those pebbles & winds

Jul 27, 2008 16:02

7/18 (3:59 a.m. EDT): Full Moon ( Red/Mother Moon). * 7/18: Day South Africa’s apartheid was internationally outlawed (1976); birthday of Nelson Mandela, non-violent anti-apartheid activist. * 7/18 eve to 7/19 eve: Synoikia- Old Greek festival celebrating the peaceful cooperation of states. Offerings were made to Aphrodite and Eirene, Goddesses of friendship and peace. * 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 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: Secular Humanism Day- Day to celebrate all life-affirming humanist, rationalist, and scientific belief systems. * 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. * 7/24: Day that aggressive war was outlawed and the right to defend victims of aggression was recognized world-wide (1929). * 7/25 eve to 7/31 eve: Panathenaea- Old Greek festival of Goddess Athena--as daughter of Wisdom (Goddess Metis) and font of reason. * 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. * 7/28: Day the Constitution’s 14th Amendment went into effect, guaranteeing due process and equal protection of the law to all (1868). * 7/29 eve: Laylat al-Mi’raj- Commemorates the night journey of Muslim Prophet Muhammad to heaven. He conceived Deity to be a compassionate, genderless unity. * 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 8/2 eve: Feast of the Grain Harvest. * 7/31 eve to 8/6 eve: Mid-Summer/First Harvest/Lammas.

SOURCE: The Mystic's Wheel of the Year...
a Multifaith Calendar Reflecting Eco-Egalitarian Spirituality
http://www.wheeloftheyear.com/2008/0708.htm

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No wonder it is this time of year that i find placed in front of me those pebbles and behind me, those winds, that trip & blow me into my fall... the wheel of the year turns within me - autumn is coming; i can hear her call.

it is this time of year, just before the first harvest, when alice grows empowered, not afraid.
just look outside.
yes, you... LOOK!
i promise, if you really look between those woodland trees, you will see what's coming.
the descent.
the beginning of the fall.

first harvest, alice, pixie lead, wheel of the year, autumnal spell, pebbles & wind

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