Tonight, the Moon is half lit. I know this not because She is visible in Her maidenhood, but because the widget at the base of my blog tells me this. I cannot see Her soft beauty because there is yet another thunderstorm approaching. The growl of the thunder and the purply-blue lightning is approaching from the southwest. Earlier, the skies were enshrouded in a steely-grey.
It is apt that this is the weather for part of this week, for this is the week which leads to the thinning of the veil between the worlds for those on our Path. It is the week of Samhain--or Calan Gaeaf in the Welsh language--the festival of endings and beginnings. This is the day (Halloween and it's associated days for those of you unfamiliar with the other two terms) when our year ends and begins--it's not a day of time, but separate from time because of this. The veil between those who have passed over to the Summerlands...to that island of light and peace and healing...is thinnest and we can communicate.
Our world is resetting itself. The rains--the storms--are cleansing it tonight. They're making it ready for Her sleep and rebirth into the precious Maiden of spring. Perhaps they are preparing the world for our cleansing to our new concentrations given us through the wisdom of our elders on Samhain. We shall see.
As the storms come relentlessly closer, stay secure...
...in the Softness of Moonlight.
"Our world is resetting itself. The rains--the storms--are cleansing it tonight. "
ReplyDeleteFriday evening here in Tennessee was filled with a howling, dancing wind and unsettled energy. We had a very informal Samhain celebration on Friday night, accomodating the need for the parents among us to be Halloween-ing with their littles on Saturday. We ended up outside, all of us drawn by that wild wind and the feeling of change and power in the night air. I hadn't thought of it as a cleansing...but your description seems so apt. Thank you!