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Insights About the Dreamspell Calendar
by Gary M. Cook
It is a Mirror-page of an old one of Tzolk'in, many thanks to Tzolk'in.com
Introduction
The Dreamspell Calendar is a spiritual tool that has surfaced very recently. It is closely aligned with the Mayan Calendar (although the two calendars are not identical). The most important similarity between the two calendars is the recognition and honoring of naturally occurring energy cycles. These energy cycles were known to the ancient Maya and much of their wisdom about the nature of time is contained in their calendar. The ancient Maya understood time to be the passage of cycles. They studied and mapped the cycles of Mother Earth, the Moon, the Sun, the Pleiades, the Galaxy and the Universe. They have much to teach us about the cycles.
I have prepared this document for you. I have been strongly pulled to this knowledge since the Spring Equinox of 1995. I make no claim that I have all the knowledge or that my views are the only "correct" viewpoint. The notion that there is only one answer or viewpoint for any question is very limiting. We are all limited by our beliefs. My intention or wish in presenting this information is that you would question your beliefs. Understand that I do not wish to cause you discomfort or agony. I wish that you would come to love yourself completely. The Creator has made us All, to be unique, to have a unique perspective.
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A General Discussion of Calendars: Egyptian, Julian, Gregorian, Mayan, Dreamspell
About 6000 years ago, the ancient Egyptians developed a calendar which consisted of 12 months of 30 days plus 5 days of celebration. Starting on July 27, these 5 days of celebration honor the births of Osirus, Horus, Seth, Isis, and Nephthys. On August 1, the new year begins. In ancient times, the beginning of the year was marked when the star Sirius rose at the same place that the Sun rose.
In 46 B.C., Julius Caesar asked the astronomer Sosigenes to develop a uniform calendar so that all of the lands he controlled could use the same calendar. Sosigenes set up the Julian calendar with 365 days per year and an extra "leap day" added every 4th year. This was based on his observation that the year was 365 days, 6 hours long. The Julian calendar was divided into 12 uneven months that didn't correspond very well to the lunar cycle but apparently this was not considered to be that important. Augustus Caesar changed the name of the 6th month to August and borrowed a day from February to make August 31 days long. He wanted August to be as long as July, the month named after Julius Caesar.
As linear time went on, it was observed by astronomers who measured the time from one vernal (Spring) equinox to the next, that the year was slightly shorter than 365 days, 6 hours. In 1990, the solar year was calculated to be 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 45.5 seconds. In the Christian religion, Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday following the first Full Moon after the Spring Equinox. As a result of the slight error in the Julian calendar, the date of Easter was slipping.
In 1582 A.D., Pope Gregory the 13th changed the Julian calendar. He declared that the day following October 4, 1582 would be October 15, dropping 10 days from the calendar. He also changed the calendar so that leap years would be skipped on century years unless the year was divisible by 400. This calendar would come to be known as the Gregorian Calendar.
The calendar that is dominant in the world today is the Gregorian calendar. This calendar is based on 12 unevenly divided months and has no apparent link to any naturally occurring cycle. It's as if it has been intentionally organized to remove those who use it from their connection with Nature. Unfortunately, the vast majority of people on Earth today are tied very closely to this calendar. Every law and monetary transaction has this calendar linked to it.
The Maya developed their calendar long before the Julian or Gregorian calendars came into existence. The Mayan Calendar is based on naturally occurring energy cycles and a close connection to Mother Earth, the Sun, and the Pleiades. Because the Maya honored Mother Earth and the energy cycles that are present here, they were in tune with the cycles. They had access to information that is not available to 'modern people' because 'modern people' are extremely limited by their belief systems.
The Maya gained knowledge about many cycles which occur on Earth. They recognized a 13-day cycle of energy which comes from galactic sources. They also came to know a 20-day energy cycle coming from the Sun. By studying the cycles and their interaction with each other, the Maya gained an understanding of life on Earth that far exceeds our 'modern' beliefs. Fortunately, this knowledge is becoming available to us at this time to assist in our 'return to natural harmony'.
The Mayan Calendar goes way beyond what we think of as a calendar. It is not merely a way to find out what the day of the week is or how long it is until a friend's birthday. It is a carefully constructed map of the cycles of Natural Time, cycles within cycles. The Mayan Calendar is multi-leveled. On the base levels of the Calendar, it maps the daily cycles and in higher levels it maps larger blocks of time. On the top level, it maps the Great Year (the Grand Cycle) of 26,000 years, the orbit of our Solar System around Alcyone, the Central Sun of the Pleiades.
The Dreamspell Calendar incorporates a great deal of the wisdom of the lower levels of the Mayan Calendar in a form that is easy to understand for someone that is accustomed to the Gregorian calendar. It is a daily calendar and it brings to our awareness the daily energy cycles. I view the Dreamspell Calendar as a way to help us transition from the artificial timing of the Gregorian calendar and once again resonate with Natural Time and the daily energy cycles.
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