The beginning of Autumn is a time of thinness. The veil wisps between living and dead, between harvest and serried fields, between abundance and lack, warmth and cold. The spiritual realm is closer to us; we remember the spirits, the souls of the dead, the Church penitent. The harvest (from haer-fest, the festival of the cutting) reminds us of the harvest of souls, of being cut down, of the cycle of fruiting and dying. This is a time when the spiritual and the material world seem close together, when we celebrate Christ the King and remember that this world will pass. Michaelmas is the door to Autumn.
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