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We get a lot of people who come in and they're like, I don't really know what I am,

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but I'm interested in all of this.

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And that's where Courtney and August have created this amazing community that there are just so

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many people to ask and so many people that come to these kinds of things.

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And Courtney and August are so knowledgeable that they can usually point you in the right direction

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and be like, oh hey, there's this book over here, there's book over here.

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That's what I love the most about the shop is that Courtney and August, they run it not just

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as a shop but as a community meeting place.

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Hi, Caitlyn.

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Hi, Cassie.

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Hi, creepy people.

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Hello.

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If you're new to our creepy corner of the world, this is PNW Haunts and Homicides, where we chat about

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true crime, paranormal, and all things creepy or witchy in the Pacific Northwest.

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We do a tarot reading at the end of every episode for deeper insight into the topic.

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So make sure you stick around if you're into that.

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And if you're not, then I'm not even really sure why you're here, but I guess welcome.

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Thanks.

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You can listen to the other stuff, I guess it's fine.

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But this episode, we actually did an Oracle reading and a rune reading.

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Yes.

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And Caitlyn missed it all.

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Oh, it hurt.

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Her heart hurt. I felt really bad.

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We even talked about you because I was like, I feel so bad because she had to sit through all

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of the creepy dolls interview and then she doesn't even get to do the witchy interview.

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Yeah, you know what? That is my luck. That's what that is.

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And so I'm sorry, also, spoiler alert, there might be some creepy dolls coming.

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I'm just going to throw that out there.

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I was wondering why you said that rather than their names.

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And I was going to say they're such lovely people.

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And I remember.

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Because we haven't talked to them yet, technically.

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That you guys have heard on this timeline.

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But this time we are talking with a local witchy shop called Through the Veil.

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And they are in Hillsboro in the Orenco area.

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They're kind of tucked back in from the main strip, but very easy to find.

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And it's just magical and they sell magical things.

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Yeah.

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And I am so excited for future.

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Caitlyn.

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And also Cassie.

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She will be there.

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But yeah, very excited for future us tomorrow us.

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We're going to go.

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And Caitlyn's never been.

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I've been a bunch of times.

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Actually, in this episode, we're going to talk about it.

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But they have gatherings.

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And they had a full moon gathering that I went to.

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It was really fun.

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The moon was just out.

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It was shining on all of us.

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We had a fire pit.

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We did a meditation, a group meditation.

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It was really fun.

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That just sounds so lovely.

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Do you want to know what I did?

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I gave my dog antibiotics and I gave her an Epsom salt soak.

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So that was.

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If you want to know about that story, join our Patreon and listen to Book Discussion.

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Yeah, I cannot tell that story twice.

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I intentionally did not tell Cassie everything that occurred because I was like,

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I can't keep telling this story.

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And dog mom problems.

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So yeah, she couldn't join because of dog problems.

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But never fear, I was not alone.

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Because when she know it, I ran into our Patreon Courtney.

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Amazing.

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Who we ran into also at the two girls one go show.

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I just, I can't with this.

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I saw her and I was like, oh my god again.

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I have someone here with me that I know.

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And not like people were not friendly and not nice.

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But you know, you just don't know anybody.

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And it's, yeah, I'm sure ability.

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So it's nice.

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Thank you Courtney.

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Thanks for being my buddy for the night.

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Buddy.

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My full moon buddy.

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Because her other full moon buddy was having a real full moon night.

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Like an ER doctor.

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Moon night.

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Lovely.

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That was fun.

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Should we get into this episode?

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Bye, Caitlyn.

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Get outa here.

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So today we're with Courtney and Lizzy.

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And Courtney is owner of a local shop called Through the Veil.

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And Lizzy runs some of the events there.

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Well, Courtney, do you want to tell us a little bit about your beautiful shop

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and how it all came to be?

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So it is a witch shop.

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I guess how it came to be a few years ago.

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My husband and I were dating then.

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Of course, we weren't married yet.

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And we went to Salem, Massachusetts.

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And I saw all the witchy shops there and just fell in love with that whole

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environment and such.

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How could you not?

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I know.

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And Salem is like the best place for it.

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So yeah, so he had owned a spiritual shop before.

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It was more of like all different spiritualities and religions.

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I don't know how I put the bug in his ear, but the whole drive back

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from Massachusetts to Michigan.

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It's like a seven hour drive.

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I was like, well, if we had a shop, we would carry these items.

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And like, we're making a list in a journal and doing all this stuff like totally hypothetically.

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And even moving to Oregon, he did not want to come to Portland area right away.

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He had lived here in the past.

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I can't imagine why.

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We just weren't finding a good property really for a store and the situation that we wanted,

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which was like a live work type situation.

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everything just kind of fell into place.

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It was meant to be.

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It was like it.

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So you guys aren't in the main main city.

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And then even then you're kind of back from the main road too.

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So I feel like you're kind of like tucked in this little magical section of Hillsboro.

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It's awesome.

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It's really close to everything.

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But it doesn't feel like it is.

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And we love that about it.

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This neighborhood, it is a neighborhood.

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but hold of a commercial type place in this this neighborhood from way back when.

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And like this neighborhood has fought against like modernizing.

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Like they fought against putting in sidewalks.

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They fought against putting in street lights.

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You love that.

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It's like your own little bubble and kind of like what is basically a city now.

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So it's growing so fast out here.

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It's crazy.

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So I understand there was some remodeling involved when you when you first got the place.

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It's just it's an old building.

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So it's from 1908.

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It was originally like a mercantile,

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grocer type building when it was built.

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It was built by the Oregon nursing company.

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And so the previous owners, I think they had gotten it in the 80s.

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They'd done a lot to the building.

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I know there was a fire at one point.

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And they've tried to keep everything as original as possible.

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roof leaks unfortunately.

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And then they were using the storefront area for mostly woodworking.

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They made some wagon wheels and stuff.

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oddity type things and just things.

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We had to basically go in.

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There was a couple of rooms built over there.

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And we had to take those out and just redo the whole thing.

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So you guys did such a good job.

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It's so beautifully decorated.

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I can't believe the ceiling is that's my favorite part of the whole place.

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It's so beautiful.

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It's like a black.

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Is it black ceiling?

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It's black like it's a glossy black tin ceiling.

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It is real tin.

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Oh wow.

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So but it was it's not original to the building though.

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We installed that ourselves.

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So it's beautiful in there.

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Looks like you guys just took so much care.

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The space has such good vibes.

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I love going in there.

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I do remember like the first time I was in there.

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There was a witch mask on the wall.

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And with a sign that said it was there.

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When you guys moved in, is that still there?

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It'll stay there.

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It's like a little bit of a traffic.

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So that was there when you guys bought the place?

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Like I said, they just had a collection of stuff.

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And so that was still hanging on the pillar right,

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roughly right where it is now.

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We took it down to paint obviously and put it back.

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But and we fixed it.

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We put batteries in it because it has a button.

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You push it and it like sings and does funny stuff.

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But yeah, it's very old.

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And the some of the I think the grandkids of the people

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who own the building for us have been in the shop.

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And one of them was like, hey, I put that there.

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And so that was fine.

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That's all I love that.

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That is so flipping cute.

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Okay, so let's go into what Lizzy runs.

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You said she runs full moon gatherings and and sabbats.

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Sabbits.

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I was like, there's there's a word I can't pronounce

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and I don't want to sound stupid.

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Not at all.

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And she teaches some classes.

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So tell me about all those things.

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So every month we do a new moon and full moon circles.

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My friend Lisa runs the new moon ones.

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We do a lot of drumming for that.

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That's a drumming circle for the new moons.

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For the full moons, I do those.

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And then I also do the sabbats which are like to pagan holy days.

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There are eight of them a year and it follows the the wheel of the year.

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I also as Courtney said occasionally teach classes.

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I did a class on honor your ancestors even if they suck.

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A lot of people.

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A lot of people in the pagan community come from a hard background.

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Either some of their family, they get a lot of flack from their family about being pagan.

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We get a lot of evangelical castoffs.

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You know, people that didn't find a home in the church.

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And they're finding a home in paganism.

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But that creates kind of that tension within their family line.

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Or they come from religious trauma.

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And so they've split from their family because you know, they they follow a really hard religious line.

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So connecting to your ancestors even when there is kind of that tension, it's still possible.

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And so I taught a class around that around how to kind of get around

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the fact that your immediate ancestors really suck.

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I'm also going to teach a class on runes.

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I've been working with runes for about about 12 years now.

286
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And yeah.

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So the the sabbats that we do, the pagan holy days, we make that accessible to everybody.

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We don't have any particular like line that we follow.

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Like we don't do Wiccan sabbats.

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We don't do druid sabbats.

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We don't do Hellenistic sabbats.

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Like it's just kind of an all around pagan thing.

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We follow the wheel of the year.

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So the next one is going to be you all, which is the winter solstice or Albin Arthin.

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And I think it's a good time.

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We usually talk about what the sabbat is, the significance of it.

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And then we usually have something to do a lot of time.

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It's setting an intention for the coming year.

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For you all, especially how to kind of honor the passing of the year

300
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and what you want the next year to look like.

301
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So yeah.

302
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That's what we do.

303
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That is so cool.

304
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So can you just show up to these as they're exactly?

305
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Absolutely.

306
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A minor do you have to sign up?

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You don't have to sign up.

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You just show up.

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All of it is on the stores website throughtheveilshop.com.

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It's also on Facebook and Instagram.

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And then there's also a Facebook community group

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for the shop where we post about the events.

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Book clubs.

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We are also going to be doing a book club coming up again.

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Probably in January.

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Question mark.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

319
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Yeah.

320
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Oh, that's awesome.

321
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That's right.

322
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When every year I'm like, I'm going to read more books this year.

323
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That's my resolution.

324
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There you go.

325
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Here's a way to keep that.

326
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Yeah.

327
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Exactly.

328
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Yeah, we do, we do witchy books.

329
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So I think the next one that we're going to do is the Morrigan book by Courtney Weber.

330
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Right?

331
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Yeah.

332
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So Courtney Weber actually reached out to us.

333
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She lives in the area so she's going to come talk to us about the book once we reread it.

334
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Oh, wow.

335
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That's awesome.

336
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I'll have to keep my eye out.

337
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That's really interesting.

338
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Is it the same for book clubs?

339
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Do you do it at the shop?

340
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Do you do it virtually?

341
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Yeah, we do both for the book club.

342
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So it is at the shop and then we do a Zoom link as well.

343
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And we often record it.

344
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So if people miss it, they can catch up.

345
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Oh, that's cool.

346
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I love that.

347
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Yeah, that's also a great place to talk about.

348
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Like if you have questions about the path that you're on,

349
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we get a lot of people who come in and they're like, oh,

350
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I really know what I am, but I'm interested in all of this.

351
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And that's where Courtney and August have created this amazing community

352
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that there are just so many people that ask and so many people that come to these kinds of things.

353
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And Courtney and August are so knowledgeable that they can usually point you

354
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in the right direction and be like, oh, hey, there's this book over here.

355
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There's book over here.

356
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If you're interested in Druidry, go talk to Lizzy because

357
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they'll try to drag you into that.

358
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So I love that.

359
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It's just like a safe space for everyone to come.

360
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Absolutely.

361
00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:21,920
Absolutely.

362
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That's what I love the most about the shop is that

363
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Courtney and August, they run it not just as a shop, but as a community meeting place.

364
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It's a place that you can come and you can ask questions.

365
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I've seen people come into the shop that just have

366
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generic questions about witchcraft.

367
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There are people that come in that say, hey,

368
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I've got something gross in my apartment.

369
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This feeling, how do I get rid of that?

370
00:16:46,320 --> 00:16:48,160
What would you recommend for that?

371
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We have people that come in that want to do,

372
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they want to disconnect from loved ones or ex-boyfriends.

373
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They want to know how the best way to do that.

374
00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:02,640
It's just such a great resource to come in and ask those kinds of questions

375
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that you can't really find anywhere else.

376
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You can throw it out to Google, but you're going to get 15 different things.

377
00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:07,920
Oh my god.

378
00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:12,640
Or you could come into the shop and talk to Courtney or August or

379
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anyone that's working there or if I'm hanging around that day

380
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and get first-hand information on the best way to go about it.

381
00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,800
Yeah, I feel like sometimes you don't even know what task.

382
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So you're just like, what do I even type in Google for this problem?

383
00:17:26,080 --> 00:17:26,720
I don't even know.

384
00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:28,640
Absolutely.

385
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Absolutely.

386
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And that's recording August or great because they can kind of pull that out and be like,

387
00:17:33,440 --> 00:17:36,240
oh, hey, well, have you tried Palo Santo?

388
00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:38,800
Like, you know, yeah, I've got some sage over here.

389
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You know, here's some graveyard dirt.

390
00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:41,600
Let's try that.

391
00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:47,760
A thing that I find happens a lot, especially in some of the witchy groups I follow on Facebook,

392
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is you'll ask a question and you'll get a lot of judgment.

393
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Whereas like, you know, some people want to do something and other people have an idea that

394
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what you should be doing and that's going to be bad karma or all this.

395
00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:06,320
And everybody has different belief systems and we really try to honor that in our shop.

396
00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,360
And we just give you the information.

397
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You know, it's not our place to say what you should or shouldn't do.

398
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It's your, your own person.

399
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So we just give the information and we carry the supplies.

400
00:18:19,120 --> 00:18:25,520
So that's like, something that's very important to me is to do that judgment-free.

401
00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:27,120
Yeah.

402
00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:28,080
Yeah, I like that.

403
00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:29,040
I don't like rules.

404
00:18:29,040 --> 00:18:31,040
So and I'm always changing my mind too.

405
00:18:31,040 --> 00:18:33,920
So I'm like, I reserve the right to change my mind about that.

406
00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:35,920
Right.

407
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100% 100%.

408
00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:42,800
Do you guys collect your own graveyard dirt or do you get it sourced?

409
00:18:42,800 --> 00:18:45,040
We do not collect our own.

410
00:18:45,040 --> 00:18:48,480
I unfortunately do not have time for such.

411
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Can you imagine?

412
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Extracurricular activités. 

413
00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,720
Courtney, let's go.

414
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We're going to the graveyard.

415
00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:56,720
Let's do it.

416
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Shops out a dirt.

417
00:18:57,840 --> 00:18:58,640
We need to go.

418
00:18:58,640 --> 00:18:59,040
All right.

419
00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:03,440
So we do, we do source it.

420
00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:07,200
We do try to get it from legitimate sources and that sort of thing.

421
00:19:07,200 --> 00:19:10,480
Of course, how much can you really know if it's legit?

422
00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:10,960
Right.

423
00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:15,280
But I am very excited, though, since we're on the topic of Grave Dirt.

424
00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,760
I just found a new source.

425
00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:19,600
That I've ordered from.

426
00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,480
And they have special Grave Dirt.

427
00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:27,040
They have Grave Dirt from Disentered Graves.

428
00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:31,280
They have Grave Dirt from Freshly Dug Graves.

429
00:19:31,280 --> 00:19:35,040
And they have a Grave Salts, which is like a Grave Dirt mixed with Salts.

430
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And such.

431
00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:36,960
Wow.

432
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That's right.

433
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You know, right?

434
00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:39,600
I'm very excited.

435
00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:40,880
That's awesome.

436
00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,160
That is super awesome.

437
00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:44,720
And they work in the Funerary business.

438
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So I'm pretty sure that it's legit.

439
00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:47,840
I would hope so.

440
00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:48,560
Yeah.

441
00:19:48,560 --> 00:19:48,720
Yeah.

442
00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,360
That's a great, great connection to have.

443
00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:53,200
I didn't even think about that.

444
00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:53,360
Great.

445
00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:55,200
Kind of a good side hustle too.

446
00:19:55,200 --> 00:19:55,440
Right?

447
00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:57,200
If you're like, if you've got your own mortuary,

448
00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:58,400
you'll be like, yo, what's up?

449
00:19:58,400 --> 00:19:59,520
Like I got the good dirt.

450
00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:00,400
Yeah.

451
00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:00,640
Yeah.

452
00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:02,240
I cannot wait.

453
00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,480
Because I got like spell kits and stuff too.

454
00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:07,440
That comes with things like Corpse Water.

455
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Like they wash down the corpses before they do stuff to it.

456
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So lots of things.

457
00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,040
Stuff like I like that weird like stuff.

458
00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:20,560
So I need to I need to all about graveyard.

459
00:20:20,560 --> 00:20:21,360
Super awesome.

460
00:20:21,360 --> 00:20:25,040
Skeletons and oh my gosh, everything creepy.

461
00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:28,800
You have to tell me about you have a coffin table

462
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in there with a skeleton in it, right?

463
00:20:31,200 --> 00:20:33,440
It's probably not as cool as it sounds,

464
00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:35,440
but it's just a coffin table.

465
00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:36,800
It's actually cooler.

466
00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:37,520
Yeah.

467
00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,040
It's really cool to look at.

468
00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:44,640
So we made that the coffin table out of like plexiglass.

469
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So it's clear so you can see through it.

470
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And then put some feet on it and all that.

471
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And then we got a skeleton that is gold.

472
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And I just decorated it in flowers and lights and low

473
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which had and put them in there.

474
00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:03,040
And that's where he lived.

475
00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:04,320
So awesome.

476
00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:05,520
It's so beautiful.

477
00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:06,880
Is that for sale?

478
00:21:06,880 --> 00:21:07,680
It is not.

479
00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:08,480
No, I'm sorry.

480
00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:12,000
Finally, someone tried to rent it from a slash year too

481
00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:13,280
for Halloween.

482
00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:15,760
It's like, oh, that's a good idea.

483
00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:19,200
Maybe you should just put a tutorial on how to make it.

484
00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,920
Yeah, I could probably come up with that.

485
00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:25,040
It wasn't, I mean, the hardest part obviously is

486
00:21:25,040 --> 00:21:28,000
is cutting the plexiglass and not breaking it.

487
00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:32,240
But yeah, I'd have to hire someone to do it.

488
00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:32,560
Right.

489
00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:33,040
Yeah.

490
00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,120
And plexiglass isn't cheap anymore.

491
00:21:35,120 --> 00:21:36,000
Holy cow.

492
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:36,960
I know.

493
00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:37,920
Oh, I know.

494
00:21:38,800 --> 00:21:41,440
Do you have any other art that you make

495
00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:43,520
and put around the shop like that?

496
00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:44,240
Oh, yeah.

497
00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:44,720
Yeah.

498
00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:47,760
There's tons of art in there.

499
00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,440
We have like a big right above the fireplace

500
00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:56,080
is like a 3D statue thing of Hecate.

501
00:21:56,080 --> 00:21:56,400
Yeah.

502
00:21:56,400 --> 00:22:00,560
So I do a lot of bone art that we sell in the shop.

503
00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,280
Some of it's real bones and some of it's

504
00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:07,360
we call vegan for those people who are--

505
00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:08,240
We just want to--

506
00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:08,640
--just get bought out.

507
00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:09,600
I love it.

508
00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:10,080
Yeah.

509
00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,080
Vegan bone art.

510
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,480
And then what else?

511
00:22:14,480 --> 00:22:15,680
I make so much stuff.

512
00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:16,360
I don't even know.

513
00:22:16,360 --> 00:22:19,120
There's a pair of wings in there I've made.

514
00:22:19,120 --> 00:22:21,880
I made like the chandelier that's in the middle.

515
00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:23,640
And you made that?

516
00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:24,440
Yeah.

517
00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:26,840
The robes, the robes and stuff.

518
00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:27,120
Yeah.

519
00:22:27,120 --> 00:22:30,120
The icing gowns that are in there I've made.

520
00:22:30,120 --> 00:22:32,920
She's incredibly artistic.

521
00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:34,760
Like she's so talented.

522
00:22:34,760 --> 00:22:35,440
She really is.

523
00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,120
Definitely shows when you go in there for sure.

524
00:22:38,120 --> 00:22:38,440
Nice.

525
00:22:38,440 --> 00:22:39,440
Absolutely.

526
00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:41,120
Tell my husband you can never leave me.

527
00:22:41,120 --> 00:22:44,400
[LAUGHTER]

528
00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:48,760
For the drum circle, do you have to have your own drum?

529
00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:49,560
No.

530
00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:54,200
Lisa makes her drums and brings extra ones for everybody.

531
00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,720
So you can just show up.

532
00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:00,320
The only thing that is good to bring her chairs

533
00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:03,040
because most of the time we're sitting and drumming

534
00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:04,400
and stuff and so having--

535
00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,200
there are some chairs there.

536
00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:09,080
There are benches and rocking chairs available.

537
00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:10,840
That fills up pretty quick.

538
00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:11,840
Well, that's good to know.

539
00:23:11,840 --> 00:23:12,520
OK.

540
00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:13,520
Yeah.

541
00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:13,840
Yeah.

542
00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,880
And you can even, as far as drums go,

543
00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,080
because she does have a limited number.

544
00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,400
So sometimes people will share or pass them around.

545
00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,760
But you can bring any kind of percussion type.

546
00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:30,920
We've had people bring rattles or little like--

547
00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:31,920
Dissarie doodles.

548
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:32,920
I don't know what--

549
00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:33,720
Really?

550
00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:34,220
Thank you.

551
00:23:34,220 --> 00:23:36,720
I can never pronounce that.

552
00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:37,800
Yep.

553
00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:41,520
You can even take an old bottle, like a plastic bottle,

554
00:23:41,520 --> 00:23:44,120
and put little rocks in it, and then shake it.

555
00:23:44,120 --> 00:23:45,840
I mean, just anything.

556
00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:46,360
So--

557
00:23:46,360 --> 00:23:47,600
That's cool.

558
00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:51,240
And then do you have to know anything about drumming?

559
00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:52,360
Not at all.

560
00:23:52,360 --> 00:23:52,880
Not at all.

561
00:23:52,880 --> 00:24:00,480
So the idea of it is that the percussive kind of rhythm

562
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,840
helps kind of change your brainway patterns

563
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:07,200
to kind of get you into a more meditative state.

564
00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,720
And so sitting together and drumming together

565
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:14,200
and kind of feeling that energy, the whole idea behind a new moon

566
00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,680
is what you want to manifest for that moon cycle.

567
00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:22,520
And so as we drum, we think about, OK, what do the last moon

568
00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:23,760
cycle look like?

569
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:24,720
What just ended?

570
00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:26,640
This is the darker that moon, and this is the time

571
00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:30,440
to kind of rest and figure out what you want to manifest.

572
00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:32,840
And drumming kind of helps facilitate that.

573
00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:35,760
It helps you kind of go a little bit deeper.

574
00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,480
Then on the full moon circles, we

575
00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:40,080
talk about what has manifested.

576
00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,960
Like this month, it's the hunter moon,

577
00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:44,760
or the beaver moon, or whatever.

578
00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,440
And that's what this is around.

579
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,880
And so the whole idea is to kind of live more in cycle

580
00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:54,320
with the seasons and with the moon cycle.

581
00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:56,920
And you see kind of how your own energy abs

582
00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,320
and flows with those cycles.

583
00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:02,920
And you see kind of how that starts to take root in your own life.

584
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:03,840
That sounds really cool.

585
00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:05,360
I'm going to have to get down and check it out.

586
00:25:05,360 --> 00:25:09,080
Because I just need-- I need something more in my life,

587
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:13,360
more than just podcasting and working.

588
00:25:13,360 --> 00:25:15,640
I need more witchy vibes in my life, for sure.

589
00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:16,720
Absolutely.

590
00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:17,680
Absolutely.

591
00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:18,640
Yeah.

592
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,760
OK, can you both recommend like what

593
00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:26,560
is one basic witchy tool or something

594
00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:29,080
that you provide in the store that you think everyone should

595
00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:30,080
have?

596
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:31,080
Good question.

597
00:25:31,080 --> 00:25:32,080
I mean, not everyone.

598
00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:33,080
But you know what I mean.

599
00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:34,080
There's so many.

600
00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:35,080
How do you pick one?

601
00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:36,080
Right?

602
00:25:36,080 --> 00:25:37,080
You can do more than one.

603
00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:38,080
I don't care.

604
00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:39,840
There's no rules here.

605
00:25:39,840 --> 00:25:42,560
I guess I'll talk about the one I've been working on today,

606
00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,000
since it's like on my mind.

607
00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:51,080
We sell-- it's called a witch kit starter kit type thing.

608
00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:52,080
Oh, perfect.

609
00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:52,560
Yeah.

610
00:25:52,560 --> 00:25:55,320
So we have three types.

611
00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:57,280
One is just in a regular like organ's

612
00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:58,280
bag.

613
00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:01,160
This month we'll be doing them in little mini like Christmas

614
00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:03,760
stockings for Christmas gifts.

615
00:26:03,760 --> 00:26:04,840
So two.

616
00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:09,080
And then yeah, so that it'll come with a bunch of different herbs,

617
00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:10,360
a bunch of different crystals.

618
00:26:10,360 --> 00:26:14,800
It comes with like a mini candle, candle holder, matches,

619
00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:19,520
oil, Palo Santo, salt.

620
00:26:19,520 --> 00:26:22,120
So I think that's most of it.

621
00:26:22,120 --> 00:26:25,600
And then we have a style that's inside of a mortar and pestle.

622
00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:26,840
So it comes in a mortar and pestle.

623
00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,120
And then one comes with a little cauldron.

624
00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:31,720
So it's just a real like beginner basic kit.

625
00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:34,160
And on each of the herbs and the stones,

626
00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,760
it'll tell you what it is and like one of its metaphysical

627
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:38,080
properties.

628
00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,640
So it's really for people starting out who don't have a collection

629
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:43,880
of stuff yet and they just want to get something started.

630
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:45,680
So that's perfect.

631
00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:47,440
I love that.

632
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:50,840
I would recommend a tarot deck as a good way

633
00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,080
to kind of start if you're diving into it.

634
00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:53,680
Yeah.

635
00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,640
If you're diving into kind of like your witchy cell

636
00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:59,200
because the whole idea behind tarot and divination

637
00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:02,480
is to kind of take you a little bit deeper inside yourself.

638
00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,960
And they have in a fantastic selection of tarot decks there.

639
00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,600
Everything you can possibly think of.

640
00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,960
Like they've got a tarot deck for it.

641
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:14,680
I've gotten a few decks there.

642
00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,400
I got an Oracle deck there and it literally would not

643
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:18,960
let me leave the store without it.

644
00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:19,640
I kept--

645
00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:22,160
I'd be like, no, I have enough decks.

646
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:23,840
I guess they don't have an Oracle deck,

647
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,080
but-- and I kept going back to it and I was like,

648
00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:27,680
I have to take this home.

649
00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:28,480
They won't let me leave.

650
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:29,480
Nice.

651
00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:30,640
That's how you know that.

652
00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:31,520
That's meant for you.

653
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:32,280
Yep.

654
00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:33,200
Absolutely.

655
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:33,520
I know.

656
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:36,200
And I was really bummed out because I don't have it with me.

657
00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:39,040
I think I left it at my co-host house

658
00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,480
because we used it for the last episode.

659
00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:43,160
And I was like, no, I need my--

660
00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:44,680
it's a moon Oracle deck.

661
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:45,680
Ooh, nice.

662
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:47,040
It's just gorgeous.

663
00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:47,840
But I didn't bring it.

664
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:48,680
So I'd--

665
00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:49,160
I probably--

666
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:50,480
I believe.

667
00:27:50,480 --> 00:27:51,920
I'd probably have it.

668
00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,320
I'd like six or seven Oracle decks over there.

669
00:27:54,320 --> 00:27:55,520
So chances are I can have it.

670
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:56,560
How do you have it?

671
00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:57,640
That would be so cool.

672
00:27:57,640 --> 00:27:59,920
Is it the monology Oracle?

673
00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:02,200
I don't think so.

674
00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,920
It has like cartoon witches on it and like cats.

675
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,360
Oh, nice.

676
00:28:07,360 --> 00:28:09,880
Just very pretty artwork.

677
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:11,960
Like, girly creepy.

678
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,440
I wonder if it's the one I picked up recently.

679
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:15,200
Let me go get it.

680
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,080
I want to see if it's best one for the first time.

681
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,640
I mean, obviously I have all the decks in the store,

682
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:24,960
but in my personal collection, I have this one.

683
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:26,240
That's it.

684
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:27,640
Ooh, nice.

685
00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:29,080
I had a feeling that--

686
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:30,880
So it's just my buddy.

687
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,760
I take it everywhere with me.

688
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,680
And I was just like heartbroken that it wasn't in my bag

689
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:36,960
today.

690
00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:37,760
I was like, no.

691
00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,240
Oh, I'm going to go--

692
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:41,360
Like a piece of me.

693
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,200
This is when I snagged for myself.

694
00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:46,800
I snagged a lot of them, unfortunately, but--

695
00:28:46,800 --> 00:28:47,280
I love it.

696
00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:48,960
Yeah, I love the artwork on this one.

697
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:49,560
So gorgeous.

698
00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:50,320
It's so beautiful.

699
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,920
That's very beautiful.

700
00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,120
As indie podcasters, we love to show our support

701
00:28:57,120 --> 00:28:58,920
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702
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:00,800
So stay tuned for the promo we've

703
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:02,720
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704
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,240
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705
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:08,440
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706
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:12,200
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707
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:16,680
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708
00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:18,080
and the unexplained.

709
00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,760
But most importantly, the names of the lives

710
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,000
that we lost in these stories.

711
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,760
Nothing's off the chopping block from where wolves

712
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:28,120
when to goes to witches.

713
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:32,480
And most importantly, the most horrifying of them all, people.

714
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:34,480
With news stories twice a week, you'll

715
00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:36,040
be sleeping with the lights on.

716
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,760
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717
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:41,640
Listen to "Audie's Oddities," wherever you get your podcasts.

718
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:47,640
You guys, we're back.

719
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:51,000
And don't worry, we did get more wine.

720
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,360
Well, of course.

721
00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:57,880
So we usually do a tarot reading or an oracle reading

722
00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,120
or something witchy in every episode.

723
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:03,080
So if you guys want to pull something,

724
00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,320
if you're feeling it, I would love that.

725
00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,160
Since I don't have my pretty deck.

726
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:08,640
Absolutely.

727
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:13,040
So I guess I will pull from the deck that you love.

728
00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:17,520
You want to go first, Lucy?

729
00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:18,440
Sure.

730
00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:19,960
I need to do a Rune pull

731
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,600
Is that work?

732
00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:22,680
Yes, please.

733
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:28,520
So I made my own Runes out of a Preseli Bluestone.

734
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,720
I carved them myself.

735
00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:34,320
It took me three months to do it, because I carved them

736
00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:38,280
in the proper phase of the moon and all that kind of shit.

737
00:30:38,280 --> 00:30:40,960
So I have a set of Runes that I made.

738
00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:44,600
And I'll do a Rune pull for you guys.

739
00:30:44,600 --> 00:30:45,600
That'll be one.

740
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:46,760
That's so exciting.

741
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:50,400
I give you the five of the day.

742
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,360
I have to tell you about a Rune set I saw recently

743
00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:54,480
I want to get.

744
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:55,560
Ooh.

745
00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:57,480
I think rooms are so beautiful.

746
00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:58,880
They really are.

747
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,880
This is a Dagaz.

748
00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:06,160
It's the room of illumination or enlightenment.

749
00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:10,520
So Dagaz, in some parts of Eastern Europe,

750
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:12,840
in Alaska, the sun will set.

751
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:17,280
And it won't rise again for 30, 40, 60 days.

752
00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:20,760
So you have just months of darkness.

753
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:24,440
And then the inverse of that is where the sun rises.

754
00:31:24,440 --> 00:31:25,880
And it never sets.

755
00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:27,840
And it's up for a while.

756
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:29,680
But Dagaz is the illumination.

757
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:34,440
That's the sun rising after an extremely long period

758
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:35,640
of darkness.

759
00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:40,680
So if you're moving through a time where you're kind of questioning,

760
00:31:40,680 --> 00:31:43,280
what do I do next or where do I go?

761
00:31:43,280 --> 00:31:45,920
Dagaz is the room to lean on.

762
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:49,280
It also looks like an hourglass or an infinity symbol.

763
00:31:49,280 --> 00:31:52,920
So it kind of encapsulates that idea that there is no beginning

764
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:54,160
and there is no end.

765
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:57,120
It's just-- it's all a cycle, right?

766
00:31:57,120 --> 00:31:58,680
It's all illumination.

767
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:01,240
So you keep working and you keep learning.

768
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,360
And that's how you keep moving forward

769
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:08,200
is through the illumination of Dagaz.

770
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:09,480
That's so beautiful.

771
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:10,880
I love that.

772
00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,600
That's perfect.

773
00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,360
You're turn Courtney.

774
00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:20,400
So I got this card - Radiant.

775
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:21,760
Ooh, beautiful.

776
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:23,640
That kind of goes together, I feel like.

777
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:24,680
It does.

778
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:25,280
I know.

779
00:32:25,280 --> 00:32:29,600
We're just thinking, I'm going to look it up in the book

780
00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:31,520
because it is an Oracle deck.

781
00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,920
And Oracle's always have their own definitions for things.

782
00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:36,280
I love that--

783
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:39,040
Let me see what questions they have for those cards.

784
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:40,280
OK.

785
00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:41,080
Yeah.

786
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:44,720
So it says, "Radiant illuminated glowing beacon.

787
00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:47,200
Be as radiant as the luminous full moon

788
00:32:47,200 --> 00:32:49,800
casting a shimmering glow to all below,

789
00:32:49,800 --> 00:32:51,920
blinketing the earth and dancing shadows

790
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:54,120
as the clouds pass around her.

791
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:57,280
Be as radiant as the gleaming suns sending her luminous rays

792
00:32:57,280 --> 00:32:58,480
to our planet.

793
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,320
Both the moon and the sun are healing,

794
00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,080
rejuvenating, and magnetic.

795
00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,520
Soak in these powers, ignite your own glow

796
00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:07,240
from within and share your newly gained strength.

797
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:08,800
Recharge your energy zones.

798
00:33:08,800 --> 00:33:11,600
Tap into your inspiration and creativity

799
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:15,080
using your newly gained resources to their fullest extent.

800
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:17,720
Choose to shine on your brightest frequency.

801
00:33:17,720 --> 00:33:19,880
Be like the sun, the moon, and the stars

802
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:21,640
illuminating the darkness.

803
00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:22,360
Wow.

804
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:25,760
And it says, "Intention is illuminate your heart

805
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:27,280
with inspiration and love.

806
00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:30,640
Be a beacon of light offering strength and guidance."

807
00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:31,720
So yeah.

808
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,680
That sounds an awful lot like you guys in your store

809
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:36,040
and what you do for the community.

810
00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:36,520
Right.

811
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:37,520
Right.

812
00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:38,560
Right.

813
00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:39,400
We hope.

814
00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:40,840
Yeah, absolutely.

815
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:41,720
That's so perfect.

816
00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:43,360
I love when it works out like that,

817
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:48,920
where you get to kind of like matching interpretations

818
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:52,120
for things and they're completely different tools

819
00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:53,160
that you're using too.

820
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:54,160
That's really cool.

821
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:54,680
I love that.

822
00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:57,240
That's so awesome.

823
00:33:57,240 --> 00:33:58,520
Manifesting.

824
00:33:58,520 --> 00:34:00,280
We're always so amazed by them.

825
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:01,040
What's that word?

826
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:02,880
Oh my gosh.

827
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:04,400
A synchronicity.

828
00:34:04,400 --> 00:34:05,240
Yes.

829
00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:08,000
I'm like, one of you has to pull it out of my brain.

830
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,880
I know what I mean.

831
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:11,800
Yeah.

832
00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:15,760
So have you guys experienced any hauntings, any ghosts,

833
00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:18,960
any creepy stuff?

834
00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:19,880
Neal.

835
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:22,600
Oh, I mean, we could probably talk about the Ouija

836
00:34:22,600 --> 00:34:23,760
I was just saying we could probably

837
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,320
talk about the last, the Ouija thing that we did.

838
00:34:26,320 --> 00:34:28,360
That was really fascinating.

839
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:29,080
Where--

840
00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:30,560
Oh, so did stuff happen.

841
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,560
Yeah.

842
00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:34,000
You kind of.

843
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:36,640
So I will give some background first, too,

844
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:40,640
because reasons we chose to try to do the Ouija here

845
00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:41,680
in the building.

846
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:44,680
So lots of people have told us a story

847
00:34:44,680 --> 00:34:49,160
about the lady that owned the store in like the '40s

848
00:34:49,160 --> 00:34:49,960
and '50s.

849
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:51,840
Her name was Bessie Brown.

850
00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:55,840
And so she was a widow when she bought the building.

851
00:34:55,840 --> 00:34:57,160
So that in itself was unique.

852
00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:02,160
That she owned and ran this store on her own.

853
00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:04,280
She didn't pass away here.

854
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:07,800
But she had-- everybody said that she loved the store.

855
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:11,320
They had to basically force her into retirement.

856
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:14,840
And once they did, she passed away shortly thereafter.

857
00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:20,360
So the people have said that they've felt her presence there,

858
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:21,680
that they've seen her.

859
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,680
We've had multiple stories from random different people

860
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:25,840
who don't know each other.

861
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:27,880
Oh, wow.

862
00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:30,360
The guy that owned the store before us,

863
00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:32,640
he talked about her a lot and believed

864
00:35:32,640 --> 00:35:34,440
that she was here.

865
00:35:34,440 --> 00:35:36,920
And then we've had some younger people come in.

866
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:39,360
He said, oh, I was driving by with somebody's one night.

867
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:41,720
And we saw her out in the road.

868
00:35:41,720 --> 00:35:45,480
And like, just various things like that.

869
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:47,000
She was very nice.

870
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:50,440
Everyone says she gave candy out to kids that came

871
00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:52,760
in the shop and so on.

872
00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:57,440
So yeah, so we kind of did this whole Ouija board thing

873
00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:01,880
in the class as well as with friends to reach out

874
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:06,920
and see if she was here and that sort of thing.

875
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:11,320
But yeah, I'll let Lizzy explain the rest of what happened

876
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:14,440
when we did the Ouija board that night.

877
00:36:14,440 --> 00:36:15,960
It was really interesting.

878
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:19,640
It was-- we asked if we could connect.

879
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:24,560
And there was definitely the real presence.

880
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:29,960
Our friend, Lisa, the same one that runs the new moon circles.

881
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:34,360
She is an experienced chaman or spirit walker.

882
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:37,400
And does a lot with ghost hunting.

883
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:41,080
She does a lot with cleansing.

884
00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:43,880
If you have a malevolent entity on your land,

885
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:45,880
and you need that cleanse.

886
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:49,360
So we felt that we were in really good hands with Lisa.

887
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:52,720
And so she kind of helped guide the process.

888
00:36:52,720 --> 00:36:55,960
So she kind of helps make sure that we were all kind of like

889
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:57,720
taking it seriously and things.

890
00:36:57,720 --> 00:37:00,960
And so she was asking the right questions.

891
00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:07,080
And it definitely had like a very strong sense of a presence

892
00:37:07,080 --> 00:37:08,640
and in communicating.

893
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:14,920
What was hilarious is that they asked her if she liked what

894
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:18,800
we did with the store, what Courtney and August did with the store.

895
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:21,800
And it was kind of an ambiguous answer.

896
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:23,600
And we were kind of like, how?

897
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:24,960
Does that mean that you don't like it?

898
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:28,120
But then we got to thinking she ran a grocery store.

899
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:30,400
And Courtney and August store would definitely

900
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:32,560
be the worst grocery store like a round.

901
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:34,800
Like it is a terrible grocery store.

902
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:36,960
So I kind of wonder if she's looking at it

903
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,720
and being like, y'all are terrible at selling groceries.

904
00:37:39,720 --> 00:37:45,840
Like, this is not the worst grocery store I've ever seen.

905
00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:47,920
But they asked, are you here?

906
00:37:47,920 --> 00:37:48,960
Are you helping?

907
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:49,800
Do you help people?

908
00:37:49,800 --> 00:37:51,160
And she's like, yeah, absolutely.

909
00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:53,920
So I think that spirit is still there.

910
00:37:53,920 --> 00:37:59,320
And still wanting to be in service as she was for so long

911
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:00,240
in that building.

912
00:38:00,240 --> 00:38:06,080
And we definitely get the sense that it's not malevolent at all.

913
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:10,680
It's a very protective and--

914
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:14,240
I don't think kind is necessarily the right word.

915
00:38:14,240 --> 00:38:18,680
I think the vibe I got was kind of like stern,

916
00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:22,680
but helpful like that kind of school-marm teachery kind

917
00:38:22,680 --> 00:38:26,280
of like, you behave now kind of thing.

918
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:28,840
But somebody who's definitely a servant.

919
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:33,560
There was a time too that they were hopeful in the shop

920
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:35,160
as far as we know.

921
00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,000
So there was somebody in our back corner

922
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,840
where the tarot decks and stuff are in the oddities.

923
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:42,400
And a book had fallen off a shelf.

924
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:44,520
Like randomly, nobody could figure out

925
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:46,800
why it would have just fallen off the shelf.

926
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:48,760
And they picked it up and put it back.

927
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:50,120
And it fell again.

928
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:51,600
And then they were like, OK, I'm

929
00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:53,800
supposed to buy this book.

930
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:58,120
So it was very interesting that that happened in that way.

931
00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:00,600
Because yeah, nobody could figure out.

932
00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:02,680
They didn't seem like there was any legitimate reason

933
00:39:02,680 --> 00:39:04,560
for the book to have fallen.

934
00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:08,840
But sadly, I'm a skeptic about all of the--

935
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:14,080
that stuff I want to believe, like really badly.

936
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:16,800
But I'm still a skeptic there.

937
00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:21,240
So we've had few things that were weird.

938
00:39:21,240 --> 00:39:22,760
We weren't at home one time.

939
00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:25,080
And we have motion sensors, of course,

940
00:39:25,080 --> 00:39:27,160
on the alarm system and such.

941
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:29,680
And the motion detectors went off

942
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:31,560
and it turns on the cameras and all this.

943
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:32,800
And we're like, look in.

944
00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:36,680
And we didn't see anything that would have turned it on.

945
00:39:36,680 --> 00:39:38,520
And it was like a full alarm.

946
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,560
Like the alarm company called us and everything.

947
00:39:40,560 --> 00:39:43,720
And so we're just like, yeah, no idea.

948
00:39:43,720 --> 00:39:46,040
Maybe it was a cat or something.

949
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:47,240
I don't know.

950
00:39:47,240 --> 00:39:52,240
So we're always trying to find other explanations.

951
00:39:52,240 --> 00:39:55,840
That's healthy, though, I think.

952
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,640
I think that's one of the basic tenets of paganism

953
00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:02,400
and kind of following a pagan path

954
00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:05,040
is listening to your intuition.

955
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,160
That's one of the things that--

956
00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:08,680
not to get too much of my soapbox,

957
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:10,880
because I could literally be here all day talking about that.

958
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:11,640
Oh, for sure.

959
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:15,040
That's one of the things that Christianity in particular,

960
00:40:15,040 --> 00:40:18,080
and a lot of the major world religions,

961
00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:21,320
they push is taking you away from that intuition.

962
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:24,440
They teach the tenets that the heart is deceitful above all

963
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:24,960
things.

964
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:26,800
And so you shouldn't listen to your intuition.

965
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:29,000
You should only listen to the priests or the pastors

966
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:30,480
or whatever.

967
00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:32,320
And that's one of the things that I love the most

968
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:35,320
about paganism is that it puts you back in your body.

969
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:36,920
And it puts you back in control.

970
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:39,880
And it puts you back in connection

971
00:40:39,880 --> 00:40:44,120
with that sense of intuition and that sense of knowing

972
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:46,520
something that even though you may not

973
00:40:46,520 --> 00:40:50,840
have a legitimate reason to know, you just know.

974
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:53,280
Like you avoid that guy because he's creepy.

975
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:57,560
And then it turns out he was actually murdering people.

976
00:40:57,560 --> 00:41:00,680
Or you turn left instead of right

977
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:01,960
because you have a bad feeling.

978
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:05,240
And it turns out there was a car up later that day or something.

979
00:41:05,240 --> 00:41:08,960
Those are the kinds of things that I feel like a pagan path

980
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,400
kind of helps you get more in connection with

981
00:41:11,400 --> 00:41:14,800
is thinking about things more in a mythological kind of mindset

982
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:19,760
rather than only what you can see touch, taste, feel here.

983
00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:24,440
There's a lot more to the world than just what we can see

984
00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:25,520
and feel.

985
00:41:25,520 --> 00:41:29,600
And I feel like the pagan path has a lot more opportunity

986
00:41:29,600 --> 00:41:35,000
to embrace that versus the major world religions and stuff.

987
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,080
That's something that I always preach is listen to that,

988
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,280
particularly as women.

989
00:41:40,280 --> 00:41:43,120
Women's intuition should not be dismissed.

990
00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:46,080
And so much of the time it has been that, oh, well,

991
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:48,960
you're just being silly or oh, you shouldn't listen to that.

992
00:41:48,960 --> 00:41:53,120
I cannot tell you how many women I have heard say, oh,

993
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:55,440
this is probably silly, but.

994
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,760
And then something profound comes out

995
00:41:57,760 --> 00:42:00,880
because they're actually listening to their intuition.

996
00:42:00,880 --> 00:42:03,720
And that's what I love the most about the pagan path

997
00:42:03,720 --> 00:42:07,280
is that you honor that and you lean into that versus just

998
00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:11,160
being like, no, I probably shouldn't, I shouldn't

999
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:12,120
pay attention to that.

1000
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:13,160
That's silly.

1001
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:13,440
Yeah.

1002
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:14,960
We're so powerful.

1003
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:16,760
Our minds are just--

1004
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:17,320
Persons.

1005
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:18,360
Our guts.

1006
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:20,800
They're on, I think, all the time.

1007
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:22,080
Absolutely.

1008
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:22,880
Absolutely.

1009
00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:26,720
So much more fun to look at the world and see the magic in it,

1010
00:42:26,720 --> 00:42:28,320
too, than to just--

1011
00:42:28,320 --> 00:42:29,360
Absolutely.

1012
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:29,960
It's so--

1013
00:42:29,960 --> 00:42:30,960
Absolutely.

1014
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:33,480
Because I mean, it's not like you could be dull and you

1015
00:42:33,480 --> 00:42:35,080
could live under a credit score.

1016
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:38,200
And you could just pay your bills and go to work and do that

1017
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:38,480
shit.

1018
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:41,680
Or you could realize that quantum physics

1019
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:45,840
is the way that science describes magic.

1020
00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:48,080
And you could realize that spooky action of the distance

1021
00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:50,440
is absolutely something that's real.

1022
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:52,520
And that the energy that's all around us,

1023
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:54,320
you can kind of tap into that.

1024
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:57,880
And who doesn't want to live a life full of richness

1025
00:42:57,880 --> 00:42:59,320
in magic?

1026
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:03,200
If you want to be Jess Bezos and Elon Musk and just

1027
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:05,960
be a slave to the corporate overlords--

1028
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:06,480
Sure.

1029
00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:08,040
But I want magic.

1030
00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:10,600
You know, I want unexplained things.

1031
00:43:10,600 --> 00:43:12,960
And I want spooky action of the distance.

1032
00:43:12,960 --> 00:43:13,600
I love that.

1033
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:15,080
But also the same.

1034
00:43:15,080 --> 00:43:17,920
You have to have a healthy dose of skepticism.

1035
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:20,280
But I can't even talk skepticism.

1036
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:21,080
100%.

1037
00:43:21,080 --> 00:43:21,600
Courtney--

1038
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:24,680
otherwise, you just kind of get lost.

1039
00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:26,840
And you get a little too, like, too be free.

1040
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:27,560
Yeah.

1041
00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:30,560
Courtney and I are in a lot of the same kind of Facebook

1042
00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:31,960
witch groups and stuff.

1043
00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:34,080
And there are so many times that people will post stuff

1044
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:35,880
and be like, what does this mean?

1045
00:43:35,880 --> 00:43:39,360
And it's like, sometimes it's just one of the guys that

1046
00:43:39,360 --> 00:43:39,920
ran it.

1047
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:44,280
He posted a clump of cat liver that was in the shape of a heart.

1048
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:46,480
And he was like, what do you guys think it means?

1049
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:49,080
And he waited for people to be like, oh, maybe a cat.

1050
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:50,080
And that was you.

1051
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:52,320
Or maybe a cat's trying to tell you something or whatever.

1052
00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:55,120
And he was like, y'all, sometimes it's just cat pee.

1053
00:43:55,120 --> 00:43:57,880
Like, sometimes it's literally just like it's just

1054
00:43:57,880 --> 00:43:59,560
a turd in the shape of a heart.

1055
00:43:59,560 --> 00:44:01,040
Like, sometimes it doesn't mean anything.

1056
00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:03,320
Sometimes it's just cat litter.

1057
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,040
And you got to take it and move on.

1058
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:10,760
So there's definitely that balance that you have to live in.

1059
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:13,520
Yeah, yeah, for sure.

1060
00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:13,840
Yeah.

1061
00:44:13,840 --> 00:44:16,280
On the other hand, I say I'm a skeptic.

1062
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:19,120
It's mostly about the actual ghost stuff

1063
00:44:19,120 --> 00:44:20,760
I'm a little bit skeptical about.

1064
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:25,080
But I'm trying to see the tiny little moments too

1065
00:44:25,080 --> 00:44:28,080
that could be considered magical.

1066
00:44:28,080 --> 00:44:29,840
Like the quarter.

1067
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:31,200
Yeah, the quarter.

1068
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:32,040
Yeah.

1069
00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:32,800
Yeah.

1070
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:33,760
Yeah.

1071
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:36,640
Recently, I wanted to buy a Curio cabinet

1072
00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:38,960
for my Uranium glass collection.

1073
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:41,600
And I've been watching it for like a week

1074
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:43,440
because it's really expensive.

1075
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:45,080
And I'm like, it's black Friday.

1076
00:44:45,080 --> 00:44:45,880
Maybe we'll go on sale.

1077
00:44:45,880 --> 00:44:46,640
Maybe we'll go on sale.

1078
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:48,560
And so I've been watching it and watching it.

1079
00:44:48,560 --> 00:44:50,040
And then like, black Friday came.

1080
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:51,720
And I was like, really watching it all day.

1081
00:44:51,720 --> 00:44:54,520
And I'm like, why aren't they putting it on sale?

1082
00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:56,440
Yeah, it's like a $1200 or a cabinet.

1083
00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:57,560
I'm just like, I can't.

1084
00:44:57,560 --> 00:44:59,680
I just don't want to pay that.

1085
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:01,760
And I just kept like him in a hog.

1086
00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:06,600
And then a customer came in and her husband

1087
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:09,080
offered me a Curio cabinet.

1088
00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:11,040
And they showed me the picture of it.

1089
00:45:11,040 --> 00:45:13,560
And it looks just like the one I was looking at online.

1090
00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:14,520
It just wasn't black.

1091
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:15,080
I'm like, whatever.

1092
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:16,120
I'll paint it.

1093
00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:18,160
And they're just like, yeah, we're just going to get rid of it

1094
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:19,080
so you could have it.

1095
00:45:19,080 --> 00:45:21,120
And I'm like, are you kidding me?

1096
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:23,040
Nice.

1097
00:45:23,040 --> 00:45:24,800
I love us so perfect.

1098
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,080
The universe is just like, here you go.

1099
00:45:27,080 --> 00:45:28,320
Exactly.

1100
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:29,160
Love it.

1101
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:30,440
Now you got it.

1102
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:32,400
You manifested that shit.

1103
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:33,680
Absolutely.

1104
00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:36,000
So yeah, I've been keeping notes of those little moments

1105
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:39,360
and stuff in my grammar lately just to try to like see

1106
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:42,360
that magic that they have happens.

1107
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:45,360
Because you normally like that would happen to anybody.

1108
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:47,200
And they'd just be like, oh, of course it ends, you know,

1109
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:49,160
but like I'm trying to be like, oh, no, I'm

1110
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:51,000
manifested that.

1111
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:52,760
I made that happen.

1112
00:45:52,760 --> 00:45:53,760
Yeah.

1113
00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:56,000
And being open to it is part of it, too.

1114
00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:58,680
And like understanding they're like putting that out

1115
00:45:58,680 --> 00:46:01,760
there and speaking those intentions, it's so powerful.

1116
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:04,760
That's why we do that on the moon circles and on the Sabbath.

1117
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:09,280
So you actually want to say it and name it and say, this is what

1118
00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:11,760
I want to call into my life.

1119
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:14,640
That's the whole point of those kinds of things.

1120
00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:14,960
Yeah.

1121
00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:18,000
And I feel like you can always start small, too.

1122
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:20,560
Just something super small, like a cabinet.

1123
00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:22,440
That was kind of a big thing.

1124
00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:25,680
But even if it's like, you know, pair of shoes that you want

1125
00:46:25,680 --> 00:46:27,840
or something, I feel like you can start really small

1126
00:46:27,840 --> 00:46:32,200
and just see like your potential of what you can get.

1127
00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:33,800
I manifested a penny once.

1128
00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:39,120
So did you just really need a penny?

1129
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:41,600
It was a Monday and we're closed on Mondays.

1130
00:46:41,600 --> 00:46:45,520
And my husband's like, he doesn't like to put a zero in the books.

1131
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:48,120
So he always like, if we go out shopping, he'll be like looking

1132
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:50,360
for change on the ground.

1133
00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:50,920
He's so right.

1134
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:53,680
When I get the grocery store and he's like, we're like in the

1135
00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:55,400
checkout line or getting close to it.

1136
00:46:55,400 --> 00:46:58,240
And he's like, I forgot to look for a penny.

1137
00:46:58,240 --> 00:47:00,640
So I was like, OK, let's go down here.

1138
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:02,560
And I kept thinking and thinking he could find a penny.

1139
00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:04,840
He could find a penny down this aisle.

1140
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:05,560
And he turned.

1141
00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:08,560
And there was a penny on the floor right there in the aisle.

1142
00:47:08,560 --> 00:47:09,520
And I was like, yes.

1143
00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:11,160
Oh my god, I love that.

1144
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:12,000
Awesome.

1145
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:13,080
It's perfect.

1146
00:47:13,080 --> 00:47:14,680
You just needed one penny.

1147
00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:18,440
Like, now if I could just do that for a million times.

1148
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:19,320
Right?

1149
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:20,160
We'd be good.

1150
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:21,880
Good to go.

1151
00:47:21,880 --> 00:47:23,800
I love those stories.

1152
00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:27,320
Well, is there any last things that we didn't touch on that you

1153
00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:31,640
want to talk about about literally anything you want?

1154
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:32,160
No, thanks.

1155
00:47:32,160 --> 00:47:34,560
So I didn't talk too much about the good news of Druidry.

1156
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:35,320
But we can--

1157
00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:36,000
Do you want to?

1158
00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:36,840
We get to joke.

1159
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:37,320
Oh.

1160
00:47:37,320 --> 00:47:37,920
It's a joke.

1161
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:38,720
I buy it.

1162
00:47:38,720 --> 00:47:39,800
You can go into that.

1163
00:47:39,800 --> 00:47:40,800
It's fine.

1164
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:42,920
[LAUGHTER]

1165
00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:43,760
You should.

1166
00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:45,160
I want to hear it.

1167
00:47:45,160 --> 00:47:46,600
I study Druidry.

1168
00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:51,520
And so every time anybody comes into the store and they're

1169
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:55,760
like I'm considering a pagan path, I'm like, have you heard the good news

1170
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:56,960
of Druidry?

1171
00:47:56,960 --> 00:48:00,400
I'm like the unofficial Druid ambassador.

1172
00:48:00,400 --> 00:48:03,480
So it was plugging everything off.

1173
00:48:03,480 --> 00:48:04,440
Well, can you tell me--

1174
00:48:04,440 --> 00:48:06,400
OK, so can you tell us what that means?

1175
00:48:06,400 --> 00:48:09,000
Because I don't really know what that means.

1176
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:09,680
Solaris?

1177
00:48:09,680 --> 00:48:10,000
Yeah.

1178
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:14,600
So Druidry is a nature-based religion.

1179
00:48:14,600 --> 00:48:17,440
It's kind of like WCA in that.

1180
00:48:17,440 --> 00:48:19,600
It celebrates the Sabbath and things like that.

1181
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:22,080
It's not like WCA in that.

1182
00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:27,920
WCA has some very laid down dogma intents

1183
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:29,120
that you're supposed to follow.

1184
00:48:29,120 --> 00:48:29,600
How many rules?

1185
00:48:29,600 --> 00:48:30,800
The rule of three.

1186
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:32,120
Yes, exactly.

1187
00:48:32,120 --> 00:48:35,040
And so Druidry doesn't really have that.

1188
00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:36,800
You follow the wheel of the year.

1189
00:48:36,800 --> 00:48:39,280
You follow the season's little paths.

1190
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:42,080
It's a very chill religion.

1191
00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:44,520
And some people actually say that it's not a religion.

1192
00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:45,680
It's more of a spiritual path.

1193
00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:48,800
So it kind of depends on your viewpoint of it.

1194
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:52,320
It's all about following the seasons, the wheel of the year,

1195
00:48:52,320 --> 00:48:55,240
living more in tune with nature, understanding

1196
00:48:55,240 --> 00:48:58,800
how the seasons affect you on an energetic level

1197
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:00,640
and on a spiritual level.

1198
00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:03,440
And kind of just learning what that is.

1199
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:06,560
The thing about Druidry is it's what you make it.

1200
00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:09,840
Some people follow the path of the bard, which

1201
00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:11,960
is very artistic.

1202
00:49:11,960 --> 00:49:17,360
So like if you write or you do art or you make music,

1203
00:49:17,360 --> 00:49:18,360
that's one path.

1204
00:49:18,360 --> 00:49:21,040
Some people follow the path of the ovate, which

1205
00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:27,880
is divination, herbalism, working with stones, shadow work,

1206
00:49:27,880 --> 00:49:29,040
that kind of thing.

1207
00:49:29,040 --> 00:49:31,320
And then other people will follow the path of the Druid,

1208
00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:34,520
which is teaching, kind of starting their own grove,

1209
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:35,560
and things like that.

1210
00:49:35,560 --> 00:49:38,320
So there's a lot of different ways that you can be a Druid.

1211
00:49:38,320 --> 00:49:42,160
Mostly like an argrove, it's completely open.

1212
00:49:42,160 --> 00:49:43,560
If you want to come, you can come.

1213
00:49:43,560 --> 00:49:45,440
If you don't want to come, you don't have to.

1214
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:46,920
There are no attendance requirements.

1215
00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:50,440
You don't have to be a member or anything like that.

1216
00:49:50,440 --> 00:49:52,960
Whenever people say, I love nature,

1217
00:49:52,960 --> 00:49:56,200
I really experience my spirituality when I'm outside.

1218
00:49:56,200 --> 00:49:58,880
I'm awed by looking up at the trees

1219
00:49:58,880 --> 00:50:00,360
or noticing the changing of the season.

1220
00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:02,240
Yes, I'm like, oh, you're a Druid.

1221
00:50:02,240 --> 00:50:03,680
OK, cool.

1222
00:50:03,680 --> 00:50:05,960
Welcome to Druidry.

1223
00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:09,320
It's pretty much whatever you make it.

1224
00:50:09,320 --> 00:50:12,200
There's no central dogma of Druidry.

1225
00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:14,240
There's no holy book.

1226
00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:17,360
There's no one person to look to that's like, oh,

1227
00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:19,680
this is the person that started Druidry.

1228
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:22,640
And this is the main Druid or whatever.

1229
00:50:22,640 --> 00:50:26,000
It's all about just kind of living more in tune with yourself

1230
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:28,400
and with nature and understanding how those two things

1231
00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:29,720
interact.

1232
00:50:29,720 --> 00:50:32,880
So that's the good news about Druidry.

1233
00:50:32,880 --> 00:50:35,840
Basically, whenever anybody comes into the shop

1234
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:38,480
and they're like, I really like nature.

1235
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:39,960
I really like growing things.

1236
00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:41,120
And I think I might be a pagan.

1237
00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:42,480
I'm like, you're a Druid.

1238
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:44,280
Let me tell you more about Druid.

1239
00:50:44,280 --> 00:50:45,000
Here's this book.

1240
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:45,640
You should read it.

1241
00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:46,800
It's great.

1242
00:50:46,800 --> 00:50:49,080
Do you have a book recommendation?

1243
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:50,840
I have many book recommendations.

1244
00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:53,280
I have an entire thing.

1245
00:50:53,280 --> 00:50:55,360
One of the best ones that I like to start with

1246
00:50:55,360 --> 00:51:00,200
is Principles of Druidry by Emma Restelor.

1247
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:02,800
She's a wonderful author.

1248
00:51:02,800 --> 00:51:06,400
She's very, very sweet, very, very kind.

1249
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:09,000
It's a great way to learn about Druidry

1250
00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:15,320
and kind of experience it as a living, breathing spiritual practice

1251
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:18,200
rather than something stuffy to read in a book.

1252
00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:20,760
Emma Restelor's words really come to life.

1253
00:51:20,760 --> 00:51:25,080
And she has a beautiful way of introducing that.

1254
00:51:25,080 --> 00:51:26,440
That I think is fantastic.

1255
00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:28,080
That would be my recommendation.

1256
00:51:28,080 --> 00:51:30,640
Now I have a new book to read.

1257
00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:31,480
Yeah.

1258
00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:34,760
It's funny because I feel like we're a little bit

1259
00:51:34,760 --> 00:51:36,920
on opposite sides of the spectrum.

1260
00:51:36,920 --> 00:51:39,400
But I mean, I love that because that means

1261
00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:42,160
that we're just covering all sides of the spectrum.

1262
00:51:42,160 --> 00:51:42,680
Right?

1263
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:43,160
We're people.

1264
00:51:43,160 --> 00:51:46,600
Because my path is very, very different than Lizzie's.

1265
00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:47,760
Yeah.

1266
00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:50,080
I'm the tree hugging hippie type.

1267
00:51:50,080 --> 00:51:51,680
Do you want to talk about your path?

1268
00:51:51,680 --> 00:51:52,440
Sure.

1269
00:51:52,440 --> 00:51:53,280
I can.

1270
00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:55,040
I'm very new to it.

1271
00:51:55,040 --> 00:51:57,680
So anybody listening for Give Me,

1272
00:51:57,680 --> 00:51:59,720
if I say something that is not correct,

1273
00:51:59,720 --> 00:52:02,000
because I'm still learning.

1274
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:02,760
And I'm very new.

1275
00:52:02,760 --> 00:52:03,720
We all are, yeah.

1276
00:52:03,720 --> 00:52:04,440
Yeah.

1277
00:52:04,440 --> 00:52:06,440
Right.

1278
00:52:06,440 --> 00:52:09,880
But it is going to sound weird, but hear me out.

1279
00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:13,480
So it's called Necromancy or the Necromancer,

1280
00:52:13,480 --> 00:52:17,480
which it's not the Hollywood version of Necromancy,

1281
00:52:17,480 --> 00:52:22,280
where you're trying to bring dead things back to life.

1282
00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:24,000
Right.

1283
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:26,320
But basically the way I understand it

1284
00:52:26,320 --> 00:52:29,520
that I'm learning about is that any kind of working

1285
00:52:29,520 --> 00:52:32,120
with the dead or death energy,

1286
00:52:32,120 --> 00:52:34,760
even communicating with the dead,

1287
00:52:34,760 --> 00:52:37,280
such as all your forms of divination,

1288
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:40,680
even the tarot cards can be considered

1289
00:52:40,680 --> 00:52:48,360
a part of this or scrying just all those various things.

1290
00:52:48,360 --> 00:52:50,160
So I'm kind of excited because I just

1291
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:51,680
started learning about this.

1292
00:52:51,680 --> 00:52:52,800
And I finally love it.

1293
00:52:52,800 --> 00:52:52,960
I love it.

1294
00:52:52,960 --> 00:52:57,280
I have a path that fits me and that goes with.

1295
00:52:57,280 --> 00:53:01,640
Because I've been doing bone art and taxidermy art

1296
00:53:01,640 --> 00:53:02,640
for a while.

1297
00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:06,880
For me, that's a way of just sort of honoring life

1298
00:53:06,880 --> 00:53:08,680
and keeping the cycle going.

1299
00:53:08,680 --> 00:53:13,440
You're giving life and beauty to something that is dead and gone.

1300
00:53:13,440 --> 00:53:18,520
So it's keeping that transformation of that cycle going.

1301
00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:20,440
So I love that.

1302
00:53:20,440 --> 00:53:21,520
I love that.

1303
00:53:21,520 --> 00:53:25,920
I feel like I'm a total mix between the two of you.

1304
00:53:25,920 --> 00:53:28,240
Because I'm so interested in nature

1305
00:53:28,240 --> 00:53:30,760
about I'm also so interested in death.

1306
00:53:30,760 --> 00:53:33,040
But I feel like they totally go together.

1307
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:34,240
It's 100%.

1308
00:53:34,240 --> 00:53:35,560
It's 100%.

1309
00:53:35,560 --> 00:53:36,600
It's that cycle.

1310
00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:37,440
Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

1311
00:53:37,440 --> 00:53:41,200
I feel like her and I like cover the whole spectrum.

1312
00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:41,560
I know.

1313
00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:44,600
And even our clothing choices, you're there all in life.

1314
00:53:44,600 --> 00:53:45,560
And I'm here in green.

1315
00:53:45,560 --> 00:53:47,640
That just cracks me up, man.

1316
00:53:47,640 --> 00:53:49,480
So there's something funny that I--

1317
00:53:49,480 --> 00:53:51,760
OK, I'll tell you about this because it's funny.

1318
00:53:51,760 --> 00:53:54,960
So I've kind of wanted a human skull

1319
00:53:54,960 --> 00:53:57,800
just for my collection for a long time.

1320
00:53:57,800 --> 00:53:59,080
They are very expensive.

1321
00:53:59,080 --> 00:53:59,560
Yes.

1322
00:53:59,560 --> 00:54:02,000
I'm always telling people, if you murder somebody,

1323
00:54:02,000 --> 00:54:04,000
do not let that go to waste.

1324
00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:04,840
So--

1325
00:54:04,840 --> 00:54:05,840
Right.

1326
00:54:05,840 --> 00:54:07,080
And then do you promise?

1327
00:54:07,080 --> 00:54:07,960
Do you promise?

1328
00:54:07,960 --> 00:54:08,920
We got that right.

1329
00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:09,760
We got you.

1330
00:54:09,760 --> 00:54:13,360
But recently, I don't know why it never occurred to me

1331
00:54:13,360 --> 00:54:17,040
that the human body has lots of other bones, obviously.

1332
00:54:17,040 --> 00:54:18,720
I mean, the skull is the coolest part.

1333
00:54:18,720 --> 00:54:21,440
And the most important.

1334
00:54:21,440 --> 00:54:26,120
But so I'm studying this stuff that I'm reading this book

1335
00:54:26,120 --> 00:54:28,960
called "The Bones Fall in a Spiral"

1336
00:54:28,960 --> 00:54:31,680
by Mortellis.

1337
00:54:31,680 --> 00:54:33,600
And so there's a thing in there where

1338
00:54:33,600 --> 00:54:36,040
you make what's called a skeleton key.

1339
00:54:36,040 --> 00:54:40,120
And it's to help you transverse different worlds,

1340
00:54:40,120 --> 00:54:43,440
like the underworld and the liminal spaces and things like that.

1341
00:54:43,440 --> 00:54:46,960
And she suggests getting a--

1342
00:54:46,960 --> 00:54:50,240
what does she call-- a metacarpal bone for this.

1343
00:54:50,240 --> 00:54:52,280
And I first thought that was a finger.

1344
00:54:52,280 --> 00:54:53,240
It's not a finger.

1345
00:54:53,240 --> 00:54:55,440
It's like this bone in your hand.

1346
00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:56,240
No.

1347
00:54:56,240 --> 00:54:57,080
OK.

1348
00:54:57,080 --> 00:54:59,880
And you carve a sigil on it and do some stuff.

1349
00:54:59,880 --> 00:55:03,960
And I was like, school, but I want a finger bone.

1350
00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:06,560
Because it's like, oh, wide.

1351
00:55:06,560 --> 00:55:07,440
Great.

1352
00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:09,120
And it never occurred to me in the past

1353
00:55:09,120 --> 00:55:11,120
that I could just buy a finger bone.

1354
00:55:11,120 --> 00:55:14,040
So I got a finger and I bought a carpal,

1355
00:55:14,040 --> 00:55:15,160
and I'm going to put them together.

1356
00:55:15,160 --> 00:55:17,120
And then of course, I'm going to rhinestone them

1357
00:55:17,120 --> 00:55:20,760
because I love things to be sparkly because they should.

1358
00:55:20,760 --> 00:55:22,280
And then I'm just going to carry it around.

1359
00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:25,760
And whenever I have to point at something,

1360
00:55:25,760 --> 00:55:29,240
I'm just going to pull it out and use it to point at things.

1361
00:55:29,240 --> 00:55:29,880
Oh my goodness.

1362
00:55:29,880 --> 00:55:30,880
I love it.

1363
00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:31,920
That's amazing.

1364
00:55:31,920 --> 00:55:33,000
That's amazing.

1365
00:55:33,000 --> 00:55:36,560
You should make like a little string so it can kind of move

1366
00:55:36,560 --> 00:55:37,240
a little bit.

1367
00:55:37,240 --> 00:55:38,080
Yes.

1368
00:55:38,080 --> 00:55:39,320
So you can be like, come here.

1369
00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:39,840
Come here.

1370
00:55:39,840 --> 00:55:42,720
Somebody told me I should turn it into like a stylus.

1371
00:55:42,720 --> 00:55:45,760
So I could be on my phone like with my finger bone.

1372
00:55:45,760 --> 00:55:46,840
Yes.

1373
00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:48,000
Yes.

1374
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:49,840
That would be incredible.

1375
00:55:49,840 --> 00:55:51,560
So many things you can do.

1376
00:55:51,560 --> 00:55:52,600
I love it.

1377
00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:55,000
So many fun things you can do with bones.

1378
00:55:55,000 --> 00:55:55,840
So yeah.

1379
00:55:55,840 --> 00:55:59,080
So if anyone's listening, just know that I'm very weird,

1380
00:55:59,080 --> 00:56:02,040
and you cannot necessarily be weirder.

1381
00:56:02,040 --> 00:56:04,000
So if you feel like you are--

1382
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:04,720
True.

1383
00:56:04,720 --> 00:56:05,040
Yeah.

1384
00:56:05,040 --> 00:56:07,640
I feel like they're pretty used to it around me.

1385
00:56:07,640 --> 00:56:11,120
I'm just so weird.

1386
00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:14,240
Letting out the whole point of a community like this

1387
00:56:14,240 --> 00:56:15,720
is that you can come as you are.

1388
00:56:15,720 --> 00:56:17,040
And you don't have to worry.

1389
00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:18,640
Nobody's going to give you the side eye and be like,

1390
00:56:18,640 --> 00:56:20,240
wow, that weird person over there.

1391
00:56:20,240 --> 00:56:22,640
Your farmer likely to get the side eye

1392
00:56:22,640 --> 00:56:24,240
if you show up in like a 3-piece suit

1393
00:56:24,240 --> 00:56:26,200
and you're like super stuffy normal.

1394
00:56:26,200 --> 00:56:28,200
Like we're going to be like, fuck you around with that guy.

1395
00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:29,240
Yeah, exactly.

1396
00:56:29,240 --> 00:56:31,440
What's the normie doing here?

1397
00:56:31,440 --> 00:56:33,160
What's up with that?

1398
00:56:33,160 --> 00:56:35,320
You have tourists in the building.

1399
00:56:35,320 --> 00:56:36,560
Yeah, exactly.

1400
00:56:36,560 --> 00:56:37,480
A tourist.

1401
00:56:37,480 --> 00:56:38,280
Exactly.

1402
00:56:38,280 --> 00:56:40,360
Have you heard the news of Drew and Drew?

1403
00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:42,720
Have you heard the news of Necro-Mancy?

1404
00:56:42,720 --> 00:56:43,800
Come sit with us.

1405
00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:45,840
We will tell you.

1406
00:56:45,840 --> 00:56:48,040
Do you ever have people who just--

1407
00:56:48,040 --> 00:56:50,560
I mean, it's probably dumb question--

1408
00:56:50,560 --> 00:56:53,240
but who just wander into the shop and not

1409
00:56:53,240 --> 00:56:54,640
know what it is?

1410
00:56:54,640 --> 00:56:55,480
Oh, yeah.

1411
00:56:55,480 --> 00:56:57,800
Like every day, every day.

1412
00:56:57,800 --> 00:56:58,640
Really?

1413
00:56:58,640 --> 00:57:01,080
Well, because the street that we're

1414
00:57:01,080 --> 00:57:05,640
is kind of like between a park and all the Oranco

1415
00:57:05,640 --> 00:57:07,640
apartment buildings.

1416
00:57:07,640 --> 00:57:10,600
So we get people who are going to the park, walk in their dog,

1417
00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:11,960
that sort of thing.

1418
00:57:11,960 --> 00:57:14,640
So yeah, all the time, especially in October,

1419
00:57:14,640 --> 00:57:17,120
we've had people coming in looking for costumes.

1420
00:57:17,120 --> 00:57:21,840
Yeah, because they think we're a Halloween shop.

1421
00:57:21,840 --> 00:57:26,760
Or-- and I've gotten a lot better to just flat out be like,

1422
00:57:26,760 --> 00:57:28,640
no, this is a witch store.

1423
00:57:28,640 --> 00:57:29,720
Yeah.

1424
00:57:29,720 --> 00:57:33,560
I think that if you're just opening up front,

1425
00:57:33,560 --> 00:57:36,840
it kind of dismisses any possible negativity

1426
00:57:36,840 --> 00:57:39,360
right off the bat.

1427
00:57:39,360 --> 00:57:43,840
So now that we get any, we really don't, but just in case.

1428
00:57:43,840 --> 00:57:46,400
But yeah, most people are just like, oh, OK.

1429
00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:47,320
They wander around.

1430
00:57:47,320 --> 00:57:49,080
They can appreciate that it's pretty.

1431
00:57:49,080 --> 00:57:50,080
The building is nice.

1432
00:57:50,080 --> 00:57:50,800
It's old.

1433
00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:54,640
We did a good job making it up.

1434
00:57:54,640 --> 00:57:55,160
But--

1435
00:57:55,160 --> 00:57:56,000
You did.

1436
00:57:56,000 --> 00:57:58,280
So they will be like, oh, yeah, this isn't for me.

1437
00:57:58,280 --> 00:58:02,800
But I love what you did with the place.

1438
00:58:02,800 --> 00:58:04,040
Oh, yeah.

1439
00:58:04,040 --> 00:58:05,920
That is so interesting to me, because I

1440
00:58:05,920 --> 00:58:08,680
thought for sure you'd be like, no, because the outside

1441
00:58:08,680 --> 00:58:10,600
of the building is--

1442
00:58:10,600 --> 00:58:14,680
it's kind of obvious what the place is.

1443
00:58:14,680 --> 00:58:17,320
But I guess during Halloween, they could just think, oh,

1444
00:58:17,320 --> 00:58:18,840
it's just decorated around.

1445
00:58:18,840 --> 00:58:19,680
For sure.

1446
00:58:19,680 --> 00:58:21,480
Right.

1447
00:58:21,480 --> 00:58:24,160
It's like a spirit Halloween outpost thing.

1448
00:58:24,160 --> 00:58:27,080
We just opened it up for one month a year.

1449
00:58:27,080 --> 00:58:29,040
That was a lot of work.

1450
00:58:29,040 --> 00:58:29,960
Exactly.

1451
00:58:29,960 --> 00:58:30,720
Oh, my God.

1452
00:58:30,720 --> 00:58:32,680
Seriously, yeah.

1453
00:58:32,680 --> 00:58:34,920
I did tell August though.

1454
00:58:34,920 --> 00:58:38,240
So we opened up October 1st last year.

1455
00:58:38,240 --> 00:58:40,600
So we didn't have a lot of time to decorate for Halloween

1456
00:58:40,600 --> 00:58:41,960
last year.

1457
00:58:41,960 --> 00:58:43,920
So this year, we got a whole bunch of stuff.

1458
00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:47,840
And I spent an entire month making Halloween decor and stuff

1459
00:58:47,840 --> 00:58:50,960
and putting it up.

1460
00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:53,960
And we spent quite a bit on it to his chagrin, of course.

1461
00:58:53,960 --> 00:58:56,440
But I'm like, you know?

1462
00:58:56,440 --> 00:58:59,160
And I'm like, you feel like this stuff for years.

1463
00:58:59,160 --> 00:59:03,600
I didn't really tell him that I plan on doing this every year

1464
00:59:03,600 --> 00:59:06,440
so that our collection grows.

1465
00:59:06,440 --> 00:59:09,400
Because I'm like, one day, we'll want to retire.

1466
00:59:09,400 --> 00:59:11,360
And that's when we can just set up the backyard

1467
00:59:11,360 --> 00:59:13,960
hot and people come through.

1468
00:59:13,960 --> 00:59:16,320
And we only have to work one month a year.

1469
00:59:16,320 --> 00:59:17,320
Exactly.

1470
00:59:17,320 --> 00:59:19,920
Because that's perfect.

1471
00:59:19,920 --> 00:59:21,640
Long term goals, you know?

1472
00:59:21,640 --> 00:59:22,640
Right.

1473
00:59:22,640 --> 00:59:23,640
Yeah.

1474
00:59:23,640 --> 00:59:24,640
You see the big picture.

1475
00:59:24,640 --> 00:59:25,880
He wants to like--

1476
00:59:25,880 --> 00:59:26,800
Yeah, right.

1477
00:59:26,800 --> 00:59:30,120
He wants to like retire to some like Norwegian country

1478
00:59:30,120 --> 00:59:31,160
that's freezing.

1479
00:59:31,160 --> 00:59:32,400
I don't know.

1480
00:59:32,400 --> 00:59:34,480
They don't even have Halloween over there.

1481
00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:36,720
No, you can say you're with me.

1482
00:59:36,720 --> 00:59:39,160
Can you live there like one month a year?

1483
00:59:39,160 --> 00:59:39,680
Right.

1484
00:59:39,680 --> 00:59:42,000
And retire there one month a year, exactly.

1485
00:59:42,000 --> 00:59:42,960
Right.

1486
00:59:42,960 --> 00:59:46,360
So you got married at the Witches Castle.

1487
00:59:46,360 --> 00:59:49,200
Or did you just take pictures there?

1488
00:59:49,200 --> 00:59:51,280
No, we actually got married there.

1489
00:59:51,280 --> 00:59:52,280
Yeah.

1490
00:59:52,280 --> 00:59:53,760
I think I was stalking your website.

1491
00:59:53,760 --> 00:59:56,800
And I was like, no way.

1492
00:59:56,800 --> 00:59:58,600
Because we did a story on that place.

1493
00:59:58,600 --> 00:59:59,280
It's haunted.

1494
00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:00,080
Oh, nice.

1495
01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:00,600
Yeah.

1496
01:00:00,600 --> 01:00:01,480
Awesome.

1497
01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:02,760
Yeah.

1498
01:00:02,760 --> 01:00:05,440
It was a little bit different than we expected.

1499
01:00:05,440 --> 01:00:08,120
I think it's got a lot of graffiti on it now.

1500
01:00:08,120 --> 01:00:09,720
Did one of the pictures online showed.

1501
01:00:09,720 --> 01:00:12,880
But yeah, it was still a beautiful place.

1502
01:00:12,880 --> 01:00:15,160
We did the whole--

1503
01:00:15,160 --> 01:00:16,320
we did a hand-fasting.

1504
01:00:16,320 --> 01:00:17,720
We were eloping.

1505
01:00:17,720 --> 01:00:18,880
We had just moved here.

1506
01:00:18,880 --> 01:00:20,280
So we didn't know anybody.

1507
01:00:20,280 --> 01:00:25,720
We literally had to pay the person who did the ceremony extra

1508
01:00:25,720 --> 01:00:27,640
to bring somebody to take pictures

1509
01:00:27,640 --> 01:00:29,760
and some people to be witnesses.

1510
01:00:29,760 --> 01:00:33,600
Because we didn't even have witnesses.

1511
01:00:33,600 --> 01:00:38,120
So yeah, so we did a whole circle on the ground.

1512
01:00:38,120 --> 01:00:41,680
We had her call in, the four directions,

1513
01:00:41,680 --> 01:00:43,120
and the ancestors, and all that.

1514
01:00:43,120 --> 01:00:45,320
I had it all set up there.

1515
01:00:45,320 --> 01:00:47,320
Yeah, we did the whole nine yards.

1516
01:00:47,320 --> 01:00:50,120
We did the jumping over the broom afterwards.

1517
01:00:50,120 --> 01:00:51,920
One of her family members was there

1518
01:00:51,920 --> 01:00:54,040
who kind of kept people out at least.

1519
01:00:54,040 --> 01:00:56,120
Because it's a kind of a tourist attraction.

1520
01:00:56,120 --> 01:00:58,240
Yeah, it's like a hiking trail, too.

1521
01:00:58,240 --> 01:00:58,840
Yeah.

1522
01:00:58,840 --> 01:00:59,840
Yeah.

1523
01:00:59,840 --> 01:01:01,160
So we did go earlier in the day.

1524
01:01:01,160 --> 01:01:04,400
But we had quite a few people just stop and watch.

1525
01:01:04,400 --> 01:01:04,920
And like--

1526
01:01:04,920 --> 01:01:05,520
I would.

1527
01:01:05,520 --> 01:01:07,320
That'd be so interesting.

1528
01:01:07,320 --> 01:01:09,200
So she at least kept them from coming

1529
01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:13,160
into the castle where we were doing our thing.

1530
01:01:13,160 --> 01:01:14,160
So that's so cool.

1531
01:01:14,160 --> 01:01:15,480
This is good.

1532
01:01:15,480 --> 01:01:16,480
Yeah.

1533
01:01:16,480 --> 01:01:17,720
What did you call it?

1534
01:01:17,720 --> 01:01:18,720
Hand-fasting.

1535
01:01:18,720 --> 01:01:21,520
That's just the type of ceremony that we do.

1536
01:01:21,520 --> 01:01:27,240
You hold hands and the officiant puts cords over your hand.

1537
01:01:27,240 --> 01:01:31,680
We had different colors that represented different things,

1538
01:01:31,680 --> 01:01:35,280
like gray for getting old together or stuff like that.

1539
01:01:35,280 --> 01:01:38,080
And so she would read through all those as she put the cord,

1540
01:01:38,080 --> 01:01:39,760
and then she tied it into a knot.

1541
01:01:39,760 --> 01:01:43,360
And that's like symbolizing the marriage part of it.

1542
01:01:43,360 --> 01:01:47,000
And we held our rings in our hands, too, under the knot,

1543
01:01:47,000 --> 01:01:48,640
and that's the thing.

1544
01:01:48,640 --> 01:01:49,680
So yeah.

1545
01:01:49,680 --> 01:01:50,600
Oh, that's so cool.

1546
01:01:50,600 --> 01:01:52,720
I've never seen a wedding like that before.

1547
01:01:52,720 --> 01:01:55,560
I would love to see something like that.

1548
01:01:55,560 --> 01:01:56,680
I don't want to get married.

1549
01:01:56,680 --> 01:01:59,640
But I want to witness it.

1550
01:01:59,640 --> 01:02:02,640
It seems we're going to be doing some here at the shop.

1551
01:02:02,640 --> 01:02:04,640
Oh, wow, really?

1552
01:02:04,640 --> 01:02:05,120
Yeah.

1553
01:02:05,120 --> 01:02:07,360
There's people who have asked--

1554
01:02:07,360 --> 01:02:07,360
Yeah.

1555
01:02:07,360 --> 01:02:08,160
--and we see those.

1556
01:02:08,160 --> 01:02:11,160
How do you officiate?

1557
01:02:11,160 --> 01:02:12,920
Yes, I am ordained.

1558
01:02:12,920 --> 01:02:15,800
I can do handfastings, all that kind of stuff.

1559
01:02:15,800 --> 01:02:18,200
So if you want to get married at the shop or in the backyard

1560
01:02:18,200 --> 01:02:22,440
or something like that, I can absolutely officiate them.

1561
01:02:22,440 --> 01:02:26,160
We did have a couple get married in our backyard

1562
01:02:26,160 --> 01:02:27,880
a while, like last year or something.

1563
01:02:27,880 --> 01:02:28,720
Oh, yeah.

1564
01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:30,400
Because they needed witnesses, too.

1565
01:02:30,400 --> 01:02:34,520
And so we'll be your witnesses if you need witnesses.

1566
01:02:34,520 --> 01:02:38,440
We know what it's like to not have any package deal.

1567
01:02:38,440 --> 01:02:39,520
Toast.

1568
01:02:39,520 --> 01:02:41,680
Well, thank you guys so much for talking with me.

1569
01:02:41,680 --> 01:02:43,160
This was so much fun.

1570
01:02:43,160 --> 01:02:43,400
Great.

1571
01:02:43,400 --> 01:02:44,240
Thank you.

1572
01:02:44,240 --> 01:02:47,720
I'll have to come to one of the moon ceremonies

1573
01:02:47,720 --> 01:02:49,800
because that just sounds like a blast.

1574
01:02:49,800 --> 01:02:50,960
Absolutely.

1575
01:02:50,960 --> 01:02:52,000
We have one coming up.

1576
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:52,480
Yes.

1577
01:02:52,480 --> 01:02:53,000
Yeah.

1578
01:02:53,000 --> 01:02:53,600
Ooh, win.

1579
01:02:53,600 --> 01:02:54,160
Let's see.

1580
01:02:54,160 --> 01:02:55,560
Full moon.

1581
01:02:55,560 --> 01:02:57,080
Tuesday, I think.

1582
01:02:57,080 --> 01:02:57,440
Yep.

1583
01:02:57,440 --> 01:02:59,320
Tuesday at 7.30.

1584
01:02:59,320 --> 01:02:59,920
Oh my gosh.

1585
01:02:59,920 --> 01:03:01,520
I have Tuesdays off.

1586
01:03:01,520 --> 01:03:02,920
It's like it's meant to be.

1587
01:03:02,920 --> 01:03:03,920
OK, I'm going to do that.

1588
01:03:03,920 --> 01:03:04,520
There you go.

1589
01:03:04,520 --> 01:03:06,280
Let's take it like deathly ill or something.

1590
01:03:06,280 --> 01:03:07,960
But come by.

1591
01:03:07,960 --> 01:03:09,400
Come by.

1592
01:03:09,400 --> 01:03:10,120
Yes.

1593
01:03:10,120 --> 01:03:12,800
And we have it all decorated up for Krampmas right now.

1594
01:03:12,800 --> 01:03:14,960
Oh, yes.

1595
01:03:14,960 --> 01:03:16,880
I love that.

1596
01:03:16,880 --> 01:03:20,520
I feel like we get more people who like the Krampmas

1597
01:03:20,520 --> 01:03:22,120
than the cared about how--

1598
01:03:22,120 --> 01:03:23,280
Really?

1599
01:03:23,280 --> 01:03:25,120
Ironically.

1600
01:03:25,120 --> 01:03:26,120
Yeah.

1601
01:03:26,120 --> 01:03:27,120
Yeah.

1602
01:03:27,120 --> 01:03:28,120
I like both.

1603
01:03:28,120 --> 01:03:30,120
They're just not used to seeing spooky stuff at Christmas.

1604
01:03:30,120 --> 01:03:31,120
Yeah.

1605
01:03:31,120 --> 01:03:32,120
That makes sense.

1606
01:03:32,120 --> 01:03:34,960
Besides your family shit, that's always very spooky, right?

1607
01:03:34,960 --> 01:03:38,480
We definitely put some fanat hats and elf hats on the skeletons

1608
01:03:38,480 --> 01:03:40,080
because it was too much fun.

1609
01:03:40,080 --> 01:03:41,080
You should take down.

1610
01:03:41,080 --> 01:03:43,080
That works.

1611
01:03:43,080 --> 01:03:44,080
Great.

1612
01:03:44,080 --> 01:03:45,080
Exactly.

1613
01:03:45,080 --> 01:03:46,080
Awesome.

1614
01:03:46,080 --> 01:03:48,080
Well, thank you so much.

1615
01:03:48,080 --> 01:03:49,080
Yeah.

1616
01:03:49,080 --> 01:03:52,080
And have a great rest of your weekend.

1617
01:03:52,080 --> 01:03:54,600
And I hope I will see you Tuesday.

1618
01:03:54,600 --> 01:03:55,600
Yes.

1619
01:03:55,600 --> 01:03:56,600
Have a great day.

1620
01:03:56,600 --> 01:03:59,920
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1621
01:03:59,920 --> 01:04:02,200
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1622
01:04:02,200 --> 01:04:06,280
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1623
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1624
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1625
01:04:10,040 --> 01:04:15,040
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1626
01:04:15,040 --> 01:04:19,640
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1627
01:04:19,640 --> 01:04:20,920
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1628
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1629
01:04:23,960 --> 01:04:28,760
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1630
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1631
01:04:32,200 --> 01:04:36,960
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1632
01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:38,880
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1633
01:04:38,880 --> 01:04:39,400
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1634
01:04:39,400 --> 01:04:41,760
We just posted one today to our Patreon.

1635
01:04:41,760 --> 01:04:46,960
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1636
01:04:46,960 --> 01:04:49,600
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1637
01:04:49,600 --> 01:04:54,840
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1638
01:04:54,840 --> 01:04:59,160
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1639
01:04:59,160 --> 01:05:04,120
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1640
01:05:04,120 --> 01:05:07,440
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1641
01:05:07,440 --> 01:05:09,520
Yeah, I think that's easy enough, right?

1642
01:05:09,520 --> 01:05:10,200
Yeah.

1643
01:05:10,200 --> 01:05:14,640
I mean, in the infamous words of Michael Scott,

1644
01:05:14,640 --> 01:05:18,960
I want them to love me so much.

1645
01:05:18,960 --> 01:05:21,400
They're afraid of how much they love me.

1646
01:05:21,400 --> 01:05:22,600
It's something like that.

1647
01:05:22,600 --> 01:05:23,080
Yeah.

1648
01:05:23,080 --> 01:05:23,920
Yeah.

1649
01:05:23,920 --> 01:05:26,680
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1650
01:05:26,680 --> 01:05:29,160
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1651
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1652
01:05:32,480 --> 01:05:37,280
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1653
01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:40,200
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1654
01:05:40,200 --> 01:05:41,800
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1655
01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:44,680
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1656
01:05:44,680 --> 01:05:46,200
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1657
01:05:46,200 --> 01:05:49,200
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1658
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1659
01:05:51,200 --> 01:05:54,400
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1660
01:05:54,400 --> 01:05:57,280
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1661
01:05:57,280 --> 01:05:59,160
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1662
01:05:59,160 --> 01:06:03,640
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1663
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1664
01:06:06,120 --> 01:06:09,720
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1665
01:06:09,720 --> 01:06:13,120
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1666
01:06:13,120 --> 01:06:15,680
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1667
01:06:15,680 --> 01:06:17,280
Oh, have we done that?

1668
01:06:17,280 --> 01:06:18,800
We just did it today.

1669
01:06:18,800 --> 01:06:19,640
Oh.

1670
01:06:19,640 --> 01:06:21,320
It's coming out in the future.

1671
01:06:21,320 --> 01:06:25,680
It's very holiday, very now, very delicious.

1672
01:06:25,680 --> 01:06:27,880
There are multiple alterations

1673
01:06:27,880 --> 01:06:30,440
that have been suggested, so you can tweak it.

1674
01:06:30,440 --> 01:06:31,320
That sounds fun.

1675
01:06:31,320 --> 01:06:34,640
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1676
01:06:34,640 --> 01:06:35,360
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1677
01:06:35,360 --> 01:06:36,600
I want one.

1678
01:06:36,600 --> 01:06:37,640
I'm already had one.

1679
01:06:37,640 --> 01:06:39,000
Oh, OK.

1680
01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:41,880
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1681
01:06:41,880 --> 01:06:45,800
in the episode description to check out all of the fun

1682
01:06:45,800 --> 01:06:47,560
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1683
01:06:47,560 --> 01:06:50,560
[MUSIC PLAYING]

1684
01:06:50,560 --> 01:06:53,560
[MUSIC PLAYING]

1685
01:06:53,560 --> 01:06:56,560
[MUSIC PLAYING]

1686
01:06:56,560 --> 01:06:59,560
[MUSIC PLAYING]

1687
01:06:59,560 --> 01:07:26,320
Sorry, I have to burp.

1688
01:07:26,320 --> 01:07:29,240
You're totally back.

1689
01:07:29,240 --> 01:07:30,440
Thanks, giving me a--

1690
01:07:30,440 --> 01:07:32,040
I hope you don't edit that for now.

1691
01:07:32,040 --> 01:07:34,080
Yeah, seriously, I would leave that as--

1692
01:07:34,080 --> 01:07:37,840
That is Thanksgiving right there, right?

1693
01:07:37,840 --> 01:07:39,000
Like, totally.

1694
01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:41,040
I just manifested the shit out of that.

1695
01:07:41,040 --> 01:07:42,480
I swear, I have a response.

1696
01:07:42,480 --> 01:07:44,800
It's just slightly stuck behind a bubble.

1697
01:07:44,800 --> 01:07:47,000
[LAUGHTER]