March
"How silent is TAO, how mysteriously hidden, yet how sought for!
TAO doeth all things, yet appeareth to do nothing, no sound is heard."
- Lao Tsze (Tao-Teh-King)
TAO doeth all things, yet appeareth to do nothing, no sound is heard."
- Lao Tsze (Tao-Teh-King)
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1. David, Patron Saint of Wales, d.c.601 AD
Moses, founder and lawgiver of Israel, c.13th cent. BC
2. John Wesley, founder of the Methodist movement, 28/6/1703-2/3/1791
Thomas More Johnson, American Neoplatonist, 30/3/1851-2/3/1919
4. Aneirin, Welsh bard, 6th cent. AD
5. Socrates, Divine Teacher, 469-399 BC
7. Empedocles, Pythagorean, c.492-432 BC
Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor, 86-7/3/161 AD
8. Tulsidas, Hindu mystical poet, 1532-1623 (Calendar Note)
9. Mothers of the World Teachers
10. Apollonius of Tyana, Neo-Pythagorean, fl.1st cent. AD
Mourning for the Slain Tammuz, Dionysus, Adonis and Attis
12. Hypatia, martyr to the Ancient Wisdom, c.375-415 AD (Calendar Note)
13. Diotima, teacher of Socrates, c.440 BC
14. Abu-l-Qasim Mansur Firdawsi, Sufi mystical poet, 940-1020
17. Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor, 121-17/3/180 AD
Patrick,Patron Saint of Ireland, 5th cent. AD
Gertrude, German mystic, 626-659 AD
19. Mencius (Meng-Tzu), disciple of Confucius, c.391-c.308 BC
20. Mystical Death or Aphanismos of the Christos
Ovid,Roman poet, 43 BC-17 AD
21. Spring Festival, the Vernal Equinox
Eostre, Goddess of Spring and Dawn
Sri Ushas,Hindu Goddess of the Dawn
Sun enters Aries (Corresponding Labour of Hercules)
22. Avicebron (ibn Gabirol), Spanish Jewish poet and philosopher, c.1020-c.1057
Nicolas Flamel, Hermetist,1330-22/3/1418
Johann Wolfgang Goethe, German writer, 28/8/1749-22/3/1832
23. Aqiba, Jewish scholar and martyr, c.50-135 AD
24. Sanctus Gabriel,Archangel
Lao Tsze, founder of Taoism, b.604 BC
Sir Edwin Arnold, poet, author of ‘The Light of Asia’, 10/6/1832-24/3/1904
25. Our Sovereign Lady, Isis
Lady Day, Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Resurrection of Tammuz, Dionysus, Adonis and Attis
26. Walt Whitman, American poet and mystic, 31/5/1819-26/3/1892
27. Johannes Eckhart (Meister Eckhart), German mystic, c.1260-c.1328
28. Abu Yusuf Ya‘kub b. Ishak al Kindi, Arabian Neoplatonist, 8th-9th cent. AD
29. Menes, legendary first king of unified Egypt, fl.c.3100 BC
31. David, King of Israel and Judah, Psalmist, d.c.970 BC?
Moses, founder and lawgiver of Israel, c.13th cent. BC
2. John Wesley, founder of the Methodist movement, 28/6/1703-2/3/1791
Thomas More Johnson, American Neoplatonist, 30/3/1851-2/3/1919
4. Aneirin, Welsh bard, 6th cent. AD
5. Socrates, Divine Teacher, 469-399 BC
7. Empedocles, Pythagorean, c.492-432 BC
Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor, 86-7/3/161 AD
8. Tulsidas, Hindu mystical poet, 1532-1623 (Calendar Note)
9. Mothers of the World Teachers
10. Apollonius of Tyana, Neo-Pythagorean, fl.1st cent. AD
Mourning for the Slain Tammuz, Dionysus, Adonis and Attis
12. Hypatia, martyr to the Ancient Wisdom, c.375-415 AD (Calendar Note)
13. Diotima, teacher of Socrates, c.440 BC
14. Abu-l-Qasim Mansur Firdawsi, Sufi mystical poet, 940-1020
17. Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor, 121-17/3/180 AD
Patrick,Patron Saint of Ireland, 5th cent. AD
Gertrude, German mystic, 626-659 AD
19. Mencius (Meng-Tzu), disciple of Confucius, c.391-c.308 BC
20. Mystical Death or Aphanismos of the Christos
Ovid,Roman poet, 43 BC-17 AD
21. Spring Festival, the Vernal Equinox
Eostre, Goddess of Spring and Dawn
Sri Ushas,Hindu Goddess of the Dawn
Sun enters Aries (Corresponding Labour of Hercules)
22. Avicebron (ibn Gabirol), Spanish Jewish poet and philosopher, c.1020-c.1057
Nicolas Flamel, Hermetist,1330-22/3/1418
Johann Wolfgang Goethe, German writer, 28/8/1749-22/3/1832
23. Aqiba, Jewish scholar and martyr, c.50-135 AD
24. Sanctus Gabriel,Archangel
Lao Tsze, founder of Taoism, b.604 BC
Sir Edwin Arnold, poet, author of ‘The Light of Asia’, 10/6/1832-24/3/1904
25. Our Sovereign Lady, Isis
Lady Day, Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Resurrection of Tammuz, Dionysus, Adonis and Attis
26. Walt Whitman, American poet and mystic, 31/5/1819-26/3/1892
27. Johannes Eckhart (Meister Eckhart), German mystic, c.1260-c.1328
28. Abu Yusuf Ya‘kub b. Ishak al Kindi, Arabian Neoplatonist, 8th-9th cent. AD
29. Menes, legendary first king of unified Egypt, fl.c.3100 BC
31. David, King of Israel and Judah, Psalmist, d.c.970 BC?
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"He who makes, unmakes; he who grasps, lets go. That is why the self-controlled man by Inner Life can make and by Inner Life unmake, by Inner Life grasp and by Inner Life let go."
- Lao Tsze (Tao-Teh-King)
- Lao Tsze (Tao-Teh-King)