Autumn In Avalon's Garden: The Time of Light & Shadow ~

Fall Song

Another year gone, leaving everywhere its rich spiced residues: vines, leaves, the uneaten fruits crumbling damply in the shadows, unmattering back from the particular island of this summer, this NOW, that now is nowhere except underfoot, moldering in that black subterranean castle of unobservable mysteries - - -roots and sealed seeds and the wanderings of water. This I try to remember when time's measure painfully chafes, for instance when autumn flares out at the last, boisterous and like us longing to stay - - - how everything lives, shifting from one bright vision to another, forever in these momentary pastures. - Mary Oliver

"Lady Autumn, Queen of the Harvest, I have seen You in the setting Sun with Your long auburn tresses blowing in the cool air that surrounds You. Your crown of golden leaves is jeweled with amber, amethyst, and rubies. Your long, flowing purple robe stretches across the horizon. In Your hands You hold the ripened fruits. At Your feet the squirrels gather acorns. Black crows perch on Your outstretched arms. All around You the leaves are falling. You sit upon Your throne and watch the dying fires of the setting Sun shine forth its final colors in the sky. The purple and orange lingers and glows like burning embers. Then all colors fade into the twilight. Lady Autumn, You are here at last. We thank You for Your rewards. We have worked hard for these gifts. Lady Autumn, now grant us peace and rest." - Deirdre Akins

Monday, August 20, 2012

The Time of Light & Shadow ~

Have you noticed…….., the sun hangs a bit lower in the sky.

Have you noticed……… the darker areas in the garden, where once was filled with light?

The heat of the Summer sun has begun to give way to a coolness in the air………

Have you noticed shadows where once there were none.

Ahhhhh……, and a darkness which falls upon us and quickens as the days pass……..

We are entering into the time of Light & Shadow. Softly reminding us that Mabon will be here in but a blink of an eye.

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Leaves fall,
the days grow cold.
The Goddess pulls her mantle of Earth around Her
as You, O Great Sun God, sail toward the West
to the land of eternal enchantment,
wrapped in the coolness of night.
Fruits ripen,
seeds drip,
the hours of day and night are balanced

Soon the Magick will Begin …..

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Blessings ~

Angel

2 comments:

Katie Isabella said...: You have hit upon something that I always and ever notice at both ends of the spectrum.

Spring when the shadows fill with light and just as beloved by me, Fall when the shadows overtake the light. I always notice the slant of the suns rays and the lengthening of shadows across lawns...and my favorite time of the day..twilight. Love that you brought it up. No one else in the CB, or FB has ever mentioned it and I bore others when I go on about it's enchantment to me.

XXXX; August 20, 2012 at 7:05 PM
Avalon's Garden and Mewsings of Garden Cottage Cats said...: I LOVE Spring!! with all it's warmth and newness ,,,,, but oh how I so love the Magick of Autumn, it's cool relief, magickal sunsets, and the colors and smells. Yes it is Enchanting, my Dear friend ~ ;))

♥♥xoxo♥; August 20, 2012 at 9:30 PM