Julia Halina Hadas on the Essence of Moon Magick and Celestial Insights

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Welcome to A Witch, a Mystic and a Feminist.

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This week we welcome Julia Helena Hattis back to the show because you know what?

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We finally have her books, so we get to talk about it.

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But welcome back to the show.

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She's a magical, magical person and author of the book which we did an episode on previously, the modern witchcraft book of moon magic.

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And if you listened to the last episode, um, maybe you heard us talking about smelling the pages.

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And the minute I got this book, I did.

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I smelled the pages, just like this.

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You can't see me, but I did, um, and then even my son comes down and he goes what are you doing?

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And my husband's like she's smelling the pages.

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And then he smelled the pages too and he agreed that he likes the smell of books.

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So I've raised a good one Anyway, okay, hi, julia Does it smell like beetroot or like herbs to you guys.

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Yeah, I did not have an herb smell, but it just smelled like new book smell is what it was, and so that is equally delightful for me.

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Mine smells herbal.

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Yeah, I wonder if they're like different prints.

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Okay, perfect, yeah, so you must have got a different one, christy, I know yeah.

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But I also have your book, um, the modern witchcraft book of astrology, um, that you came out with prior to the moon magic book, and I've smelt the pages and they do not, um, have the herbal scent to it, but you know which.

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Then you know, as I bring up the book of astrology, you know you have this book and then you just came out with the moon magic book.

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So for those who haven't read both books, unlike me, you know talking about astrology and then talking about the moon.

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I know that there is a difference, but what's the difference between these two books about?

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the moon.

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I know that there is a difference, but what's the difference between these two books?

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I mean, there's definitely a crossover in terms of the moon as an aspect of astrology, but I think the thing is, when it comes to modern spirituality, setting intentions with the moon and stuff, it's kind of like a different practice, whereas the astrology book is specifically like oh, if you want to tune into a certain zodiacal energy, like Aries season or the planet Mars, you know, I just hit the mic yeah, if you want to turn to a certain specific astrological energy, we're obviously more focused on the moon and just all the things that we use the moon specifically for in witchcraft.

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So, healing, you know, tuning into your intuition, your sense of feeling, which is a really important part of how we kind of navigate our daily life, you know tuning into that.

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So, yeah, Well, I love how, in the beginning of this book, you know, and throughout the book, but you add science and witchcraft, and so there is, you know, a lot of information in here, scientific information with regards to the moon and the different phases and things like that.

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And so was that by design on your part too.

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Yeah, yeah, so I have a degree in anthropology, so obviously you know I need to be.

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I think we can definitely be careful about how we like interweave science with witchcraft.

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You know, something like spirituality doesn't need to always have that backing, right, um.

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But because I have the background in anthropology, I am interested in like actual research, you know, and I I took astronomy in college and stuff, and so, um, I just loved also digging deeper in that way and like finding actual evidence, you know, for a certain things we know people have done forever, right, but you have to have like actual research done, um to to validate that.

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And so I loved and I just think it helps people really realize like the moon cause we go to bed at night, right, and so oftentimes we don't always tune into that energy consciously, but it's still there impacting you, you know, and like realizing all the ways that the moon affects our life on Earth from our experience of the seasons right, it slows down the seasons, how it's lengthened our days and just contributed in different ways to evolution.

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We're always connected to the moon one way or another, and so it's not like a small.

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Oh God damn it.

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Sorry, I'm sorry, the mic is right here, and like you're in front of me and I just hit it again.

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It's all right.

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It's all right, we get it yeah.

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That's why ours has to be floating up here, because you know, yeah, I see you guys.

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Okay, let me just adjust it because this is like, sorry, I used to yeah, no, I used to be in like a cover band and so this was, like you know, when I wanted to record myself on my Mac to, like you know, see what I sounded like.

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So I just don't use it outside of like singing and stuff, so we'll we'll have to discuss that a little bit of that too, after we're done with the book, because I love learning new things about you.

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Yeah, yeah, I mean I hope to get back into singing again one day, but anyway, the thing I just want to say that I love about like tuning into that science aspect and realizing that the moon's like our furthest ancestor.

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You know, it's like we're all made from the earth in some way, and just that connection also, how the moon connects to the past, and the reason why I love.

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I'm so sorry, chrissy, that yours doesn't smell like beet, but maybe it's like a good thing.

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But beet is actually like a big Polish thing.

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Like you know, we've got beet soup and all of that stuff, and so I love that it smells like beets because I'm like, oh, you know, maybe that's my ancestors coming through, but you know I love that.

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That is really cute and I like that you use the term beet, because I was trying to find a nice way to say.

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It smells very like dirt Like, but I relate dirt to be earthy, earthy, right, I do.

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I personally am like okay, beets earthy, taste like the earth, let alone kind of but it is a very big.

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I love the earth because I love beets oh yeah, I love the earth I don't love beets, but I love.

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I like the smell of it.

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Um, I have like beetroot powder, so that's how I know, and like we usually use it in cooking.

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I was like, oh my god, that's what this smells like, because it was bothering me when it first arrived.

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So, yeah, that's why I was.

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I know exactly what it is.

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I guess I'm gonna I'm taking homework for myself I'm gonna go get some beets, and then I'm gonna go to your local store, because maybe I'm just missing something.

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There's an air freshener for that.

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Christy, we'll get you one.

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Grab a beet.

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There's a beet air freshener.

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It could totally be yeah.

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Oh really, there's, a beet air freshener.

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No, I don't know.

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Maybe, maybe I don't know.

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Okay.

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I'm going off the rails here.

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Sounds like dirt.

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Bring it back in.

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Bring it back in.

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I that I love all the books and information coming out about the moon and how people are embracing it more and more, because I think even growing up the moon was very it's related with night.

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So it's very dark, it's scary, it's almost intimidating at the time.

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You know and you think of all the bad things that happens when the full moon's out and you know it must be a full moon, be careful, and I just love that we're starting to embrace the actual energy and the power of the moon and what it can do for us emotionally, spiritually, I mean, even as women.

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We know our cycles revolve around, you know the moon cycle as well, and as far as time or days, whatever, um, but it's.

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But it was always scary for me as a kid because you're just like, oh, it's nighttime, oh, the moon's out.

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You know it's kind of just that creepy story that you would hear, like all the horror stories happen at night, with the full moon and the werewolves, you know, and the witches.

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Well and you bring that up in your book too with regards to the eclipses and the full moon and the werewolves and stuff like that in the stories that come out.

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Yeah, it's beautiful to hear the beauty and the power and the energy of the moon and people actually embracing it now, using it as a source for them.

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So I think that's fantastic and I really enjoy your book and I actually am reading it more of a as a reference, if you will.

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Okay, there's a spell for this or there's a ceremony for this or whatever.

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So it's it's been fun and I'm actually reading.

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I'm going to read today the full moon because full moon's coming up.

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So I was like, yeah, I read this one and see what I can do on that day.

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So it's got.

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It's like a great reference book as far as all the little things and different scenarios you can perform spells, all the stuff.

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So thank you for this book.

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I am all about the moon lately.

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Well, so you were saying that everybody's becoming more aware of it, and I'm just curious if it really is everybody becoming more aware of it or, as we have opened up more spiritually and looking into it, is it because we've become more aware of it, so we're recognizing that other people are more aware, or or is it really that everybody is more aware?

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I'm not sure.

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Like I think it's like two things, so which I'm learning more that I feel like a book agent.

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One thing is it has to do with trends, like everything goes through trends, and there's actually a bunch of moon magic books that I think are going to be coming out over the next two years or so, and so I think publishers are anticipating another lunar trend.

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I don't know where they get that information from.

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But also, like, when I think about when I first got into witchcraft, everything was very moon focused, like you know, celebrations on the full moon, etc.

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And then, of course, it's adapted over time, so I think it's always been there, but it's just kind of like focuses, orient in different ways.

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Astrology, as far as in spirituality, was going through a trend, and then just kind of like shifts as to I don't really know how it works, but yeah, yeah, and so I think it is coming up again.

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But I do also think, like you know, there's I think about how I grew up in all the moon magic books that I had, and I just think it's a constant part.

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The other thing I kind of think about like going off of what you were saying, jamie oh, goddamn ADHD, fuck, sorry.

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I just you know the building.

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Yeah, what was I going to say?

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Oh God, sorry, it's just like I have to like keep focused or else otherwise, like I totally forget it's all good, oh well, it'll come back.

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It'll come back.

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So one of the things that there's a lot of contradictory information about out there that you bring up in your book is manifestations when it comes to full moons or new moons, and you know for you you said it's personal preference, but a lot of people say you do it during a full moon and you release during a new moon.

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A lot of people say you manifest during a new moon, and so again, it's contradictory.

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Why do you think that is?

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You know part of it is.

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This is where it totally intertwines with astrology, right, and you brought up my other book.

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It is partly due to just different traditions and also just the astrology and our own personal birth charts not to get like super out there for people.

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You obviously don't have to know all of this astrological information, so don't be like daunted by hearing that.

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But the reality is is like a full moon in a certain sign.

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The full moon's always going to be opposite whatever the sun is, and it creates tension, it creates friction, but at the same time the moon's in its full power and also, if you can harmonize the balance between those two forces, it can be really potent and powerful.

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But for some people, certain lunar cycle is going to be more challenging and maybe that is more.

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They a feel that tension, and so it's just that's why it's like the thing about what the moon represents is our own sense of feeling right and tuning into our intuition in that way and that wisdom, and so I feel like every lunar cycle kind of impacts us differently.

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Like, I'll be honest, sometimes I don't do so great when the moon's in Virgo, and so it's just part of my chart and the way my life works, and so it's the same thing with the new moon.

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The new moon I love because there's that cosmic alignment between the sun and moon.

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So it's like, with that alignment and melding that into moon magic, it's a really great time for rebirthing matters, specifically for what sign the moon and sun are in.

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But you know sometimes if a certain lunar cycle has been really triggering and someone just wants to focus more on rest.

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So it's really kind of like ebbs and flow you think of, like the ocean tides, right, and so just tuning into what are you feeling more?

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Because, especially when I first got into witchcraft, the full moon was a really powerful time to cast manifestation magic right.

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And then some stuff happened, I think, like with Yasmin Boland and moonology, and the focus became more of manifesting with the new moon and I think both are totally valid.

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It's just more of how that lunar cycle is particularly impacting you and where you're at in your life.

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Thank you for that.

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Yes, yes, I was life.

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Thank you for that, yes.

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I was like.

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thank you for that explanation, I appreciate that Because some full moons are like you feel powerful, right, the moon is in her full glow, things are illuminated for you.

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Maybe the sign that that moon is in is just vibing with you and all the other astrological energy like totally cast a manifestation spell at the full moon.

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If you're feeling that power and it's feeling great for you, right, it's just very subjective and I think that's the powerful thing about tuning into the moon and spirituality in witchcraft and magic is owning where you are in your season of life and tuning in and adapting things according to how you're feeling.

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I really appreciate that because and we've discussed this before on many of our shows when we have people who tell us it has to be done this way, no-transcript.

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Well, especially for, like you know, baby witches and you know, people that are just coming into wanting to work with the moon and moon magic more.

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You know, and I know, that we're talking a lot about the new moon and full moon right now, but you really do go into discussing all of the different phases of the moon.

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Yes, which I yes?

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100%, because I mean, sometimes for anyone this can just be really confusing.

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And so to have that explanation, and that's why also I bring up you brought up the scientific portions in your book.

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My logical brain appreciates that so much.

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You know, because you're speaking to the logical side of me.

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And then you know you go into more witchcraft and spell work and you know meditations and rituals, and that speaks to the witchy side of me.

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And so you know, I think this book is fantastic for, like Jamie was saying, a great reference, but you know, also just great information.

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Yay.

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I always write too much.

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We had to like cut out like 10,000 words, you know.

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Oh, can I have that?

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There's 10,000 words, yeah.

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That's like the thing that's so hard about writing books sometimes is because, like, especially, this is part of um Adams media's modern witch series, so it has to fit within their series.

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And it's like I get certain constraints, you know, and I'm like, oh, but I'd love to go more into this.

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And I'm like, okay, how can I use the space that I have effectively, which, honestly, is probably good for the reader, because someone who's about to pick out this book probably doesn't want to read like a whole freaking thesis, you know, on one lunar phase.

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So it's just like you kind of have to like pick and choose.

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Can that be like the advanced version, like you can just come up with, like you know advanced level magic One day.

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Yes, but so and sorry.

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I just keep going back and forth within this book because there's just and I have like things you know marked.

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But you know, you go into some of the deities and with regards to the moon and the lunar deities, and so going into that, I found that really fascinating because you learn about all these different gods and stuff.

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Was that interesting for you to write as well?

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Yeah, yeah, and obviously I know some about lunar deities.

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But another thing to me is like always a place of wanting to represent things from different backgrounds around the world.

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But also I don't want to go too deeply because I'm not from those practices and so how do I touch on a little bit of mythology here, so that way I'm including representation in some way and information, but also not diving to the point of I am not super familiar with these specific practices.

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So it was like kind of that's a one thing like with mythology and deities.

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You know that I want to be careful on touching on of like there are these deities, you know, in South or Central America, right, so people can have that awareness.

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So I think that's always kind of like a fine line.

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But yeah, I mean, as part of having an anthropology degree, I'm just have always been fascinated by mythology.

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I think it's just general, the ADHD like applies in so many ways, you know, and like and actually like mythology was how I first got into witchcraft, so before I even found out that people were practicing it, like in sixth grade when I learned about mythology, especially Egyptian mythology, you know, because I was very connected with feline cats God, I'm such a stereotype, Anyway, you know.

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So when I learned of, you know, the cat deity from ancient Egyptian mythology, Bast, I was like tuning into her and working with her before I even, like, came to find witchcraft and spirituality.

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So I love including mythology in that way because it's really powerful to connect to kind of those energy frequencies you said.

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I'm so stereotypical.

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But then you go into in your book lunar spellcasting and keeping a grimoire and creating an altar.

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So maybe go into that a little bit, yeah yeah, because that's the thing is, like we kind of touched on, but I wanted to dive in a and creating an altar.

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So maybe go into that a little bit.

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Yeah, yeah, because that's the thing is, like we kind of touched on, but I wanted to dive in a little deeper.

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It's just, like you know, the moon representing our emotions and feeling.

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I don't know.

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I feel like in our modern society, or like at least when I was growing up, that emotions were just kind of like deemed as yeah, exactly, or just like, or like yeah, whereas, like you know, females expressing their emotions was just like it meant that something was not true, right, but they're just, oh, emotional, and then, like, as you get older, realizing like, well, a lot of those emotions came from a really true place, yeah, and kind of stuffing them in that way and like brushing them off the shoulder.

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And maybe this is just because my family is Slavic.

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I will be honest, I'm like I'm really Polish.

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You know, both sides of my family come from Poland, I have dual citizenship, I'm relearning the language right now, and so maybe that's just a Slavic thing of like you know, um, brushing aside people's emotions.

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Um, yeah, sorry, did I go off on a tangent there, um, but so yeah, and so it was like, as I got older and like kind of realizing, like you know, the emotions my mom was expressing or whatever, if she had tuned into the deeper root of those.

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It's kind of like our sense of feeling and our emotional landscape can tell us if we are or aren't being nurtured, how we're feeling about our life.

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Are we feeling fulfilled?

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Is there something wrong?

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And so I love tuning into the mood in that way, of the emotional landscape and our sense of feeling.

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And, oh my God, what was the original question?

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So we were talking about the uh, we were talking about grimoires and altars.

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Okay, oh, yeah, yeah.

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And so it was really important for me to include that section because I want people to, as part of their lunar practice, develop an intimate and personal connection with the moon and so having your lunar grimoire where you kind of record and begin to notice your own personal relationship with the moon, your own personal sense of feeling, develop your intuition in that way, and then you can kind of bring valuable information from that into your life, you know.

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So, yeah, that's why it was important for me to cover those things and also just go over energy.

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You know basics of, like how do you tune into energy, how do you support your new moon intentions to really bring, or any intention to bring, what it is that you want to manifest to light?

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And so, starting with those basics, that way people can develop that personal relationship.

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Yeah, I love that.

00:21:27.942 --> 00:21:39.692
And after reading this, that's something that I started doing, like going through the different phases of the moon that we're in and then journaling like what I've been feeling because I've been a hot mess lately.

00:21:39.692 --> 00:21:42.076
So why?

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We're trying to figure out the why right now, and so you know so much stuff happening astrologically.

00:21:49.214 --> 00:21:51.160
So, like all those things do play a role.

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:57.195
But you know, having a starting point with the moon is a good place Having a starting point with the moon is a good place.

00:21:57.215 --> 00:22:03.365
And then I also like how you even have in here grounding your energy, cleansing your energy.

00:22:03.365 --> 00:22:23.327
You know, there's just so much fascinating information in here that it's just and I've learned so much over the last four years with regards to witchcraft and spirituality and stuff like that that it's good to and I feel like I kind of bounce around to everything.

00:22:23.327 --> 00:22:28.159
Like you know, maybe that's my ADHD where I'm like can't stick with one thing I got to do everything.

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:38.219
So this is great for me to be able to go back and be like oh yeah, that is a tool that I have, that I've completely put in the back of my head and you know, so yeah.

00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:39.082
Yeah.

00:22:39.410 --> 00:22:41.778
And the meditations and spells that you have in here.

00:22:42.230 --> 00:22:54.250
Yeah, it's so hard because, like you know, I honestly like I could include like a meditation, a card reading, or like multiple spells for every single phase, for every single moon sign, every single season.

00:22:54.250 --> 00:22:56.258
But that would be like super.

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Every single season, but that would be like super.

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And so I had to be like, okay, I have to think about like how I can designate these things that way I can get the max with the space that I have.

00:23:05.550 --> 00:23:06.134
You know what I mean.

00:23:06.134 --> 00:23:15.635
Like not every moon phase can have a meditation, not every moon phase can have a card reading, not every moon phase can have a spell and same thing with the signs, or else this would be like triple the size.

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Yeah, right, oh my god, here we go yeah, and I love it too because I started to notice for like the other authors in this series too of like how you can tell that we've maxed out how many words we can put in these books.

00:23:30.521 --> 00:23:38.644
You know, like they kind of have their max count at around like 250 or something, 250 pages.

00:23:38.663 --> 00:23:40.528
So yeah, wait did you?

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Is that exactly where you stopped?

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I know I was like hold on.

00:23:44.635 --> 00:23:48.503
No, I was like 244 without the index.

00:23:49.105 --> 00:23:55.020
Okay, you did good well it's like 250s with the index and they have to account for that.

00:23:55.020 --> 00:24:03.109
But like, let's see, with the index my astrology book ended at like 256 and that one they had to cut out of the table of contents.

00:24:03.109 --> 00:24:08.279
It doesn't list the spell, so just list the chapter.

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:20.143
So I'm like you know, I just started to notice and like I have a couple other books in the series and I'm like, oh, they were probably like had the same problem with words on this one, because I can tell from the formatting that they had to like squish it all in there.

00:24:22.054 --> 00:24:36.063
So, as an author and having those parameters, do you feel like your creativity or your information is being suppressed, when they do cut out a lot of that information that you had in there?

00:24:36.730 --> 00:24:38.012
You know, I think it's give and take.

00:24:38.012 --> 00:24:41.301
I mean, I'm of the one thing in like my mythology.

00:24:41.301 --> 00:25:03.539
One of my college mythology courses that I loved about the professor was just how having conversations in disseminating certain myths or information of how we would arise to different ideas through bouncing back and forth, and so I think in some ways, creativity creativity can get stifled, but also just through the process of working with the editors, etc.

00:25:03.539 --> 00:25:05.990
You get kind of a new art form, you know.

00:25:05.990 --> 00:25:07.192
So it's.

00:25:07.192 --> 00:25:09.598
It's a give and take in some ways.

00:25:09.598 --> 00:25:15.019
Yes, because I think about like can I really represent everything in the way that needs to be done?

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But also they have the perspective of the type of person who's going to open this book right, so a beginner and not someone who, like me, knows a lot more information.

00:25:25.354 --> 00:25:35.152
And so they kind of know, like I may have all these grand ideas of what to put in there, but if it's not going to hit for the person that opens up the book, then those ideas don't matter.

00:25:35.913 --> 00:25:40.124
And I also have like a minor in English.

00:25:40.124 --> 00:25:49.126
So the writing part and like getting creative with my word choices, and I get so weird about it too, because I'm, like you know, different tone comes across with different words.

00:25:49.126 --> 00:25:56.011
I'm like okay, I have this limited amount of space, so that makes me have to be creative with the way that I phrase things.

00:25:56.011 --> 00:26:06.352
So that way I'm getting across kind of the general energy or the mood and not phrasing things in a really confining way that can be taken differently.

00:26:06.352 --> 00:26:08.958
So it kind of adds to the creative process.

00:26:08.958 --> 00:26:16.742
It certainly adds restrictions that can be frustrating, but in the end of the day it ends up still being like a piece of artwork.

00:26:16.742 --> 00:26:19.799
You know, like I'm still controlling the content that goes in there.

00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:25.257
It's just a matter of I have this much space, how can I use that space effectively?

00:26:25.558 --> 00:26:29.820
Right, that's interesting because I'm like oh well, tell me more about this.

00:26:29.820 --> 00:26:34.260
So how long did it take you to write this book?

00:26:34.260 --> 00:26:34.942
I was going to ask that.

00:26:42.890 --> 00:26:44.414
Oh well, if I had all the time in the world it would be a different story.

00:26:44.414 --> 00:26:45.779
But Adams Media I don't know if I'm supposed to say it.

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.943
I've said it before, so I'm sure it's fine.

00:26:46.943 --> 00:26:49.351
They give us a two month timeline for manuscript writing.

00:26:49.611 --> 00:26:51.173
That's so short.

00:26:51.354 --> 00:27:03.438
That is fast, yeah, and the frustration with that is I actually have to drop everything else in my life in order to be able to do it, because part of it is for me, too, when I write something like this.

00:27:03.438 --> 00:27:22.596
There are a lot of other books out there and it's important to me that I am including various perspectives, but also adding something to the conversation, so I like to do a lot of reference research in order to make sure you know I'm taking an approach that can be adaptable or accessible to a variety of people.

00:27:22.596 --> 00:27:30.080
So, basically, like everything else in my life shuts down for two months, and then it's the same thing with the editing process.

00:27:30.080 --> 00:27:36.362
When they turn around and give me the edits, it's like three chapters, which is 17 or 18,000 words.

00:27:36.362 --> 00:27:40.500
You have three days to review those chapters and send it back, and then they send me another load.

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:42.490
So, yeah, it's, I'm not going to lie.

00:27:42.549 --> 00:27:56.959
It's a rough ride because, um, everything else in my life just kind of goes to the wayside and I feel like energetically cause this is my fourth book with the publisher like they're a great team and this is how they've carved out a pathway for themselves in the industry.

00:27:56.959 --> 00:28:10.741
You know this is their approach to publishing but it's like still the it's just kind of very up and down and so trying to balance out my life so it's more consistent and not very like everything else has to go for two months.

00:28:10.741 --> 00:28:12.105
Oh, there's a dust particle.

00:28:12.105 --> 00:28:20.693
Sorry, I don't know if you saw it on the screen, it was very bright, but anyway and it's was it really a dust particle?

00:28:22.970 --> 00:28:29.404
I don't know, maybe not, and it's a beautiful book, by the way, sorry Did you do.

00:28:29.444 --> 00:28:31.755
I was just going to say talking about you, yeah, they did a great job.

00:28:31.775 --> 00:28:32.246
Yeah, it's.

00:28:32.246 --> 00:28:33.490
It's a beautiful book.

00:28:33.490 --> 00:28:34.232
Sorry, christy, go ahead.

00:28:34.904 --> 00:28:42.953
While you were writing this, did you do any spells or, like you know, to help you that you would like to share with our listeners?

00:28:42.993 --> 00:28:47.940
Yeah, I mean, part of it is is like the spells in the book, right.

00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:57.953
And so I'm like, okay, if I want to include this particular type of spell in the book, I also want to use it to benefit the success of the book.

00:28:57.953 --> 00:29:02.327
And so there was the cinnamon ladder that I ended up putting under the Capricorn moon.

00:29:02.327 --> 00:29:06.154
That I specifically did, you know, to help for the book.

00:29:06.154 --> 00:29:08.098
Oh God, there's a couple.

00:29:08.098 --> 00:29:23.558
The thing is that the names of the spells change, so I can't always remember like which ones I did, but I'm always burning candles and doing spells for stuff, so there's never a time where I'm not doing a spell to help, you know, something be successful or pass underway.

00:29:26.045 --> 00:29:29.894
Let me see here, sorry it's like which one do I yeah I mean because I'm like working.

00:29:29.954 --> 00:29:43.430
So that's the thing is like when I'm doing all this stuff in a span of two months and I kind of know what spells like, for example, the moon and cancer what kind of energy I want okay, this type of spell is going to be great for that and then I'm doing those spells while I'm working on the book.

00:29:43.430 --> 00:30:01.315
So the harmonious, um home moon simmer pot I love is because it's both the simmer pot but also a compote, which comes from my cultural background um, it's polish, so you can add like sugar in there afterwards and it becomes a really delicious restorative drink to like revamp the anyway.

00:30:01.394 --> 00:30:04.539
So yeah, there were many spells done.

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:07.630
Yeah, yes, all of the spells.

00:30:07.750 --> 00:30:15.682
Yeah, and I think another thing that I kind of find of ironic with this book is like an astrology of the moon can represent our early childhood.

00:30:15.682 --> 00:30:21.851
I think I talked about this last podcast and maybe I shouldn't talk about it because I don't know if it gets too deep and too dark.

00:30:21.851 --> 00:30:23.915
No, but get deep and get dark, yes, please.

00:30:23.976 --> 00:30:24.596
It's fine yeah.

00:30:26.925 --> 00:30:37.672
So during the time that I was writing this book, my dad actually passed away during the edits, so 30 days after he was sick during the time I was writing it.

00:30:37.724 --> 00:30:53.814
But he wasn't being transparent with my brother and I about what was going on, so we didn't really understand and just kind of thought he was just being difficult as usual, you know he anyway.

00:30:53.914 --> 00:31:11.750
And so it was just I found it interesting with what the moon represents and like I had to travel back to my home, you know, when he passed, and thinking about all the themes that the moon represents and having those themes kind of come up again, like with my ancestry and diving back into, like you know, my Polish heritage and stuff like that.

00:31:11.750 --> 00:31:13.214
So I don't know, I just.

00:31:13.214 --> 00:31:43.122
And then also what I find as interesting is he was an Aries and pretty much the main Aries figure in my life, and then this book came out, the start of Aries season and so, and then also like the Aries eclipse and all of that was like the day after what would have been his birthday, and so I just found like I don't know, it's like in a way, this book kind of was like connecting to that ancestral part, of healing those ancestral or generational traumas and patterns.

00:31:43.742 --> 00:31:44.143
Right.

00:31:44.143 --> 00:31:47.034
I love the synchronicities there.

00:31:47.034 --> 00:31:49.432
I think that it's truly beautiful.

00:31:49.432 --> 00:32:05.699
And going back to having different spells in different signs of the moon, I like that because it's not so much of what's my sign and is this and then do I do my sun sign or my moon sign or my rising sign?

00:32:05.699 --> 00:32:09.593
It's the sign within the moon, kind of situation.

00:32:10.615 --> 00:32:15.032
Yeah, Did you have a specific question about that or just no, just that was just a statement.

00:32:18.106 --> 00:32:22.792
Yeah, was so hard because I was like a part of eliminating 10,000 words.

00:32:22.792 --> 00:32:28.619
It's like I was like I can include so many, so much information on the moon in each specific sign.

00:32:28.619 --> 00:32:38.651
I actually wanted at least three spells, but in my ideal world I could have a book just for the moon signs and have a meditation, have a card reading and then a couple of spells.

00:32:38.651 --> 00:32:51.521
Um, but they were like, oh well, maybe we just make the moon sign section like one spell for each sign and I'm like no, I can't, I can't, you know, I'm setting my boundary right now.

00:32:51.541 --> 00:33:00.528
This is yeah, I was like yeah, I was like I'll pull from other areas like we can't lose that to give a variety of information.

00:33:00.569 --> 00:33:09.215
So yeah, well, okay, now going back to your dad and the signs that you received from him or from the universe with regards to writing this book.

00:33:09.215 --> 00:33:21.416
When you were writing other books did you have and that one's really deep and you know because your father was dying and then passed but did you have other signs when you were writing other books?

00:33:21.416 --> 00:33:25.234
And have you ever thought about writing a book about all the signs you got?

00:33:25.234 --> 00:33:28.923
I'm like because that's just fascinating to me.

00:33:28.923 --> 00:33:30.431
I'd love to hear all about it.

00:33:32.046 --> 00:33:35.162
Yeah, I think part of it is too is just the amount of time I have to write.

00:33:35.162 --> 00:33:43.192
The book lends itself to like a general chaotic energy, if I'm being honest, you know, like it's just like cause it's.

00:33:43.192 --> 00:33:46.368
It literally becomes my life for that time.

00:33:46.368 --> 00:34:04.453
Um, and I'm just trying to think about because I feel like every book I've written has come from a significant period of my life Um, so, the modern witchcraft book of astrology right when that came out, I was literally moving and so that was like hard to manage this book launch and I'm like literally changing locations.

00:34:05.025 --> 00:34:06.268
Moon Magic came out.

00:34:06.268 --> 00:34:19.492
Well, at the time that I was working on it was during the pandemic and so that was already some challenges there because I couldn't have taste testers and I was also taking care of my grandmother during the pandemic back in California.

00:34:19.492 --> 00:34:23.951
And it's actually kind of funny that you mentioned that now because I'm like, well, I was back in.

00:34:23.951 --> 00:34:50.061
You know, my grandmother is a World War II veteran from Poland and so that's just like another way of like you know, that ancestral theme and taking care of my grandmother during that time and the moon being nurturing and that feminine energy and ancestors and then witchcraft cocktails that came from basically when I was behind the bar, so I had already had some of the recipes and stuff because I was serving them.

00:34:50.061 --> 00:34:55.824
I'm trying to think it was so long ago, but then it came out during the pandemic.

00:34:55.824 --> 00:35:08.447
So I think just the last four years of life in general in the world have been kind of you know chaotic in itself, yeah yeah.

00:35:08.527 --> 00:35:14.527
So you know, they all have kind of their their own themes and with each book you kind of like learn more.

00:35:14.527 --> 00:35:17.193
Um, you know, witchcraft cocktails.

00:35:17.193 --> 00:35:19.237
I wanted to put in more information.

00:35:19.237 --> 00:35:21.726
So I put in more information, moon magic mixology.

00:35:21.726 --> 00:35:27.653
But then also, like maybe I needed to zoom out a little bit and not put so much stuff in.

00:35:28.295 --> 00:35:33.420
So yeah, Well, and as we're wrapping up, what's next for you, Julia?

00:35:37.364 --> 00:35:38.827
Hopefully another cocktail book.

00:35:38.887 --> 00:35:39.949
I drink rest of people.

00:35:39.949 --> 00:35:54.693
Yeah, I loved doing this book because in moon magic mixology, you know, I have to focus a lot on alcohol and so I wanted to focus more on the root of my practice and this one of what informs even the recipes I make in moon magic mixology.

00:35:54.693 --> 00:36:05.887
So, being able to focus more on this, I've started a YouTube channel and I'm just doing general um, magical, you know astrology metaphysics on there.

00:36:05.887 --> 00:36:13.128
I'm doing only one drink recipe a month because I have learned that they are a bitch to film and edit.

00:36:14.090 --> 00:36:16.596
Um, it's just, you are so good at it.

00:36:16.596 --> 00:36:18.338
You are so good at it.

00:36:19.085 --> 00:36:33.311
Cause, um cause, I think on YouTube specifically, I'm like, oh, like, oh my, I spent like days, like a whole week, just editing, oh yeah, mixology demo video, and I'm like this is I can't do this every single week, so like one drink video a month, that's.

00:36:33.311 --> 00:36:35.177
You know, I'm gonna do one for beltane.

00:36:35.177 --> 00:36:42.088
I don't know when this comes out, but um, so yeah, that's kind of like where I'm directing my focus.

00:36:42.088 --> 00:36:50.434
I'm just having more consistency I have a book agent now and having less ups and downs of like you've got two months to write this book, you know.

00:36:50.434 --> 00:37:01.601
So yeah, that's where I'm focusing my energy and I'm just excited for, hopefully, what I'm anticipating is going to be my next drink book.

00:37:01.601 --> 00:37:05.503
We'll see if it comes to fruition, so yeah, I'm sure it will.

00:37:05.623 --> 00:37:08.693
Yeah, you are super talented and a wealth of information.

00:37:08.713 --> 00:37:12.733
Yeah, and thank you so much for joining us again.

00:37:12.733 --> 00:37:18.295
We love having you on the show we love your energy and your information.

00:37:18.295 --> 00:37:19.929
You are so fantastic.

00:37:19.929 --> 00:37:21.514
Yay, we just love you.

00:37:21.675 --> 00:37:24.166
Yes, and I'm glad you guys all got the book and are so fantastic.

00:37:24.166 --> 00:37:24.608
Yay, we just love you.

00:37:24.608 --> 00:37:26.396
Yes, and I'm glad you guys all got the book and thank you for having me again.

00:37:26.396 --> 00:37:27.460
Thank you for allowing me to swear.

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:32.072
I always feel like very, I have to be like polite and then I'm like, oh, that's right, I can swear.

00:37:32.193 --> 00:37:35.666
So on this show you can swear yes you can, absolutely.

00:37:35.666 --> 00:37:37.208
Yeah, I love it.

00:37:37.208 --> 00:37:41.534
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00:37:41.534 --> 00:37:47.952
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