In this first installment of Sabbats Across the Globe, the Manor shifts — and suddenly we’re no longer in familiar forests or candlelit rooms. We’re in the Arctic Circle, where winter is honest, the night is endless, and the aurora drapes itself across the sky like a living memory. Here, Raven steps into the oldest version of Yule: the Solstice vigil shaped by Sámi, Inuit, Yupik, Iñupiat, Kalaallit, and Old Norse cosmologies, held in standing-stone circles carved by wind and time.

This is the longest night — a night that was never about triumph or glitter, but about endurance, reciprocity, and the sacred responsibility of keeping a single flame alive. Together we explore ancestral midwinter traditions, the cosmology of the North, the truth of the Long Night, and the quiet power of tending an ember when the world has gone cold.

Inside the traveling Manor, Madya Pathikã reveals her deeper nature for the first time — old as story itself, shifting the world outside her windows to bring Raven where the ancestors are ready to speak. Beneath the aurora’s green fire, you’ll hear the drum-pulse of ancient winter teachings: how communities survived the dark, how the land shaped spirit, and why Yule was never just a holiday — it was a vow.

Part lore immersion, part shamanic remembering, part whispered encouragement to your own inner flame, this episode invites you to honor the truth at the heart of every Arctic Solstice tradition:

✨ You do not have to blaze to survive the dark. ✨ Your small flame is enough. ✨ The sun always finds its way home — and so will you.

Step into the circle, Witch.The Longest Night is calling.