<div>2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/2012-Return-Quetzalcoatl-Daniel-Pinchbeck/dp/1585425923/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1313171215&sr=1-6">http://www.amazon.com/2012-Return-Quetzalcoatl-Daniel-Pinchbeck/dp/1585425923/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1313171215&sr=1-6</a><br>
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<div>REALLY rambling book, he talks about taking hallucinogenic drugs in one sentence, then crop circles, then his failed relationships, lather/ rinse/ repeat. It's an interesting food-for-thought fun-read more than anything else, IMHO :) With all of the talk about Elenin/ Honda/ etc., these days, I thought it was odd that I just randomly was drawn to this book the last time I was at the library :) <br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Kelley Forbes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:forbesk@astronomytower.net">forbesk@astronomytower.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">That sounds like an interesting book; what is the title?<br><br>The lunar calendar can be more accurate, but it depends on what you mean by more accurate. A lunar calendar is certainly more accurate at predicting tides, but less accurate at predicting seasonal variations, like the agricultural cycle. I think the reason those lunar calendars don't need leap days is because they ignore the relation of the months with the solar year. The months continue on in the same order, continuing to move about the solar year until, 19 years later, they come back around to the same place.<br>
<br>The Coligny calendar is a lunar-solar calendar; that is, it uses lunar months but reconciles them to the solar year. One interesting thing about that is that the method used to compute the calendar shows that the Gauls must have had mathematics equivalent to algebra.<br>
<br>-- Kelley.<br><br>Charlotte Blackwood wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">VERY cool reading! Thanks for sharing this info :) On a related<br>note, I just read a book about many folks (not just pagan) are<br>
starting to return to lunar-based calendars instead of the solar-based<br>one. The book mentioned that a lunar-based calendar is more accurate<br>(as in doesn't need to correct w/ leap-years, etc.). Thoughts?<br><br>
Charlotte<br><br>On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:56 AM, Kelley Forbes<br><<a href="mailto:forbesk@astronomytower.net" target="_blank">forbesk@astronomytower.net</a>> wrote:<br> <br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Actually, there is evidence for a lot of different timings.<br><br>There is what we call the calendrical days, come down to us through<br>
folklore, both new (the firsts) and old (about 12 days later). There are the<br>natural signs, like we posted about on the second. There is the<br>"astronomical" date, halfway in between the surrounding equinox and<br>
solstice. There is evidence from the Coligny calendar that lunar cycles may<br>have been involved, for at least some tribes. No doubt, practical<br>considerations played a part, too. Some festivals, like Lughnassadh, were<br>
held over many days, and as the harvest came in at different places, people<br>would travel to the games.<br><br>-- Kelley.<br><br>Sue Blackmore wrote:<br> <br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Christianity kind of took over all the old feasts. I heard somewhere that<br>originally they coincided with happenings in the natural world =<br>
Lughnassadh<br>being timed with the harvest and not necessarily on the same calendar day<br>each year. Since we aren't as agrarian as our forefathers that timing<br>doesn't mean as much to us any more.<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <a href="mailto:community-bounces@crodreoilin.org" target="_blank">community-bounces@crodreoilin.<u></u>org</a><br>[mailto:<a href="mailto:community-bounces@crodreoilin.org" target="_blank">community-bounces@<u></u>crodreoilin.org</a>] On Behalf Of Kelley Forbes<br>
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:09 PM<br>To: <a href="mailto:community@crodreoilin.org" target="_blank">community@crodreoilin.org</a><br>Cc: Kelley Forbes<br>Subject: Re: [Cro Dreoilin] Happy Lughnassadh!<br><br>I have seen both, but I think 1 August is more common.<br>
<br>The first of the month is the default; Imbolg/Lá /Féile/ Bríde is the lone<br>exception, because it was timed coincide with the Feast of the Purification,<br>which must be exactly 40 days after Christmas, as that was when Mary was<br>
considered no longer unclean after childbirth and could return to the<br>temple.<br><br>-- Kelley.<br><br>Greyhart wrote:<br><br> <br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">I was surprised to get the email yesterday for Lughnassadh, because I<br>have<br>always celebrated it on Aug. 2nd. Just as Imbolc is February 2nd, it's<br>
counterpart across the year would be August 2nd. I never knew there was<br><br> <br></blockquote>any<br><br> <br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">other date for it.<br><br>Greyhart<br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:community-bounces@crodreoilin.org" target="_blank">community-bounces@crodreoilin.<u></u>org</a><br>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:community-bounces@crodreoilin.org" target="_blank">community-bounces@<u></u>crodreoilin.org</a>] On Behalf Of Kelley Forbes<br>Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 4:17 PM<br>To: <a href="mailto:community@crodreoilin.org" target="_blank">community@crodreoilin.org</a>; Kelley Forbes<br>
Subject: [Cro Dreoilin] Happy Lughnassadh!<br><br>As we sit in the gentle rain and hear far-off thunder, having completed<br>our own personal haying and having seen the bales all over the region, we<br>wish you all a wonderful, restful natural Lughnassadh. Take a moment to<br>
appreciate the singular nature of the changing of the seasons!<br><br><br>-- Chris and Kelley.<br> <br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><br>______________________________<u></u>_________________<br>Community mailing list<br>
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