October 2008
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All Hallows’ Eve falls on 31 October each year, and is the day before All Hallows’ Day, also known as All Saints’ Day in the Christian calendar. The Church traditionally held a vigil on All Hallows’ Eve when worshippers would prepare themselves with prayers and fasting prior to the feast day itself.
The name derives from the Old English ‘hallowed’ meaning holy or sanctified and is now usually contracted to the more familiar word Hallowe’en.
A brief history of the festival
In the early 7th century Pope Boniface IV consecrated the Pantheon in Rome, formerly a temple to all the gods, as a church dedicated to Saint Mary and the Martyrs, and ordered that that date, May 13, should be celebrated every year.
It became All Saints’ Day, a day to honour all the saints, and later, at the behest of Pope Urban IV (d. 1264), a day specially to honour those saints who didn’t have a festival day of their own.
In the 8th century, on November 1st, Pope Gregory III dedicated a chapel to all the saints in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Gregory IV then made the festival universal throughout the Church, and November 1st has subsequently become All Saints’ Day for the western Church.
The Orthodox Church celebrates All Saints’ Day on the first Sunday after Passover - a date closer to the original May 13th.
Written by leo on October 31st, 2008 with no comments.
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Aries Mar. 21 - April 19
Aries the Ram is an Autumn constellation, and can be best viewed in the night sky during the month of November.
Taurus April 20 - May 20
Taurus the Bull is an Autumn constellation, and can be best viewed in the night sky during the month of December.
Gemini May 21 - June 21
Gemini the Twins is a Winter constellation, and can be best viewed in the night sky during the month of January.
Cancer June 22 - July 22
Cancer the Crab is a Winter Constellation, and can be best viewed in the night sky during the month of February.
Leo July 23 - Aug. 22
Leo the Lion is a Winter constellation, and can be best viewed in the night during the month of March.
Virgo Aug. 23 - Sept. 22
Virgo the Virgin is a Spring constellation, and can be best viewed during the month of April.
Libra Sept. 23 - Oct. 23
Libra the Scales is a Spring constellation, and can be best viewed in the night sky during the month of May.
Scorpio Oct. 24 - Nov. 21
Scorpio the Scorpion is a Spring constellation with an astronomical name of Scorpius, and can be best viewed in the night sky during the month of June.
Sagittarius Nov. 22 - Dec. 21
Sagittarius the Archer is a Summer constellation, and can be best viewed in the night sky during the month July.
Capricorn Dec. 22 - Jan. 19
Capricorn the Sea Goat is a Summer constellation with an astronomical name of Capricornus, and can be best viewed in the night sky during the month of August.
Aquarius Jan. 20 - Feb. 18
Aquarius the Water Bearer is an Summer constellation, and can be best viewed in the night sky during the month of September.
Pisces Feb. 19 - Mar. 20
Pisces the Fishes in an Autumn constellation, and can be best viewed in the night sky during the month of October.
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Translated into English by Frederic Henry Balfour, 1884
WHERE there is motion, that motion proceeds from immobility; where there is action, that action proceeds from inactivity. Where there is inactivity, the spirit reverts to its original; and when the spirit thus reverts, all things become still. Where there is no motion, the vital force becomes extinct; and the vital force being extinct, all things are produced, all spirits maintain each other; all objects depend upon or help each other, causing the rudiment [of all things] to revert to its primary source.
By silent contemplation this will become clear. I myself bear it constantly in mind; [the doctrine], entering uninterruptedly, does away with all distinctions between life and death, and makes me one with Heaven and Earth.
When the sense of sight is forgotten, the Light becomes infinitely copious; when the sense of hearing is annihilated, the heart becomes concentrated upon the Eternal Depths. If these two organs of perception be both forgotten, the man will be able to shut himself off from the allurements of the world-pure, guileless, and complete, in perfect unison with the Universe,-vast, limitless, like a vivifying aura, subject to no distinctions of mankind. The greatness of Heaven and Earth is that with which I am linked; the multitude of created things is what I direct, or grasp. How can it be said that, to the very furthest limit whither we can penetrate, there are any faults or imperfections?
If a man cherishes the Invisible, he will be able to maintain for ever the Visible-that which has a semblance; if he cherishes the Incorporeal, the Corporeal will attain to perfection and purity; and if perfection and purity co-operate to promote each other, the result will be the acquisition of perpetuity. It is because Heaven has obtained this original purity that it lasts for ever; it is because Earth has obtained it that it is enduring; it is when Man obtains it that he achieves immortality. The reason that the vulgar are unable to attain to prolonged existence is that they lose their hold of the Invisible and suffer the Incorporeal to escape them; thus they are unable to preserve their bodily organs and nine apertures together with the pure essence they received at birth, as one whole, and therefore it is they die.
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