by AngelSnowden

Created on: November 13, 2008   Last Updated: December 26, 2008

It's a legendary source of mystery in magic. Something that exists as common knowledge, yet, holds to it's own secrets. In the large scheme of things it seems to be a thin line, a necessary boundary that separates the mortal world from the worlds beyond. To witches and psychics alike it is simply known as "The Veil". But from the point of view of those who have had an encounter with it, it is often seen as anything but a thin line. In point of fact it is a wall that is nearly forty feet thick it most places and most who claim that they can physically see through it could be pointed out as a liar. Seeing through it requires a certain level of gifts.

However, passing through it is something else entirely.

Walking "between the worlds" is fairly simple and painless. Most people pass into or through the veil tie and again throughout their lives, often without ever realizing it. There is nothing physical about it though it can effect the physical. One of the most popular descriptions of the Veil is that of it being like a thick grey fog that is ruled by its own laws. One is able to pass through the veil for short periods of time but are almost inevitably pulled back to their natural side by the veil itself. This law historically effects the interaction between humans and faeries most commonly. Resulting in many tales of tragedy and loss. Especially when love comes into play. Once the veil separates the two it is often enough impossible to physically reunite them again.

Over the years I have been involved in many discussions and studies on the notion that the veil is thinning or has holes in it. There is some evidence to support the theory but in more study, and a lot of time away, I've learned that the veil is not thinning per-say so much as it is ebbing and flowing. The veil is not a stationary boundary. It is very fluid and tide-like in motion. Ebbs in the veil has been historically documented and celebrated because of the easier efforts of passage. Samhain is a mark of such an ebb.

But, more recently we have been noticing the emergence of what might be called rough ebbs that those on either side have yet to be able to fully explain. One primary point of consideration is mankind's rapid influx of unnatural energies into the natural world. One thing that man excels at is the creation of poison, be it physical or metaphysical. Either of which has the ability to agitate the veil by throwing off the balance of its natural neutral nature. We see an increase in metaphysical

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