The Forest Set Ablaze

There is something magical about walking through the woods when every leaf is turning a brilliant shade of orange and red. The warmth perceived in the colours of the leaves create the most brilliant offset to the cooler days and longer nights. As the sun sets through their canopies, they reflect their fiery colors back into our vision as a reminder that the sun’s warmth will soon return anew. Fall is here. The days are officially shorter and the nights, cooler. The warmth of summer has began to fade. The beautiful allegory of nature marches onward. And its wonder is imbedded in our creative thought and it brings us a hope of a plentiful harvest. The Autumn Equinox has a way of inspiring people, including myself, and giving them a melancholic joy for the time to come. It’s as if the humid fog begins to clear and though the earth may start to still, the heavens begin to come alive inn a clearer, deeper way. We begin to feel small and yet content. The metaphor of life moves around us and we are part of its exotic dance. Pardon the poetic prose, I just can’t help but to attempt to paint just how inspiring this season is. It brings most of us a joy that sinks into our bones, deeper than the cold and warmer than the mid-day sun. And this isn’t a new feeling. Autumn has inspired beautiful parables and poetry as long as mankind has charted the turn of the earth herself. And that is what I want to explore today. Let’s take a deeper look at how the Autumnal equinox has inspired our deeper, esoteric minds to grasp the beauty of religion in a way no other season can. Oh, and to our Southern Hemisphere listeners, bookmark this and circle back in about six months. We will get there in time. --- Thank you for listening to this episode of Itinerant. If you enjoy the show, take a moment to subscribe, rate, and share it on with a friend. Word of mouth is a powerful thing and your recommendation is much appreciated. You can find out more about me and the show at itinerantpodcast.com. I co-host another podcast called The Reckless Pursuit. The Reckless Pursuit is a show dedicated to providing a safe place for Christians to ask unsafe questions. If you need a community of people where you can talk about your questions safely, we might just be your tribe. No matter your current church status or even religious views, all questions are welcome to help us grow and lay down our spiritual baggage. So if you feel like a spiritual Nomad we invite you to stop and rest. The journey is long but the beauty lies within it. Visit us there at https://therecklesspursuit.com. And until next time, keep searching, you never know what mysteries lie ahead.