#holy days

[mcjhay]

You might be going through hell right now, feeling like the weight of the world is on your shoulders, and every step forward takes all the strength you have left. Maybe it feels like life keeps knocking you down, testing you in ways you never thought you could handle. But even in this dark place, remember: everything will be okay. These storms you're facing, no matter how fierce, will pass, and one day soon, you'll look back and see how much stronger they made you.

Life doesn't always make sense when you're in the middle of the struggle. It's easy to feel lost, defeated, and question why things happen the way they do. But trust that there's purpose in your pain, lessons in your hardships, and growth in your struggles. Every challenge is shaping you, building resilience you didn't know you had. One day, this pain will be a part of your story, not the defining chapter, but the one that proved your strength, your courage, and your ability to rise.

Hold on a little longer, even when it feels impossible. Give yourself grace on the hard days, and remember that even though it may not seem like it now, brighter days are ahead. Life has a way of surprising us, of bringing unexpected blessings and healing in time. Believe that you are meant for something beyond this moment, and that everything you're enduring now is setting you up for a future filled with peace, joy, and a deep appreciation for the journey.

Trust that everything you're going through right now is preparing you for something greater. It may be hard to see it from where you stand, but life has a way of working out in ways we couldn't have planned. So hang in there. Keep going. You are not alone, and you are stronger than you know. Hold on to hope, because everything truly will be okay. Time will tell and may we all be great✌🏾

[maisartcraft-blog]

sketch and final drawing

holyday dell :3 my grandad always use to wear thouse hawaii shirts and I feeld like drawing dell wearing it , I like to belive he would had liked the engineer too as he reminds me aloth of him in many ways .

[gladstones-corner]

On Holy Days

The topic of holy days is a varied and sometimes contentious one. There are certain days that tend to be more common than others in the magical community, but that makes them far from ubiquitous.

The aim of this post isn’t to name every holy day—nor is it to suggest that the holy days named in this post are the correct ones. Instead, I’ll use the Thelemic calendar as my base, then name a couple ways you can introduce custom holy days to your calendar.

Let’s get started.

The Thelemic Calendar at a Glance

The Thelemic calendar is a complicated one, especially for newcomers. Let’s forgo the dating mechanic for a moment and just focus on the explanations of the holidays:

“36. There are rituals of the elements and feasts of the times. 37. A feast for the first night of the Prophet and his Bride! 38. A feast for the three days of the writing of the Book of the Law. 39. A feast for Tahuti and the child of the Prophet—secret, O Prophet! 40. A feast for the Supreme Ritual, and a feast for the Equinox of the Gods. 41. A feast for fire and a feast for water; a feast for life and a greater feast for death! 42. A feast every day in your hearts in the joy of my rapture! 43. A feast every night unto Nu, and the pleasure of uttermost delight!” —Aleister Crowley, Liber AL vel Legis

Let’s generalize and demystify this a little bit:

36. The Solstices and Equinoxes 37. August 12th 38. April 8th–10th 39. August 6th 40. March 20th and the Vernal Equinox 41. Puberty Rites, Birth Rites, Death Rites 42. Daily Gratitude 43. Nightly Gratitude

Of this list, several of these are distinct to Thelema. However, the Solstices, Equinoxes, Puberty Rites, Birth Rites, and Death Rites are all common to mystical and magical traditions. I’d like to add a couple more, leading to a full list of holy days as such:

Birth Rites, done once but creating an Anniversary of Birth Holy Day

Puberty Rites, done once

Initiation, thus leading to an Anniversary of Initiation Holy Day (this date either changes with each subsequent initiation, or stays the same as your very first initiation)

Vernal Equinox, done yearly

Summer Solstice, done yearly

Autumnal Equinox, done yearly

Winter Solstice, done yearly

Handfasting (Optional), creating an Anniversary of Love Holy Day

Death Rites, done once

From my perspective, this is the minimum number of Holy Days required (except Handfasting) for a full-fledged tradition. However, in doing the research for this post, I had colleagues disagree. One provided their own Holy Days list:

Initiation

Vernal Equinox

Beltane

Summer Solstice

Lughnasadh

Autumnal Equinox

Samhain

Winter Solstice

Imbolc

Handfasting (Optional)

Death Rites

Still another sent me a dizzying calendar of saints’ days, saying that they tend to pick the saints’ days that they need during that month to celebrate—but they always celebrate at least once a month. In addition, they celebrate the following:

Advent

Christmas

Ash Wednesday

Lent

Good Friday

Easter

Much less structured; no less valid.

Generating Your Own Holy Days

Okay, so we’ve gone over the general gloss of Holy Days, but how do we identify new ones for our own traditions?

The answer is highly subjective. Generally, you want to look for milestones in your life and in the cycles of nature around you. If you’re not keen on the traditional Wheel of the Year (in either its four- or eight-spoked forms), there are several other ways to track the seasons across the year.

For example, you could add the Lunar New Year as part of your Holy Days. You could also add the day you first achieved Knowledge and Conversation of the Holy Guardian Angel, or some similar milestone in which your life was irrevocably changed. Even secular days, like Groundhog Day, can be added.

Let’s add some extra days just for completion’s sake. Let’s say you also celebrate the Blue Moon and various other astrological phenomena, like eclipses. You can note those down as special days of power—though they’re not yearly, they’re no less Holy Days.

Conclusion

Overall, creating a calendar becomes a mixture of Holy Days in your tradition, seasonal or natural observances, and milestone celebrations. Putting it together is fairly easy—adhering to it is another matter entirely. That’s why I recommend a small calendar first, based in your chosen tradition. That gets you used to cyclical Holy Days from a magical perspective. Then, you can expand naturally as events arise and become important to your practice.

Thank you for reading. As always, stay safe and stay tuned. Blessings~

[anti-zionist-jew]

which jewish holiday is your favourite

Sukkot- the harvest festival. It is also immediately followed by the Simchat which marks the end of the Torah cycle. There’s something so full circle and beautiful about the bounty marking the end of a “year” in a sense.

[innervoiceartblog]

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

AND IT WAS THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER

He stayed in his walk to watch a typesetter neatly distributing type. Reads it backwards first. Quickly he does it. Must require some practice that. mangiD kcirtaP. Poor papa with his hagadah book, reading backwards with his finger to me. Pessach. Next year in Jerusalem. Dear, O dear! All that long business about that brought us out of the land of Egypt and into the house of bondage alleluia. Shema Israel Adonai Elohenu. No, that’s the other. Then the twelve brothers, Jacob’s sons. And then the lamb and the cat and the dog and the stick and the water and the butcher. And then the angel of death kills the butcher and he kills the ox and the dog kills the cat. Sounds a bit silly till you come to look into it well. Justice it means but it’s everybody eating everyone else. That’s what life is after all. How quickly he does that job. Practice makes perfect. Seems to see with his fingers.

~James Joyce

(Ori Hanan Weisberg)

[the-chronicle-of-holy-days]

We made it through!

There’s only one thing left

The Comment

Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.

The study of this Book is forbidden. It is wise to destroy this copy after the first reading.

Whosoever disregards this does so at his own risk and peril. These are most dire.

Those who discuss the contents of this Book are to be shunned by all, as centres of pestilence.

All questions of the Law are to be decided only by appeal to my writings, each for himself.

There is no law beyond Do what thou wilt.

Love is the law, love under will.

The priest of the princes,

Ankh-f-n-khonsu

See you next year ❤️

[optimalmastery]

Beyond Samhain: Global Traditions to Honor the Dead

Samhain, celebrated at the end of October in the Northern Hemisphere, is a sacred festival for many Pagans and witches. It marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of the dark half of the year. It’s considered a time when the veil between the world of the living and the world of the dead is at its thinnest. Therefore, this Sabbat provides the opportunity to honor ancestors, remember…

[many-sparrows]

Burn, burn, burn Zach Bryan

Scarlet hedgehog cactus

Sermon notes

La Carita (Charity) Carlo Dolci

John 1:5

"God's preference is to be heard and God's preference is to be understood."

Blessed Pentecost! God is a God who wants to speak to you and They don't prefer one language. They are so, so much bigger than a pulpit or the church or Sunday mornings. God will speak in whatever ways you can hear; let yourself listen to the tiny whispers and the little gestures and the tongues that sound foreign to those around you. Hear Them in everything, no matter where They're speaking from.

It's so special to me that Pentecost was the last Sunday before pride month this year. God called me back through the exploration of my own queerness; He spoke to me through the radical, transgressive love I saw. Letting that part of myself out taught me how to embrace God's creation, including myself, just as it is. My religion taught me how to love recklessly and without hesitation, my queerness taught me how to love even the people I am told not to.

The Holy Spirit is reaching for you, desperate to anoint you with Their light. Let yourself reach back.

[lettersfromgod]

▶ TO BE SET APART (Regarding The Feast of Trumpets) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcb2Klosbpw&list=PLSVchFJ22QYKKfZ5cAnLm_TxWABElLw7Z&index=21

📖 Source: https://www.thevolumesoftruth.com/To_Be_Set_Apart

*Also See ANSWERS ONLY GOD CAN GIVE:

Regarding The Holy Days of God: https://answersonlygodcangive.com/Regarding_The_Holy_Days_of_God

[superaquelle]

[mcjhay]

You threw her away—the one girl who would have gone to the ends of the earth for you. She was there when no one else was, through every high and every low, holding you up when you were weak, celebrating with you when you were strong. She gave you her whole heart, every piece of herself, without reservation or hesitation. She would've moved mountains if it meant keeping you safe, loved, and happy. But you didn't see her worth; you took her for granted and pushed her aside like she was replaceable.

She stood by you when you weren't at your best, when you were difficult to love, when most people would have walked away. She chose you, over and over again, even when you gave her a thousand reasons not to. She forgave you when you hurt her, gave you chances, and showed you grace in moments you didn't even deserve. She loved you selflessly, with a loyalty that's hard to find in this world. Yet, you let her go, as if people like her come along every day.

One day, you'll realize what you lost. You'll remember how she listened to every word you said, how she supported you without asking for anything in return, how her love was a constant light in your life. And on that day, you'll feel the weight of regret, knowing that you threw away something irreplaceable. Because a love like hers doesn't come twice, and when you threw her away, you lost the one person who would've done anything for you.

So, while you go through life, just know that the girl who loved you without limits, who would have stayed by your side no matter what, is gone. You lost her because you couldn't see her worth when she was right in front of you. And while she'll heal and find someone who knows her value, you'll carry the regret of letting her go—a loss that will stay with you, long after she's moved on to someone who truly deserves her. Time will tell and may we all be great!

Goodnight everyone following me💕

[papeldelbano]

30 years ago today the world was blessed with one of the greatest ten track records the world has ever seen.

since then the world had turned and left me here

[miwakosblog]

WE WENT URBEX TODAY!!

It was in an asylum but it was empty

@fairyandpoetry

[musingmelsuinesmelancholy]

7 and 10 for the ask game

7) do you prefer Julian, Gregorian or astronomical dates?

Depends! Certain Julian dates align better with our seasonal cycles. Old Michaelmas, for example, is around the time the farmers harvests end here. Christmas, Good Friday, walpurisnatch Easter are on Gregorian time. My May celebrations coincide with the heliacal setting of the Pleiades.

Other holy days I use a combination. My St bride’s day celebrations start the first and end at the exact midway point.

there’s no ten friend 😂💕

[thoughtportal]

she will never rise again