Fwd: Witch camp, perfume oils, kitties, and other wonders! ❤

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From: Enchanted Living <info@faeriemag.com>
Date: Thu, Sep 29, 2022 at 2:14 PM
Subject: Witch camp, perfume oils, kitties, and other wonders! ❤
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Hello!  We hope you're having a gorgeous day (and staying safe)! We wanted to share a couple of lovely captures from Victoria Francés, one of the artists whose handmade brooms we feature in our Vintage Witch issue (which you can still order at https://enchantedlivingmag.com/collections/witchy-things): Aren't those pretty? Also, we've shared how singer Kiki Rockwell inspired the Vintage Witch cover shoot by Val Gleason with her video for her powerful song "Same Old Energy." Take a look at Kiki's newest video: And then if all this witchiness has inspired you to do something extraordinary... we thought you should know that our very own Love Witch Veronica Varlow has three spots open in her upcoming October witch camps... now being held in a dreamy Victorian mansion in New Orleans! Can you even? We told you how, a few years back, our editor in chief Carolyn Turgeon attended said camp, then in Veronica's witch house near Woodstock, New York, and had the most gorgeous week making crowns and sigils, doing sweet spells, roasting vegan marshmallows over bonfires, learning archery and plant magic and just creating endless lovely magic generally with a most open-hearted group of witchy sisters she'll never forget (including Veronica herself!). Now you can experience it for yourself (and tell us all about it so we can live vicariously). Here is a description: If you've ever dreamed of living in a Victorian Mansion in New Orleans with a Secret Sisterhood of Witches who study tea leaves in vintage cups, who uncover secret grimoires from the Tree of Story, who perfume the air with sweet incense in their cauldrons, who craft their own magickal tools and lift each other up in love & community for an unforgettable week.... Witch Camp is your dream come TRUE! Welcome Home!   What is the Witch Camp Experience? Immerse Yourself in the Mystery & Magick: * Conjure up secret potions to boost love & confidence with oils, herbs & crystals in the moonlit courtyard. * Reignite your wonder for the world as you watch the stars from the platform in the Tree of Story. * Remember the power within you as you honor your own story and uncover the skeleton key that opens your very own secret Grimoire! * Embrace the Wild Witch that you are as you are anointed with golden frankincense, myrrh & amber as you have your fortune told at the Bonfire Oracle. * Cultivate your own natural abilities as you are surrounded by a nurturing community of Witch sisters. * Charge up your creative spirit in the group ghost story hour in the Parlour after Midnight Margarita Mocktails! * Play dress up for tea ceremony rituals and learn how to see your fortune in the leaves of your vintage cup! * Embrace your personal magick as you hand craft your own enchanted tools to use with spellwork with step-by-step guidance from our teachers (because Witch Camp is small and intimate - it's easy to give individual attention and have a full, connected experience!) * Make memories (and a community of Witch sister friends) of a lifetime in the Mystery Mansion of New Orleans during Halloween Season! Witch Camp welcomes all levels of Witches from brand-new beginners to advanced practitioners. Learn more at https://academy.lovewitch.com/witch-camp-new-orleans-fall-2022-Details. We'd also like to give a shout out to Briana Saussy's online course Wolves and Stars, a year-long journey in Elemental Magic and finding place in a wounded world! This one closes for registration on Saturday and you can see more at https://brianasaussy.com/wolves-and-stars/ AND THEN if your leanings are more Gothic in nature... our friends Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman have a new course on THE GOTHIC opening for enrollment tomorrow! This course will obviously get you in the mood for our winter Gothic issue, which we're diligently working on as we speak.... Here's more: Join Drs. Sara Cleto and Brittany Warman, regular contributors at Enchanted Living, at The Carterhaugh School for their brand new online course GOTHIC REALMS. Think of it as a haunted virtual literary tour just in time for Halloween. You'll read Gothic tales from hundreds of years ago right up to the present and explore Gothic spaces like castles, haunted houses, forests, cities, and even outer space. Visit https://carterhaughschool.lpages.co/gothic-realms/ to learn more and enroll or email Sara and Brittany at carterhaughschool@gmail.com with any questions. Enrollment closes on October 6th.   We also wanted to tell you about a special offer from our friends at LunaRoots, who are offering 15% off for Enchanted Living followers with the code ENCHANTED15, which can be used on any item, excluding collaborations or sale items, in their shop at https://www.lunaroots.com/. Beauty potions for forest dwellers and faerie beings, they say. Yes please! Here are a few of their luscious images and products: Sigh. And then in more news, our friend John Keke, who now runs Deep Midnight Perfumes in the wake of his partner Cat Marx's passing (you can read our past interviews with her here) has some new scents to share, and we asked him all about it below: What do you associate with autumn? Autumn is my favorite time of year. When the air becomes crisp and cool is when I come alive—taking walks or drives to look at fall leaves, taking a trip to Duluth or Grand Marais to enjoy the north shore of Lake Superior to enjoy the change in season, even just braving the Twin Cities weather without a jacket for as long as possible. This is also the perfect time to cook fall comfort food like soup, roasted squash, anything that would go on a Thanksgiving table. Watching cult Halloween movies like Sleepy Hollow or binging Lord of the Rings also feels like fall to me. I have strong memories of doing things with my grandparents in the fall. Picking peaches from their tree so tall we had to climb onto the roof to get them all, freezing vegetables from the garden (an all day affair), holiday dinners, and much more.   What does autumn smell like to you? And how do you create scents around that? Scent memory is such a huge inspiration for Deep Midnight Perfumes. It is the reason we started the shop creating scents the way we did—associating a scent with a story. Autumn smells like changing winds with crisp and dry air and loamy earth; dried leaves and spices; bonfires and baked goods; apples and pumpkins; sweet candy and fruits, and many other things. I try to create scents that remind me of those things and make me remember favorite fall memories.   Can you tell us about some of your favorite scents you've created lately, and have any past favorites changed? From the Eight Bouquets set I made in the Spring, my favorites are Tupelo Honey and True Love's Crystal. From the Women of the Weird set I just made for fall, my favorites are Margot the Darkness and Agnes the Shadow. Not only are the scents my favorites, but they are actually the names of characters Cat played in one of our D&D games several years ago. It was a delightfully weird game where we each played a random castle guard until a monster dispatched us, and then we were another random guard. Half the fun was coming up with grandiose names.   Lately, I have been reminded that Black Wings was an old favorite I recently came to appreciate again. I have also really been a fan of Fezziwig's Tea. It's a really crisp, underrated scent. I have also really been appreciating Firefly Valley. Cat made it for me based on a time we went walking through a wooded valley and suddenly found we were surrounded by hundreds of tiny frogs the size of a thumbnail. The name is a stretch, but it was better than putting frogs in the name.   Do you have any witch inspired scents? Absolutely! Driaxus Black, Winter Queen, Griselda's Garden, the What's Up Witches sample set… the list goes on. Anything supernatural, fey, fantastical, and weird is definitely in our purview, and witchy things are no exception.   How do you stay weird? Solitude. Being alone (at least for a time) is the best way to find yourself. Refusing to not be myself by refusing to try to fit in. Talking to myself, believe it or not. I thought it was a bad habit, but it is actually an acknowledgement of your inner self, and a fantastic way to work through problems. Talking to people who are gone, in one way or another. It offers your mind a chance to find a different perspective by imagining a conversation with someone who is not you, putting yourself in their shoes. Pacing—literally pacing. It gets you out of your chair and gives your mind a break. Having one too many cats. I also do a lot of nerdy things, like playing games and making perfume!   What's new in the shop? Women of the Weird, a brand new sample set of five unique and witchy Halloween scents.   See more at https://www.deepmidnightperfumes.com/. Also, we have more of these thistle socks in stock, because we love you (you can visit our Outlander collection for more thistle fashion): And then last but not least... our art director/resident wood nymph/and cat mama extraordinaire Lisa Gill just celebrated four years with her adorable herd of five rescue kitties and their mama. Here are some photos just because: And for good measure: That's all for now... Until next time, stay enchanted! Love, Enchanted Living Enchanted Shop Enchanted Magazine Enchanted Instagram Enchanted Facebook Enchanted Twitter Enchanted Email Enchanted Pinte

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