Weather Sorcery

Part One: Angels and Daimones

After the Spring Equinox the farming year really begins to get underway and the farmer’s life is suddenly extremely busy. If the soil is dry enough for planting the lengthening days are filled with the work of tillage and sowing. Crops are planted and after hoping and praying for a break in the rain in order to get the work done, the farmer begins to wonder if the rain will return. Such is the life of the farmer, ever at the mercy of the whims of the weather. 

Once the crops receive the needed rain and begin to germinate and grow, the tender leaves begin to unfurl, they are vulnerable to frosts and the depredations of hungry insects and herbivores. And once the crop is grown and near harvest, it is still not out of danger from the destructive power of a summer thunderstorm, which brings the potential for torrential downpours, violent winds, and the…