July
"To some I gently show Myself in signs and figures, while to some I reveal
mysteries in much light." - Thomas à Kempis (Imitation of Christ)
mysteries in much light." - Thomas à Kempis (Imitation of Christ)
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3. Zenodotus, Neoplatonist in the Hermetic Succession, c.500 AD
Thomas, apostle
4. Hippocrates of Cos, master physician, 5th cent. BC
5. Homer, epic poet, 8th cent. BC?
Apuleius, writer and orator, b.c.125 AD
8. Chih-i, founder of the Buddhist T'ien-t'ai School in China, 538-597 AD
9. Manetho, 'Beloved of Thoth', priest and historian, fl.c.300 BC
10. Hadrian, Roman emperor, 24/1/76-10/7/138 AD
11. Theano, wife of Pythagoras, 6th cent. BC
Benedict, patriarch of western monasticism and founder of the Benedictine Order, c.480-c.550 AD
12. Jean le Charlier de Gerson, mystic, ‘Doctor Christianissimus’, 1363-1429 (Calendar Note)
13. Amelius Gentilianus, Neoplatonist, 3rd cent. AD
Bon, Japanese Buddhist Commemoration of the Departed (13th-16th July)
15. Hegira or Hijra, Flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina,
Beginning of the Islamic Era, 622 AD
Bonaventure, ‘The Seraphic Doctor’, c.1217-1274
16. All Communities
17. Musaeus, Orphist
18. Francesco Petrarch, Italian scholar and poet, 20/7/1304-18/7/1374
19. Kabir, Indian mystical poet, d.1518
20. Elijah, Hebrew prophet, 9th cent. BC
21. Damo, daughter and disciple of Pythagoras
22. Mary Magdalene, follower of Jesus
23. Sun enters Leo (Corresponding Labour of Hercules)
Brother Lawrence, French mystic, c.1605-d.1691
24. Pythagoras, Trainer of Souls, 6th cent. BC
25. James ‘the Great’, apostle and martyr, d.44 AD
Thomas à Kempis (Thomas Hemerken), ascetical writer, c.1380-25/7/1471
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet and thinker, 21/10/1772-25/7/1834
27. Hatshepsut, Egyptian Queen, reigned c.1512-1482 BC
28. Pythais, mother of Pythagoras
Etienne Vacherot, French Neoplatonist, 29/7/1809-28/7/1897
29. Martha, typifying the active Christian life
30. Euclid, mathematician and Platonist, fl.c.325-250 BC
31. Zeus (G), Jupiter (R), Demiurgic Mind
Sanctus Zadkiel, Archangel
Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuit Order, c.1491?-31/7/1556
Thomas, apostle
4. Hippocrates of Cos, master physician, 5th cent. BC
5. Homer, epic poet, 8th cent. BC?
Apuleius, writer and orator, b.c.125 AD
8. Chih-i, founder of the Buddhist T'ien-t'ai School in China, 538-597 AD
9. Manetho, 'Beloved of Thoth', priest and historian, fl.c.300 BC
10. Hadrian, Roman emperor, 24/1/76-10/7/138 AD
11. Theano, wife of Pythagoras, 6th cent. BC
Benedict, patriarch of western monasticism and founder of the Benedictine Order, c.480-c.550 AD
12. Jean le Charlier de Gerson, mystic, ‘Doctor Christianissimus’, 1363-1429 (Calendar Note)
13. Amelius Gentilianus, Neoplatonist, 3rd cent. AD
Bon, Japanese Buddhist Commemoration of the Departed (13th-16th July)
15. Hegira or Hijra, Flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina,
Beginning of the Islamic Era, 622 AD
Bonaventure, ‘The Seraphic Doctor’, c.1217-1274
16. All Communities
17. Musaeus, Orphist
18. Francesco Petrarch, Italian scholar and poet, 20/7/1304-18/7/1374
19. Kabir, Indian mystical poet, d.1518
20. Elijah, Hebrew prophet, 9th cent. BC
21. Damo, daughter and disciple of Pythagoras
22. Mary Magdalene, follower of Jesus
23. Sun enters Leo (Corresponding Labour of Hercules)
Brother Lawrence, French mystic, c.1605-d.1691
24. Pythagoras, Trainer of Souls, 6th cent. BC
25. James ‘the Great’, apostle and martyr, d.44 AD
Thomas à Kempis (Thomas Hemerken), ascetical writer, c.1380-25/7/1471
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, poet and thinker, 21/10/1772-25/7/1834
27. Hatshepsut, Egyptian Queen, reigned c.1512-1482 BC
28. Pythais, mother of Pythagoras
Etienne Vacherot, French Neoplatonist, 29/7/1809-28/7/1897
29. Martha, typifying the active Christian life
30. Euclid, mathematician and Platonist, fl.c.325-250 BC
31. Zeus (G), Jupiter (R), Demiurgic Mind
Sanctus Zadkiel, Archangel
Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuit Order, c.1491?-31/7/1556
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"Never suffer sleep to close thine eyelids, after retiring for the night, until
thou hast examined all thine actions of the day." - Pythagoras
thou hast examined all thine actions of the day." - Pythagoras
© The Shrine of Wisdom 1999