The Sojo News: Memorial Day Weekend

Hello Sojourners!
Memorial Day weekend is upon us! Its like walking through the front door of the summer season, and I am almost more excited than my kids that school is almost over for the year! We are open all weekend as normal, but will be closed on Monday for the holiday.

Our Summer Sale of 20% OFF of our large stone and crystal selection is ongoing through Friday night when we close at 9:00 pm.

Saturday May 28 through Friday June 3
20% off bulk herbs, spices, teas, resins, wood powders, clays, and salts!

Next week, if it is in an apothecary jar, it is 20% OFF and if you bring your own container we’ll take an additional 10% off.

Uptown Umbrella Market on Wednesday nights this Summer

The Uptown Umbrella Market is now in full effect on Wednesday nights this summer season in the 5 points parking lot at the corner of Evans and 5th street. They get started around 5:00 and usually run until 8:00. We will try to stay open a little later when we can, but I do hope you will choose to stop in and say hello and do your SOJO shopping before our regular closing time at 6:00 pm.

New in the shop!

• Used books at 50% off the cover price.
• New summery soy votive candles: 10 new scents and intentions, including: Intuition, well-being, forgiveness, illumination, happiness, renewal, freedom, vitality, energy and wisdom.
• Restock of 7-day candles in sanctuary jars and 50-hour jars both for specific intentions like attraction, protection, money, win in court, fast-luck and reversing,
  

  and in solid colors, ready for your spell workings.

• New Beeswax candles:  100% pure beeswax
  

  

  citronella candles in glass jars, made with essential oils; No synthetic fragrances or harsh chemicals!

• Restocked plain beeswax glass sanctuary jar candles, small beeswax tapers, black and white beeswax 12″ taper pairs, beeswax tealights, and beeswax votives! 

Thank you for shopping at the Sojo. We’ll see you soon!
~Heron Michelle

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Summer Book Drive! We are gratefully accepting as donations any of your gently used books that you don’t need anymore. These can be fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks, children’s books, or any other book that holds resale value and would be interesting to Sojourner’s customers. Just drop them off anytime during business hours! Thanks in advance.

Product Spotlight: Orange Calcite

During our week of 20% off stone and crystals sale, I thought I would take the opportunity to tell you all about my most cherished and favorite stone. Here at the shop we have a huge selection of all matter of beneficial mineral allies, but one in particular catches my heart. I just cant get enough of Orange Calcite and I wanted to almost proselytize the good news that is this stone.  Calcite’s of all types have the ability to unlock potentials, and are about new beginnings, new opportunities. Orange calcite is what orange marmalade and sunlight would be coalesced into a smooth, warm package. The helpful info paper we have for this entirely magickal stone says this about it:

Orange Calcite is the happiness stone. It helps heal sorrow and grief, and brings joy and peace to its bearer. It is one of the most powerful and protective stones. It is helpful in all new beginnings, including the birth process, new projects, and life changes. It is very beneficial to one’s physical energy, facilitating a state of increased vitality and strong sense of purpose.

I have over and over found this to be true. Perhaps there are stones better suited for life’s many and varied transitions, but so often this little stone nestles its way into my life when I need it most. In fact, in a time of great upheaval and difficult change I chanced upon a fairly enormous chunk of it at the local pagan pride festival. It was love and rock lust at first sight, and I often went back to the tent to hold it until I finally just bought the dang thing. The owners of the tent were most understandably pleased that I would no longer be skulking about their booth.
The gentle, kind, and often seemingly understanding energies really aided me in that moment of emotional crises and has a cherished position in my homes living room as we speak. Or, er write.
Perhaps there’s a mineral ally waiting for you. to help you in your times of fortune, both good and bad. I suggest diving head first and feeling out each stone and you should find something that matches. When I find a good stone partner I usually feel a gentle tingling up my arm and a warmth from the stone itself, kind of like an energetic hug. In any case, we have lots of lonely stones just sitting here waiting for a friend. Who knows what will call out to you?