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9/12 eve to 10/11 eve: Ramadan.
9/24 eve to 10/3 eve: Greater Eleusinian
Mysteries.
9/26 to 10/4: Navajo Sing.
9/26 eve to 10/4 eve: Sukkot & Shemini Atseret/Feast
of Ingathering & Assembly.
10/2: Feast of the Guardian Angels; day to
honor one’s personal guardian and guide.
10/2: Birthday of Mahatma Mohandas Gandhi (1869),
Hindu advocate for human rights and self-reliance, who
practiced active non-violent resistance to injustice.
10/4: Yoruba/Santeria feast of Orunmila,
Orisha of Wise Counsel and Protection.
10/4: Christian feast of St. Francis of Assisi
(d. 1226), and Animal Blessing Day.
10/4 eve to 10/5 eve: Simchat Torah/Rejoicing in the
Law--Jewish festival celebrating the Torah.
10/4 to 10/7: Tewa Deer Dance--celebrating the
cosmic duality of feminine and masculine. The Tewa
recognize gender equality and honor both male and female
ancestors.
10/5: Day honoring Zen Buddhist philosopher
Bodhidharma (470-543), who believed one could attain
Buddhahood by realizing one’s own Buddha nature.
10/6: Mindfulness Day--Zen Buddhist day for being
mindful that fear and hatred of others results from
ignorance of interconnectedness.
10/8 eve: Laylat al-Qadr/Night of
Power--Commemorates the first revelation of the Qur’an
to Muslim Prophet Muhammad by the Angel
Gabriel in 610 CE. The Prophet Muhammad is
the Father of Islam.
10/11 (1:01 a.m. EDT): New
Moon.
10/11: Birthday of Eleanor Roosevelt (1884),
advocate for world-wide recognition of the rights of
all.
10/11: Opening of Vatican II Council, during which
the Catholic Church committed to ecumenism, freedom of
religion, and social justice (1962).
10/11 eve: Old European feast of the Triple
Goddess (Goddess of the Moon and the Seasons),
marking the transformation of the Mother into the
Crone.
10/11 eve to 10/14 eve: Eid al-Fitr--Muslim festival
celebrating the end of Ramadan. The Five Pillars of
Islam are confession, prayer, alms-giving, fasting, and
pilgrimage.
10/12 (Obs. 10/8): Columbus Day--Commemorates
Europeans’ colonization of America (1492); day to mourn
Native American victims of conquest and oppression (past
and present), make peace, and celebrate empowerment of
Native Americans.
10/12: Day the first woman was ordained a Methodist
minister in the U.S. (1880).
10/12 to 10/16: Zoroastrian celebration of Divine
Spirit Ameretat, creator and protector of
vegetation.
10/12 to 10/21: Navaratri/Durga Puja--Hindu festival
of Great Goddess Maha Devi as Durga,
protector of the powerless; celebrates Her destruction
of evil and restoration of cosmic order.
10/13: Final appearance of Our Lady of Fatima,
Lady of Oracles and Miracles (Portugal 1917).
10/14 to 10/28 (I 10/27): Old Norse Winter Nights
Feast--The ancestors were remembered and offerings were
made to the Deities (particularly the Norns,
Freyja, and the Disir) to survive the season.
10/15: Makahki/Hawaiian New Year. Hawaiians believe
the Akua (Gods and Goddesses) were created by
Papa/Mother Earth and Wakea/Father Sky, who
themselves were created from the chaos of Po.
10/16: Baha’i feast honoring the one Deity as
‘Ilm - Knowledge.
10/17: Shukaku Matsuri--Shinto rite offering thanks
and first fruits of the rice harvest to the Kami.
10/18 (A 11/28): Old Egyptian feast of Neteret
Hathor, Goddess of Fate.
10/18: Day the Clean Water Act was enacted (1972);
day to give thanks for the water we drink.
10/18 eve to 10/26 eve (10/22 peak): Orionid Meteor
Showers.
10/19 to 10/26: Navapad Oli‑‑Jain period of fasting,
recitation of holy scripture, and meditation on the
principles of right knowledge, right faith, right
conduct, and right penance. Jainas honor Arihantas
(conquerors of passions), Siddhas (liberated souls),
Acharyas (spiritual leaders), Upadhyayas (spiritual
teachers), and Sadhus (renouncers).
10/20: Day the Granth Sahib (Adi Granth), the
holy scripture of the Sikhs, was recognized as eternal
guru (1708). Sikhs believe the infinite and formless
Deity should be sought within one’s self.
10/21: Day military attacks on civilians were
outlawed world-wide (1950).
10/21 eve to 10/24 eve: Thesmophoria--Old Greek
festival commemorating the transformation of Goddess
Kore (Queen of the Living) into Persephone
(Queen of the Dead), when She eloped to Elysium with Her
partner, God Dionysos/Plouton, accompanied by
Goddess Hekate and spirits of the dead.
10/23: Beginning of Scorpio (the Scorpion).
10/24: Yoruba/Santeria feast of Orisha Erinle,
Healer of the Sick and Injured.
10/24: Feast of Raphael, Angel of Healing.
10/24: Day the United Nations came into being to
facilitate world-wide peaceful cooperation (1945).
10/24: Day the first woman was ordained a
Presbyterian minister in the U.S. (1956).
10/24 to 10/30: World Disarmament Week--Time for
peaceful activism to help end the arms race.
10/25 eve to 10/27 eve: Feast of Divine Justice -
source of just law - honoring Goddess-God as
Maat-Thoth (Old Egyptian); Goddess as Themis
(Old Greek), Torah (Jewish Kabbalah) & Justice
(Christian); and God as Forseti (Old Norse).
10/26 (12:52 a.m. EDT): Full Moon (Wolf/Hunting
Moon).
10/28: Old Slavic feast of Baba and Dedo,
protectors of families and elders.
10/28: Day the world’s nations committed to
bio-diversity and eco-system conservation (1982).
10/28 to 11/3: Isia--Old Romano-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, realm of
the dead.
10/29: Mahayana Buddhist festival of Bodhisattva
Tara/Kuan Yin/Kannon; celebrates Her attainment of
Bodhisattvahood. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
are aspects of Adi-Buddha - the masculine and
feminine, transcendent and immanent, omniscient and
omnipotent, primordial and eternal Absolute.
10/29 eve to 11/1 eve: Apaturia‑‑Old Greek festival
in which newcomers and children were welcomed into the
community.
10/31: Day to mourn the women tortured and killed as
“witches” because of their independence, wealth, wisdom,
or religion.
10/31 eve: Halloween--Night that the dead return to
visit their families; celebrated by children, dressed as
spirits, going door to door for treats.
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 11/7 eve: Mid-Autumn/Day of the
Dead/Hallowmas.
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Excerpted from
THE MYSTIC'S WHEEL OF THE YEAR 2007
A Multifaith Calendar Reflecting Eco-Egalitarian
Spirituality |
Wednesday, October 31, 2007. 3:30 - 5:00 pm. COMID Meeting, A234
"Maasai Warrior"
Taken by Jason
Franklin in Tanzania June 2006 |
