Harvest: The Psyche’s Time of Fulfillment

Scattered throughout the Bible are references to many features of the farming world, in particular the seed-time and the harvest, and the unpredictable seasons of growth and ripening in between. The images and stories that Jesus describes in the Gospels are those of someone familiar with this work of the fields, whether it is the right soil for sowing, or how necessary it is for the seed to die in the earth in order for new life to begin. And ultimately, he tells of the significant Kairos time of harvest, when all is gathered in and judged as a treasure for the future. Here we see laid clearly out a parable of the Individuation process, the fulfillment of the soul’s destiny.