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The Mystic's Wheel of the Year wall calendar emphasizes universal spiritual
principles. It reflects deep ecumenism, deep ecology, and social justice.
It focuses on ecological and egalitarian aspects of the world's religions. This
calendar helps in understanding Deity--as feminine and masculine, within all and
beyond all, as all-encompassing and universal. It's for rediscovering
Goddess and God in non-patriarchal ways. It's about ancient and contemporary Nature-based
spiritualities--both Western and Eastern!
The Mystic's Wheel of the Year calendar features holy days reflecting the
non-patriarchal, mystical God-Goddess roots of:
* Judaism (Kabbalah)
* Christianity (Ecumenical Mysticism/Wisdom Tradition)
* Unitarian Universalism (including Transcendentalism & Deism)
* Islam (Sufism)
* Baha'i Faith
* Buddhism (emphasizing Tantra & Zen) This calendar also includes non-patriarchal, Nature-based holy days from the ancient
Goddess-God religions of:
* Asia (e.g., Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Sikhism, Jainism, Taoism & Shinto)
* North America (e.g., Iroquois, Zuni & Navajo)
* Meso America (Inca, Mayan & Aztec)
* Africa (e.g., Santeria & Egyptian)
* The Middle East (e.g., Canaanite-Hebrew & Sumerian)
* Europe (e.g., Celtic, Norse, Greek & Roman)
The Mystic's Wheel of the Year calendar also includes:
* lunar and solar cycles, visible planets, eclipses and meteor showers
* days focused on milestones/teachers/activists in mysticism and the feminist,
human rights, environmentalist, and peace movements
* experiential meditations for each phase of the moon throughout the year
* empowering meditations
* art as meditation
* simple action offerings to help the environment and further social justice
* a primer on Eco-Egalitarian Spirituality
* photos of sacred images from various traditions:
2006 calendar photos include: Holy Father and Holy Wisdom at the Creation,
Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom), Pantocrator (Lord Jesus), Theotokos
Eleusa-Kiksk (Mother Mary and
Child Jesus), Amitabha (Tibetan Buddhist Buddha), Green Tara (Tibetan Buddhist
Bodhisattva), Shiva (Hindu God), Lakshmi (Hindu
Goddess), Hebat
(Hittite Goddess), Allat (Arabic Goddess), Anahita (Persian
Goddess), Inanna (Sumerian Goddess), Lilith (Sumerian-Hebrew Goddess), Astarte (Canaanite-Hebrew
Goddess), Hebrew calligraphy (excerpts
from the Torah: Bereishit/Genesis ch. 1), Greek calligraphy (excerpts from the
Wisdom Literature of the Septuagint/Old Testament: Wisdom of Solomon &
Wisdom of Sirach), the Kabbalistic Tree of Life,
and the Kabbalistic Tetragrammatan.
2005 calendar photos included: Pieta: Mary and Jesus (Christian), Notre Dame de Sous Terre:
Black Madonna and Child (Christian), Bamiyan Buddha (Buddhist), Bodhisattva Kuan
Yin (Buddhist), Deva Krishna (Hindu God) and Devi Radha (Hindu Goddess), Maha Devi
Durga (Hindu Goddess), Neter Thoth (Egyptian God), Neteret Maat (Egyptian
Goddess), Neter Osiris (Egyptian God),
Neter Isis (Egyptian Goddess), Neter Horus (Egyptian God), Neteret Bastet
(Egyptian Goddess), Indonesian Batik figures, and Celtic
designs
2004 calendar photos
included: Compassionate Jesus (Christian), Mother Mary and Child Jesus
(Christian), Bodhisattva Prajna-Paramita (Tibetan Buddhist), Bodhisattva
Manjusri (Tibetan Buddhist), Shiva (Hindu God) and Parvati (Hindu Goddess),
Ganesha (Hindu God), Freyr (Norse God) and Freyja (Norse Goddess), Odin (Norse
God), Thor (Norse God),
Frejya on Boar (Norse Goddess), Tyr (Norse God), Valkyries (Norse Goddesses),
and Navajo sacred sand paintings and basket
designs 2003 calendar photos included: The Nativity of
Jesus (Christian), The Last Supper of Jesus (Christian), Avalokitesvara
(Tibetan Buddhist), White Tara (Tibetan Buddhist), Vishnu (Hindu God), Lakshmi
(Hindu Goddess), Willendorf Goddess (Austria) 30,000 BCE,
Laussel Goddess (France) 20,000 BCE, Pazardzik Goddess (Thrace/Bulgaria) 4500 BCE,
Nile Goddess (Predynastic Egypt)
3100+ BCE, Knossos Goddess of Crete (Minoan Greece) 1800 BCE, and Gazi
Goddess of Crete (Minoan
Greece) 1350 BCE.
2002 calendar photos included: Meditating Christ (Christian), Lunar Madonna
(Christian), Zazen Buddha (Zen Buddhist), Kuan Yin (Zen Buddhist), Krishna
(Hindu God) and Radha (Hindu Goddess), Devi (Hindu Goddess), Chacmool/Mayan Rain God, Ixchel/Mayan
Moon Goddess, Mayan Fertility God, Mayan Fertility Goddess, Mayan Animal
Deities, Mayan Mushroom Goddess, African Fertility God, and African Fertility
Goddess.
2001 calendar photos included: El Cristo
(Christian), Nuestra Senora (Christian), Buddha Siddhartha (Buddhist), Bodhisattva Kuan Yin
(Buddhist), Maha Deva Shiva (Hindu God), Maha Devi Shakti (Hindu Goddess), The Green
Man (Celtic God), The Triple Goddess (Celtic Goddesses), Cernunnos
(Celtic God), The Matronae (Celtic Goddesses), Taranis (Celtic God),
and Brigantia (Celtic Goddess).
Holidays are calculated based on available information. Some have been
reclaimed or reconstructed to reflect their positive, non-patriarchal,
Nature-based aspects. Our intent is to be inclusive and respectful to both
genders, all peoples, and all traditions. Except where the religious tradition
dictates otherwise, lunar-based dates are calculated using U.S. Eastern time.
Page Two, Inc.
P.O. Box 1209, Beltsville, MD 20704
e-mail: info@WheeloftheYear.com
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All Gods and
Goddesses
are aspects of
the One Deity

The One
Deity
is reflected in
all Gods and Goddesses

The One
Deity
is Deity of all

Deity is
male and female,
yet genderless

Deity is
all forms,
yet formless

Deity is
within all;
Deity is
beyond all

Deity is
all-embracing
love

With all
that
is known by all
the world's sages,
with all that
is written in all
sacred books,
with all that
is experienced
in all
spiritual traditions,
we still cannot
know
the unknowable--
Deity is
Mystery

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