaVey's books and many other books that are important to Satanism. I have never seen LaVey's books in second hand bookstores, but I have found some generic and good occult/interesting books in such places. All the Occult stores in London only carry New Age and traditional occult material. Camden Town in London has one or two good second hand bookstores that have occult/magic sections.
Occult bookstores
Someone on alt.satanism once asked where good occult bookstores in London were. Irreverend Gavin Baddeley replied:
"The short - depressing - answer is that there aren't any. However, Atlantis on Museum Street near the British Museum is the best established, though very over-priced and choked with the usual New Age garbage. Skoob on Sicilian Arcade (I think - though it's definitely just round the corner) is more of a general bookshop with a healthy 2nd hand esoterica section. Watkins is your last bet (near Shaftsbury Avenue down an alleyway though the address escapes me). On balance almost all of my 'finds' come from general bookshops or specialist mail order outfits (Caduceus is very good - a little pricey - but the propierter Ben Furnee really knows his stuff). Hope that's of some use..."Irreverend Gavin Baddeley 2002 Feb 01
Black Candles
I personally have bought all of my black candles from charity shops. The one thing you need to look out for is white candles that have merely been coated in black wax, to make them look black on the outside. Before I buy candles, I normally use a nail to dig into the candles a little (sometimes I will go through the selaphane window on the front of the packet to do this) and see inside to see if they are solid black wax, or not. They are normally cheap, but supply is a little random, so when I find them I tend to buy all of the ones the charity shop sells. Aside from that, I do not know anywhere in the UK where you can buy black candles, because I haven't looked.
Jewellery
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Online Shops
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I have bought all my metal point-down pentacles from Camden Town in London. Mostly they stock Pagan point-up pentacles, but from time to time the more Earthly orientated surface. Camden Town is good for everything alternative, including Jewellery, even random Coop merchandise can be found there.
Misc
Searching on the Internet is a good place to find ritual items and other Satanic things to buy. But please be very careful, and make sure that you buy from either big, well known places or somewhere linked to from the Church of Satan website, such as one of the Satanic Grottos or many productive Satanic members linked from the links page. There are some dodgy online Satanic Shops that I think are definately best avoided, so take care and check out the website/company/person who you are buying from beforehand and if possible stick to the ones linked to from the COS website, www.ChurchOfSatan.com.