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Because it accepts that Deity is ultimately mystery...
The Mystic's Wheel of the Year calendar celebrates the diversity of
beliefs and practices in all the world's religions. It promotes understanding
of, and respect for, all religions. It includes both Eastern and
Western religions. It includes both ancient and contemporary religions. It
includes views considered unorthodox as well as those considered orthodox. It
recognizes universal spiritual principles and the elements common amongst the
world's religions. It reflects deep ecumenism.
This
calendar helps in rediscovering Deity in non-patriarchal ways. It helps to
explore various concepts of Deity--as within all and beyond all; as all forms
and formless; as masculine and feminine and genderless; as an infinite, all-encompassing, and universal
unity; and as all-embracing love.
This calendar also promotes deep ecology, social justice, and world peace.
Consequently, it focuses on ecological, egalitarian, and peaceable aspects of
the world's religions. It recognizes the interconnectedness, interdependence,
and sacredness of all Nature. It recognizes the need for environmental healing
through preservation and conservation. It recognizes the need to have respect
and deep compassion for all humanity and for all animals. It recognizes the
equality of men and women and the equality of all peoples. It recognizes the
human rights of all. It embraces multiculturalism and rejects cultural
imperialism. It recognizes that peace will only be achieved through justice,
cooperation, and elimination of weapons of mass destruction.
And ultimately, this calendar hopes to promote love for Deity and love for
all...because that is what mysticism -- and eco-egalitarian spirituality of all
kinds -- is all about.
The Mystic's Wheel of the Year calendar features holy days of:
* Judaism (Kabbalah)
* Christianity (Ecumenical Mysticism/Wisdom Tradition)
* Unitarian Universalism (including Transcendentalism & Deism)
* Islam (Sufism)
* Baha'i Faith
* Hinduism (Shaiva, Vaishnaiva & Tantric)
* Buddhism (Tibetan, Zen, Pure Land & Theravada)
* Jainism
* Sikhism
* Taoism
* Shinto
* Zoroastrianism
* African religions (Santeria & Old Egyptian)
* Native American religions (Iroquois, Navajo & Pueblo)
* Meso American religions (Inca, Mayan & Aztec)
* Old European religions (Greek, Roman, Slavic, Celtic, Anglo-Teutonic & Norse)
Our intent is to treat all religions equally. There is no intent to favor or
disfavor any religion. There is no intent to "convert" anyone to or from any
religion, though we do hope to serve as a means to better understand other
traditions. And we do hope to serve as a means of return for those estranged
from their own religious traditions.
Some holidays have been reclaimed 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.
Because this calendar is an interfaith calendar, the term "God" is used only
when referring to a male Deity. The term "Deity" is used to refer to a
gender-neutral Deity or a Deity that encompasses both male and female
characteristics.
Holidays are calculated based on available information. Except where the religious tradition
dictates otherwise, lunar-based dates are calculated using U.S. Eastern time.
The Mystic's Wheel of the Year calendar also includes:
* a primer on Eco-Egalitarian Spirituality
* days focused on milestones/teachers/activists in the deep ecology
(environmentalist), social justice (human rights/feminist), and peace
(disarmament) movements
* solar and lunar cycles, eclipses, helions, meteor showers, visible planets, and
astrological periods
* experiential meditations (for each phase of the moon throughout the year)
* empowering meditations
* action offerings (to help the environment and further social justice)
* art as meditation
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This calendar was first published in 1995. As there remain many more religious
traditions and celebrations yet to be included in the calendar, it remains a work in progress.
Currently in the works: Projects on prayer and religious scholarly works
relating to environmentalism, freedom of religion, gender equality, human rights, and peace.
The 2009 calendar is available organized by tradition and as an integrated calendar
by month. The 2009 integrated calendar can be downloaded and printed out in calendar format
-- gratis, of course!
Because we were not raised in all the denominations of all these traditions, our
knowledge and understanding is regretfully limited and superficial. And we
accept that this calendar will not please those with a fundamentalist
patriarchal perspective. However, we pray that it is good enough to please
Deity!
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Sacred images from various traditions:
---Jewish
[Hebrew calligraphy: the Kabbalistic Tetragrammatan; excerpts from the Torah: Genesis/Bereishit ch. 1; the Kabbalistic
Tree of Life]
---Christian
[Holy Father and Holy Wisdom at the Creation, Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom), Theotokos
Eleusa-Kiksk (Mother of God), Pantocrator (All-Powerful Jesus), Mother Mary and Child
Jesus, Compassionate Jesus, The Nativity of Jesus, The Last Supper of Jesus, Notre Dame de Sous
Terre: Black Madonna and Child, Pieta: Sorrowful Mother of Jesus, Nuestra Senora, El
Cristo, Lunar Madonna, Meditating Christ, Greek calligraphy (excerpts from the
Wisdom Literature of the Septuagint/Old Testament: Wisdom of Solomon & Wisdom of Sirach) ]
---Muslim
[Arabic calligraphy]
---Hindu
[Shiva (God) and Parvati (Goddess), Ganesha (God), Lakshmi (Goddess), Vishnu (God), Krishna (God) and Radha (Goddess), Shiva (God),
Devi Gauri (Goddess), Maha Devi Shakti (Great Goddess), Lakshmi (Goddess), Krishna (God) and Radha
(Goddess), Maha Devi
Durga (Great Goddess), and Maha Deva Shiva (Great God)]
---Buddhist
[Bodhisattva Kuan Yin, Buddha Siddhartha/Sakyamuni, Green Tara (Tibetan Bodhisattva
Goddess of Compassion), Avalokitesvara (Tibetan Bodhisattva God of Compassion), Prajna-Paramita (Tibetan
Bodhisattva Goddess of Wisdom), Manjusri (Tibetan Bodhisattva God of Wisdom), White Tara
(Tibetan Buddha Goddess of Health and Longevity), Amitabha (Tibetan Buddha God
of Salvation), Kuan Yin Bodhisattva (China), Bamiyan Buddha (Afghanistan), Kuan Yin Bodhisattva
(Zen Buddhist), and Zazen Buddha (Zen Buddhist)]
---Prehistoric
[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)]
---Ancient Egyptian
[Neteret Maat (Goddess), Neter Thoth (God), Neteret Isis (Goddess), Neter Osiris (God), Neteret Bastet
(Goddess), and Neter Horus (God)]
---Ancient Middle-Eastern
[Lilith (Sumerian-Hebrew
Goddess: Iraq-Israel 2300 BCE), Astarte (Canaanite-Hebrew Goddess:
Palestine-Israel 1900 BCE), Hebat
(Hittite Goddess: Turkey 1500 BCE), Inanna (Sumerian Goddess: Iraq 800 BCE), Anahita (Persian
Goddess: Iran 500 BCE), and Al-Lat (Arabic Goddess: Saudi Arabia 100 CE)]
---African
[Fertility God and Fertility Goddess]
---Mayan
[Ixchel/Moon Goddess, Chacmool/Rain God, Fertility Goddess, Fertility God, Mushroom Goddess,
and Animal Deities]
---Native American
[Navajo sacred sand paintings]
---Old Celtic
[Matres/The Mothers, Cernunnos/The Horned God, Brigantia/The High Goddess, Taranis/The
Thunder God, Brigid/The Triple Goddess, and Viridios/The Green Man]
---Old Norse
[Freyja (Goddess) and Freyr (God), Odin (God), Valkyries (Goddesses), Tyr (God), Freyja
on Boar (Goddess), and Thor (God)]
Contact us at: 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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