August
"I am Protector, I am Life-giver and Nourisher, I am Knower. I am of the Name of AHURA-Bestower of Life, and I am of the Name of MAZDA-Most Wise." - Zoroaster (Yasht)
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1. Demeter (G), Ceres (R), Goddess of Fertility
Lammas Day (Loaf Mass, celebrated using consecrated bread made from the first-ripe corn)
Lugnasad, Feast of Lugh, Celtic Autumn Festival
Cosimo di' Medici the Elder, Florentine Neoplatonist, 27/9/1389-1/8/1464
Lorenzo Valla, humanist, philosopher and literary critic, 1407-1/8/1457
2. The World Teachers
3. Kaniska, Buddhist king, ruled c.78-102 AD
5. Nanak, founder of the Sikh religion, 1469-1539
6. Transfiguration of Christ on the Mount
7. John Smith, Cambridge Platonist, 1618-7/8/1652
8. Archimedes, mathematician and Platonist, c.287-212? BC
Dominic, founder of the Dominican Order, c.1172-6/8/1221
9. All the Venerable Ones
10. Yashodhâra, wife of Buddha, Buddhist nun, 6th cent. BC
11. Ossian, legendary bard
12. Manu, Indian lawgiver (Calendar Note)
13. John Berchmans, 13/3/1599-13/8/1621
15. Mary, Mother of Jesus, Feast of the Assumption
Ramakrishna, Hindu saint, 18/2/1836-15/8/1886
17. Amenardus, Egyptian Queen
18. Olympiodorus, Neoplatonist, 6th cent. AD
20. Bernard of Clairvaux, mystic, ‘The Mellifluous Doctor’ 1090-20/8/1153
William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, 10/4/1829-20/8/1912
21. The Tirthankaras, ‘Ford-makers’, Jain saints and sages
22. Aedesia, Neoplatonist philosopher, 5th cent. AD
23. Nemesis, Greek Goddess of Fate
Sun enters Virgo (Corresponding Labour of Hercules)
Krishna-Ashtami, commemorating the birth of Sri Krishna
24. Osiris (E), Divine Immanence
25. Isis (E), Divine Life, the Great Mother
Hemon de la Fosse of Abbeville, martyr of the Ancient Wisdom, d.1503
26. Horus (E), Divine Light
Egyptian New Year's Day
27. Iamblichus, Neoplatonist, c.245-c.325 AD
Ab Ithel (John Williams), bardic writer, 1811-27/8/1862
28. Augustine of Hippo, Doctor of the Church, 13/11/354-28/8/430 AD
29. Beheading of John the Baptist
30. Charesteria (G), Thanksgiving
31. John Bunyan, author of 'The Pilgrim's Progress', 11/1628-31/8/1688
Lammas Day (Loaf Mass, celebrated using consecrated bread made from the first-ripe corn)
Lugnasad, Feast of Lugh, Celtic Autumn Festival
Cosimo di' Medici the Elder, Florentine Neoplatonist, 27/9/1389-1/8/1464
Lorenzo Valla, humanist, philosopher and literary critic, 1407-1/8/1457
2. The World Teachers
3. Kaniska, Buddhist king, ruled c.78-102 AD
5. Nanak, founder of the Sikh religion, 1469-1539
6. Transfiguration of Christ on the Mount
7. John Smith, Cambridge Platonist, 1618-7/8/1652
8. Archimedes, mathematician and Platonist, c.287-212? BC
Dominic, founder of the Dominican Order, c.1172-6/8/1221
9. All the Venerable Ones
10. Yashodhâra, wife of Buddha, Buddhist nun, 6th cent. BC
11. Ossian, legendary bard
12. Manu, Indian lawgiver (Calendar Note)
13. John Berchmans, 13/3/1599-13/8/1621
15. Mary, Mother of Jesus, Feast of the Assumption
Ramakrishna, Hindu saint, 18/2/1836-15/8/1886
17. Amenardus, Egyptian Queen
18. Olympiodorus, Neoplatonist, 6th cent. AD
20. Bernard of Clairvaux, mystic, ‘The Mellifluous Doctor’ 1090-20/8/1153
William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, 10/4/1829-20/8/1912
21. The Tirthankaras, ‘Ford-makers’, Jain saints and sages
22. Aedesia, Neoplatonist philosopher, 5th cent. AD
23. Nemesis, Greek Goddess of Fate
Sun enters Virgo (Corresponding Labour of Hercules)
Krishna-Ashtami, commemorating the birth of Sri Krishna
24. Osiris (E), Divine Immanence
25. Isis (E), Divine Life, the Great Mother
Hemon de la Fosse of Abbeville, martyr of the Ancient Wisdom, d.1503
26. Horus (E), Divine Light
Egyptian New Year's Day
27. Iamblichus, Neoplatonist, c.245-c.325 AD
Ab Ithel (John Williams), bardic writer, 1811-27/8/1862
28. Augustine of Hippo, Doctor of the Church, 13/11/354-28/8/430 AD
29. Beheading of John the Baptist
30. Charesteria (G), Thanksgiving
31. John Bunyan, author of 'The Pilgrim's Progress', 11/1628-31/8/1688
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"Go on…men and women, go on; persevere unto the end. Praise the Lord more sweetly Whom ye honour more richly, hope more happily in Him Whom ye serve more instantly, love more ardently Him Whom ye please more attentively." - St Augustine
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