Putting a veil over something increases its action or feeling. This is known among women far and wide. There was a phrase my grandmother used, “veiling the bowl.” It meant to put a white cloth over a bowl of kneaded dough to cause the bread to rise. The veil for the bread and the veil for the psyche serve the same purpose. There is a potent leavening in the souls of women in descent. There is a powerful fermenting going on. To be behind the veil increases one’s mystical insight. From behind the veil, all humans look like mist beings, all events, all objects, are colored as though in a dawn, or
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