Sarah goes deep into the dark of January, excavating shame around money and visibility, then surfaces with stories of fighting, apples, and circus showmanship.

This is an intimate, wandering episode that moves from personal shadow work (financial shame, abandoned inner child) to folklore (poisoned apples, witch trials) to warrior tales (Scáthach and Cú Chulainn) to circus patter (George Sanger’s egg dance). Sarah’s preparing for a circus storytelling gig and trying to find the thread while trusting the process.

Opening with Queen Space Baroque Ritual Door 1, closing with the invitation to gaze into the fire.

* Witch Country: Seeking the Witch in the British Landscape by Sarah Robinson

* 70 Years a Showman by George Sanger

* Women Who Run With The Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

* Saduscomus Triumfitus by Joseph Glanville (Somerset Witch Trials)

* Ruth Tongue (folklorist, lived near Halsway Manor)

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