January 31, 2023
* 1/24 to 2/1: Sementivae–Old Roman festival of sowing, honoring Earth Goddess Terra, Grain Goddess Ceres, and Seed Goddess Proserpina.
* 1/25 to 2/2: Iroquois Mid-Winter Ceremony–for continuation of all life-sustaining things. Iroquois believe Awenhai/Sky Woman created the Sun, Moon, and Stars from Her body.
* 1/31: Birthday of Fr. Thomas Merton (1915), Catholic mystic and poet, who found Deity in stillness and silence.
* 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 2/3 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.
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January 30, 2023
* 1/24 to 2/1: Sementivae–Old Roman festival of sowing, honoring Earth Goddess Terra, Grain Goddess Ceres, and Seed Goddess Proserpina.
* 1/25 to 2/2: Iroquois Mid-Winter Ceremony–for continuation of all life-sustaining things. Iroquois believe Awenhai/Sky Woman created the Sun, Moon, and Stars from Her body.
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January 29, 2023
* 1/24 to 2/1: Sementivae–Old Roman festival of sowing, honoring Earth Goddess Terra, Grain Goddess Ceres, and Seed Goddess Proserpina.
* 1/25 to 2/2: Iroquois Mid-Winter Ceremony–for continuation of all life-sustaining things. Iroquois believe Awenhai/Sky Woman created the Sun, Moon, and Stars from Her body.
* 1/29: Day Tibetan Buddhists meditate on Buddha Deities Amitayus and White Tara, who grant good health and long life. In Tibetan Buddhism, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are symbolic abstractions and aspects of Adi-Buddha – the masculine and feminine, transcendent and immanent Absolute.
* 1/29: Birthday of Thomas Paine (1737), Deist who recognized the inherent rights of all men and women, and opposed non-democratic government. Deists believe Deity to be consistent with Nature and reason.
* 1/29: Birthday of Vladimir Soloviev (1853), Orthodox Christian mystic who bewailed humanity’s alienation from Holy Wisdom and from Nature, Her manifestation.
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January 28, 2023
* 1/24 to 2/1: Sementivae–Old Roman festival of sowing, honoring Earth Goddess Terra, Grain Goddess Ceres, and Seed Goddess Proserpina.
* 1/25 to 2/2: Iroquois Mid-Winter Ceremony–for continuation of all life-sustaining things. Iroquois believe Awenhai/Sky Woman created the Sun, Moon, and Stars from Her body.
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January 27, 2023
* 1/24 to 2/1: Sementivae–Old Roman festival of sowing, honoring Earth Goddess Terra, Grain Goddess Ceres, and Seed Goddess Proserpina.
* 1/25 to 2/2: Iroquois Mid-Winter Ceremony–for continuation of all life-sustaining things. Iroquois believe Awenhai/Sky Woman created the Sun, Moon, and Stars from Her body.
* 1/27: Death day of John James Audubon (1851), ornithologist and conservationist.
* 1/27: Day to mourn the legacy of the anti-Islamic xenophobic rhetoric and actions of the Trump administration.
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January 26, 2023
* 1/24 to 2/1: Sementivae–Old Roman festival of sowing, honoring Earth Goddess Terra, Grain Goddess Ceres, and Seed Goddess Proserpina.
* 1/25 to 2/2: Iroquois Mid-Winter Ceremony–for continuation of all life-sustaining things. Iroquois believe Awenhai/Sky Woman created the Sun, Moon, and Stars from Her body.
* 1/25 eve to 1/26 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Aphrodite–Day to honor peace and compassion.
* 1/26: Sarasvati Puja–Hindu festival honoring Goddess Sarasvati, who is the source of wisdom, intellect, and knowledge, as well as inspiration, arts, and music. Hindus believe all Gods and Goddesses are aspects of the one Great God-Goddess Maha Deva-Maha Devi.
* 1/26: Vigil for the protection of women in India from dowry killings, female infanticide, “honor killings”, domestic violence, rape, acid attacks, and other gender-based violence.
* 1/26: Vigil for peace, justice, and respect for the human rights of all in Somalia, where Al-Shabaab commits abuses in the name of religion.
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January 25, 2023
* 1/13 to 1/25 (I 1/20): Old Norse Mid-Winter Feast–Offerings were made to the Deities (particularly Jord, Thor, and Freyr) for growth of crops.
* 1/22 to 1/25: Hsih Nien/Suhl/Tet–Chinese and East Asian Lunar New Year (Year 4721: the Hare).
* 1/24 to 2/1: Sementivae–Old Roman festival of sowing, honoring Earth Goddess Terra, Grain Goddess Ceres, and Seed Goddess Proserpina.
* 1/25 to 2/2: Iroquois Mid-Winter Ceremony–for continuation of all life-sustaining things. Iroquois believe Awenhai/Sky Woman created the Sun, Moon, and Stars from Her body.
* 1/25 eve to 1/26 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Aphrodite–Day to honor peace and compassion.
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January 24, 2023
* 1/13 to 1/25 (I 1/20): Old Norse Mid-Winter Feast–Offerings were made to the Deities (particularly Jord, Thor, and Freyr) for growth of crops.
* 1/22 to 1/25: Hsih Nien/Suhl/Tet–Chinese and East Asian Lunar New Year (Year 4721: the Hare).
* 1/24 to 2/1: Sementivae–Old Roman festival of sowing, honoring Earth Goddess Terra, Grain Goddess Ceres, and Seed Goddess Proserpina.
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January 23, 2023
* 1/13 to 1/25 (I 1/20): Old Norse Mid-Winter Feast–Offerings were made to the Deities (particularly Jord, Thor, and Freyr) for growth of crops.
* 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.
* 1/22 to 1/25: Hsih Nien/Suhl/Tet–Chinese and East Asian Lunar New Year (Year 4721: the Hare).
* 1/22 eve to 1/23 eve: Remembrance day for Sufi saint Haji Bektash (d. 1337). He initiated women into his order equally with men and advocated gender equality in Islamic society.
* 1/23: Day the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that those persecuted on account of their resistance to male domination – which constitutes an anti‑patriarchy political opinion – can be granted asylum (2020).
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January 22, 2023
* 1/13 to 1/25 (I 1/20): Old Norse Mid-Winter Feast–Offerings were made to the Deities (particularly Jord, Thor, and Freyr) for growth of crops.
* 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: Day the Supreme Court recognized women’s right to reproductive autonomy (1973). Day to mourn its overturn on 6/24/2022.
* 1/22 to 1/25: Hsih Nien/Suhl/Tet–Chinese and East Asian Lunar New Year (Year 4721: the Hare).
* 1/22 eve: Rosh Chodesh–Jewish women gather to worship the Shekhinah, the feminine manifestation of Elohim, the one universal Deity; and to pray and act for peace, social justice, and environmental healing.
* 1/22 eve to 1/23 eve: Remembrance day for Sufi saint Haji Bektash (d. 1337). He initiated women into his order equally with men and advocated gender equality in Islamic society.
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January 21, 2023
* 1/13 to 1/25 (I 1/20): Old Norse Mid-Winter Feast–Offerings were made to the Deities (particularly Jord, Thor, and Freyr) for growth of crops.
* 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 (3:53 p.m. EST): New Moon.
* 1/21 eve to 1/22 eve: Feast of Old Greek Goddess Hekate, who guides all through transitions and crisis.
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January 20, 2023
* 1/13 to 1/25 (I 1/20): Old Norse Mid-Winter Feast–Offerings were made to the Deities (particularly Jord, Thor, and Freyr) for growth of crops.
* 1/20: Beginning of Aquarius (the Water Bearer).
* 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.
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January 19, 2023
* 1/13 to 1/25 (I 1/20): Old Norse Mid-Winter Feast–Offerings were made to the Deities (particularly Jord, Thor, and Freyr) for growth of crops.
* 1/19: Baha’i feast honoring the one Deity as Sultan – Sovereignty. Baha’is believe in the oneness of Deity.
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January 18, 2023
* 1/13 to 1/25 (I 1/20): Old Norse Mid-Winter Feast–Offerings were made to the Deities (particularly Jord, Thor, and Freyr) for growth of crops.
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January 17, 2023
* 1/13 to 1/25 (I 1/20): Old Norse Mid-Winter Feast–Offerings were made to the Deities (particularly Jord, Thor, and Freyr) for growth of crops.
* 1/17: Yoruba/Santeria feast of Ogun, Orisha of Strength, Endurance, and Perseverance. Yorubas/Santeros believe the Orishas are emanations and messengers of the one Deity, Olodumare.
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January 16, 2023
* 1/13 to 1/25 (I 1/20): Old Norse Mid-Winter Feast–Offerings were made to the Deities (particularly Jord, Thor, and Freyr) for growth of crops.
* 1/14 to 1/16: Old Egyptian Festival honoring the unseen Neteru Amen and Amenet. Egyptians perceived the many Gods and Goddesses (Neteru) to be aspects of the one God-Goddess Neter-Neteret.
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January 15, 2023
* 1/13 to 1/25 (I 1/20): Old Norse Mid-Winter Feast–Offerings were made to the Deities (particularly Jord, Thor, and Freyr) for growth of crops.
* 1/14 to 1/16: Old Egyptian Festival honoring the unseen Neteru Amen and Amenet. Egyptians perceived the many Gods and Goddesses (Neteru) to be aspects of the one God-Goddess Neter-Neteret.
* 1/15: Feast of the Black Christ.
* 1/15 (Obs. 1/16): Birthday of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929), Baptist preacher and non-violent advocate for the rights of African Americans.
* 1/15: First appearance of Our Lady of Banneux, Virgin of the poor, the sick, and the suffering (Belgium 1933).
* 1/15: World Religions Day–Day to contemplate all religions as different paths to the one universal Deity of many names and aspects.
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January 14, 2023
* 1/13 to 1/25 (I 1/20): Old Norse Mid-Winter Feast–Offerings were made to the Deities (particularly Jord, Thor, and Freyr) for growth of crops.
* 1/14: Makar Sakranti–Beginning of Hindu pilgrimage to holy rivers to bathe and pray, to purify themselves of their sins. Hindus believe all Gods and Goddesses are aspects of the limitless, immanent, and transcendent Brahman.
* 1/14 to 1/16: Old Egyptian Festival honoring the unseen Neteru Amen and Amenet. Egyptians perceived the many Gods and Goddesses (Neteru) to be aspects of the one God-Goddess Neter-Neteret.
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January 13, 2023
* 1/13: Death day of George Fox (1691), founder of the Quakers. Quakers experience Deity within and practice egalitarianism, social activism, and peacefulness.
* 1/13 to 1/25 (I 1/20): Old Norse Mid-Winter Feast–Offerings were made to the Deities (particularly Jord, Thor, and Freyr) for growth of crops.
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January 12, 2023
* 1/12: Day genocide was outlawed world-wide (1951); day to mourn all victims of genocide.
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January 11, 2023
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January 10, 2023
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January 9, 2023
* 12/21 to 1/9: Hopi & Zuni Soyala New Year Festival of purification and renewal.
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January 8, 2023
* 12/21 to 1/9: Hopi & Zuni Soyala New Year Festival of purification and renewal.
* 1/8: Death day of Galileo (1642), astronomer; day to mourn the persecution of scientists by religious authorities.
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January 7, 2023
* 12/21 to 1/9: Hopi & Zuni Soyala New Year Festival of purification and renewal.
* 12/25 to 1/7: Christian truce between Eastern and Western Christians. Time to focus on what unites, rather than what divides, Orthodox Christians, Catholics, and Protestants.
* 1/7: Koshogatsu–Shinto rite honoring Goddess Izanami, partner of God Izanagi. They created Nature and the Kami.
* 1/7: Mindfulness Day–Zen Buddhist day for being mindful of the peace, joy, and beauty of the moment.
* 1/7: Orthodox Christian Christmas.
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