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Year 2008
Calendar
By Tradition...
Jewish - Kabbalah Holidays - 2008
Christian Holidays:
Ecumenical Mysticism/
Wisdom Tradition - 2008
Unitarian Universalist Holidays - 2008
Muslim - Sufi Holidays - 2008
Baha'i Holidays - 2008
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Asian Holidays: Zoroastrian - Sikh - Jain - Taoist - Shinto - 2008
Native American -
Meso American - Hispanic Holidays - 2008
African Holidays: Santeria - Old Egyptian - 2008
Pagan Holidays:
Old Religions of Europe & the Middle East (Celtic, Norse, Greek, Roman,
Egyptian, etc.) - 2008
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Solar & Lunar Cycles & Eclipses - 2008
Meteor Showers - 2008
Visible Planets - 2008
Astrological Periods - 2008
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Environmentalist -
Deep Ecology Dates - 2008
Feminist - Human Rights - Social Justice Dates - 2008
Peace - Disarmament Movement Dates - 2008
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Experiential Meditations
(for lunar cycles throughout the year)
Empowering Meditations
Action Offerings
(to help the environment
& further social justice)
Art as Meditation
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Year 2007
Calendar
By Tradition...
Jewish - Kabbalah Holidays - 2007
Christian Holidays:
Ecumenical Mysticism/
Wisdom Tradition - 2007
Unitarian Universalist Holidays - 2007
Muslim - Sufi Holidays - 2007
Baha'i Holidays - 2007
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Buddhist Holidays - 2007
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Asian Holidays: Zoroastrian - Sikh - Jain - Taoist - Shinto - 2007
Native American -
Meso American - Hispanic Holidays - 2007
African Holidays: Santeria - Old Egyptian - 2007
Pagan Holidays:
Old Religions of Europe & the Middle East (Celtic, Norse, Greek, Roman,
Egyptian, etc.) - 2007
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Solar & Lunar Cycles & Eclipses - 2007
Meteor Showers - 2007
Visible Planets - 2007
Astrological Periods - 2007
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Environmentalist -
Deep Ecology Dates - 2007
Feminist - Human Rights - Social Justice Dates - 2007
Peace - Disarmament Movement Dates - 2007
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Experiential Meditations
(for lunar cycles throughout the year)
Empowering Meditations
Action Offerings
(to help the environment
& further social justice)
Art as Meditation
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2006 Calendar Photos
Year 2006
Calendar
By Tradition...
Jewish - Kabbalah Holidays - 2006
Christian Holidays:
Ecumenical Mysticism/
Wisdom Tradition - 2006
Unitarian Universalist Holidays - 2006
Muslim - Sufi Holidays - 2006
Baha'i Holidays - 2006
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Hindu Holidays - 2006
Buddhist Holidays - 2006
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Asian Holidays: Zoroastrian - Sikh - Jain - Taoist - Shinto - 2006
Native American -
Meso American - Hispanic Holidays - 2006
African Holidays: Santeria - Old Egyptian - 2006
Pagan Holidays:
Old Religions of Europe & the Middle East (Celtic, Norse, Greek, Roman,
Egyptian, etc.) - 2006
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Solar & Lunar Cycles & Eclipses - 2006
Meteor Showers - 2006
Visible Planets - 2006
Astrological Periods - 2006
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Environmentalist -
Deep Ecology Dates - 2006
Feminist - Human Rights - Social Justice Dates - 2006
Peace - Disarmament Movement Dates - 2006
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Experiential Meditations
(for lunar cycles throughout the year)
Empowering Meditations
Action Offerings
(to help the environment
& further social justice)
Art as Meditation
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2005 Calendar Photos
Year 2005
Calendar
By Tradition...
Jewish - Kabbalah Holidays - 2005
Christian Holidays:
Ecumenical Mysticism/
Wisdom Tradition - 2005
Unitarian Universalist Holidays - 2005
Muslim - Sufi Holidays - 2005
Baha'i Holidays - 2005
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Hindu Holidays - 2005
Buddhist Holidays - 2005
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Asian Holidays: Zoroastrian - Sikh - Jain - Taoist - Shinto - 2005
Native American -
Meso American - Hispanic Holidays - 2005
African Holidays: Santeria - Old Egyptian - 2005
Pagan Holidays:
Old Religions of Europe & the Middle East (Celtic, Norse, Greek, Roman,
Egyptian, etc.) - 2005
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Solar & Lunar Cycles & Eclipses - 2005
Meteor Showers - 2005
Visible Planets - 2005
Astrological Periods - 2005
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Environmentalist -
Deep Ecology Dates - 2005
Feminist - Human Rights - Social Justice Dates - 2005
Peace - Disarmament Movement Dates - 2005
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Experiential Meditations
(for lunar cycles throughout the year)
Empowering Meditations
Action Offerings
(to help the environment
& further social justice)
Art as Meditation
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2004 Calendar Photos
Year 2004
Calendar
By Tradition...
Jewish - Kabbalah Holidays - 2004
Christian Holidays:
Ecumenical Mysticism/
Wisdom Tradition - 2004
Unitarian Universalist Holidays - 2004
Muslim - Sufi Holidays - 2004
Baha'i Holidays - 2004
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Buddhist Holidays - 2004
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Asian Holidays: Zoroastrian - Sikh - Jain - Taoist - Shinto - 2004
Native American -
Meso American - Hispanic Holidays - 2004
African Holidays: Santeria - Old Egyptian - 2004
Pagan Holidays:
Old Religions of Europe & the Middle East (Celtic, Norse, Greek, Roman,
Egyptian, etc.) - 2004
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Solar & Lunar Cycles & Eclipses - 2004
Meteor Showers - 2004
Visible Planets - 2004
Astrological Periods - 2004
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Environmentalist -
Deep Ecology Dates - 2004
Feminist - Human Rights - Social Justice Dates - 2004
Peace - Disarmament Movement Dates - 2004
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Experiential Meditations
(for lunar cycles throughout the year)
Empowering Meditations
Action Offerings
(to help the environment
& further social justice)
Art as Meditation
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2003 Calendar Photos
Year 2003
Calendar
By Tradition...
Jewish - Kabbalah Holidays - 2003
Christian Holidays:
Ecumenical Mysticism/
Wisdom Tradition - 2003
Unitarian Universalist Holidays - 2003
Muslim - Sufi Holidays - 2003
Baha'i Holidays - 2003
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Buddhist Holidays - 2003
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Asian Holidays: Zoroastrian - Sikh - Jain - Taoist - Shinto - 2003
Native American -
Meso American - Hispanic Holidays - 2003
African Holidays: Santeria - Old Egyptian - 2003
Pagan Holidays:
Old Religions of Europe & the Middle East (Celtic, Norse, Greek, Roman,
Egyptian, etc.) - 2003
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Solar & Lunar Cycles & Eclipses - 2003
Meteor Showers - 2003
Visible Planets - 2003
Astrological Periods - 2003
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Environmentalist -
Deep Ecology Dates - 2003
Feminist - Human Rights - Social Justice Dates - 2003
Peace - Disarmament Movement Dates - 2003
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Experiential Meditations
(for lunar cycles throughout the year)
Empowering Meditations
Action Offerings
(to help the environment
& further social justice)
Art as Meditation
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2002 Calendar Photos
Year 2002
Calendar
By Tradition...
Jewish - Kabbalah Holidays - 2002
Christian Holidays:
Ecumenical Mysticism/
Wisdom Tradition - 2002
Unitarian Universalist Holidays - 2002
Muslim - Sufi Holidays - 2002
Baha'i Holidays - 2002
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Buddhist Holidays - 2002
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Asian Holidays: Zoroastrian - Sikh - Jain - Taoist - Shinto - 2002
Native American -
Meso American - Hispanic Holidays - 2002
African Holidays: Santeria - Old Egyptian - 2002
Pagan Holidays:
Old Religions of Europe & the Middle East (Celtic, Norse, Greek, Roman,
Egyptian, etc.) - 2002
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Solar & Lunar Cycles & Eclipses - 2002
Meteor Showers - 2002
Visible Planets - 2002
Astrological Periods - 2002
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Environmentalist -
Deep Ecology Dates - 2002
Feminist - Human Rights -
Social Justice Dates - 2002
Peace - Disarmament Movement Dates - 2002
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Experiential Meditations
(for lunar cycles throughout the year)
Empowering Meditations
Action Offerings
(to help the environment
& further social justice)
Art as Meditation
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2001 Calendar Photos
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Interfaith Links
December 2007...
* 12/1: Mindfulness Day--Zen Buddhist day for mindfully seeing and acting with compassion for the poor and oppressed. * 12/1: World AIDS Day--Day to pray for healing of all those suffering with AIDS and HIV. * 12/2 to 12/24 (OC 11/28 to 1/6): Advent/Festival of Lights--Christian vigil for the birth of the Cosmic Christ. Advent candles are lit. * 12/4: Day for meditation on Tantric Bodhisattva Deities Manjusri and Prajna-Paramita, consciousness and empowerment of Wisdom. Prajna-Paramita is considered Mother of All Buddhas. * 12/4: Yoruba/Santeria feast of Orisha Shango, Defender Against Evil. * 12/4 eve to 12/12 eve: Hanukkah/Festival of Lights--Jewish festival commemorating their struggle for religious freedom and re-dedication of the Temple of Jerusalem to God-Goddess Yod-Heh-Vau-Heh (Father, Mother, Son & Daughter). Menorah candles are lit. * 12/7 eve to 12/15 eve (12/14 peak): Geminid Meteor Showers. * 12/8: Rohatsu--Zen Buddhist celebration of the Buddha’s enlightenment. * 12/8: Christian feast celebrating St. Anna’s conception of Blessed Mary. * 12/8: Death day of Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1111), Sufi saint who taught about unity of the soul with the one universal Deity of 99 names and attributes. * 12/9 (12:40 p.m. EST): New Moon. * 12/9 to 12/22: Hopi & Zuni Shalako Festival--welcoming back to the pueblos the Kachinas/Kokos - Spirits of Nature and the ancestors that provide protection, health, fertility, and food. * 12/10: Birthday of John Murray (1741), Trinitarian Universalist who believed that Jesus died to save all humanity, not just Christians. * 12/10: Day the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted, and fundamental rights were recognized world-wide (1948). * 12/10 eve to 1/8 eve: Dhu al-Hijjah--Muslim month of pilgrimage to honor the one universal Deity at the Ka’bah Stone in Mecca (site of the Old Arabic shrine to God-Goddess Allah-Allat). * 12/12: Baha’i feast honoring the one Deity as Masa’il - Mystery. * 12/12: First Appearance of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mother of God and Mother of the Oppressed, at the former shrine of Aztec Moon Goddess Coatlicue (Mexico 1531). * 12/13: Feast of the Light-bringer--honoring Goddess as Juno Lucina (Old Roman) & Lucia (Old Swedish); merged with the Christian feast of St. Lucia. * 12/14: Christian feast of St. John of the Cross (d. 1591), whose suffering - for advocating church reform - generated mystical union with Deity. * 12/15: Day the Bill of Rights became part of the Constitution, guaranteeing fundamental rights to all (1791). * 12/15: Death day of Fr. Pavel Florensky (1943), Orthodox Christian mystic who taught that Holy Wisdom is Our Mother, the Holy Spirit, third part of the Holy Trinity. * 12/15: Day the Catholic Church silenced Fr. Matthew Fox for teaching Creation Spirituality (1988); day to mourn the silencing of all religious dissenters and reformers. * 12/16 (A 1/26): Old Egyptian festival of Neteret Amenet-Rait-Mut, the primordial Great Mother. * 12/16 to 12/24: Christmas Novena/Las Posadas--Christian remembrance of the journey of Blessed Mary and St. Joseph to Bethlehem and their taking refuge in a cave-stable. * 12/17: Day for meditation on Tantric Bodhisattva Goddess Red Tara, protector against evil and harm. * 12/17: Yoruba/Santeria feast of Orisha Babalu Aye, Healer of Deadly Diseases. * 12/17: Day the Clean Air Act was enacted (1963); day to give thanks for the air we breathe. * 12/17 to 12/23: Saturnalia/Opalia--Old Roman festival honoring God Saturn (the weak Sun) & Goddess Ops (the fallow Earth); celebrated with gift-giving, revelry, and abolishment of all class distinctions. * 12/17 eve to 12/24 eve (12/22 peak): Ursid Meteor Showers. * 12/18: Day the Constitution’s 13th Amendment went into effect, outlawing all slavery (1865). * 12/19 eve to 12/20 eve: Eid al-Adha--Muslim day of sacrifice to the one universal Deity for the good of all. * 12/21 to 12/22: Old European Festival of Evergreen Trees; merged into International Arbor Day. Celebrated by planting trees and hanging wreaths (symbols of eternal life). * 12/21 to 12/25: Old Romano-Egyptian festival of Goddess Isis giving birth to God Horus. * 12/21 to 1/9: Hopi & Zuni Soyala New Year Festival of purification and renewal. Homes are cleaned, fires doused, and personal restraint is observed. * 12/22 (1:08 a.m. EST): Winter Solstice/Solar New Year--Marks the beginning of Winter and the shortest day and longest night of the year; celebration of the darkness with dancing near the hearth fire. * 12/22: Taoist festival honoring Wang-Mu/Empress Mother, Mother of Compassion and Wisdom, and manifestation of the Tao (Cosmic Power of Creation and Destruction). Also celebrates the peak of the feminine Yin half of the year and the Shen of Earth, North, and Winter; prayers are made for rest and renewal, and offerings are made to the Cosmos. * 12/22: Tohji-Taisai--Shinto rite honoring Sun Goddess Amaterasu. Storm God Susano-o angered Her, and She withdrew into a cave until enticed out with music and dance. * 12/22: Beginning of Capricorn (the Goat). * 12/23 (8:16 p.m. EST): Full Moon (Black/Death-Crone Moon). * 12/24 eve: Mother Night--Christian vigil for the laboring Blessed Mary. * 12/25 (OC 1/7): Christmas--Christian celebration of Blessed Mother Mary giving birth to Child Jesus by the power of the Holy Spirit. * 12/25 to 1/5: Yule--Old Anglo-Teutonic festival honoring Freyr and Freyja (Deities of Fertility) and the new-born Balder (God of Light), son of Frigga and Odin. Celebrated with evergreens, fires, and feasting. * 12/26: Day commemorating the death of Zoroastrian Prophet Zarathustra (551 BCE). Zoroastrians worship by making offerings to a sacred fire. * 12/26 to 1/1: Kwanzaa--Festival celebrating positive African traditions; emphasizes unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith. * 12/28: Day the first woman was ordained a Catholic priest (without Vatican authority) (1970). * 12/28: Day the Endangered Species Act was enacted (1973); day to mourn those creatures already extinct. * 12/28: Day an Islamic court ruled female genital mutilation to be un-Islamic and banned the practice (1997). * 12/29: Day Guatemala’s 36-year civil war ended (1996); vigil for true peace, justice, and respect for the human rights of all in Central America. * 12/31: Oharai/Grand Purification Festival--Shinto rite exorcising evil from the world. * 12/31: Yoruba/Santeria festival of Orisha Yemaya, Mother of the Sun and Moon. * 12/31: Baha’i feast honoring the one Deity as Sharaf - Honor. * 12/31: Feast of Father Time, who ultimately overcomes us all. * 12/31 eve: New Year’s Eve--Vigil for the new year; night for self evaluation and resolving to better oneself.
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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
