Hey Tsen..
Firstly thankyou for replying.
My main interest in sharing this knowledge, is to get people to start questioning their use of the Gregorian calendar, and to at least consider the *possiblity* of "natural time". The thing is there are stronger forces in the universe than our little selfs. You only need to go out and about in the ocean, and swim around in the waves for a while to realise that. Interestingly, it's the movement of the moon in relation to the earth, that is infact responsible for the tides. A surfer for example, knows the power of the waves, and rides with them. This is very much what we are trying to do by following the 13 Moon Calendar, allowing ourselves to ride a deeper, more universal current of energy...
Of course, when the idea of the 13 Moon Calendar is mentioned, most people's gut reaction is to FEAR the idea. After all we've been following the Gregorian Calendar for hundreds of years now, and nobody ever asked us to stop and think about the preciousness of TIME, and what the study and exploration of that might mean for our lives. Instinctively, we feel we need to support the dogma that is the Gregorian Calendar, or at least put to the rest any idea that there may be such a thing as natural time.
So yes. I'm glad at least you can agree, on a purely logical basis, that
13 Moons of 28 Days + 1 Day Out of Time
makes alot more sense than
12 Months of Unequal Measure (31 days, 31 days, 28 or 29 days, 31 days, 30 days, 31 days, 30 days, 31 days, 31 days, 31 days, 30 days, and 31 days)
Now of course, it's my belief, that if they were right about this simple fact, perhaps there are other things we can learn from the cultures which have been following the 13 Moon Calendar, for so long. The Lakota Indians, for example, have been following the 13 Moon Calendar for over 5000 years:
Originally posted by Author Jamie Sams
Associated with the powers of endurance and longevity, the ancient vertebrate Turtle has 13 scales on its shell.\"The first calendar that North American Indians ever had was Turtle's shell...The Earth Mother, who was represented by the most fertile creature of our planet, the Turtle, showed our Ancestors how to mark the passing of each moon cycle. Turtle's shell bore the 13 moons of the year inside of a frame that formed the circle we call the Sacred Hoop, or Medicine Wheel - representing the relationship of all life to all life.
There are all kinds of patterns in nature, but don't you think it's just a little interesting, that some of them just keep on reooccuring. We only have to look to our DNA, to know the power of natural forms. So surely the fact, that this 13 Moon 28 Day Cycle is embedded in the form of the turtle and the dolphin, while perhaps not 100% conclusive (hey. I'm not a dolphin right), gives at least a little cause for deeper exploration.
EDIT: I'm also fairly certain that Augustus Caesar had nothing to do with the fact that August has 31 days. The stuff about \"That not being fair\" seems like too trivial a reason to give one month another day. Also, if he just took a day from February and gave it to August, September should have 31 days too. [/b]
Now to answer this question. Actually it's true. Augustus Caesar, did name August after himself, and he did take that extra day from February. Previously the month we know now as "Augustus" was called "sextilius" (i'm not sure if I have the spelling right), meaning the "sixth" month. In actuality of course, it's the eighth. That confusion still colours the Gregorain Calendar. September, October, November, December all represent the words for the 7th,8th,9th and 10th months, whereas in actuality they are the 9th,10th,11th, and 12th. The Gregorian Calendar, is literally composed of tale after tale of revisions, and some of them are very funny indeed!
Nick
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