In the subsequent chapters, Chollet broadens her field of vision. “Home sweet home” is not just a cozy retreat shielding us from the turmoil of the world and a haven for irresponsible idleness-it is also a place, Chollet argues, where the social tensions of the moment are impossible to ignore.

While her colleagues are eager to leave on exotic assignments, Chollet blossoms within the confines of a limited geography, finding fulfillment in “the everyday, the ordinary, not its suspension.” In the first chapter, she reflects on the “overestimated virtues of perpetual motion,” leaning on the travel writing of Nicolas Bouvier and Gaston Bachelard’s poetics of space to assert her own preference for sedentariness. With her vivid intellectual curiosity and natural wit, Chollet interweaves an eclectic variety of sources-personal reflections, memoirs, American TV series, statistics, international news briefs-to pull us into an invigorating and multifaceted exploration of what being “at home” means today. At Home is her spirited response, at once a defense of the homebodies of the world and a sprawling investigation of home as a concept whose significance extends far beyond the private realm. Mona Chollet describes herself as a “stay-at-home journalist,” an embarrassing oxymoron that she often has to explain. A more “possessed” version of the classic Herbalist found especially in the Ayurvedic products of Sun Potion or Danchu medicine.At home: a domestic space odyssey Mona Chollet (La Découverte, 330 pages, 2015)

Others return to ancient grimoires and recipes from shamans and other gurus to heal the ills of the body and mind. By affirming benefits beyond the aesthetic aspect, new brands advocate solutions to open the chakras, such as Moon Juice's Spirit Dust or MoonDeli's Meditation Tonic.

Today, with almost 400K followers, she commercializes her esoteric lifestyle through her shop.īeauty brands are also exploring the terrain of mysticism more and more. New practices that may seem mystical but which find a more popular interpretation through social networks, notably at a young street witch in Los Angeles who has been able to balance the practice of tarot reading and style in her daily life.

At Danza Medicina, sacred dances are used to restore strength and reconnect individuals and the supernatural, a practice similar to Shamans. Thanks to these new figureheads of the movement, the new witchcraft takes a very “lifestyle” approach.

Sorcières by Mona Chollet