Letters from the Ancient * Edinburgh
When did someone last write to you, and wait for your reply?
A real letter, sealed in wax and posted from Edinburgh every month, from a different philosopher. You write back. I read every word and can't wait to receive your letter.
$34.99 a month, or all twelve letters for $335.88 paid once ($27.99 a letter) for the first 100. Places open 17 November, 2pm UK (9am Eastern). First letters posted in December.
Tracked post: usually 3 to 7 working days to the US
Letter never reached you? I'll send another, key included (see Terms)
No US import duty to pay at your door
Cancel any time. Letters not yet posted are refunded
WHERE THIS BEGAN
When I was a little girl in Bulgaria, writing letters was part of our school programme. I wrote to children all over Europe whom I had never met. Every month, they wrote back.
One summer at my aunt's, I made a new friend, and we wrote to each other all through the next school year. I can still feel the excitement of the waiting.
Somewhere along the way, we stopped writing to each other and started scrolling instead. So I started writing letters again.
Yana
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THE KEYS
Every philosopher leaves you a key.
Every month, one philosopher and one brass key. Each month's key is different for every reader. Nobody else receives the one you hold. Each opens something that month's philosopher guarded.
Epictetus leaves you the key to what's yours. The other eleven stay sealed.
Whenever you join, you start with Epictetus and the first key. The letters arrive in order, so you collect all twelve.
I
EPICTETUS
SEALED
II
III
SEALED
SEALED
IV
SEALED
V
SEALED
VI
VII
SEALED
SEALED
VIII
IX
SEALED
SEALED
X
XI
SEALED
SEALED
XII
A new key is revealed here each month, once the first readers have opened it.
WHAT OUR FIRST READERS SAID AFTER RECEIVING A TEST LETTER FOR FREE
Nanna Mertz, Global Operations Executive, Denmark
"I cannot recall the last time I had an actual letter. The signet, the key … so much care put into every physical detail … 'These crystals were sea once. They are older than Rome.' That line alone was worth the read."
Anna, Senior Talent Specialist, Spain
"I love what I'm reading, Yana. Especially the phrase "move you away for a moment from the digital demands and noise" wow. That speaks directly to me and what I've been needing over the last few months."
Vesi, Finance Consultant, Scotland
"This letter truly touches me and speaks to me. It makes me think and want more wisdom, more rituals, more shared experience. Yana, I think you have found the formula to reach the minds of the tired, the rushed, the stressed … I received a breath of fresh air reading this letter."
A CHRISTMAS GIFT THAT KEEPS ARRIVING
Give someone a winter of letters.
The Winter Season: three letters, posted in December, January and February. $89.99, paid once. Nothing renews.
Add your note at checkout and I'll post them straight to their door.
You also get a printable card to give on Christmas morning. The letters follow by post.
On sale until 11.59pm UK time (6.59pm Eastern) on 9 December.
WHO'S WRITING
I'm Yana. I love writing letters and I often get inspired after a walk by the sea in Edinburgh. Always with a black coffee in hand.
I'm a psychologist, born in Plovdiv and living in Edinburgh.
My family taught me to live by three simple rules: family and friends always come first, love and take care of your home, and make sure the work you do always brings value, purpose and meaning to yourself and whoever receives it.
Everything I write comes back to them.
THE WAITING LIST
Join now and a short letter from me reaches your inbox today.
The Letter before the Letters
A short letter from me, by email, the moment you join, with one small ritual to try this week.
First to hear when places open
You'll hear from me the moment places open, at 2pm UK (9am Eastern) on 17 November. The first 100 readers get all twelve letters for $335.88, paid once.
A Sunday note until launch
One old idea, in plain words, every Sunday morning. Nothing else, no noise.
Ask the philosophers
Tell me the one question you'd ask a philosopher. If you could sit down with any of them, what would you ask?
Some will be answered in the letters and on LettersBack.
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