This expression is based on the concept that it is difficult to communicate with the spirits of those who have died. It is as if there is a veil between the living and the dead. Saying someone is “beyond the veil,” then, is a way to say that the person is dead. For some people it is a way to refer to death without using that term.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Matthew Ash McKernan, author of the new Wyrdcraft.
The weird, wild, and wonderful English psych-rock band Hawkwind said it well in their song, "We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago." What this "wrong...