A Curve Beyond the Breadth of Time As October leans against the open doors of winter, the world seems to exhale. The light fades earlier, sounds soften, and geese cross darkening skies in search of warmer lands. It is a season of reflection—and of mystery. Our ancestors believed that, as autumn deepened, the veil between worlds grew thin. At Samhain—the Celtic festival that helped shape many of our Halloween traditions—the living might glimpse what ordinarily remained hidden. That same idea [...]

