Feast of the Dead, the Autumn Season
Autumn has started to come into full, as we make our way through the year. The three feasts of the end of summer and start of autumn have been the Feast of Regeneration, the Feast of Divine Life, and finally the Feast of the Dead, or Simwene. The greater Filianic community does use the name Tamala, though since I am in the process of shifting my practice (more on this later), I have turned towards what original Madrian terms I can uncover. I do believe that 'Tamala' is derived from a Madrian tale called West of the Sunset and East of the Dawn , where the main character named Tama takes an underworld and allegorical journey. This comes from the periodical The Coming Age, issue no. 4 . I do still admire the Madrian takes on fairy tales, as I to this day look into fairy tales as a recollection of old folklore and moral teaching that, although a long game of telephone, contains older folk memory. As such, I do re-read this tale during this portion of the year and other tales of ...
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