hello, cinnamon bun ✦ i’m rachael, your friendly neighbourhood Creative Witch. there’s nothing i love more than venturing into The Woods on a creative mission, and coming back to my village (that’s you!) to share the stories, systems and spells i’ve picked up along the way.
💫✨ a letter of both fun & important shit
sat 26 aug
happy saturday!
buckle in, because i’ve got a LOT of news for you in this letter!
Constellation Clarity’s class schedule is nailed down and it’s open for enrollment, i share an update on why i’m no longer making monthly videos, and i have a cool video essay i want to recommend.
✦ Constellation Clarity is open!
we’ve nailed down our next class schedule & enrollment is officially open 🥳
Enrollment Period
- sun 27 aug - tue 12 sep
Live Class Times
- sat 16 sep | 3pm-7pm (4hr) | + 30min overspill for alumni questions
- sun 17 sep | 3pm-7pm (4hr) | + 30min overspill for alumni questions
| 💫 explore Constellation Clarity & join now |
✦ the journal
in case you didn’t catch the news already, i just wanted to let you know that i have scrapped my monthly video schedule.
for a while now i’ve been prioritising putting out a new video on the same day each month, and while i love making them, they did end up monopolising time that i really needed to put towards my paid work. i’m by no means STOPPING making videos - i still love doing it and actually have several in the works right now. but the way i’ve got my business set up right now, videos help me promote my paid work but they don’t actually make me any money (i don’t have ads enabled or take sponsorships etc). i may rethink that in the future, but for now i’m not going to commit to a specific schedule - videos will come out as and when they’re ready according to how i’m able to fit them in around my paying work (patreon, teaching, digital products etc). i hope that makes sense!
if you miss my videos and wish they were more frequent, you are always welcome to support my work on Patreon and buy from my online shop - that directly contributes to giving me more time to dedicate to videos.
✦ the channel
it makes me so happy that so many folks seemed to resonate with the new video and find it inspiring 🥰
if you didn’t catch it yet, here’s your nudge. it breaks down the one ritual that makes up 90% of my witchcraft practice, and why it’s so good for my ADHD brain.
the ONLY ritual i use as a witch ✧
✦ the almanac
🌻 LATE SUMMMER / N. hemisphere
wring out those last summer evenings, have a picnic with really good bread, grab your favourite iced drink while they’re still serving it (mine is cold brew)
🌾 FESTIVALS / music & arts festivals, lammas, edinburgh fringe, panathenaea
🌖 WAXING MOON / gathering, growing, brightening
✦ the finds
i’ve got a big, weird video essay to recommend!
i recently watched Spider-verse, identity politics, leftist infighting and the Oppression Olympics - yes, all 2hrs 37min of it! i watched little pieces over the course of a few days, and i think it’s worth your time. while i lost focus a little over some of the grittier philosophy sections, i don’t mind letting these things just kind of wash over me, and this video had some really beautiful and thought provoking moments.
it doesn’t hurt that it uses Spider-Verse (one of my all time fave movie series) as a lens for wider sociopolitical ideas, and is genuinely funny.
there are a few parts when you can see the creator reading the script (instead of looking directly into camera) which is a pet peeve of mine - but this was good enough that i stuck with it anyway, and i’m glad i did.
so, there! if you want something intellectually juicy and uplifting, give it a watch.
⚭ Spider-verse, identity politics, leftist infighting and the Oppression Olympics | the leftist cooks
that's it for now 😊
take care,
rachael stephen ✦
hello, cinnamon bun ✦ i’m rachael, your friendly neighbourhood Creative Witch. there’s nothing i love more than venturing into The Woods on a creative mission, and coming back to my village (that’s you!) to share the stories, systems and spells i’ve picked up along the way.
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