November 2010...
* 10/28 to
11/3: Isia. * 10/31 eve to 11/2 eve: Old Sumerian fast. * 10/31
eve to 11/2 eve: Samhain. * 10/31 eve to 11/7 eve: Mid-Autumn/Day of
the Dead/Hallowmas. * 11/1: All Saints Day--Day Christians remember all
the virtuous dead, known and unknown. * 11/1 to 11/2: Fon/Vodou feast of
Ghede, Loa of the Dead; time for honoring ancestral spirits. Fon/Vodouisants
believe all Loas (Deities) originate from Co-Creators Goddess-God Mawu-Lisa.
* 11/2: Aztec Day of the Dead--Day for honoring the departed and
Mictlancihuatl-Miclanteuctli, Goddess-God of the Dead. Aztecs believe all
Gods are united in Great God Ometeuctli, all Goddesses are united in
Great Goddess Omecihuatl, and the Great God and Goddess are united in
Ometeoltl. * 11/2: Hopi & Zuni Ancestors’ Day--Food offerings are put
into rivers and lakes in honor of the ancestors. * 11/2: All Souls
Day--Day Christians remember all the beloved dead. * 11/2: Election
Day--remember to vote! * 11/2: Day the first openly gay man was
consecrated an Episcopalian bishop (2003). * 11/3: Christian feast of St.
Martin of Porres (d. 1639), healer and advocate of social equality and
inter-ethnic harmony; guide of healers and human rights activists. * 11/3 to
11/6: Diwali/Lunar New Year/Festival of Lights--Hindu festival for Goddess
Lakshmi (source of health, fertility, and prosperity) and Her consort,
God Vishnu (the preserver); focus is on peace-making and new beginnings.
* 11/4: Baha’i feast honoring the one Deity as Qudrat - Divine
Power. * 11/5: World Community Day--Day for celebrating the unity behind
diversity and remembering we are all one people - all children of the one
universal Deity of many names and aspects. * 11/6 (12:52 a.m. EDT): New
Moon. * 11/6: Kali Puja--Hindu festival honoring Great Goddess Maha
Devi as Kali - decay, death, and transformation. Hindus believe all
Gods and Goddesses are aspects of the limitless, attributeless, immanent, and
transcendent Brahman. * 11/6: Mindfulness Day--Zen Buddhist day
for mindfully seeing and acting with compassion for the Earth and all creatures.
* 11/6: Day a Muslim woman first defied a ban on women entering the
mosque by the front door and praying in the main hall (2003). * 11/6 eve to
12/6 eve: Dhu al-Hijjah--Muslim month of pilgrimage to honor Allah,
the one genderless universal Deity, at the shrine of the holy Kaaba Stone in Mecca. * 11/7
(2:00 a.m.): Daylight Savings Time ends - set clocks back 1 hour. * 11/7:
Anniversary of the first Re-Imagining Conference, where worship of Holy
Spirit Wisdom was introduced to mainstream Christianity (1993). * 11/8:
Birthday of Dorothy Day (1897), activist for peace, economic justice, and
workers’ rights. * 11/9: Birthday of Fr. Thomas Berry (1914), Catholic
priest, eco-theologian, and cosmologist, who advocates for deep ecology and
eco-spirituality. * 11/9 eve: Krystallnacht--Night of the Nazi attacks on
Jewish homes, synagogues, and shops in Germany, beginning the persecution that
would end with the deaths of six million Jews (1938); night for meditating on
the evil of all religion-based hatred. * 11/10: Jnan Panchami--Day that
Jainas celebrate knowledge, education, and holy books with recitations,
meditation, and worship. * 11/10: Birthday of Martin Luther (1483),
Christian reformer who rejected blind obedience to religious authority and
recognized the priesthood of all believers. * 11/11: Veterans Day--Day to
honor all warriors, past and present, who defend against evil of all kinds. *
11/11: Death day of Lucretia Mott (1880), Quaker preacher and non-violent
advocate for the rights of women and African Americans. * 11/11 to 11/17:
Old Anglo-Teutonic fast marking Hod (God of Darkness) unintentionally
killing Balder (God of Light), and his true love Nanna (Goddess of
Flowers) dying of a broken heart. The dead were honored. * 11/12:
Birthday of Sr. Juana Ines de la Cruz (1651), Catholic nun and feminist poet. *
11/12: Birthday of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), non-violent advocate
for women’s rights. * 11/12: Birthday of Mirza Husayn Ali Baha’u’llah
(1817), mystic and founder of the Baha’i Faith. * 11/12 to 11/15: Tewa
Buffalo Dance--focused on healing. Tewa rites honor Mother Earth,
Father Sky, and the four directions and elements of life - air of the North,
earth of the East, fire of the South, and waters of the West. * 11/13:
Kindness Day--Day for practicing random acts of kindness. * 11/14: Day
for meditation on Tantric Bodhisattva Goddess White Tara, who guides the
dead to Buddha Amitabha’s Pure Land, where all will find salvation. *
11/14 eve to 11/20 eve (11/17 peak): Leonid Meteor Showers. *
11/14 eve to 11/15 eve: Hajj--Day Muslims circle the Kaaba Stone in
Mecca to honor Allah.
* 11/15 eve
to 11/16 eve: Eid al-Adha--Muslim day of sacrifice to Allah for the good of all. * 11/16: Birthday of Orello Cone (1835),
Universalist who believed that divine revelation comes from many sources. *
11/16: Day the world’s nations agreed to protect the oceans and their
creatures from pollution and over-harvest (1994); day to mourn continuing
pollution and over-harvest. * 11/18: Fast for an Abundant World
Harvest--Day to fast and commit to action to help prevent deaths from
malnourishment world-wide. * 11/18: Great American Smokeout--Day to give
up smoking to preserve one’s own health and the health of loved ones. * 11/20:
Remembrance day for Meister Johannes Eckhart (d. 1328), Christian mystic. He
taught the four ways of the mystic’s journey - the creating, positive, negating,
and transforming ways. * 11/21 (12:27 p.m. EST): Full Moon (Wolf/Hunting
Moon). * 11/21: Day commemorating the birth of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib
(1469), founder of the Sikh faith. Sikhs attempt to merge the human spirit with
the Divine Spirit by reciting Akal Purakh, one of Deity’s sacred names. *
11/22: Beginning of Sagittarius (the Hunter/Huntress). * 11/23:
Baha’i feast honoring the one Deity as Qawl - Sacred Speech. * 11/25:
Yoruba/Santeria feast of Oya, Orisha of Death and Rebirth. * 11/25:
Thanksgiving Day--Day to give thanks for the abundance of our land and for our
food, clothes, shelter, and health. * 11/26: Death day of Sojourner Truth
(1883), Christian preacher and non-violent advocate for the rights of women and
African Americans. * 11/28: Birthday of William Blake (1757), artist,
poet, and mystic, who recognized the unity of all religions. * 11/28: Day
the Women’s Ordination Conference opened, advocating the ordination of women
priests in the Catholic Church (1975). * 11/28 to 12/24 (OC 11/28 to
1/6): Advent/Festival of Lights. * 11/30: Day for meditation on Tantric
Bodhisattva Deities Manjusri and Prajna-Paramita, consciousness
and empowerment of Wisdom. Prajna-Paramita is considered Mother of All
Buddhas.
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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
