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Samhain

Darkness is ascending once again. Darkness (red) seems to overpower the light (white). In the foreground, however, various fruit trees (apples & oranges) can be seen growing.

Will life always be a battle of light and darkness? The fruit trees remind us of the fruit of the harvest? Will we chose to be among them?

The tomb can be seen beneath the Yule tree and below it the dark underworld. However, the stone that covered the entrance to the tomb is still rolled away and from it people are walking in two groups. Those brightly dressed are carrying in the harvest of grain and driving a flock of sheep and those darkly clad are carrying weapons and driving a flock of goats.

We are reminded here of the sacrificial death of the sun of righteousness leading to new life. The tomb leading to the underworld is empty. Samhain is the time when, according to the Pagan story, the gates of life and death are opened for both the living and the dead. Here we see the harvest, people from every time and place. Those who have chosen to embrace the divine and have joined in the fruits of the harvest (the Sun of Righteousness symbolized them by referring to them as the sheep) come out of the tomb together those who rejected the "light of the world" (referred to as the goats) and a share in the harvest.  Lets now move on to the center piece, the dancer.

dancer

 

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