January
"I am the Maker of Hours, the Creator of days. I am the Opener of the yearly Festival…
I am Khephera in the darkness, Rā in the midday, and Tum in the evening."
(Legend of Rā and Isis)
I am Khephera in the darkness, Rā in the midday, and Tum in the evening."
(Legend of Rā and Isis)
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1. New Year’s Day - Janus (R), the Opener of Doors
Zeus and Hera (G), Jupiter and Juno (R), Creative Spirit in its double aspect
2. Basil 'the Great' of Caesarea, c.330-c.379 AD
Gregory of Nazianzus, 'the Theologian', 329/30-389/90 AD
3. Isaiah, Hebrew prophet, 8th cent. BC
4. One’s own Country and its Ruler
Angela di Foligno, Italian mystic, c.1248-1309
5. Solon, Athenian lawgiver, c.630-c.560 BC (Calendar Note)
6. Amitabha-Buddha - the Boundless Light
Epiphany, or Manifestation of the Christ
7. Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome, organizer of Religion and founder of the Sisterhood of
Vestal Virgins, reigned 715-673 BC
8. The Bodhisattvas and ‘The Nine Lotus Flowers’
9. Chanting of Dirge over the Slain Osiris by Isis and Nephthys (E)
10. Geraint, ‘The Blue Bard’, c.9th cent. AD
11. Giovanni Battista Scaramelli, Italian mystic, 23/12/1687-11/1/1752
12. Ramanuja, Vaishnava sage and saint, 11th/12th cent. AD
13. The Arch Druids
Hu or Hesus, successor of Abaris
George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends (Quakers), 7/1624-13/1/1691
14. Kalidasa, Hindu poet and dramatist, 4th/5th cent. AD
Makara-Sankrânti, Hindu New Year Festival
Victor Cousin, French Neoplatonist, 28/11/1792-14/1/1867
15. Fu-hsi, emperor-patriarch of China, 2953-2838 BC
17. Anthony of Egypt, hermit, 251?-356 AD
18. Surya, Hindu God of the Sun
19. Sextus, the Pythagorean
20. Sun enters Aquarius (Corresponding Labour of Hercules)
Sebastian, Christian martyr, d.c.288 AD
21. Honen, co-founder of the Buddhist Jodo (Pure Land) School, 1133-1211
23. Berosus, Babylonian priest and historian, fl.c.290 BC
24. Catwg ‘The Wise’, Druid sage, c.497-577 AD
Francis of Sales, Doctor of the Church, 1567-28/12/1622
25. Conversion of St Paul
Henry Suso, German mystic, ‘Servant of the Eternal Wisdom’, c.1295-25/1/1366
26. Timothy and Titus, companions of St Paul
28. Zoroaster, Divine Teacher, c.1200 BC?
Thomas Aquinas, 'the Angelical Doctor', 1225?-7/3/1274
30. Simplicius, Neoplatonist, 6th cent. AD
31. Departed Ancestors
Zeus and Hera (G), Jupiter and Juno (R), Creative Spirit in its double aspect
2. Basil 'the Great' of Caesarea, c.330-c.379 AD
Gregory of Nazianzus, 'the Theologian', 329/30-389/90 AD
3. Isaiah, Hebrew prophet, 8th cent. BC
4. One’s own Country and its Ruler
Angela di Foligno, Italian mystic, c.1248-1309
5. Solon, Athenian lawgiver, c.630-c.560 BC (Calendar Note)
6. Amitabha-Buddha - the Boundless Light
Epiphany, or Manifestation of the Christ
7. Numa Pompilius, second king of Rome, organizer of Religion and founder of the Sisterhood of
Vestal Virgins, reigned 715-673 BC
8. The Bodhisattvas and ‘The Nine Lotus Flowers’
9. Chanting of Dirge over the Slain Osiris by Isis and Nephthys (E)
10. Geraint, ‘The Blue Bard’, c.9th cent. AD
11. Giovanni Battista Scaramelli, Italian mystic, 23/12/1687-11/1/1752
12. Ramanuja, Vaishnava sage and saint, 11th/12th cent. AD
13. The Arch Druids
Hu or Hesus, successor of Abaris
George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends (Quakers), 7/1624-13/1/1691
14. Kalidasa, Hindu poet and dramatist, 4th/5th cent. AD
Makara-Sankrânti, Hindu New Year Festival
Victor Cousin, French Neoplatonist, 28/11/1792-14/1/1867
15. Fu-hsi, emperor-patriarch of China, 2953-2838 BC
17. Anthony of Egypt, hermit, 251?-356 AD
18. Surya, Hindu God of the Sun
19. Sextus, the Pythagorean
20. Sun enters Aquarius (Corresponding Labour of Hercules)
Sebastian, Christian martyr, d.c.288 AD
21. Honen, co-founder of the Buddhist Jodo (Pure Land) School, 1133-1211
23. Berosus, Babylonian priest and historian, fl.c.290 BC
24. Catwg ‘The Wise’, Druid sage, c.497-577 AD
Francis of Sales, Doctor of the Church, 1567-28/12/1622
25. Conversion of St Paul
Henry Suso, German mystic, ‘Servant of the Eternal Wisdom’, c.1295-25/1/1366
26. Timothy and Titus, companions of St Paul
28. Zoroaster, Divine Teacher, c.1200 BC?
Thomas Aquinas, 'the Angelical Doctor', 1225?-7/3/1274
30. Simplicius, Neoplatonist, 6th cent. AD
31. Departed Ancestors
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"Let the immortal depth of thy Soul lead thee, and open all thine eyes earnestly to the Above." (Chaldean Oracles)