{"id":17825,"date":"2018-08-01T01:10:06","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T06:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=18865"},"modified":"2018-08-02T11:38:02","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T16:38:02","slug":"tea-time-reviews-conversations-with-the-fair-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2018\/08\/01\/tea-time-reviews-conversations-with-the-fair-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Tea Time Reviews & Conversations with the Fair One"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to our newest review column! I\u2019m the Fair One and I\u2019m pleased to bring you wonderful products from Pagan Owned businesses you may not have heard of, but SHOULD! <\/span><\/p>\n

I will inform you about the wonderful product I will be reviewing, then next, the business owner and I have a great conversation about their shop, products, ideas, and more. So sit back, have a nice cup of tea with me and let\u2019s open the door to our first shop!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Persephone\u2019s herbal learning box<\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

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This month, over a nice cup of hot brew I am opening up the from Persephone\u2019s herbal shop<\/a>. The box itself is lovely, with a great message on the side.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A nice reminder to us all! <\/span><\/p>\n

Upon opening the box the first thing you see is bags of herbs!!! Three, nice size bags, of that month\u2019s herb, which is Mullien, in two different forms. <\/span><\/p>\n

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You get 2 bags of appox. 0.7 oz of Mullein Leaf and 1 bag of appox. 1.1 oz Mull-ein Comfort which is a mixture of a few herbs with Mullein and is a tea. The back of the packages tells you the ingredients in each bag and gives you any warnings or instructions that are necessary. You, also, receive 2 packets of Mullein seeds with approx. 200 seeds in each. Last, a high gloss magazine of Recipes, History, & More all about Mullein. <\/span><\/p>\n

The packages of herbs are air tight sealed to ensure freshness. The tea, is delicious. Perfect for this column! The magazine quality is amazing. There are articles are awesome. It teaches you how to sow your seeds. The pictures of Mullein are beautiful. It is a great keepsake to have to always remember what the herb does and how to use it. <\/span><\/p>\n

I was blown away by this product. I could not wait to have a conversation with Christina, co-Shop Owner of Persephone\u2019s<\/a> with her husband Jared. My Speech is in <\/span>bold black<\/b><\/span> and Christina\u2019s is in <\/span>green bold<\/b><\/span><\/span>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Hello Christina!!<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

It is such a pleasure to meet you. I was very excited to receive your herbal learning box<\/a>! <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The pleasure is mine!\u00a0 Jared and I were excited to hear that you wanted to learn about our box and share your experience with your followers!\u00a0 PaganPages.Org is amazing!!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Until now, I haven\u2019t had any sort of formal way to learn herbs other than looking them up in my books or on the internet. You know you research a keyword here or there or look up lists now and then for this or that, but you don\u2019t truly STUDY herbs that way I feel. It\u2019s usually a hurried look up for a spell or ritual. A knowledge that you retain is something that a lot of us Witches are looking for. I have looked into courses, but they can run you a lot of money and they do not come with any supplies. I think you are providing with your herbal learning box<\/a>, an affordable, amazing way to learn herbal healing & magick. How did you come up with the idea for a herbal learning box<\/a>? <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Jared and I both grew up around natural remedies and have always appreciated traditional healing methods. Though we appreciate and respect the role modern medicine plays in today\u2019s society, we know it isn\u2019t always the best or only solution.\u00a0 We had wanted to open an herb store here locally in Memphis and be a reliable source for herbs, spices, and teas. But we figured it would be best to start online due to the costs that are endured with a brick and mortar. As we knew that the knowledge we grew up with wouldn\u2019t be enough of credentials into today\u2019s world, we decided to enroll in an herbal school.\u00a0 We aren\u2019t finished with it, honestly, but we\u2019ve already learned so much more on top of everything else we grew up with and learned through life.\u00a0 And that\u2019s when we realized that there isn\u2019t much out there that offers exactly as you said \u2013 the education with the supplies.\u00a0 So Jared came to me one day and was like, \u201cWhat do you think about subscription boxes<\/a>?!\u201d\u00a0 And that\u2019s where we started! <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Your box<\/a> is a beautiful mix of the Magickal and the Mundane, with a tale that speaks of a tea for a spell and correspondences and an article of a cure for a breathing ailment. Your Booklet<\/a> is very complete and I am very impressed by it. It\u2019s made of superior quality. The pictures are a high resolution and beautiful. You capture the herb & its flower in so many amazing lights. It\u2019s breathtaking.<\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n

I wish I could say I took them all, but I\u2019m blessed with the internet and paying for the rights to use them.\u00a0 The magazine<\/a> is my pride and joy and I have so much fun working with it every month. It\u2019s always stressful because I never want it to be a repeat. I always want it to be something you\u2019re excited to thumb through, and always aim to make it educational for all ages \u2013 that\u2019s the #1 goal. Always.\u00a0 While we strive to keep religion and faith out of the pages as a focus, there are many ways it is brought in \u2013 mostly through historical and cultural information. I come from a magickal background, even though Jared doesn\u2019t, and we feel that no matter which side of the hedge you stand on understanding the core values of the flora around us is key to a healthier lifestyle \u2013 mundane or magickal. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

You have guest writers in your booklet who write the articles and include a bio and picture of them. How do you find your authors? The articles are each unique from each other and informative! Giving you different views on the herb. <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019ve had a few different writers over the 1.5 years we\u2019ve been doing this. To tell you a secret, most have been personal friends that come from a magickal background.\u00a0 But part of the agreement all writers make is that it must be non-magickal focused.\u00a0 We love out magickal subscribers and supporters, but we aren\u2019t here to cater to one specific group.\u00a0 Herbs and their secrets are important to everyone and we don\u2019t want something faith or religious based to scare away people who could benefit from this knowledge.\u00a0 All of our writers understand this, and usually follow up with something along the lines of \u201cthat\u2019s a great way of looking at it and I can appreciate that!\u201d <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I have to tell you, the word search is a genius way to have us memorize important key words about the herbs!! I loved that you added that touch of fun activity into the booklet! <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The word search came about as an idea to get kids involved actually.\u00a0 A fun and simple way to learn the key focus points of a word.\u00a0 And I hope as a momma-to-be that if my child was doing it and they didn\u2019t know a word, they\u2019d ask me and it could be even more of an educational experience \u2013 not just about the herb of the month, but also about general knowledge of life. We are toying with ideas of coloring pages or putting together a coloring book\u2026 but we\u2019ll see<\/b><\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This is a Monthly Subscription Box<\/a>? How do you choose what herb you will focus on each month? Is there a certain way you choose what to put in the boxes each month? This month you include 2 packages of leaves, 2 packages of seeds, and a lovely tea. Do you always include so much? <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Hahaha.. That\u2019s a tricky question.\u00a0 We plan months in advance.\u00a0 The writers always have a minimum of a month to write.\u00a0 They are submitting articles for a magazine a month before the box goes out.\u00a0 Example: We just finished with the magazine that\u2019ll go out in the August box and they\u2019re writing articles now for the September box!\u00a0 So it can get confusing.\u00a0 We actually have a secret lair with the void of Facebook where we brainstorm ideas.\u00a0 Herbs are chosen based on a few things.\u00a0 #1 is always whether it is poisonous or not.\u00a0 Because we have the tea, we cannot use something like belladonna or hemlock in a box. I\u2019d love to as our deadly flora friends are so very important to learn about, but we can\u2019t morally, ethically, or legally supply people with these things.\u00a0 After that we have to make sure that seeds and herbs can be sourced from reliable and ethical vendors at costs that are beneficial for everyone.\u00a0 While we do strive to give subscribers<\/a> the best possible, we can\u2019t go into debt doing so.\u00a0 I can admit there are many months we still go deep into our own pockets simply because we can\u2019t resist giving everyone the best possible.\u00a0 Our most expensive month was cinnamon and that\u2019s because of the seeds had to be imported in from solid vendors overseas and we had to rush deliver them due to the very short lifespan of the seed.\u00a0 We try to avoid situations like that, though, because if someone didn\u2019t open their box timely and plant their seeds right then \u2013 they lost their germination window.\u00a0 And that isn\u2019t the experience we\u2019re looking to provide.\u00a0 <\/b><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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We have 4 boxes<\/a>.\u00a0 There\u2019s the Seedling Box, the Herb and Spice Box, the Tea Time Box, and the Full Harvest Box.\u00a0 The Seedling has the magazine and the seed packets every month, whereas the Herb and Spice will have magazine and bags of herbs. Tea Time is the magazine with a bag of tea, leaving the Full Harvest subscribers enjoying the full bounty of all of it. <\/b><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

You work really hard on your <\/b>h<\/b>erbal <\/b>l<\/b>earning <\/b>b<\/b>oxes<\/b><\/a> and it shows!!! Your shop<\/a> Persephone\u2019s<\/a> hosts your boxes<\/a>, yes? Can you tell us more about your shop<\/a> and what other items and services you provide? <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The subscription boxes<\/a> are the main focus, but you\u2019re right \u2013 not everything we do. Now that our new site<\/a> is up (and ever so amazingly beautiful thanks to Jared\u2019s handiwork) we have herbs, seeds, and teas coming into the shop also.\u00a0 Tea blends that are found in the boxes<\/a> will not be available to the public until after the subscribers have received their boxes<\/a> first.\u00a0 We look at it as a way to let subscribers enjoy that first sip of satisfaction for their subscription to the boxes.\u00a0 We also have our body care line, Kora\u2019s Gift<\/a>. Kora\u2019s Gift<\/a> includes lip balms, lotions, soaps, an amazing eye cream, and pretty much anything you can think of! Haha..Jared is always brainstorming more things to work with and provide people with to help bring them back to what nature has to offer instead relying so much on chemicals and ingredients that aren\u2019t safe for you. Kora\u2019s Gift<\/a> is Jared\u2019s baby \u2013 not even going to dispute that.\u00a0 He\u2019s the math and science brain needed to formulate everything properly.\u00a0 He will stew over formulas for weeks to ensure that he can always use natural products, get ratios right with each ingredient while ensuring they do what is needed for the end goal.\u00a0 I can\u2019t do it. As we say, he\u2019s the brain and I make it look pretty, as I do all the label and packaging designs.\u00a0 Only thing I can\u2019t take credit for design-wise is that beautiful box the subscriptions are shipped in.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t top Jared\u2019s design if I tried!\u00a0 But when he came to me with it, I looked at it like the wheel \u2013 can\u2019t reinvent something if it isn\u2019t broken and doesn\u2019t need to be fixed.\u00a0 We are bringing in eCourses in the very near future, also.\u00a0 We\u2019ll have courses we put together as well as guest teachers!\u00a0 We\u2019re excited about this but we\u2019re making sure the foundation of the online system is solid first before we release to the public. I\u2019m giddy over it, though! <\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you so much for taking the time to talk to me. I really appreciate getting to know you and your shop<\/a>. I have really enjoyed Persephone\u2019s <\/a><\/b>h<\/b>erbal <\/b>l<\/b>earning <\/b>b<\/b>ox<\/b><\/a> and Suggest it to anyone and everyone who would like to learn about herbs, not just Witches. It is a fantastic, hands-on way to not only fleetingly learn but to actually memorize and take in great information! Thank you for creating your <\/b>h<\/b>erbal <\/b>l<\/b>earning <\/b>b<\/b>ox<\/b><\/a> and sharing it with us! <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

And we thank you for this opportunity!\u00a0 We\u2019re so happy to know you enjoyed everything!\u00a0 We enjoy doing it and it makes all the struggles and headaches endured well worth it knowing everything likes what they receive.\u00a0 We have so much we want to do and offer because we love herbs and the natural world so much but it\u2019s a baby step process of making sure that whatever we do offer is the best quality for you guys \u2013 be it supplies or education.\u00a0 This is a passion of ours and we just want to keep doing it for as long as you guys want us to! Thank you again for this experience!<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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Wow, I have to thank Christina for this great interview! Now that was a great conversation with an awesome woman, new momma & business owner. Jared is a genius with products & Christina is a business whiz! What they have done is brilliant for us! This has certainly been the best way I have fond to learn about herbs. I am looking forward to their upcoming eCourses and I encourage our readers to look into their shop<\/a>, upcoming eCourses, as well as the Subscription Boxes<\/a>. This has been the most knowledgeable and affordable way to learn that I have found. The herb & spice boxes<\/a> start at $13 a month. While the seedling sachet<\/a> starts at $12 a month. I stand behind Persephone\u2019s as a quality company.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Here is a Picture of everything that was in my box this month (minus the cat):<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Christina has sent information and correspondences on Mullein for our readers!! <\/span>Thank you, Christina, for everything!!!!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mullein<\/span><\/b><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Planets: Mercury, Saturn<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Element: Fire<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Nature: Feminine<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

God<\/span>s, Goddess, & Heroes<\/span>: Jupiter, <\/span>Hecate, Circe, Odysseus, St. Fiacre. Given the folklore and alternative names for this plant, I suspect you could probably associated with assorted crone deities and death deities as well. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Festival: Samhain, <\/span>Midsummer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Add the flowers to a recipe for a yellow magical ink \u2013 perhaps steeped in vodka with tumeric and saffron heated with frankincense or pine resin. Use for drawing prosperity sigils, sigils of the sun, wealth, success, and strength. Witches can use the soft leaves soak<\/span>ed<\/span> the<\/span>n<\/span> dried in beeswax or tallow to make a torch for rituals of necromancy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mullein is used to see manifestations of spirits, to see into the otherworld, and to commune with the spirits and deities who dwell there. It is used for divination and dream work or a combination of the two (prophetic dreaming).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If making ritual candles of your own you may use Mullein stalks for the wicks or burn a whole stalk as a candle of itself. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Powdered mullein can be used in spells that call for graveyard dirt. It belongs to the crossroads, to Saturn, and to the underworld. It is Hecate\u2019s torch and Lucifer\u2019s staff. It is a key and a door. Mullein resembles a torch with it\u2019s tip covered in bright yellow flowers with orange and red pollen mimicking flames. Perhaps Hecate\u2019s saffron robe was dyed with rich yellow Mullein flowers instead of actual saffron. The flowers were once used in ancient Roman dyes and pigments.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In Indian lore, mullein is considered a sure safe guard against evil spirits and magic.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The little fuzzy hairs which cover every inch of a mullein plant are very irritating to the skin and mucus membranes. Use care when collecting, and always strain liquids with mullein in them very well to remove the little hairs before ingesting. Never smoke mullein without a filter! (Not that we are advocating smoking anything). Source: http:\/\/www.witchipedia.com\/herb:mullein<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mullein was first introduced into the United States in the 1700s when it was used to poison fish in Virginia.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mullein protects you in your sleep helping to combat both evil spirits and nightmares.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As it helps one to fall asleep when ingested, Mullein makes an excellent tea to encourage prophetic dreams and as an aid in lucid dreaming or astral travel while asleep.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Some people keep a packet of Mullein Leaves under the pillow to Prevent Nightmares.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In Great Britain it was used to help bring back children who had been kidnapped by fairies. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Various Native Americans knew a good thing when they saw it and used this Eurasian native that became naturalized in North America to return people to their right mind. For instance, the Hopi mixed the leaves with osnomodium to be used as a smoke by crazy people and those who had been betwitched. The Navajo wrapped the leaves in a corn husk to be smoked to help a mind return if it was lost, and the Potowatami smudged unconcscious people with the leaves to help them return to consciousness. Consider mullein useful in centering the spirit and add it to the pipe smoked as an aid to astral work.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Others wear the leaves in their shoes or Bathe for 5 days in MULLEIN Tea to engender Courage and Drive Away Enemies and Wild Animals. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mullein Leaf Powder mixed with Graveyard Dirt also appears in a few old recipes for Goofer Dust. When burned with a mixture of Psychic Vision Incense and Commanding Incense and MULLEIN Smoke is said to be powerful in spells against Enemies. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It is mixed with dill, salt, and fennel and sprinkled around haunted areas to repel malicious spirits or ghosts, and it is a substitution for graveyard dirt in the recipes of various spells.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mullein can be used to bring clarity and inner light, to help a person stand firm and develop inner strength (think of Mullein’s appearance for a moment \u2013 strong, upright central stem, almost represents a backbone really, with the flowers at the top as the head.) It can be good for those who struggle with their conscience \u2013 perhaps to help them see whether what they did was right or wrong and how to learn from their mistakes if their choice was wrong. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mullein is a very good plant for those who feel they have lost their sense of ‘self’, to help them figure out where their boundaries are and develop into the people they are supposed to be. I’d be inclined to give it to those who have gone through a traumatic or life changing experience and who need help processing it all and learning from their experiences. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It protects those who carry it against wild animals.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A<\/span>pparently if you put it into your shoe it will prevent you from catching a cold. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The dried herb guards against nightmares, evil spirits and negative magic and is added to sachets and charms to hang over doors and windows for these purposes. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

It is also used in men’s love magic. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Some think that the Latin name ‘Verbascum’ is a corruption of the original word for beard, ‘barba’, alluding to the wooly appearance of the plant. <\/span><\/p>\n

The plant was certainly known by the Greeks and Romans \u2013 Pliny suggested that figs should be wrapped in Mullein leaves to help them keep fresh for longer. <\/span><\/p>\n

The stems were used as replacement torches by legionaries and were dipped in wax and used as candles at funerals \u2013 this usage continued up until the middle ages. <\/span><\/p>\n

The flowers were used by Roman women to make a blonde hair wash.<\/span><\/p>\n

Apparently both Circe and Odysseus used the plant \u2013 Circe used it as part of her spells, and Odysseus used it to protect himself from her spells, amusingly enough!<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Middle Ages, Mullein was grown in monastery gardens as a protection from the devil. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Again, conversely, Mullein was used as candles in witches spells, though if the plant was gathered in a particular set of circumstances \u2013 the sun in Virgo and moon in Aries \u2013 the plant could be used to guard the bearer against sorcery.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mullein is an ancient sacred plant that can be used in the midsummer celebrations. Flares are made with the flowering spikes that serve as a representation of the Sun god. Mullein protects against all evil, and in particular, against lightening. However, bringing Mullein into the house for no good reason is said to cause lightening to strike.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

A great site for more information: https:\/\/www.buildingbeautifulsouls.com\/symbols-meanings\/flower-meanings-symbolism\/mullein-meaning-symbolism\/#Spiritual<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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About the Author:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Jennifer Sacasa-Wright<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is simply a Witch. She runs PaganPagesOrg eMag. \u00a0She loves hearing your opinions &\u00a0thoughts on the eMagazine and welcomes comments. You can email her at jenniferwright at paganpages dot org.\u00a0 When she is not working on PaganPagesOrg she is creating in some other way & trying to make the world a better place with her family.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Welcome to our newest review column! I\u2019m the Fair One and I\u2019m pleased to bring you wonderful products from Pagan Owned businesses you may not have heard of, but SHOULD! I will inform you about the wonderful product I will be reviewing, then next, the business owner and I have a great conversation about their shop, products, ideas, and more. So sit back, have a nice cup of tea with me and let\u2019s open the door to our first shop!   Persephone\u2019s herbal learning box This month, over a nice cup of hot brew I am opening up the from Persephone\u2019s herbal shop. The box itself is lovely, with a great message on the side. A nice reminder to us all! Upon opening the box the first thing you see is bags of herbs!!! Three, nice size bags, of that month\u2019s herb, which is Mullien, in two different forms. You get 2 bags of appox. 0.7 oz of Mullein Leaf and 1 bag of appox. 1.1 oz Mull-ein Comfort which is a mixture of a few herbs with Mullein and is a tea. The back of the packages tells you the ingredients in each bag and gives you any warnings or instructions that are necessary. You, also, receive 2 packets of Mullein seeds with approx. 200 seeds in each. Last, a high gloss magazine of Recipes, History, & More all about Mullein. The packages of herbs are air tight sealed to ensure freshness. The tea, is delicious. Perfect for this column! The magazine quality is amazing. There are articles are awesome. It teaches you how to sow your seeds. The pictures of Mullein are beautiful. It is a great keepsake to have to always remember what the herb does and how to use it. I was blown away by this product. I could not wait to have a conversation with Christina, co-Shop Owner of Persephone\u2019s with her husband Jared. My Speech is in bold black and Christina\u2019s is in green bold. Hello Christina!! It is such a pleasure to meet you. I was very excited to receive your herbal learning box! The pleasure is mine!\u00a0 Jared and I were excited to hear that you wanted to learn about our box and share your experience with your followers!\u00a0 PaganPages.Org is amazing!! Until now, I haven\u2019t had any sort of formal way to learn herbs other than looking them up in my books or on the internet. You know you research a keyword here or there or look up lists now and then for this or that, but you don\u2019t truly STUDY herbs that way I feel. It\u2019s usually a hurried look up for a spell or ritual. A knowledge that you retain is something that a lot of us Witches are looking for. I have looked into courses, but they can run you a lot of money and they do not come with any supplies. I think you are providing with your herbal learning box, an affordable, amazing way to learn herbal healing & magick. How did you come up with the idea for a herbal learning box? Jared and I both grew up around natural remedies and have always appreciated traditional healing methods. Though we appreciate and respect the role modern medicine plays in today\u2019s society, we know it isn\u2019t always the best or only solution.\u00a0 We had wanted to open an herb store here locally in Memphis and be a reliable source for herbs, spices, and teas. But we figured it would be best to start online due to the costs that are endured with a brick and mortar. As we knew that the knowledge we grew up with wouldn\u2019t be enough of credentials into today\u2019s world, we decided to enroll in an herbal school.\u00a0 We aren\u2019t finished with it, honestly, but we\u2019ve already learned so much more on top of everything else we grew up with and learned through life.\u00a0 And that\u2019s when we realized that there isn\u2019t much out there that offers exactly as you said \u2013 the education with the supplies.\u00a0 So Jared came to me one day and was like, \u201cWhat do you think about subscription boxes?!\u201d\u00a0 And that\u2019s where we started! Your box is a beautiful mix of the Magickal and the Mundane, with a tale that speaks of a tea for a spell and correspondences and an article of a cure for a breathing ailment. Your Booklet is very complete and I am very impressed by it. It\u2019s made of superior quality. The pictures are a high resolution and beautiful. You capture the herb & its flower in so many amazing lights. It\u2019s breathtaking. I wish I could say I took them all, but I\u2019m blessed with the internet and paying for the rights to use them.\u00a0 The magazine is my pride and joy and I have so much fun working with it every month. It\u2019s always stressful because I never want it to be a repeat. I always want it to be something you\u2019re excited to thumb through, and always aim to make it educational for all ages \u2013 that\u2019s the #1 goal. Always.\u00a0 While we strive to keep religion and faith out of the pages as a focus, there are many ways it is brought in \u2013 mostly through historical and cultural information. I come from a magickal background, even though Jared doesn\u2019t, and we feel that no matter which side of the hedge you stand on understanding the core values of the flora around us is key to a healthier lifestyle \u2013 mundane or magickal. You have guest writers in your booklet who write the articles and include a bio and picture of them. How do you find your authors? The articles are each unique from each other and informative! Giving you different views on the herb. We\u2019ve had a few different writers over the 1.5 years we\u2019ve been doing this. To tell you a secret, most have been personal friends that come from a magickal background.\u00a0 But part of the agreement all writers make is that it must be non-magickal focused.\u00a0 We love out magickal subscribers and supporters, but we aren\u2019t here to cater to one specific group.\u00a0 Herbs and their secrets are important to everyone and we don\u2019t want something faith or religious based to scare away people who could benefit from this knowledge.\u00a0 All of our writers understand this, and usually follow up with something along the lines of \u201cthat\u2019s a great way of looking at it and I can appreciate that!\u201d I have to tell you, the word search is a genius way to have us memorize important key words about the herbs!! I loved that you added that touch of fun activity into the booklet! The word search came about as an idea to get kids involved actually.\u00a0 A fun and simple way to learn the key focus points of a word.\u00a0 And I hope as a momma-to-be that if my child was doing it and they didn\u2019t know a word, they\u2019d ask me and it could be even more of an educational experience \u2013 not just about the herb of the month, but also about general knowledge of life. We are toying with ideas of coloring pages or putting together a coloring book\u2026 but we\u2019ll see. This is a Monthly Subscription Box? How do you choose what herb you will focus on each month? Is there a certain way you choose what to put in the boxes each month? This month you include 2 packages of leaves, 2 packages of seeds, and a lovely tea. Do you always include so much? Hahaha.. That\u2019s a tricky question.\u00a0 We plan months in advance.\u00a0 The writers always have a minimum of a month to write.\u00a0 They are submitting articles for a magazine a month before the box goes out.\u00a0 Example: We just finished with the magazine that\u2019ll go out in the August box and they\u2019re writing articles now for the September box!\u00a0 So it can get confusing.\u00a0 We actually have a secret lair with the void of Facebook where we brainstorm ideas.\u00a0 Herbs are chosen based on a few things.\u00a0 #1 is always whether it is poisonous or not.\u00a0 Because we have the tea, we cannot use something like belladonna or hemlock in a box. I\u2019d love to as our deadly flora friends are so very important to learn about, but we can\u2019t morally, ethically, or legally supply people with these things.\u00a0 After that we have to make sure that seeds and herbs can be sourced from reliable and ethical vendors at costs that are beneficial for everyone.\u00a0 While we do strive to give subscribers the best possible, we can\u2019t go into debt doing so.\u00a0 I can admit there are many months we still go deep into our own pockets simply because we can\u2019t resist giving everyone the best possible.\u00a0 Our most expensive month was cinnamon and that\u2019s because of the seeds had to be imported in from solid vendors overseas and we had to rush deliver them due to the very short lifespan of the seed.\u00a0 We try to avoid situations like that, though, because if someone didn\u2019t open their box timely and plant their seeds right then \u2013 they lost their germination window.\u00a0 And that isn\u2019t the experience we\u2019re looking to provide.\u00a0   We have 4 boxes.\u00a0 There\u2019s the Seedling Box, the Herb and Spice Box, the Tea Time Box, and the Full Harvest Box.\u00a0 The Seedling has the magazine and the seed packets every month, whereas the Herb and Spice will have magazine and bags of herbs. Tea Time is the magazine with a bag of tea, leaving the Full Harvest subscribers enjoying the full bounty of all of it. \u00a0 You work really hard on your herbal learning boxes and it shows!!! Your shop Persephone\u2019s hosts your boxes, yes? Can you tell us more about your shop and what other items and services you provide? The subscription boxes are the main focus, but you\u2019re right \u2013 not everything we do. Now that our new site is up (and ever so amazingly beautiful thanks to Jared\u2019s handiwork) we have herbs, seeds, and teas coming into the shop also.\u00a0 Tea blends that are found in the boxes will not be available to the public until after the subscribers have received their boxes first.\u00a0 We look at it as a way to let subscribers enjoy that first sip of satisfaction for their subscription to the boxes.\u00a0 We also have our body care line, Kora\u2019s Gift. Kora\u2019s Gift includes lip balms, lotions, soaps, an amazing eye cream, and pretty much anything you can think of! Haha..Jared is always brainstorming more things to work with and provide people with to help bring them back to what nature has to offer instead relying so much on chemicals and ingredients that aren\u2019t safe for you. Kora\u2019s Gift is Jared\u2019s baby \u2013 not even going to dispute that.\u00a0 He\u2019s the math and science brain needed to formulate everything properly.\u00a0 He will stew over formulas for weeks to ensure that he can always use natural products, get ratios right with each ingredient while ensuring they do what is needed for the end goal.\u00a0 I can\u2019t do it. As we say, he\u2019s the brain and I make it look pretty, as I do all the label and packaging designs.\u00a0 Only thing I can\u2019t take credit for design-wise is that beautiful box the subscriptions are shipped in.\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t top Jared\u2019s design if I tried!\u00a0 But when he came to me with it, I looked at it like the wheel \u2013 can\u2019t reinvent something if it isn\u2019t broken and doesn\u2019t need to be fixed.\u00a0 We are bringing in eCourses in the very near future, also.\u00a0 We\u2019ll have courses we put together as well as guest teachers!\u00a0 We\u2019re excited about this but we\u2019re making sure the foundation of the online system is solid first before we release to the public. I\u2019m giddy over it, though! \u00a0 Thank you so much for taking the time to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}