Opening music: Ritual Door 1 by Queen Space Baroque

As the autumn moon wanes and we approach Samhain, Sarah sits down with musician Rob Bray from, among others, Maythorne and Queen’s Space Baroque to explore the threshold between life and death, light and shadow.

Rob shares his original death poem set to music—a meditation on mortality that emerged from months of practical preparation and deep contemplation. Sarah dreams aloud about moon letters, veils (both ancient and bridal), and the thinning that happens this time of year—not just between worlds, but within ourselves.

Together they discuss an upcoming Samhain eve performance at 777 in Glastonbury, where they’ll gather on the waning moon to inhale what we need before the deep dark of winter. Sarah reads “The Fairy Piper,” a story about St. Patrick and the moment when the old gods were shut out of the new heaven—and with them, the fairy music that once guided travelers across dangerous moors.

This is a conversation between air and earth, between moonlight longing and practical preparation for death. It’s about calling back the time when stones were ancient companions and invisible grandmothers patted us on the back for our storytelling.

In This Episode:

* Rob Bray performs “Invite Them In” (Samhain song) and “Death Poem”

* The waning moon as metaphor for what deflates in us

* Practical preparations for mortality and the songs that emerge

* Etymology of “thin” and the history of “the veil is thin”

* “The Fairy Piper” by Sharon Jacksties—a story of separation

* Rob’s song for St. Catherine of Alexandria

* Moon letters and Saxon gnome poems

* The upcoming Samhain eve gathering on October 20th

Themes: Samhain, waning moon, mortality, ancestors, fairy folk, separation, prayer through music, threshold times, the practical and the poetic

Performance Details: Samhain Threshold Evening with Sarah Mooney, Rob Bray, Jenny Bliss, and John Crow, Monday October 20th, 7:30 pm (starting ~8pm) 777 Silver Street, Glastonbury Intimate space (20 people) - first come, first served

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