When I awoke one morning last week, the old, unused pergola had moved nearer to the house. I scratched my head as I stared at it. I hadn’t moved it. Over the next few days mist began rising from its base up around it. I could see something awakening and stirring behind. The objects were alabaster, and when they came close to the pergola’s opening, the air felt heavy and unusually still.
When I called Angelika to ask what was going on, Lika and Jynx appeared within minutes. Apparently, although Keefee
and Serai’s temper over the destroyed kitchen had mellowed, Serai’s mother’s had not.
When Angelika arrived, she quickly walked up to the pergola. She lowered her sunglasses, and as she peered into the gate her eyes began to glow purple. She reached forward to touch its shimmering surface, but was pushed back by Jynx.
No Leekie. Trouble! Jynx sat between the pergola and Angelika. When she tried to move around him, he placed his body between the opening and her. His eyes narrowed and his tail began to flick.
“Lika, what’s going on?” I held my breath waiting to see what was going to invade Earthside next.
“The Spirit Veil is coming, Susan.” Lika smiled as if this was the greatest thing that could happen to me. Jynx sunk down closer to the pergola, preventing us from getting close.
When the light from the first stars spiraled and swirled, a hole was tore in the universe. This opening crackled with energy and pulled anything without a physical presence to it.
With the birth of living beings, the opening began to change, as if it was waiting for something. When Trai, the first being died, his soul was not longer grounded to the physical world, and he was sucked into the opening. A filmy barrier appeared and prevented his soul from escaping. Immediately, far on the other side of Trai’s new found home, a bright, mauve light appeared. It oozed with power, and it eased Trai’s pain whenever he went near it. If only Trai had chosen to pass through the light, but he was lost in the Spirit Veil.
Many beings have passed through the veil since then, some are frightening, some are dangerous, some are mischievous, but most are just moving on to the light and their next existence.
Only a few masters have crossed the boundary into the spirit veil and returned. Those who have are forever changed. So, when the Celebration of Spirits occurs, when the boundary between our world and the realm of spirits becomes thin, beware the gateway to the veil.
When I was looking for a way to have the gate appear in my display, I initially wasn’t sure how to do it. There were suggestions of rebar topped with pool noodles, arched branches, plastic poles, and other strange ideas. The answer was waiting on the other side of the house. I had an old pergola which had not been used in a few years. It was not in bad shape, and it was a dark gray so it fit into the moody theme of the display. It was the perfect answer to the gateway to the veil.
I moved the pergola to its new location and then went to my niece’s farm. There I was able to collect birch branches, cat tails, and dried corn stalks. I brought them home and tied them to the pergola for a natural feel.
I then bought some inexpensive, gauzy cloth in the colors of purple and iridescent blue. I hung the fabric in the opening, framed by a small white cloth ghost, and a homemade sign.
Behind the gate I wanted to add shimmer to the flowing cloth. So, behind it I placed a light and a hanging ghost. At night the opening flows with the wind, the color shines down rippling on the fabric, and part of a ghost I had placed behind the opening, can be seen. It looks like something is hiding behind.
Welcome to the Spirit Veil!
Sky Shards have been trying to make it to Earth for several weeks now. While a few have arrived something is preventing more from appearing through the mist.
Occasionally, some come through, but only a few, and sparsely. Before they arrive, their light permeates the area. Jynx showed me some at the front of my house yesterday. Green lights have begun to appear on the pumpkins.
I snorted when he showed the lights to Angelika and said, Invisible sky pebbles. Helpful, Lykie.
Angelika couldn’t disagree with him.
The wisps have arrived, the spirits are haunting the Veil, and the Dragon has appeared in Dragonveil. The sky shards are still flickering and arriving. This should not be happening.
Angelika has not said anything, but it’s clear something has happened to the boundary between the worlds. What else is waiting behind the mist?
