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Through the Samhain Portal with Robert Mulhall | S6 Ep 32
Episode 3230th October 2025 • KnotWork Myth & Storytelling • Marisa Goudy
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Samhain: the Celtic festival when the veil between the worlds is thin.

It's the last harvest of the old year, the start of the new, and a time of turning inward both to reckon with the shadow and to engage in deep, restorative rest.

We're marking the start of Samhain season with a conversation with Robert Mulhall as part of our Myth Workers and Culture Makers series.

May this episode offer you an invitation to have your own conversation with the Otherworld and engage with mythology, the land, and the power of ritual and ceremony.

OUR GUEST

Robert Mulhall has spent the last two decades in such diverse industries as public health, leadership development, education, finance, organizational consulting, and executive coaching. He is now the CEO of Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in the Berkshires. 

Originally from County Wicklow, Robert holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce, accounting, and business management from the University College of Dublin. He is a certified public accountant in Ireland, and certified in mediation, executive coaching, the Enneagram, Reiki, and Celtic Irish Shamanism. 

 IN THIS EPISODE:

  • Living mythology in modern times through relationship with the land and daily spiritual practice
  • The power of uncertainty and mystery in Irish spiritual traditions
  • The importance of humility in walking with spirit and indigenous wisdom
  • Finding wholeness through reconnecting with ancestral roots and practices
  • Navigating cultural identity and spiritual authenticity with an awareness of colonization and what it has stolen from both indigenous and white-identifying peoples
  • The symbol and power of the triple spiral, the triskele
  • “Don’t rush your winter.” How can you allow your own wintering, quietude, and need for rest and renewal - even if that instinct doesn’t match the current weather or your long to do list.

Music at the start of the show is by Beth Sweeney and Billy Hardy: billyandbeth.com

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