Law of the Harvest

The 'Law of the Harvest' is an analog, of sorts, to 'The Law of Three' (also sometimes called the 'Law of Return') that most are more familiar with among Wiccans. However, it is far more prominent within Christian thought.

Essentially: The process of fertilizing, tilling, planting, weeding, and irrigating to produce a harvest is a continually amazing marvel; the power of a single real seed of Corn to grow and multiply itself into a hundred more copies of itself is a miracle that gives you a deep appreciation for nature. But it also gives you a deep appreciation of our own role in bringing about the bounty that it produces, and how that can then go on to nourish others ... Or not, if the crop fails (especially when that failure is due to our own action or neglect).

In the Law of the Harvest, the Harvest spoken of therefore becomes an allegory for what we spiritually sow within ourselves and our own lives- and how that ripples outwards to nourish those around us, and the world itself ... How each of our thoughts, words, and actions plants a seed within the Earth that bears a fruit of same or similar kind in those around us; if you plant bad seed, you will harvest a bad crop. If you sow too little, you will not reap enough. If you sow in bad soil, fail to tend your crop appropriately, and so on, you will fail to yield harvest at all; what you get is directly proportional to what you put in, and the effort and care to which you tend to it.

This can also be summed up in a simple phrase that most are ultimately familiar with: “You reap what you sow”. No more, and no less; what you get in life is directly proportional to what you put into it, and the effort and care to which you tend to it. And this law applies not only individually, but also collectively to the greater community- and even to the world at large.

Through the 'Law of the Harvest' we are once again reminded of the ultimate lesson of the Rede: We do not exist in a vacuum; what impacts one impacts us all. And it goes one step further by reminding us that the quality of our actions also has an effect on that impact as well.