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  1/1: Day to meditate for peace throughout the world. World Peace Day; Universal Hour of Peace: 7:00-8:00 a.m. EST.

  1/1 to 1/31: January dedicated to Old Roman God-Goddess Janus-Jana, who knows both past and future.

  1/4: Day ethnic discrimination was outlawed world-wide (1969); day to mourn all manifestations of racism. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

  1/5 eve: Feast of Old Roman Goddess Befana, the old woman who flies on a broom, bringing gifts to all good children.

  1/7 eve to 1/11 eve: Rustic Dionysia--Old Greek festival honoring God Dionysos as patron of drama, poetry, music, and inspiration.

  1/11 eve to 1/12 eve: Old Greek festival in which offerings were made to the Wind Gods of the eight directions.

  1/14 to 1/25 (Icelandic 1/23, Old Icelandic 1/9): Old Norse Mid-Winter Feast--Offerings were made to the Deities (particularly Jord, Thor, and Freyr) for growth of crops. a/k/a Mid-Winter Blot, Midvetr, Midvetrarblot, Thorrablot, Jordblot, Freyrblot

  1/18: World Religions Day--Day to contemplate all religions as different paths to the one universal Deity of many names and aspects.

  1/20 eve to 1/23 eve: Old European Lunar New Year--Celebration of the Triple Goddess (Goddess of the Moon and the Seasons) being transformed from the Crone into the Virgin; celebrated with ritual bathing of divine images.

  1/21 eve to 1/22 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Hekate, who guides all through transitions and crisis.

  1/22 eve to 1/23 eve: Gamelion Noumenia--Old Greek festival honoring all the Gods and Goddesses.

  1/24 eve to 1/25 eve: Feast of the Charites--Day to honor the Old Greek Goddesses of beneficence.

  1/24 to 2/1: Sementivae--Old Roman festival of sowing, honoring Earth Goddess Terra (Greek Gaia), Grain Goddess Ceres (Greek Demeter), and Seed Goddess Proserpina (Greek Persephone).

  1/25 eve to 1/26 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Aphrodite--Day to honor peace and compassion.

  1/25 to 1/30: Feast of Old Egyptian creating and destroying God-Goddess Amen-Amenet - as the eternal transformer. Egyptians perceived the many Gods and Goddesses to be aspects of the one God-Goddess Neter-Neteret.

  1/31 eve to 2/2 eve: Imbolc/St. Brigid's Day--Old Celtic/Irish feast of Goddess Brigid; merged with the Christian feast of St. Brigid. Fires were lit to welcome Her as She traveled about blessing fields, animals, and people.

  1/31 eve to 2/4 eve: Mid-Winter/Groundhog's Day/Candlemas--Festival marking the transformation from death to life - the beginning of the agricultural year, awakening of hibernating animals, and return of migrating birds and fish. Observed with a candlelight procession to bless fields and seeds, recognition of newborns, and contemplation of life.

  2/1 to 2/14: Old Greek festival of God Dionysos, in which vines were pruned and sprinkled with wine, accompanied by ritual singing and dancing. a/k/a Trifon Zarezan, Viticulturists' Day still celebrated in Bulgaria

  2/1 to 2/29: February dedicated to Old Roman God-Goddess Februus-Februa - purifier and protector of the home. Homes were cleaned and blessed, offerings of reparation were given, and peace was made.

  2/1 to 2/29: Ethnic Equality Month--Time to honor all peoples and their positive traditions; time to meditate on the equality of all peoples, on the respect due to them, and on God-Goddess manifesting as African, Asian, Oceanic, Middle Eastern, European, Hispanic, and Native American. Expands idea of African-American History Month a/k/a Black History Month.

  2/2: Death day of Marija Gimbutas (1994), archeologist who studied Old European Goddess- God spirituality. Birthday 1/23/1921

  2/5 to 2/6: Feast of Old Egyptian Goddess Isis, the Healer--recalls Set (God of Challenges and Chaos) poisoning child God Horus, and Isis intervening, defeating Set, and healing Horus.

  2/13 to 2/15: Lupercalia/St. Valentine's Day--Old Roman festival of God-Goddess Faunus- Fauna; merged with the Christian feast of St. Valentine - celebrating love of all kinds.

  2/21 eve to 2/22 eve: Anthesterion Noumenia--Old Greek festival honoring all the Gods and Goddesses.

  2/22: Caristia--Old Roman festival for renewing family ties and patching up quarrels.

  2/24 eve to 2/25 eve: Feast of Old Greek Deities Aphrodite and Eros--Day to honor love and passion.

  2/26 eve to 2/27 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Artemis (Roman Diana/Slavic Diwitsa) - as creatrix, midwife of birthing creatures, protector of the young, and punisher of child abusers.

  3/1: Day the production and use of landmines was outlawed world-wide(1999); day to mourn their victims. Convention on Landmines a/k/a Mine Ban Treaty The U.S. has refused to ratify the Treaty. There are between 60 and 70 million landmines in the ground of 70+ countries. Landmines maim or kill approximately 26,000 civilians each year, including 8,000 to 10,000 children. In the name of the Lord and Lady, Pagans should renounce the production and use of landmines, and should demand removal and destruction of all existing landmines.

  3/1 to 3/31: Gender Equality Month--Time to honor both genders; time to meditate on the equality of women and men, on the respect due to both women and men, and on Goddess-God manifesting as woman and man. Expands idea of Women's History Month.

  3/2 eve to 3/5 eve: Anthesteria--Old Greek festival honoring Dionysos as Plouton, God of the dead, and welcoming the visiting dead from Elysium. The new wine was presented to Dionysos, and libations were made.

  3/5: Navigium Isidis--Old Egyptian festival honoring Goddess Isis as Lady of the Moon and Ruler of the Sea; celebrated with the launching of a boat of offerings.

  3/8: International Women's Day--Day to mourn victims of gender-based oppression and misogyny (past and present), make peace, and celebrate women's empowerment.

  3/11 eve to 3/18 eve: Lesser Eleusinian Mysteries--Old Greek festival celebrating the marriage of Goddess Kore and God Dionysos, following their return from Elysium.

  3/15 to 3/21: Old Anglo-Teutonic festival of Goddess Ostara, celebrating the annual rebirth. Her Hare gave gifts of eggs - signifying rebirth.

  3/17: St. Patrick's Day--Old European festival marking rebirth of the Green Man/Green George (God as deciduous vegetation); merged with the Christian feast of St. Patrick.

  3/19 to 3/23: Quinquatrus of Minerva--Old Roman festival of Goddess Minerva (Greek Athena) - as font of artistic inspiration.

  3/20 (1:49 a.m. EST): Spring Equinox--Marks the beginning of Spring and point of equal daylight and darkness; celebrates first, annual, and perpetual creation with egg hunts and exchanges.

  3/20 to 3/21: Old Sumerian festival celebrating the return of Dumuzi (God of Life and Death) from the Underworld to be with Inanna (Goddess of Life) for the verdant part of the year.

  3/21 eve to 3/22 eve: Elaphebolion Noumenia--Old Greek festival honoring all the Gods and Goddesses.

  3/23 eve to 3/24 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Athena - as protector and defender.

  3/24 eve to 3/25 eve: Feast of Old Greek Deities Aphrodite and Hermes--Day to honor the divine feminine and divine masculine in harmony.

  3/26: Day production and use of biological weapons was outlawed world-wide (1975); day to mourn their victims. Biological Weapons Convention 20 countries are believed to have current or past biological weapons programs. In the name of the Lord and Lady, Pagans should renounce the production, acquisition, and use of biological weapons, and should demand destruction of all existing weapons.

  3/26 eve to 3/27 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Artemis (Roman Diana/Slavic Diwitsa) - as protector of wild animals and vegetation.

  3/28: Death day of Scott Cunningham (1993), who taught a reverent, ethical, egalitarian, and ecological form of Wicca. Birthday 6/27/1956

  3/28 eve to 3/29 eve: Asklepieia--Old Greek festival honoring Asklepios, God of healing, and Hygieia, Goddess of health.

  3/29 eve to 4/3 eve: City Dionysia--Old Greek festival honoring God Dionysos as patron of drama, poetry, music, and inspiration.

  4/1: Veneralia--Old Roman festival celebrating Venus (Goddess of Peace) vanquishing Mars (God of War) with love. She nurtures peace, friendship, and love; and punishes war-mongers, hate-mongers, and false friends and lovers.

  4/1: Old Slavic feast of Lada and Lado, protectors of lovers and youth.

  4/7: World Health Day--Day to pray for healing of all those chronically and seriously ill; day to advocate for adequate health care for all. Day the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) was founded in 1948.

  4/14 to 4/25 (Icelandic 4/22, Old Icelandic 4/15): Old Norse Summer Days Feast--Offerings were made to the Deities (particularly Odin, Frigg, Thor, and Sif) for peace and plenty. a/k/a Summer's Day, Sumardag, Sommerdag, Summer Blot, Sumarblot, Sigrblot, Odinblot, Friggablot, Thorrablot, Sifblot

  4/19 eve to 4/20 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Hekate, who guides all through transitions and crisis.

  4/20 eve to 4/21 eve: Mounikhion Noumenia--Old Greek festival honoring all the Gods and Goddesses.

  4/22: Earth Day--Day to honor the Earth and to meditate on Deity manifesting as Mother Earth. a/k/a International Earth Day, National Earth Day

  4/22 eve to 4/23 eve: Feast of the Charites--Day to honor the Old Greek Goddesses of beneficence.

  4/23 eve to 4/24 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Aphrodite--Day to honor peace and compassion.

  4/25 eve to 4/26 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Artemis (Roman Diana/Slavic Diwitsa), who represents the feminine in Nature and protects women throughout their lives. Women recognized the transitions in their lives and honored female fertility.

  4/27 eve to 4/28 eve: Feast of God Poseidon, Goddess Amphritrite, and all Old Greek Gods and Goddesses of the seas.

  4/28 eve to 5/3 eve: Floralia--Old Roman festival devoted to Flora, Goddess of Flowers.

  4/29: Day production and use of chemical weapons was outlawed world-wide (1997); day to mourn their victims. Chemical Weapons Convention 26 countries are believed to have current or past chemical weapons programs. In the name of the Lord and Lady, Pagans should renounce the production, acquisition, and use of chemical weapons, and should demand destruction of all existing weapons.

  4/30 eve to 5/2 eve: Beltaine--Old Celtic/Welsh feast of Blodeuwedd (Goddess of Flowers) and Llew (the Oak King - God of the waxing Sun).

  4/30 eve to 5/5 eve: Mid-Spring/May Day/Walpurgis--Celebrates sacred love and the flowering vegetation by gathering flowers and dancing around a Maypole.

  5/1 to 5/31: May originally dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Maia; later dedicated to Christian Lady Mary - Co-Redemptrix, Mediatrix, and Advocate.

  5/5 eve to 5/6 eve: Mounikhia--Festival of Old Greek Goddess Artemis (Roman Diana/Slavic Diwitsa), honoring Her as the Moon.

  5/6: National Day of Prayer--Day to pray for freedom of expression, freedom of religion, and separation of religion and government throughout the world.

  5/18: Feast of Old Greek God Pan, who represents the masculine in Nature and protects men throughout their lives. Men recognized the transitions in their lives and honored male fertility.

  5/19: Old Celtic/Irish feast in which sacred healing wells and springs were adorned with flowers in honor of Goddess Brigid, daughter of Mother Goddess Danu and Father God Dagda.

  5/20 eve to 5/21 eve: Thargelion Noumenia--Old Greek festival honoring all the Gods and Goddesses.

  5/23 eve to 5/24 eve: Feast of Old Greek Deities Aphrodite and Eros--Day to honor love and passion.

  5/24 eve to 5/26 eve: Thargelia--Festival honoring Old Greek Goddess Artemis and God Apollo in which the community was purified.

  6/1 to 6/30: June dedicated to Old Roman Goddess Juno - partner of Jove (God of Happiness), protector of marriage and family, and punisher of abusive and adulterous spouses.

  6/7 to 6/15: Vestalia--Old Roman festival honoring Goddess Vesta (Greek Hestia). Women made food offerings at the sacred hearths of home and temple.

  6/17: Day to celebrate Starhawk's work in reclaiming the Goddess and raising Goddess- consciousness. She teaches an eco-egalitarian form of Wicca.

  6/17 eve: Old European feast of the Triple Goddess (Goddess of the Moon and the Seasons), marking the transformation of the Virgin into the Mother.

  6/18 eve to 6/19 eve: Skirophorion Noumenia--Old Greek festival honoring all the Gods and Goddesses.

  6/20 (8:57 p.m. EDT): Summer Solstice--Marks the beginning of Summer and the longest day and shortest night of the year; celebration of the light with dancing around a bonfire.

  6/20 eve to 6/21 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Athena - as protector and defender.

  6/21 eve to 6/22 eve: Feast of Old Greek Deities Aphrodite and Hermes--Day to honor the divine feminine and divine masculine in harmony.

  7/1: Day the world's nations committed to stop proliferation of nuclear weapons (1968); vigil to protest the production and use of all nuclear weapons world-wide. Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 8 countries are known to currently possess nuclear weapons and other countries are attempting to develop or acquire them. The U.S. used 2 atomic bombs on Japan in 8/1945: over 270,000 civilians died from the bombs and radiation. In the name of the Lord and Lady, Pagans should renounce the production, acquisition, and use of nuclear weapons, and should demand destruction of all existing weapons.

  7/1: Day endangered species became internationally protected (1975); day to celebrate all the world's creatures. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora Text of Convention For more information, see U.N. Environmental Programme CITES website; Harvard University International Environmental Policy Reference Guide website; World Wildlife Organization website.

  7/14 to 7/25 (Icelandic 7/22, Old Icelandic 7/15): Old Norse/Icelandic Mid-Summer Althingi--Community gathering for democratic decision making. Forseti, God of Justice, was honored. a/k/a Mid-Summer Blot, Midsumar, Midsumardag, Midsommerdag, Forsetiblot, Almannathing, Althing

  7/17 eve to 7/18 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Hekate, who guides all through transitions and crisis.

  7/18 eve to 7/19 eve: Hekatombaion Noumenia--Old Athenian New Year; festival honoring all the Gods and Goddesses.

  7/20 eve to 7/21 eve: Feast of the Charites--Day to honor the Old Greek Goddesses of beneficence.

  7/21 eve to 7/22 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Aphrodite--Day to honor peace and compassion. a/k/a Aphrodesia

  7/31 eve to 8/2 eve: Lughnasadh--Old Celtic/Irish Feast of Goddess Tailtiu and God Lugh (Deities of Sustenance and Light).

  7/31 eve to 8/6 eve: Mid-Summer/First Harvest/Lammas--Festival of thanksgiving for the first of the grain harvest; celebrated by offering the first fruits of the grain harvest and prayers for sustenance for all.

  8/2 eve to 8/3 eve: Synoikia--Old Greek festival celebrating the peaceful cooperation of states. Offerings were made to Aphrodite and Eirene, Goddesses of friendship and peace.

  8/7: Gaia Consciousness Day--Day to meditate on Mother Earth as a living planet.

  8/9 eve to 8/15 eve: Panathenaea--Old Greek festival of Goddess Athena - as daughter of Wisdom (Goddess Metis) and font of reason.

  8/16 eve to 8/17 eve: Metageitnion Noumenia--Old Greek festival honoring all the Gods and Goddesses.

  8/19: Vinalia--Old Roman festival of thanksgiving for the first of the grape harvest; celebrated by offering the first fruits of the grape harvest and prayers for sustenance for all.

  8/19 eve to 8/20 eve: Feast of Old Greek Deities Aphrodite and Eros--Day to honor love and passion.

  8/21 eve to 8/22 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Artemis (Roman Diana/Slavic Diwitsa) - as defender of rights and liberties, and punisher of rapists and oppressors.

  8/23: Feast of the Furies--honoring Nemesis and the Erinyes, Old Greek Goddesses who punish murderers, abusers, and exploiters of others.

  8/24: Feast of Old Egyptian God Osiris - partner and true love of Isis, and father of Horus; guide of all husbands, fathers, and judges.

  8/25: Old Roman festival of Goddess Ops, Lady of the Cornucopia, Bounty of the Harvest, and Sustainer of Life.

  8/27: Feast of Old Egyptian Goddess Isis - partner and true love of Osiris, and mother of Horus; guide of all wives, mothers, healers, advocates, and teachers.

  8/27 eve to 8/28 eve: Old Greek festival honoring Athena Polias and Zeus Polios as protectors of city and state.

  8/28: Opening of the Second World Parliament of Religions (1993), attended by members of all the world's religions. A Global Ethic was adopted that condemns hatred, aggression, oppression, and environmental abuses committed in the name of religion. Text of Global Ethic

  8/29 to 9/11: Old Egyptian festival marking the return to Egypt of Goddess Isis (as the star of Sept/Sirius) and God Osiris (as the rising Nile River). 9/11 is also the Coptic New Year.

  9/3: Day gender discrimination was outlawed world-wide (1981); day to mourn all manifestations of sexism. U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Text of Convention For more information, see WomenWatch: United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women website; Feminist Majority Foundation website; Human Rights Watch website.

  9/15 eve to 9/16 eve: Boedromion Noumenia--Old Greek festival honoring all the Gods and Goddesses.

  9/17 eve to 9/18 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Athena - as protector and defender.

  9/18 eve to 9/19 eve: Feast of Old Greek Deities Aphrodite and Hermes--Day to honor the divine feminine and divine masculine in harmony.

  9/19 eve to 9/20 eve: Genesia--Old Greek festival in which offerings were made for the dead.

  9/20 eve to 9/21 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Artemis (Roman Diana/Slavic Diwitsa) - as the huntress, destroyer of life.

  9/21: International Day of Peace--Day to demonstrate for peace with justice throughout the world. a/k/a U.N. International Day of Peace

  9/22 (12:30 p.m. EDT): Autumn Equinox--Marks the beginning of Autumn and point of equal daylight and darkness; celebrates the bounty of Mother Earth with feasting and aiding those in need.

  9/26 eve to 9/27 eve: Demokratia--Old Greek festival celebrating democracy, constitutional government, and justice under law. Zeus Agoraios, Athena Agoraias, and Themis were honored.

  9/27 eve to 10/6 eve: Greater Eleusinian Mysteries--Old Greek festival recalling Goddess Demeter's search for Her missing daughter Kore. Devotees fasted, ritually bathed in the sea, processed by torch-light to the temple, and made ritual offerings. They honored Demeter (as Mother Nature), Goddess Kore (as the harvested grain), and God Dionysos (as the harvested grape) for bringing life, death, and rebirth.

  10/11 eve to 10/12 eve: Old Greek festival honoring Gaia and the Nymphs (the male and female Spirits of Nature).

  10/13 eve: Old European feast of the Triple Goddess (Goddess of the Moon and the Seasons), marking the transformation of the Mother into the Crone.

  10/14 eve to 10/15 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Hekate, who guides all through transitions and crisis.

  10/14 to 10/28 (Icelandic 10/23, Old Icelandic 10/16): Old Norse Winter Nights Feast--The ancestors were remembered and offerings were made to the Deities (particularly Freyja, the Disir, and the Norns) for a good season. a/k/a Veturnaetur, Winter's Day, Winter Blot, Vetrarblot, Vinternalsblot, Freyjablot, Nornorblot, Disirblot, Disablot

  10/15 eve to 10/16 eve: Pyanepsion Noumenia--Old Greek festival honoring all the Gods and Goddesses.

  10/17 eve to 10/18 eve: Feast of the Charites--Day to honor the Old Greek Goddesses of beneficence.

  10/18: Day the Clean Water Act was enacted (1972); day to give thanks for the water we drink.

  10/18 eve to 10/19 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Aphrodite--Day to honor peace and compassion.

  10/20 eve to 10/21 eve: Proerosia--Old Greek festival in which fruits of all the harvest were offered to Goddess Demeter.

  10/25 eve to 10/28 eve: Thesmophoria--Old Greek festival commemorating the transformation of Goddess Kore (Queen of the Living) into Persephone (Queen of the Dead). She abandoned Her Mother, Goddess Demeter, and eloped to Elysium with Her partner, God Dionysos/Plouton, accompanied by Goddess Hekate and spirits of the dead.

  10/28: Old Slavic feast of Baba and Dedo, protectors of families and elders.

  10/28 to 11/3: Isia--Old Egyptian festival recalling Set (God of Destruction) killing God Osiris; Goddess Isis mourning Him, resurrecting Him, and conceiving God Horus with Him; and Osiris becoming Lord of Amenta, land of the dead. (He weighs souls against the Feather of Truth on Goddess Maat's Scale of Justice, but defers to Isis for those who fail the test.)

  10/31: Day to mourn the women tortured and killed as "witches" because of their independence, wealth, wisdom, or religion.

  10/31 eve to 11/2 eve: Old Sumerian fast recalling the descent of Inanna (Goddess of Life) to the Underworld. Ereshkigal (Goddess of Death and Rebirth) detained Her until She agreed to have Dumuzi (God of Life and Death) remain there each Winter.

  10/31 eve to 11/2 eve: Samhain--Old Celtic/Welsh New Year and feast of Cerridwen (Goddess of Death) and Beli (the Holly King - God of the Waning Sun).

  10/31 eve to 11/6 eve: Mid-Autumn/Day of the Dead/Hallowmas--Festival marking the transformation of life to death - the end of the agricultural year, departure of migrating and hibernating animals, and decay and death of vegetal and animal life. Observed by remembering departed ancestors and contemplating one's own mortality.

  11/2 eve to 11/5 eve: Apaturia--Old Greek festival in which newcomers and children were welcomed into the community.

  11/5: World Community Day--Day for celebrating the unity behind diversity and remembering we are all one people - all children of the one universal Deity of many names and aspects.

  11/11 eve to 11/12 eve: Khalkeia--Old Greek festival honoring Goddess Athena and God Hephaistos for their gifts of crafts and technology. a/k/a Hephaistia

  11/11 to 11/17: Old Anglo-Teutonic fast marking Hod (God of Darkness) unintentionally killing Balder (God of Light), and his true love Nanna (Goddess of Flowers) dying of a broken heart. The dead were honored.

  11/13 eve to 11/14 eve: Maimakterion Noumenia--Old Greek festival honoring all the Gods and Goddesses.

  11/16 eve to 11/17 eve: Feast of Old Greek Deities Aphrodite and Eros--Day to honor love and passion.

  11/18: Fast for an Abundant World Harvest--Day to fast and commit to action to help prevent deaths from malnourishment world-wide.

  11/25: Thanksgiving Day--Day to give thanks for the abundance of our land and for our food, clothes, shelter, and health.

  12/10: Day the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted, and fundamental rights were recognized world-wide (1948). a/k/a International Human Rights Day

  12/13: Feast of the Light-bringer--honoring Goddess as Juno Lucina (Old Roman) & Lucia (Old Swedish); merged with the Christian feast of St. Lucia.

  12/13 eve to 12/14 eve: Poseideon Noumenia--Old Greek festival honoring all the Gods and Goddesses.

  12/15 eve to 12/16 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Athena - as protector and defender.

  12/16 eve to 12/17 eve: Feast of Old Greek Deities Aphrodite and Hermes--Day to honor the divine feminine and divine masculine in harmony.

  12/17: Day the Clean Air Act was enacted (1963); day to give thanks for the air we breathe.

  12/17 to 12/23: Saturnalia/Opalia--Old Roman festival honoring God Saturn (the weak Sun) & Goddess Ops (the fallow Earth); celebrated with gift-giving, revelry, and abolishment of all class distinctions.

  12/20 eve to 12/21 eve: Feast of God Poseidon, Goddess Amphritrite, and all Old Greek Gods and Goddesses of the seas. a/k/a Poseidea

  12/21 (7:42 a.m. EST): Winter Solstice/Solar New Year--Marks the beginning of Winter and the shortest day and longest night of the year; celebration of the darkness with dancing near the hearth fire.

  12/21 to 12/22: Old European Festival of Evergreen Trees; merged into International Arbor Day. Celebrated by planting trees and hanging wreaths (symbols of eternal life).

  12/21 to 12/25: Old Egyptian festival of Goddess Isis, the Magna Mater (Mother of God and Mother of All) giving birth to God Horus.

  12/25 eve to 1/5 eve: Yule--Old Anglo-Teutonic festival honoring Freyr and Freyja (Deities of Fertility) and the new-born Balder (God of Light), son of Frigg and Odin. Celebrated with evergreens, fires, and feasting.

  12/27 eve to 12/31 eve: Rustic Dionysia--Old Greek festival honoring God Dionysos as patron of drama, poetry, music, and inspiration.

  12/31: Feast of Father Time, who ultimately overcomes us all.

  12/31 eve to 1/1 eve: Old Greek festival in which offerings were made to the Wind Gods of the eight directions.

Excerpted from:
THE MYSTIC'S WHEEL OF THE YEAR 2004
A Multifaith Calendar Reflecting Eco-Egalitarian Spirituality

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