Lighthouse Bookstore

This is the Best bookstore ever! Great selections of books and jewelry. The staff is helpful and the psychic readers are spot on! What a calming and peaceful atmosphere! Huge selection of tarot and divination cards. Books on everything from Christianity to Ruminations and so much more! Beautiful statuary and awesome sales! This is not to be missed! A real Boulder original!

Personally, I think that the Lighthouse has been around as long as it has (about 30 years) because it contains the beating heart of Pearl Street’s unapologetic weirdness in its narrow aisles. It’s more than just a curiosity; sometimes, it’s just downright weird. For example, one of my favorite things about the Lighthouse is that it’s practically hidden in plain sight (I asked strangers on the street where it is after a couple of years away, and I was standing directly in front of it — it’s under the Ben and Jerry’s, btw), but when you see it you are surprised that it escaped notice! This is normal, I found out. Even if you’re not blown away by the wares, the curious won’t be disappointed. The Lighthouse Bookstore is a prime example of why the Pearl Street is unlike any other mall; where else can you buy potions at 4 (or more?) locations in a 2 block radius… not to mention the Shambhala center, the Psychic Institute, and an arcade bar also exist within that perimeter. Such an eclectic town!

Came in during the holidays while visiting friends and family. Great selection, great gifts for the holidays. Very reasonable prices especially on their statues. If you want to broaden your horizons, I highly suggest stopping by.

My first time in CO, and we stumbled into this store. We were cheerfully greeted by Sophie, who struck up a conversation and made us feel so welcome. She is an excellent person to be representing this store. Great job hiring.

I am so happy that I found this little jewel in boulder. My friends and I went on a bit of a spiritual journey and came across this place. Each of us received a tarot reading and it was not only emotional but also inspiring. What a nice and sweet guy he was!
The store has a ton of healing books, eclectic jewelry and other neat knick knacks.
I couldn’t say anything bad about this place if I tried.
I can’t wait to visit again!

I just asked the lady who was behind the counter if she had any sacred geometry pendants. She said she didn’t know, but I could look around myself if I wanted to. I asked if I might be close, but she again told me I’d have to find them myself if they had any. Not on the faerie princess must-​go-​to stores.

Last year my husband and I came out that way to visit my brother and his wife. His wife took us to Bolder for the day and we found this great shop! I loved everything about it. The people were super nice and sweet and the stock was amazing! My husband and I loved it so much we had to go for another visit two days later. It was a wonderful shop and I can’t wait to visit there again!

An oasis on Pearl St. Sometimes doesn’t have the esoteric book I need but always happy to order and it comes in quickly. Owner/​staff friendly and competent.

Visited many times. Never really felt welcomed. Small and cramped.

I really love this bookstore. When I am in the mood to ponder life on any level, I will make the trek from Broomfield. This bookstore houses every conceivable book in the world of spirituality, mystic, metaphysical and so much more. There are tons of Tarot Decks. You can see the whole deck, because they are displayed for you on boards. The owner of this downstairs gem is really an amazing Man. You can tell by the way he talks, he is so dedicated to providing an experience. I am always looking forward to perusing the isles of Lighthouse Bookstore!

Perhaps the king of all metaphysical bookstores, at least in this part of the world. Bodhi Tree in LA is on a par with it, but that’s 1000 miles away. Covers many bases, many different paths, philosophies, & spiritual directions. Many of the books in here are the ones you’d want to pick up when you saw them in any other bookstore, because of their relative scarcity. Here, however, that seems to be their stock in trade.
Plenty of sculptures & tchotchke in addition to the comprehensive book selection. Staff is always friendly.
I could all too easily drop several hundred dollars in here without breaking a sweat, so I exercise a lot of discipline when I go in (to keep from bankrupting myself).

Wow! I love this little, hidden gem of a bookstore on Pearl Street! Reminds me of East West Bookstore in Mountain View CA or Bodhi Tree in LA. Sure it’s small, but there is a surprisingly amount of light considering it’s at basement level.
Lighthouse has a surprisingly varied selection of metaphysical, New Age, spiritual and religious. From tarot cards to Bibles to Buddhism to Yoga/​Hindu sculptures/​art, I had fun looking around and ended up buying two books (on sale at great prices!)
And the man at the counter was friendly — he gave me a free votive candle. I like this place and I’ll be back!

This is a great little metaphysical store to check out when you @ the Pearl Street Mall. I love how its below street level (somehow I feel like it adds to he metaphysical-​ness of it all, hehe). There is a great selection of books and different world religions, sex, yoga, meditation, and lots of other metaphysical/​spiritual topics. They have lots of beautiful greeting cards and tarot decks (I LOOOOVE the greeting cards with Alex Grey art on them, talk about EPIC). There are also tons of statues, jewelry, dvds, and other various knick-​knacks. My favorite thing that I found here was a cute little book about all the Hindu Gods (it’s ALL illustrated and very informative). This is quite a cozy little shop. It would get 5 stars if they had some comfy chairs to sit in and look through the books.

I’m surprised at the reviews I’ve read for Lighthouse here on Unilocal.
Lighthouse Bookstore is a new-​age bookstore which has a range of books quite beyond any other store in Boulder. Like other stores in its class, it carries everything from Christian poetry to new-​age Wicca spell books and candle-«magick» kits. If its not in, they’re eager to order it for you whatever it is, like any good bookshop.
The staff is knowledgeable and helpful, often having a lot of advise on which books are good within any topic. They are clearly oriented on helping the buyer over making a big sale, and they are extremely lenient with ‘lingerers’ — in fact I’ve felt welcome in the store after nearly an hour of browsing!
The store smells of incense and has a huge array of statues, trinkets, and other spiritual paraphernalia. It is a welcome refuge from the activity of the mall above. They even have a psychic reader if you want the full new-​age experience.
This is the only dedicated bookstore of its kind in Boulder, and survives well in a highly competitive location — I’ve been surprised more spiritual/​new-​age bookshops like this aren’t in Boulder, but with Lighthouse here I’ve never really needed another.

So you’ve been to all the nearby bars. You’ve done all your vintage clothing and candy shopping. You’ve talked to all the weirdos on the street and bought a used copy of (insert Great American classic book here). What’s next? Take the stairs on down at Broadway and Pearl to Lighthouse Bookstore. It’s small, but it’s packed to the gills with everything upon everything you have ever wanted to know about your spiritual self.
Unique selection of books. I didn’t buy anything, but one book interested me. Something about the angelic powers of numeric sequences. According to the book, 666 not only symbolizes the devil, but also a person’s obsession with the material world. Just to let you know, I thought it was interesting. Lots of similar books about how to envision your own spiritual world.
Lots of candles. Some prices for the candles were ridiculous (healing powers, my ass), but still interesting. The incense was cheap (and really, don’t you feel like you just need some incense in your life?).
Nice, friendly staff. The woman working here when I went was very soft spoken, so when I spoke, I think I was too loud for the store. Oops. There was also a woman having some silent time in the back of the store. Hope I didn’t mess up her mojo.
Even if new age and spiritual stores aren’t your thing, Lighthouse is still worth a try.

In philosophy, metaphysics can be defined briefly as the study of reality at the fundamental level. Metaphysicians ask: What sorts of things exist? Do numbers exist? What are possibilities? What is it for something to cause something else? Is free will compatible with determinism?
At Lighthouse Bookstore, metaphysics can be defined briefly as the study of shamans, druids, and celestial unicorns from the 9^th dimension of being. Lighthouse bookstore metaphysicians ask: How can I become one with the universe? What daily exercises can I perform to improve my telepathic powers? And how can I defeat the town sorcerer?
The books here range from the occult (Aleister Crowley) to the eminently useful («How to defend yourself against psychic attacks») to the moderately esoteric (books on astral projection that make Eckhart Tolle look like Richard Dawkins – too many to list).
Overall, it’s a fun place to shop, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it either to my new-​age friends or to the wacky neighborhood warlock.
In a word, Lighthouse is your one-​stop shop for everything from fragrant candles, to offbeat gifts, to crafting your illimitable dominion over time and space.

My Acupuncturist recommended a cd for me to listen to that is sound therapy to help with weight loss and body image. She said this store would have it in stock. Over the years I’ve gotten into the habit of just ordering books, dvds, and cds on Amazon because it’s so darned easy and sometimes the discounts are absolutely amazing. It had been at least 10 years since I’d been into the Lighthouse – I used to like to go in there to get Tarot decks and such.
I really don’t care for all of what’s involved to park a car anywhere near downtown Boulder, but fortunately found a lovely shady *free* space on Mapleton, just a few blocks from the store, and a nice healthy shady walk ensued.
Many of the businesses downtown validate parking tickets for the downtown lots, and it’s true I forgot to ask if this one does. There are several city-​owned multilevel lots within walking distance if you like to store your car in concrete elegance while you shop.
But really the in thing in Boulder is NOT to drive your car downtown, but rather to walk, bus, or bicycle instead.
Anyway — about the bookstore — the owner is quite proud of how he’s remodeled and moved things around. It’s nice and logically arranged and easy to find what you’re looking for. He had very positive things to say about my Acupuncturist, and allowed me to put my business card on the bulletin board there.
I ended up purchasing the recommended CD, plus a deck of Self-​Care Cards by Cheryl Richardson, and a nifty little Jasper stone mounted on a wood base for my office.
Something I really like about this store, and the whole building here really, is the smell. The Ben & Jerry’s smell permeates the building. Don’t know why ice cream causes a smell, but it does, and it’s a very nice aroma!
So whatever you want to call it… new age, metaphysical… etc. this is a bookstore that is good at what it does, and is run by helpful, knowledgeable, and kind people.
That’s my story…

I’m not in to this sort of place, walking in and immediately being confronted by Guide Books to help me with my Indigo Child confirmed that right away. I hate to sound like a quarter-​life curmudgeon, but, back in my day they were called dorks, or nerds, or geeks; they were smart kids, perhaps too smart for a happy elementary school existence, they wore capes, played the flute and got over all their shit by the time they went to college. Just saying…
Anyway, I was looking for a belly dance DVD, nobody on Pearl had one, I figured I’d try the store emitting the Nag Champa cloud. What ho! Books and instructional DVDs!
Aside from being called «young lady» about 30 times in 3 minutes it was a fine experience, but, like I said, I was here with one specific thing in mind. In, Out, Done. (It was shopping like a man would)

One of the country’s great New Age bookstores. If you’re into that sort of thing.
The wall murals are a nice, and relatively recent, touch.
My kudos to the manager for dissuading me from purchasing a ripoff book — I had picked up an Annie Besant monograph titled «What the Mystic Means by the Eternal Now.» It was only 48 pages so I stupidly assumed it would have a $ 2 pricetag or some such. When we brought our purchases to the counter, the woman there pointed out that the book was priced at $ 15, and about half of the supposed 48 pages were actually blank! That was one of the nicest things a shopkeeper has ever done for me — prevented me from making a costly mistake.
I can only give Lighthouse three stars because it is a fairly conventional New Age bookstore with a depressingly familiar stock of titles. Nothing new here.

Yes! Finally, my philosophy degree can get some practical use… by telling you all that ‘metaphysical’ book stores are not only almost exclusively full of wishy-​washy wishful thinking crap… but also that they are misusing the term ‘metaphysical.’
Let us get educated:
Metaphysics (thank you Wikipedia, I heart you):
is the branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the ultimate nature of reality, being, and the world.[1] Its name derives from the Greek words (met) (meaning «after») and (physik) (meaning «after talking about physics»), «physics» referring to those works on matter by Aristotle in antiquity.[2] Metaphysics addresses questions that have existed for as long as the human race — many still with no definitive answer. Examples are:
* What is the meaning of life?
* What is the nature of reality?
* What is mankind’s place in the universe?
* Does the world exist outside the mind?
* What is the nature of objects, events, places?
A central branch of metaphysics is ontology, the investigation into what types of things there are in the world and what relations these things bear to one another. The metaphysician also attempts to clarify the notions by which people understand the world, including existence, objecthood, property, space, time, causality, and possibility.
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Ok, so New Agers thought it would be a cool idea to high-​jack this respectable and ancient field of inquiry by stealing the term metaphysical. This I suppose was to bring out the fact that they were interested in what was beyond this physical world: i.e. spirits, faith-​healing, or self-​faith-​spirit-​Buddhist-​incense-​psychic-​clairvoyance-​healing, or whatever.
Anyway, the Lighthouse Bookstore on the corner of Pearl street mall and Broadway is one such shop. I came in here not on my own volition but since someone else was enamored. Nonetheless, I bought some incense — not because I think it will help me to see another dimension, or help me meditate (which I’m not against btw) but simply because it smells nice? The guy at the counter was quite aware of his role as liaison to the ‘metaphysical’ which I guess didn’t come off that well, since the guy in front of me yelled something at him and left in a huff.
Eh…incense was cheap. The other stuff I wouldn’t suggest, but hey… it’s your time and money, yo’