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Mooney"s Mythic Podcast

Myth Making, Spell Breaking. It’s about knowing our psyche as a treasure chest and using story as a map. sarahmooney.substack.com

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32:59

What does it take to open?

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2026/03/31

But first, a story she didn’t get to tell in her Women Who Run With the Wolves group last week.From there, Sarah moves into the myth she and theatre director Joanna Proctor have chosen as the heart of a new immersive mythic experience they’re co-creating: Echo and Narcissus. Stripped of her words by Hera, able only to repeat what she hears. Him, raised without mirrors, learning to see himself only through the reactions of others — and never quite satisfied. Sarah tells the story with stillness and

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22:46

Spring Equinox

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2026/03/21

Recording on the Spring Equinox — She shares a week that began with a surprisingly complex Florence Nightingale school session, honouring the many women who served alongside her in the Crimea, before falling headlong into Greek mythology at one in the morning after her Alice in Wonderland finale in Glastonbury. The nine Muses — daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, goddess of memory — become an invocation, a book orgy unfolds, and a new chapter of work begins.Sarah also announces fortnightly episodes

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26:57

Waking in the Flower

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2026/03/12

Waking in the Flower: Madness, Medicine & MarmaladeOpening music: Ritual Door No.1 by Queen Space BaroqueA wandering, intimate episode threaded through with grief, wonder, and the week’s many mythic currents. Sarah reflects on the first in-person Women Who Run With The Wolves circle — a gathering she describes as “nectar” — and a deep resonance with the story of Bluebeard: the girl who ignores her instincts to fit in, and a childhood memory of Jimmy Savile’s Jim’ll Fix It that illuminates how a

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30:46

Alice, the rabbit hole and being the right size for...

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2026/03/05

Alice, Archetypes & The Garden of InnocenceI am recording from a hotel room in Bradford during World Book Week, fresh from telling Alice in Wonderland stories to schoolchildren 27 times across three days. Come down the rabbit hole with me.The concept of lysis (story resolution) from Clarissa Pinkola Estés — and why a nightmare is simply a story without an endingAlice in Wonderland as a metaphor for growing up: too big, too small, never quite fittingNellie Bly’s Ten Days in a Madhouse and the concept

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29:25

Love, Loss & Legacy

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2026/02/22

Opening music by Queen Space Baroque Ritual door No1 Sarah recaps a Valentine storytelling evening with musicians Rossi and Imogen, and a Rose Cabaret in Glastonbury where she compared alongside Jenny Bliss, Tom Widdicombe, and storyteller Beth Webb.At the cabaret, she performed the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet — a meditation on young love and naming that opens into a wider reflection on what we pass down to future generations: not just love, but everything that is not love.Elsewhere: a love

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29:06

When love is a pig

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2026/02/11

Mooney’s Mythic Podcast - Episode: The Lady and the SwineOpening music by Queen Space Baroque, Ritual door No. 1Sarah explores themes of love, transformation, and embodiment through the lens of Alison Uttley’s folk tale “The Lady and the Swine.” After discovering the pig is sacred to Aphrodite, she reimagines this seemingly cautionary tale as an initiatory journey into sensual embodiment—moving from cerebral disconnection into the wisdom of the body.Featured Story: “The Lady and the Swine” by Alison

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41:13

Bullzini's Circus, Imbolc and the Swans We've Always...

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2026/02/02

Opening Music Ritual Door 1 by Queen Space BaroqueRecording from Bride's Mound on Imbolc, exploring themes of emergence, new beginnings, and finding one's true self. Features reflections on receiving a Finnish harp, performing at Bullizinis’ circus show, Fire and Ice. With Ruby Daly's beautiful telling of "The Ugly Duckling." This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sarahmooney.substack.com

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29:50

January Deep Dive - Shame, Fighting, and the Egg Dance

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2026/01/29

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

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28:41

Wassail !

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2026/01/21

Intro music Ritual Door by Queen Space Baroque* A candid story about shame, sexuality, and being natural* Unpicking the Eve narrative and feminine guilt* The tradition of wassailing and mummer’s plays* A recitation of beautiful apple varieties* The tale of Bran and the Isle of Silver Apples* Choosing cycles and seasons over perfectionFeatured: The Langport mummer’s troupe Shovel Dance Collective’s “My Husband’s Got No Courage in Him”Join Sarah: Women Who Run With The Wolves begins every other

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52:57

Halsway Manor - King Orphy & The Hag with the Money

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2026/01/14

Sarah shares from her week at Halsway Manor (National Centre for Folk Arts) - the library behind a hidden door, feeling like a rabbit in the headlights among musicians, and telling the story of King Orphy (the ballad version where they COME BACK). Plus: Mother’s Christmas (January 6th, Irish women celebrating), Sian Reid teaches “The Hag with the Money,” and navigating imposter syndrome with a holly brooch.This is a long one - settle in with a cup of tea for winter dreaming.Music:* Queen Space

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16:08

Lantern Lighting

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2026/01/06

While Sarah is at Halsway Manor (National Centre for Folk Arts) working on stories, she’s asked Owen Staton from “Time Between Times” podcast to share a tale. Owen (ex-copper, extraordinary voice) tells “The Lantern of Cwm Ddu” - a Welsh ghost story from Carmarthenshire about a father’s love that transcends death.In this episode:“The lantern walker was no omen of death. He was a father who could not rest while his child was cold and hungry.”Next week: Sarah returns with full mythic wonder and

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35:20

Winter Dreaming Stories

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2025/12/29

In the stillness between Christmas and New Year, Sarah offers three stories for your winter dreaming: Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Rose Elf” (love, murder, and jasmine’s revenge), plus two original tales - a girl searching for her dreams in the darkness, and a boy who dances with bears to bring peace.In this episode:* The silence and languish of this stretch between holidays* Mic in a bowl of walnuts (new recording technique!)* Planning for February 13th gig (love stories that aren’t traditional

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25:08

The Deer Mother Story

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2025/12/23

A Winter Solstice StoryOpening with the Avalonian Free State Choir singing “Carol of the Bells” (originally a Ukrainian folk song called “Shchedryk” about a swallow proclaiming spring), Sarah shares the story of the Dear Mother - the deer who carries the sun in her antlers on the longest night.In this episode:Shaking off stress like a bell - this is winter stillness timeThe origin of “Carol of the Bells” (Ukrainian folk chant, Generous Day, January 13th)Walking spirals with children and

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44:24

Season 2 Episode 13: Kathy Jones - Naming, Mothering,...

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2025/12/16

This episode is sponsored by The Tarot - that portable, symbolic alphabet of the soul. After weeks of terrible sound (finally fixed by Joolz Barker, Ataya Tarot the tarot-reading bass player!), Sarah sits down with Kathy Jones: crone priestess of Avalon, founder of the Goddess Conference, and visionary behind Mother World.“Don’t receive the lie. Know that you are really just extraordinary and amazing.”Music:* Queen Space Baroque - “Ritual Door” (opening)* Charlotte Mabon - “Daughters of the Earth”

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17:52

A Journey Into Winter Stillness

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2025/12/11

Episode: A Journey Into Winter StillnessNew Episode: Winter Stillness Guided JourneyFeeling too busy for a podcast - until a vision came during choir practice. This week: pure medicine. A guided shamanic journey into your winter stillness, bookended by ancient songs.No story. No analysis. Just: close your eyes, drop your shoulders, and step through the portal.17 minutes. Pure offering.In This Episode:Music:* Queen Space Baroque - “Ritual Door” (opening)* Avalonian Free State Choir - “Ananita”

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40:09

From William Blake to Charlotte Mabon

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2025/12/03

William Blake & The Doors of PerceptionNew Episode: Re-Enchantment Through William BlakeLying melty on my bed like a Dali painting, I explore William Blake’s 268th birthday through poetry, doors, and contradictions.In this episode:* Charlotte Mabon’s “On the Mountain Path” (from Rivers of Soul album)* Blake’s Tiger Tiger Burning Bright & Auguries of Innocence* The Doors of Perception: Blake → Aldous Huxley → Jim Morrison* Bluebeard’s forbidden room & clearing to reach infinity* Holding devastation

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30:11

Episode: Rumpelstiltskin - Naming What Has Power Over...

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2025/11/26

Episode: Rumpelstiltskin - Naming What Has Power Over YouTagline: Myth as a doorway, story as soul retrieval, folklore as a friendEpisode OverviewFresh from a Women Who Run With The Wolves group session, Sarah shares the full recording of her Rumpelstiltskin story (the version she sent to musicians Ross Moore and Imogen May for their upcoming show) and then unpacks what she’s discovering in its depths.This 4,000-year-old Bronze Age tale explores: kings who own everything (including what’s found on

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38:32

Mooney's Mythic Podcast Episode 9: The Magic of Voice...

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2025/11/19

Sarah sits down with Maya Love - musician, bagpiper, and singing retreat facilitator - to explore the healing power of pure notes, the magic inherent in every word, and how sound can call cells back into alignment.Opening with Maya’s stunning bagpipe performance, they discuss Florence Farr’s Victorian experiments with voice and psaltery, the difference between piano tuning and bagpipe tuning, authentic voice vs. trained singing, and Maya’s extraordinary story of calling in her partner through a sung

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28:31

The Whirlpool of the Hag - Prince Brekkan and Spoon...

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2025/11/15

Sarah returns after last week’s depleted episode to explain “spoon theory” (Christine Miserandino’s metaphor for chronic illness and limited energy), share why her spoons have run out (swollen thyroid, her son moving in with his dad), and offer the Scottish tale “Prince Brekhan and the Hag of Corryvreckan” - a story with no happy ending, perfect for entering winter.Ted Waters performs “A Billion Atoms,” a song about her friend Sarah Pugh’s death. Sarah also shares her discovery of Florence Farr

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26:50

When the Blankets Are Pulled Away - Stories & Songs...

Mooney"s Mythic Podcast ·

2025/11/07

Host: Sarah Mooney, StorytellerIntro music by Queen Space BaroqueEpisode OverviewA tender, vulnerable episode where Sarah acknowledges she doesn’t have the “spoons” to fully arrive this week. Instead of pushing through alone, she contradicts the belief that “only she can do it” by inviting beloved artists into the space - Elizabeth Jane Lovely shares a haunting story about ancestor statues, and Samana offers their transcendent song “Lakeside Song.” A beautiful meditation on asking for help and the

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