_We call it hustle culture—as if it were culture at all. Nonetheless, it hustles away belonging, meaning, ritual. The faster we run, the further we stray from the shadows we carry—the further we stray from The Witch Within_. # The Human Mask By day, we live as humans. We juggle schedules, chase productivity, scroll endlessly. We wear masks of competence and normalcy. Yet beneath these lives—buried, ignored, feared—there is a Witch Within. This Witch is not the fantasy archetype in a pointed hat. It is the part of you you’ve repressed: your desire, your rage, your wildness, your power. The unintegrated shadow self. # The Psychology of the Witch Carl Jung called it the Shadow—the qualities we disown, that return in dreams, slips of the tongue, stress in the body. Neuroscience affirms this: suppressed emotion never disappears. It leaks. It shapes us in ways we don’t see. To avoid the Witch Within is to keep the loop alive. To face it—to dress it, dance it, embody it—is to break the spell. # The Circle as Conjuring The Circle exists to bring these Witches to the surface. Not as demons to exorcise, but as selves to welcome. In stepping into this gathering, you invite your Witch Within to sit by the fire. Here, shadow is not shame. It is a lantern.