Robes of Light
by Cassidy Dawn & Susan Reardon
Robes of Light is a living experiment in what becomes possible when the spiritual life is no longer a side quest but the main story from which everything else is lived.Cassidy Dawn and Susan Reardon are ordained ministers and everyday alchemists who organize each year as a Solar Story — a cyclical heroic journey mapped to seasonal thresholds and lunar cycles. Once a month they sit down to look back at the cards and read what's showing up on the stage of life, as they seek to break the fourth wall between the ordinary and the highest dimensions, finding the mystical in the mundane and experiencing the Divine directly.This podcast is that conversation — unscripted, unedited, unhurried. It is not a performance of expertise but a demonstration of practice, documented in real time, chapter by chapter.Cassidy and Susan are co-founders of Robes of Light, a virtual wisdom school. Visit robesoflight.com to learn more about seasonal live shows, membership programs, and special events.
Episodes
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Season 4 | Episode 10: The Grail Maiden and the Goblin
We've reached the Return with the Elixir stage of our annual heroic journey. We kick off this retro by asking, "what is the elixir, anyway?" Not a potion in a vial, but the spiritual qualities — the facets of the diamond soul — which this year's journey led us to embody. Our Dixit card…
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Season 4 | Episode 9: Final Tests (Tantrums and Do-overs)
A horse's tantrum, a toddler's growl, and a mother's morning meltdown. Chapter 9 makes the case that anger is a sign of healing, not a problem to be managed. Susan and Cassidy talk final tests, a family culture of do-overs, and why they traded a monthly practice for an annual one. In this…
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Season 4 | Episode 8: The Callback
We've reached the turning point of the Solar Story, the moment the clock hand begins curving back around toward home. This is the climax of the heroic journey, just before the falling action. We're calling it The Callback stage. In this Chapter 8 retrospective, Cassidy and Susan read their Dixit...
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Season 4 | Episode 7: In Filth It Will Be Found (The Reward is Being Human)
We've crossed the midpoint of the 2026 Solar Story and landed in the reward stage of our annual heroic journey. In this chapter's retrospective, Cassidy and Susan reflect on a lunation that moved from intense pressure into unexpected grace — exploring what it means when the reward isn't an…
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Season 4 | Episode 6: The Belly of the Iguana
We're looking back at Chapter 6 of our annual Solar Story — The Crucible — and talking on: the art of the audible, why staying can be a radical new movement, the (cat) life-saving art of trusting feminine intuition, and what it really means to be pulled out of the belly of the beast (or iguana) —...
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Season 4 | Episode 5: The Broom, The Bucket, & the Anchoress
We've entered the Crucible, the mid-spring threshold of the annual Solar Story where the heat and pressure burn away what no longer serves. In this lunation retrospective, Cassidy and Susan dive into their Dixit storytelling cards: a weary bucket and a bossy broom, a child sailing alone through a...
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Season 4 | Episode 4: Questing! Slowly.
Today's conversation finds us in the approach to the inmost cave—the charged midpoint between spring equinox and May 1st where the quest gets real. In this episode we look back on chapter four of our annual heroic journey, unpacking our Dixit storytelling cards and the themes that surfaced along...
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Season 4 | Episode 3: On Exigency, or The Things that Crinkle Your Heart
In this conversation, Susan and Cassidy explore **exigency**—that which you cannot remain silent about—and discover why following your inner compass matters more than any external tool. In this episode: - How Western astrology often reads like you'll be "clobbered" by your chart (and what changes...
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Season 4 | Episode 2: From the Deep Freeze to Creative Emergence
Join us as we transition from winter's stillness into early spring's creative stirrings. We geek out on our Visionary New Year collage breakthroughs, the surprising journey of making a sacred talking stick, and how creative collaboration feels like—or maybe even better than—winning the lottery.…
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Season 4 | Episode 1: “Hi, Shadow!” or, the Art of Incarnation
Happy New Year—or as we say, Happy New Solar Story! We're back kicking off our 4th season! In this episode: - Why we measure success by showing up authentically and consistently - How our Solar Story framework has evolved through years of experimentation - The profound difference between…
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Season 3 | Episode 12: Rethinking Christmas Time & Time-Bending
We've reached the end of another year—another Solar Story. Perhaps you can sense it's not just the end of a year, but the end of an era. Some are doubling down on American "Christmas," while others are choosing less, choosing peace, quiet, stillness. In this episode we discuss Time—from the…
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Season 3 | Episode 11: Princesses and the Peas in a Pod
Cassidy and Susan explore what it means to be "hypersensitives" who've become more comfortable with discomfort than ease, examining shared patterns of self-criticism and the surprising ways their bodies intervene when they refuse to slow down. They are landing in the rest they've been seeking all...
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Season 3 | Episode 10: Tracing Thoughts Back to their Lairs
Cassidy and Susan explore the "return" phase of their annual Solar Story - that final stretch where you expect smooth sailing but encounter unexpected boulders. They discuss practical approaches to working with challenging mental patterns, the power of living in "not knowing," and how to honor…
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Season 3 | Episode 9: Beyond Left Field
Starting with the ancient symbol of the caduceus, this episode weaves through breathing techniques, the Wise Woman Tradition (a la Susan Weed), and the magic of following your heart. What we explore: • The caduceus as a symbol of balance • Practical breathing techniques for anxiety and nervous...
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Season 3 | Episode 8: Human Again
In this conversation, we explore what happens when the ordinary world feels impossible to return to during times of extraordinary change, and how we might reconnect to our human nature, and Nature herself. We discuss: • How online connection has become more natural than in-person interaction (and...
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Season 3 |Episode 7: (Probably) The Greatest Episode in the Universe
As the world enters revolutionary times (Pluto in Aquarius, Uranus in Gemini--IYKYK)--and it feels like we've collectively stepped into the Twilight Zone--Cassidy and Susan explore how to remain deeply human through unprecedented technological advancement. This casual conversation between friends...
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Season 3 | Episode 6: A New Round Table
In this heart-to-heart, we touch on themes of sovereignty, stillness, and authenticity, specifically while in the crucible of personal and collective pain. We reflect on the format of our latest workshop as a model of mirror-reflecting wisdom and the power of spiritual community, relating this to...
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Season 3 | Episode 5: Travel Lightly
As May draws to a close, we find ourselves in the seasonal in-between—late spring or early summer, depending on your perspective. In this episode, we reflect on where we are in our 2025 journeys and how themes of the season—purification, flexibility, and power—are showing up in our lives. We...
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Season 3 | Episode 4: Clearing the Air
This episode opens with the spirit of air. We discuss how this relates to where we are in this stormy season of spring, specifically with the process of “clearing the air,” i.e., purifying our thoughts and emotions. We dive in to the mechanics of emotional processing, including how to engage in...
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Season 3 | Episode 3: The Fool’s Journey & The Inner Landscape
It’s springtime, and our annual quest is underway here at Robes of Light! Journey with us through this conversation in which we explore our concept of a “minimum viable practice,” as in a daily spiritual practice. We discuss how connecting with your soul every day can help you build a solid...
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Season 3 | Episode 2: A Pause to Rest--Preparing for the (Inner) Quest
We’re halfway through winter, which means it’s time for Exciting Incidents to appear on the stage of life that will lead into our annual (inner) quests. Inspired by our own fatigue, and the invitation to pause this season, Cassidy and Susan enjoy a slow, nourishing conversation about how we...
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Season 3 | Episode 1: Stayin' Alive in '25
Cassidy and Susan are back, kicking off the first episode of their 2025 Solar Story! Both have been prioritizing inner stillness in winter (or “The Status Quo” in their heroic journey lingo), even with disruptive outer events on the world stage. Topics include: Cassidy's latest hand injury as a...
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Season 2 | Episode 13 What's On The Horizon
In this episode we share some information that we are super excited about regarding the new programs that are on the horizon for you in 2025. We had a super time with this one not only because we’re excited about our new programs but because we broadcasted this episode together from Virginia.
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Season 2 | Episode 12: Beautiful Endings
It’s never too late to make a beautiful ending. In this episode we discuss how ancestral work can provide deeper context and meaning for our individual stories, beyond the level of personal drama, as well as how we can hold for ourselves and others a vision or blueprint of the highest potential…
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Season 2 | Episode 11: The Return
In this episode we discuss the pitfalls of separating our work from our joy and the need for our youth to come to understand in an embodied way humanity’s purpose here while actively tying that in to personal purpose and career goals. We suggest the chakra system as a foundation for this...
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Season 2 | Episode 10: The Road Back
Today’s conversation is inspired by The Road Back or Return Phase of the Heroic Journey, the trials that occur at the climax of the story and how this months' trials have affected us personally, in our communities, and globally. We also discussed the mystical path of active love, a new model of...
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Season 2 | Episode 9: Recovering the Holy Grail
In this episode we reflect upon the question: What does it take to change? We also reflect on blessings in disguise, the balancing of the masculine, and then were led into a larger discussion of the quest and the holy grail. 🎵 Music: Markotopa / “A Call to the Soul / courtesy of Lesfm
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Season 2 | Episode 8: Mid-Summer
It's mid-summer and we're beginning to look at our Ordeals through the rearview mirror. Yes, we've corrected the skid and are beginning to glean some wisdom from all that began to go sideways on us. The pace of this conversation even exemplified a sneak peak of our reward...a "well digested…
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Season 2 | Episode 7: The Crucible
We just hit the midpoint of the yearly Solar Story. We're in the heat of summer, stepped into the crucible and entered the fire. 🎵 Music: Markotopa / “A Call to the Soul / courtesy of Lesfm
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Season 2| Episode 6: Mastering Our Approach
Today’s conversation is inspired by the closing and integration of the spring season and the challenges faced during The New Approach. 🎵 Music: Markotopa / “A Call to the Soul / courtesy of Lesfm
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Season 2| Episode 5: The New Approach
We’re at the point in our Quest where we are beginning to meet challenges along the way. These challenges can be viewed as opportunities to respond differently to sometimes all too familiar experiences. In this episode we some share valuable new moves. 🎵 Music: Markotopa / “A Call to the Soul /...
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Season 2| Episode 4: A Slow Defrost--Spring Arrives
This episode is inspired by the change of seasons. We've entered Spring, been guided into a a slow defrost, and are contemplating what lies ahead. 🎵 Music: Markotopa / “A Call to the Soul / courtesy of Lesfm
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Season 2|Episode 3: Golden Seeds Inspiring a Quest
As we integrate and complete the winter season, we are at the point in our Solar Story where we are investigating and formulating the questions that will inform our year long soul quest. We also speak briefly about refusing the call of soul. 🎵 Music: Markotopa / “A Call to the Soul / courtesy of...
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Season 2|Episode 2: Unexpected Visitors
It's mid-winter, the point in the heroic solar story arc when we find inciting incidents begin to arrive in our lives. Inciting incidents can show up as circumstances beyond our control, a call or invitation, a provocation, an interruption or upset. Incidents can arrive in either our inner or…
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Season 2|Episode 1: Shhh, All's Quiet
This is the first podcast of our new 2023-24 annual Solar Story. In this episode we continue our discussion on authenticity, begin to reveal the A's of spiritual ascension, and discuss the impact of values and ideals on creative solutions. 🎵 Music: Markotopa / “A Call to the Soul / courtesy of...
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Season 1 | Episode 3: Conversation as Integration
This is the last Podcast of the 2022-23 Solar Story and in this episode we follow the threads of our own personal story lines for the year in a wandering reflective conversation as a form of informal integration. As always we want to give a big thank you to Markotopa for our Intro Music: A Call…
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Season 1|Episode 2: Life's a Story, So Make it a Good One
We are entering the final stage of the 2023 Solar Story as we begin to close out the Autumn season. Today we discuss some of the foundational concepts of the Solar Story as well as a current theme both Cassidy and I are working with; the idea, as Kelly Sullivan Walden writes, that "Life's A…
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Season 1|Episode 1: The Balancing Act
Today’s conversation is inspired by the new moon solar eclipse occurring on Saturday, October 14th and one of our seasonal themes which is balancing compassion with integrity. In this episode, we'll discuss how this affects personal relationships. As always we want to give a big thank you to...
About this show
Robes of Light is a living experiment in what becomes possible when the spiritual life is no longer a side quest but the main story from which everything else is lived.Cassidy Dawn and Susan Reardon are ordained ministers and everyday alchemists who organize each year as a Solar Story — a cyclical heroic journey mapped to seasonal thresholds and lunar cycles. Once a month they sit down to look back at the cards and read what's showing up on the stage of life, as they seek to break the fourth wall between the ordinary and the highest dimensions, finding the mystical in the mundane and experiencing the Divine directly.This podcast is that conversation — unscripted, unedited, unhurried. It is not a performance of expertise but a demonstration of practice, documented in real time, chapter by chapter.Cassidy and Susan are co-founders of Robes of Light, a virtual wisdom school. Visit robesoflight.com to learn more about seasonal live shows, membership programs, and special events.
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