Career
Bucznski and Slater opened the The Warlock Shoppe, the oldest witchcraft bookshop in Brooklyn, New York. Buczynski was the more magical and spiritual of the two and left the business side to Slater, who helped the shop grow in profit. Most importantly, the shop established itself as the central information hub for local witches and the newly emerging Neopagan communities. The two also published a periodical called Earth Religion News. It was extremely successful but also caused controversy due to its explicit contents and cover designs. In 1974, Slater was initiated into the Gardnerian tradition and assumed leadership of the coven in the late 1970s. The Warlock Shoppe later moved to W. 19th Street in Manhattan (the Borough of New York City) and operated under the name Magickal Childe. The Magickal Childe functioned as a major focal point for the Neo-Pagan community in the 1970s and well into the 1990s. The brick and mortar store finally closed in 1999.
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