July 2010...
* 6/29 to 7/3:
Zoroastrian celebration. * 7/1: Canada Day--Day to celebrate the union of
diverse peoples, languages, cultures, and religions into one nation. * 7/1: Day the
world’s nations committed to stop proliferation of nuclear weapons (1968); vigil
to protest the production and use of all nuclear weapons world-wide. * 7/1:
Day endangered species became internationally protected (1975); day to celebrate
all the world’s creatures. * 7/1: Day the International Criminal Court
came into being to prosecute those who commit acts of genocide, crimes against
humanity, international terrorism, and war crimes (2002). * 7/2:
Visitation Day--Christian feast marking St. Elizabeth’s recognition of
Blessed Mary’s divine destiny as catalyst for human liberation and
redemption. * 7/2: Day discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, gender,
and religion was prohibited in public accommodations and employment (1964). *
7/3: Mindfulness Day--Zen Buddhist day for being mindful that alienation and
hunger for possessions results from ignorance of interconnectedness. * 7/4:
U.S. Independence Day--Day to celebrate the right of all peoples to exercise
peaceful, democratic self-determination. * 7/4: Death day of Thomas
Jefferson (1826), who ensured that the U.S. Constitution would protect basic
rights and liberties. A Deist, he practiced a religion that was based on Nature,
reason, and ethics. * 7/6 (7:00 a.m. EDT): Earth Aphelion--when the Earth
is farthest from the Sun. * 7/6: Birthday of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th
Dalai Lama. * 7/7: Tanabata--Shinto rite honoring the Kami of the
Stars. * 7/8 eve: Laylat al-Mi’raj--Commemorates the night journey of
Muslim Prophet Muhammad to heaven. * 7/10: Day the World
Union for Progressive Judaism was founded to promote progressive
values within Judaism (1926). * 7/10: Day Pope John Paul II acknowledged the
evil of sexism and apologized for the Catholic Church’s past oppression of women
(1995); day to mourn the continued subordination of women by the Church. *
7/11 (3:40 p.m. EDT): New Moon. * 7/11: World Population Day--Day to
meditate on the social and environmental costs of overpopulation. * 7/11:
Day Srebrenica, Bosnia, fell to attacking Serbs (1995), beginning a massacre of
thousands of civilians because of their ethnicity and religion; vigil for true
peace, justice, religious tolerance, and respect for the human rights of all in
the Balkans. * 7/11 eve to 7/12 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Hekate,
who guides all through transitions and crisis. * 7/11 to 7/14: Iroquois
Green Bean Ceremony--in thanksgiving for the bean harvest; celebrated with
tobacco offerings, singing, drumming, dancing, and feasting. * 7/12:
Anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne (1690); vigil for true peace, justice,
religious tolerance, and equal rights for all in Northern Ireland. * 7/12:
Birthday of Henry David Thoreau (1817), Transcendentalist and naturalist who
believed in individualism and living simply in harmony with Nature. * 7/12
eve to 7/13 eve: Hekatombaion Noumenia/Old Athenian New Year--Old Greek
festival honoring all the Gods and Goddesses. * 7/13: Baha’i feast
honoring the one Deity as Kalimat - Sacred Words. * 7/13 to 7/15:
Obon--Zen Buddhist festival honoring departed ancestors. * 7/14 (A 8/24):
Old Egyptian birthday feast of Neter Osiris - partner and true love of
Isis, and father of Horus; guide of all husbands, fathers, and
judges. * 7/14 to 7/25 (I 7/22): Old Norse/Icelandic Mid-Summer Althingi--Community
gathering for democratic decision making. Forseti and Tyr, Gods of
Justice and Self-Sacrifice, were honored. * 7/14 eve to 8/19 eve (7/28
peak): Delta Aquarid Meteor Showers. * 7/15: Chokhor Duchen--Tibetan
Buddhist celebration of the Buddha’s first teaching. * 7/16:
Birthday of Mary Baker Eddy (1821), founder of Christian Science, who honored
Deity as Father-Mother God. * 7/17 (A 8/27): Old Egyptian birthday
feast of Neteret Isis - partner and true love of Osiris, and
mother of Horus; guide of all wives, mothers, healers, advocates, and
teachers. * 7/18: Secular Humanism Day--Day to celebrate all
life-affirming humanist, rationalist, and scientific belief systems. * 7/18:
Day South Africa’s apartheid was internationally outlawed (1976); birthday of
Nelson Mandela, non-violent anti-apartheid activist. * 7/19: Day women
demanded recognition of their equality to men in the legal, political, economic,
religious, and domestic spheres (Seneca Falls, New York 1848). * 7/19 eve to
7/20 eve: Tish’a B’Av--Jewish fast day mourning the destruction of the
Temples in Jerusalem dedicated to Elohim. * 7/19 to 8/1 (A 8/29 to
9/11): Old Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Neteret Isis,
Neter Osiris, and the rains that inundate the Nile River. * 7/20:
Vigil for peace, justice, and respect for the human rights of all in Colombia -
now in the throes of civil war. * 7/22: Christian feast of St. Mary
Magdalen, disciple and priestess--Savior Jesus made her His priestess by
purifying her seven times; she anointed Him in preparation for His sacrifice and
witnessed His torture, death, and resurrection. * 7/23: Beginning of Leo
(the Lion/Lioness). * 7/23: Mayan Sun Festival--honoring Sun God Ahau
Kin; celebrated with devotional offerings of food, song, prayer, and a
ritual procession that symbolically travels to the four quarters of the
Universe. * 7/23 to 7/30: Chinese Buddhist festival of Kuan Yin/Kannon/Tara,
Supreme Goddess of Nature and Perfect Buddha of many emanations; celebrates Her
enlightenment and Her bodhisattva vow to help all sentient beings.
Buddhists act daily on their vows to help all sentient beings. * 7/24: Day that
aggressive war was outlawed and the right to defend victims of aggression was
recognized world-wide (1929). * 7/25 (9:37 p.m. EDT): Full Moon
(Grain-Harvest/Thunder Moon). * 7/26: Christian feast of St. Anna, mother
of Blessed Mary and grandmother of Blessed Jesus; guide of
grandmothers and elderly women. * 7/26: Birthday of Dr. Carl Gustav Jung
(1875), founder of archetypal psychology, which explores universal concepts of
Deity and their relation to the individual psyche. * 7/26: Day
discrimination against the disabled was prohibited in public accommodations and
employment (1990); day to celebrate empowerment of the disabled. * 7/26 eve:
Nisfu Sha’ban--Muslim night of repentance for all harm done. * 7/27 eve to
7/28 eve: Synoikia--Old Greek festival celebrating the peaceful cooperation
of states. Offerings were made to Aphrodite and Eirene, Goddesses
of friendship and peace. * 7/28: Day the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment
went into effect, guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the law to
all (1868). * 7/29 eve to 8/17 eve (8/12 peak): Perseid Meteor Showers. *
7/31 eve to 8/2 eve: Lughnasadh. * 7/31 eve to 8/7 eve:
Mid-Summer/First Harvest/Lammas.
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THE MYSTIC'S WHEEL OF THE YEAR 2010
A Multifaith Calendar Reflecting Eco-Egalitarian Spirituality
© 2009 Marija Miovski
www.WheeloftheYear.com
