Faithist Holidays

Faithist Holidays Edited by Sister Celeste Joy & Sister LesLee With Contributions form Mother Joan Greer and Dr. Glenn Kendel Universal Faithists of Kosmon 721 Owens Peak St., Inyokern, CA 93527 www.universalfaithistsofkosmon.org info@universalfaithistsofkosmon.org Ph. 760-753-5390 1  That mortals and angels may live and labor in concert, behold, I have given certain days, whereby large congregations on earth may be met by My organic heavens in reunion, mortals and angels, for the happiness of both, and for the glory of My works. (OAHSPE, Book of Inspiration, 18:2) 2 Contents Freedom's Day or, Fallen Swords' Day ..............................................................................................................5 January 1st .........................................................................................................................................................5 Es Day or, Holy Veil Day ...................................................................................................................................10 March 31st........................................................................................................................................................10 Holy Compact Day .............................................................................................................................................13 June 21st ..........................................................................................................................................................13 Holy Kosmon Day...............................................................................................................................................16 July 26th ...........................................................................................................................................................16 Seasonal Festivals................................................................................................................................................19 Spring or Vernal Equinox - A Time of Awakening...................................................................................21 Summer Solstice -A time of Redemption ...................................................................................................22 Autumn or Fall Equinox - A time of Gratitude .........................................................................................23 Winter Solstice � A Time of Divine Love ...................................................................................................24 Moon Days ..........................................................................................................................................................26 Moon Days ..........................................................................................................................................................27 Example of Moon Ritual ...............................................................................................................................29 Faithist Solar Sabbath .........................................................................................................................................31 What is OAHSPE trying to achieve? ...........................................................................................................31 Northern line of the Sun -1882.....................................................................................................................33 Shortest day on the Northern line of the Sun? 1891..................................................................................34 Our or Two New Years Days ............................................................................................................................36 Written by Joan Greer in 1992......................................................................................................................36 Extras ....................................................................................................................................................................38 A Song Appropriate for any Holiday .........................................................................................................39 The Faithist Declarations ..............................................................................................................................39 Inspiring Quotes from OAHSPE .................................................................................................................40 A Faithist Prayer From The Eloists .............................................................................................................40 Commandment Of Harmony.......................................................................................................................41 Faithist Service Book Prayer.........................................................................................................................41 Prayer for Mother Earth................................................................................................................................42 Prayer for Light of Sabea ..............................................................................................................................42 Joshu's Prayer.................................................................................................................................................42 Image List .............................................................................................................................................................43 3  And Jehovih said: That mortals and angels may live and labor in concert, behold, I have given certain days, whereby large congregations on earth may be met by My organic heavens in reunion, mortals and angels, for the happiness of both, and for the glory of My works. OAHSPE, Book of Inspiration 18:2 4 Freedom's Day or, Fallen Swords' Day January 1st Whether you choose to call it Freedom's Day or, Fallen Sword's Day, this very special holiday is set aside, and it sanctified the final blow to end slavery. This is a Faithist holiday that we are told to celebrate to the "end of the world," yet this holiday is often overlooked. In the "Book of Inspiration," Chapter 17, we are told to remember the day of the proclamation of freedom for Guatama's (North America's) slaves. This day is January 1st. From the public announcement, September 22, 1862, that slaves were to be proclaimed free, to the actual signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1863, it was 100 days. This document changed our nation and proclaimed slaves "forever free." The awakening of the conscience of a nation which provided the support for the Emancipation Proclamation was a long hard struggle which spanned many years. The angels who were working with mortals chose several Quakers to be the leaders in this work. The Quakers cooperated with escaped slaves, intellectuals, and celebrities. Harriet Beacher Stowe, Walt Whitman, Stephen Foster, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and the wealthy banker John Forbes are a few of the prominent people who supported the Emancipation movement through writing and public speaking. This country was bombarded with songs, poems, newsletters, newspapers, and books to present the plight of the four million Afro-Americans who were in slavery in the United States. In the North, those who opposed freedom for the slaves' caused riots, destruction of private property and martyrdom of white Northerners who supported the Emancipation movement. It is generally felt that the killing of white men involved in the Emancipation movement may have been the incident which caused the spiritual 5 awakening of a nation and brought popular support to the cause of freedom for slaves. Whatever the reason, the North moved solidly behind the emancipation of the slaves. Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "I think we must get rid of slavery, or we must get rid of freedom." John Greenleaf Whittier preserved a coat stained with rotten eggs. He would display the coat at his speaking engagements to demonstrate to his audience the type of people who supported slavery. In 1619, a Dutch Man-of-War that had been cruising in the West Indies captured a Spanish frigate with a load of Africans. The Dutch took the cargo and the Africans and sailed up the coast of North America, putting into Jamestown to trade. There, 16 months before the Mayflower dropped anchor in Plymouth Harbor, the first African slaves were bought in North America. These twenty people were the first to come to our continent in chains, traded for food and water. This trade increased rapidly, with the English involved deeply in the buying and transporting of African slaves. Only the strongest and healthiest of African children and young people were carried by boats to North America, and only the strongest of these survived. Despite the high death rate, the slave trade proved very profitable. By the time of the Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863, the average life expectancy of a slave was 17 1/2 years. The law allowed that slaves could be worked 18 to 19 hours per day. Food and living conditions were pitiful. As early as January 1, 1809, there was a day hailed as the "Jubilee of Liberty." This was the day which marked the end of the African slave trade in the United States. Yet it was 54 years before the Emancipation Proclamation was signed into law. On January 1, 1863, great rallies, parades and "Proclamation Watch" celebrations were held all over the North to mark the monumental event of that day. In the South, new songs traveled and evolved...Songs like, Amazing Grace and free at last 6 AMAZING GRACE - John Newton (1725�1807) Amazing grace! how sweet the sound, That saved a wretch; like me! I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see. 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed! The Lord hath promised good to me, His word my hope secures; He will my shield and portion be As long as life endures. When we've been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We've no less days to sing God's praise Than when we first begun. 7  FREE AT LAST " American Negro Songs " by J. W. Work Free at last, free at last I thank God I'm free at last Free at last, free at last I thank God I'm free at last Way down yonder in the graveyard walk I thank God I'm free at last Me and my Jesus going to meet and talk I thank God I'm free at last On my knees when the light pass'd by I thank God I'm free at last Tho't my soul would rise and fly I thank God I'm free at last Some of these mornings, bright and fair I thank God I'm free at last Goin' meet King Jesus in the air I thank God I'm free at las (Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1940). American Negro Songs and Spirituals Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4a26b550-9a59- 0134-095c-00505686a51c ) 8  Today, we seem to have forgotten the importance of the Emancipation Proclamation and the continued struggles of the disenfranchised. OAHSPE marks January 1st as one of the four special holidays we are to observe until the end of the world. In the 1882 Edition of OAHSPE, preserved through a photocopy process by Ray Palmer, this holiday is called Fallen Sword's Day, proving that the pen is mightier than the sword. When editing was done on OAHSPE for the 1891 Edition, this holiday was called Freedom's Day. Exact text and changes are as follows: 1882, Inspiration, 17: The Fallen Sword's Day: 1-4. 1891, Inspiration, 17: Freedom's Day: 1-4. 1. As Jehovih, through His God, delivered into freedom Guatama's slaves, and, thus, to general slavery dealt the final blow, so Jehovih blessed that day, and sanctified it. 2. And He gave to man, as the master's sign in the lodge, A HAND POINTING TOWARD A PEN, signifying, I HAVE PROVED THIS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD. 3. And Jehovih Gave To The Members In The Lodge To Answer In The Sign, CLASPED HANDS, AND LOOKING UPWARD, Signifying, IN THY PRAISE, JEHOVIH! 4. Jehovih said: Remember the day of proclamation of freedom, for it is My day, which I bequeath unto you as a day of freedom in all righteous jollification, which ye shall keep every year, and commemorate, to the end of the world. 9 Es Day or, Holy Veil Day March 31st OAHSPE was written by spirit communication as angelic hands typed the manuscript through Dr. John Newbrough. In OAHSPE we are told to set aside as a Holy Day, the day spirit communication began, March 31st. For thousands of years, humanity has experienced various forms of spirit phenomenon such as dreams, visions, seeing ghosts, and "hunches" about the future. These phenomena are impressions or experiences from spirits to mortals. March 31, 1848, the rappings heard at the Fox farm were a kind of spirit phenomenon. Previous residents of this house reported that they had heard these strange sounds on and off over a period of several years. What made the incident on March 31st different was that a method of communicating with the raps was worked out whereby communication between mortals and spirits was possible. Mrs. Fox later wrote that "on March 30 (1848), we were all disturbed all night. The noises sounded in all parts of the house." The next night the family went to bed early and the rappings again came to upset them and would not let them sleep. The family worked out a way to communicate with the raps, and the raps indicated that they were being made by a "spirit or ghost." This communication began March 31, 1848. It was the idea of questioning the raps, setting up communication, which lifted the veil between the world we live in and the world of spirit. At first, the method of communicating was that only questions with response in counting of raps could be answered, such as how old, how many, etc.; and when these types of questions were exhausted, questions which could be answered "yes" or "no" were asked. If the answer was "no" there was silence. If the answer was "yes" there would be 2 10 raps. In this way the story of the 31-year-old peddler who had been killed for his money and buried in the cellar was told to the Fox family. A better method of communicating was later de-vised whereby the alphabet was recited starting with "A." When the next letter for a word was reached by reciting the alphabet letter by letter, rapping would be heard, and then whoever was reciting the alphabet would start over at "A" again. Many more questions could be answered in this way, and, although this alphabet method was cumbersome, it worked. At first the rappings occurred only when the Fox sisters were present, but in the various places that the Fox sisters visited and gave demonstrations of the strange rappings, other people suddenly found that they also had special gifts which allowed them to communicate with the spirit world. Many of these "mediums" (as they were called) were young people. The ten- month-old daughter of Anson Atwood of Troy, New York, while "seated in a highchair" eating sweets, was lifted about by unseen hands. She was moved from place to place with the ease of a "feather blown by the lifted wind." Daniel Douglas Home, who was 17 when his gifts were discovered, was the most famous spiritualist of his time, and traveled extensively in the United States and Europe giving seances. He could float in the air, and once floated out a third-story window of a house and then floated back into the house through a different window. It is interesting to note that unlike the Fox Sisters, D.D. Home did not take money when he gave demonstrations of spirit communication. Much has been written about the Fox Sisters: Katie, Maggie, and their married sister Leah. But in the maze of stories about them and the birth of Spiritualism, it is clear that no one was ever able to prove that they were frauds. The two young sisters were subjected to the closest examination by committees and individuals who were determined to prove them charlatans. Yet, time after time, instead of finding the girls used "tricks" to make the raps, the investigators became believers in Spiritualism and communication with those who were "dead." Spiritualism grew rapidly although established religions were particularly upset by the revelation that "life" goes on for all who pass from what we call "death" into a new "life" in spirit. Despite many frauds and deceptions, two years after communication was set up in Hydesville in 1848, there were over two million Spiritualists in the United States. This is evidence of the angelic preparation and support for Spiritualism. Nothing was able to stop the realization that "life goes on." 11 1882 OAHSPE, Book of Inspiration 16:1-6 Holy Veil Day. 1. As Jehovih, through His God, pulled aside the veil of heaven, saying: 2. Let My angels forth; together shall converse the living and the dead. 3. So sanctified He the day when the angels of heaven were made known to mortals. (March 31, 1848.) 4. And He gave the sign, A HAND HOLDING ASIDE A VEIL, signifying, HEAVEN UNVEILED, as the master's sign in the lodge on the day and evening commemorating the same. 5. And Jehovih gave to the members of the lodge to answer in the sign, THREE CLAPPINGS, signifying, ENDLESS JOY! 6. And Jehovih said: Remember this day, and keep it holy, to the end of the world. For, without books and without arguments, behold, I have proven unto you the immortality of the soul of man! 1891 OAHSPE, Inspiration, 18: 1-6 Es Day. 1. As Jehovih, through His God, pulled aside the veil of heaven, saying: 2. Let My angels forth; together shall converse the living and the dead. 3. So sanctified He the day when the angels of heaven were made known to mortals. (March 31, 1848.) 4. And Jehovih said: Remember this day, and keep it holy, to the end of the world. For, without books and without arguments, behold, I have proven unto you the continued life of the soul of man! (Editor's Note) And Jehovih gave the sign, A HAND HOLDING ASIDE A VEIL, signifying, HEAVEN UNVEILED, as the master's sign in the lodge on the day and evening commemorating the same. And He gave to the members of the lodge to answer in the sign, THREE CLAPPINGS, signifying, ENDLESS JOY! We do not know why those who published OAHSPE found it necessary to edit anything in this amazing book, but we are faced with the fact that editing was done to this portion of OAHSPE dealing with the holidays. Where editing was done, we have shown both versions. 12 Holy Compact Day June 21st Records tell us that in Philadelphia it was a long hot summer in 1787, the summer of the Constitutional Convention. The writing of our Constitution was undertaken by a group of 55 men who were under the inspiration of the angels who worked for the establishment of this country. Only 12 states sent representatives, as Rhode Island did not wish to participate in an activity which they considered "outside influence" in their affairs. You may recall that Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams when he was driven out of Massachusetts because he was calling for greater political and religious freedom. George Washington chaired this convention of spiritually inspired men. Benjamin Franklin was a prominent member whose suggestions were based upon successful American Indian organizations in the New World, such as the Iroquois League. Because of the great contributions of James Madison, he became known as the "Father of the Constitution." He wrote and spoke eloquently on many occasions urging the delegates to compromise their viewpoints. The discussions went on for days, as they worked through compromise after compromise between the various interest groups. There was the compromise which brought about the two houses in the Congress: The House of Representatives made up of representation by actual population; and the Senate, where each state would be represented by two people. Today we realize the value of the two houses of Congress, but then it was a compromise solution to a problem. Another basic principle of the Constitution developed through compromise was that States would have certain powers, and the central government would have certain powers. These powers were carefully defined in the Constitution; but today this division of powers is still open to interpretation. Lawmaking still approaches issues such as civil 13 rights and abortion from a viewpoint of: Are these proposed laws states' rights or, the rights of the central government to decide? Another important compromise hammered out in Philadelphia was that the slave trade would be prohibited in the United States after January 1, 1809. The Constitution was signed September 17, 1787, and it took just three months for the first ratification, by the State of Delaware. On June 21, 1788, scarcely more than a year after the Convention convened, the Constitution became the law of the land with the ratification of it by the State of New Hampshire. New Hampshire was the 9th state to ratify. Needless to say, Rhode Island was the 13th state to ratify the Constitution, doing so in 1790. Many states felt that the personal freedoms that had been fought for were not guaranteed, and so insisted that a section, now known as the Bill of Rights, be added before they would ratify the Constitution. James Madison proposed 12 Amendments to the Constitution for this purpose, and by December 15, 1791, ten of them had been ratified to become the Bill of Rights. These Ten Amendments guaranteed among other things, freedom of the press, speech, and religious expression. The two amendments which did not pass had to do with the House of Representatives: limiting the number of Representatives, and provisions for salary. Our constitution has become the model for constitutional democracy all over the world. September 17th is celebrated as Constitution Day in the United States, the celebration of the day the Constitution was signed in Philadelphia. In OAHSPE we are told to celebrate as a Sacred Day the date of the ratification of the Constitution, so that as Faithists we celebrate June 21st as Holy Compact Day. 14 1882 & 1891, Inspiration, 15 -Holy Compact Day: 1-3 1. As Jehovih, through His God, bequeathed to the children of Guatama a government unfettered by the name of God or Lord or Savior, so Jehovih sanctified the day of the ratification and the signing and sealing of His compact (American Constitution), as the DAY OF THE HOLY SEAL. 2. And the sign thereof He made, A HAND HOLDING A QUILL. 3. Which shall be the master's sign of salutation in the lodge on the day and evening commemorating the same. 4. And Jehovih made the answer to the master's sign, THE HOLDING UP (by the member of the lodge) OF A PIECE OF PAPER, signifying, CONSTITUTION. 5. Therefore, it was said: The master saluted on the sign, DAY OF THE HOLY SEAL, and the lodge answered in the sign, CONSTITUTION. 6. And Jehovih said: Remember this day, and keep it holy, to the end of the world, for hereat was the beginning of the liberty of man! Reference Material World Book Encyclopedia, "US Constitution." 15 Holy Kosmon Day July 26th It would be appropriate to commemorate July 26th by rereading the covenant taken at Shalam: � Kingdom on Earth, 5: The Holy Covenant. � Kingdom On Earth, 6: The Covenant of The Brotherhood. Also, you could read some of the history of Shalam, such as The Land of Shalam, by Mrs. KD Stoes. 1882 & 1891 OAHSPE, Inspiration, 18: Holy Kosmon Day. Besides the above, Jehovih gave one more holy day, Kosmon Day, which He also commanded to be kept in commemoration of another matter, which Jehovih commanded to be secret with the Faithists for a certain period of time, the which time hath not expired to this day. Therefore, the day of Kosmon is still a secret with the Faithists. As Holy Kosmon Day was kept as a secret, July 26th may not be the day. Yet it seems the most likely day as Dr. Newbrough and those who went with him to Shalam celebrated July 26th as Holy Kosmon Day, commemorating that day in 1884 when the first covenant was performed in Kosmon by those striving to be Faithists. The volunteers who had assembled to go into the wilds of the New Mexico Territory and establish the Father's Kingdom on Earth, had gathered in Pearl River, Rockland County, New York. There on July 26th, this group of dedicated people, took the first covenant for the purpose of establishing the Kingdom on Earth. To the best of 16 our knowledge, twenty disciples took this covenant, and then traveled to New Mexico with Newbrough, to the "Land of Shalam" near the village of Dona Ana. These early aspiring Faithists were said to have "more courage than judgment. They were people of wealth, gently bred, and terribly in earnest." They were accustomed to living in well built homes, "and now they found themselves sleeping on the ground, shaking lizards, centipedes, and insect novelties from their bedding when they retired, and emptying their shoes of various creeping things at dawn."(1) Their drinking water was muddy river water collected and held in barrels so the mud would sink to the bottom. Those that were there called it a "cruel" land, "it was a test of heroic endurance for a creed of self- effacement. That first winter was a test of their durability. Several, unused to harsh living, died and were buried at a lovely spot in the Dona Ana Mountains."(2) Each year after 1884, July 26th was celebrated as Holy Kosmon Day by those pioneers at Shalam, New Mexico. This information was kept "secret" among those who participated and came to light when research was being done on Shalam. (3) There are people today who feel that July 26th should not be celebrated as Holy Kosmon Day, even though this was the date celebrated by Newbrough and the early Faithist at Shalam. These same people today feel that we have not been given the date of Holy Kosmon Day. Whether or not July 26th is Holy Kosmon Day, it is a day to be remembered. It is the day that the first Faithists, inspired by OAHSPE in Kosmon, came together and swore an oath to serve the Creator. This should set July 26th apart to the end of the world as a very special day to be remembered. Perhaps we will be given another date for Holy Kosmon Day sometime in the future. But even so, in time to come, when the early days of Kosmon are spoken of, the significance of July 26th will be remembered; and the Faith, Courage, Dedication and Love of Jehovih that inspired and led that first group to make the first covenant unto Jehovih, will be recalled. 17  Whoso, hereafter shall join My kingdom, shall repeat My Covenant and the Covenant of My Brotherhood, before the C'chief and the chiefs and before My chosen, in the manner ye have done before Me and My holy angels. Jehovih's Kingdom On Earth, 6: 51. To Thee, O Jehovih, I give all; my flesh, my spirit, mind, and all my service, to be Thine forever. Appropriate Thou me, soul and body in whatsoever way Thou canst, that I may do the best unto others, mortals and angels. Until thou attainest this, thou shalt not hear My Voice, nor see My hand. Inspiration, 18:24-26. End Notes 1. The Land of Shalam -Children's Land-, by Mrs. K.D. Stoes. Reprinted by permission from the NEW MEXICO HISTORICAL REVIEW, Volume 33, numbers 1 and 2 (January and April 1958) page 23. 2. ibid. Page 24. 3. More of OAHSPE, Compiled by James Dennon. 18 Seasonal Festivals First, the earth plieth in a circuit around the sun, which circuit is divided into four arcs called spring, summer, autumn and winter. Sixteen Cycles, 1:1 19  These festivals are aligned with the natural rhythms of the Earth. Celebrating the seasonal festival together as Faithists in Kinship instills within us a boundless, unknowable heritage with Corpor and the Es worlds. Ye shall assemble for the communion of angels, regularly, and maintain intercourse with them. For in no other way can ye demonstrate the immortality of the soul. Judgment, 2:1. Traditionally, Faithist groups have a medium who assists in pulling the veil aside for the whole group. Universal Faithist groups encourage individual or direct communication followed by a sharing of experiences. The Seasonal Festivals allow for this important work. In the Se'Moin Tablet in Oahspe, the names of some of the symbols are different from the text in OAHSPE. See diagram and quote below. S'un da=S'un and K'un'da=Ka'un. 78. S'un (Panic), spring, or beginning. (Chine.) 79. Ka'un (Panic), summer, beauty. (Algonquin.) 80. Sam'hoi (Panic), Sam'howh (Chine), autumn. 81. P'boa (Panic), the destroyer, winter. M'boa (Chine). Peboa (Algonquin). Book of Saphah, Tablet of Se'Moin�Interpretation:78-81. 20 Spring or Vernal Equinox - A Time of Awakening Associated with Nighttime, Dark of the Moon & North Panic- name S'un or S'un'da The earth plieth in a circuit around the Sun, which circuit is divided into four arcs called Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. OAHSPE, Sixteen Cycles, 1:1 The springtime ever speaks to us of a fresh awakening. So too, life is a sequence of cycles. And we gather this day to greet the New Light of Spring. May the Light of the Spring's Sun manifest new understanding within us. We have come this day in communion with our brothers and sisters from the higher spheres that we may give thanks and praise unto the Eternal Creator, that we have been brought again to the opening of another season in our year of service to our Father-Mother. Let us seek at this Spring Equinox to understand our own growth in our steps to manifest the Creator in our lives and to glorify the Creator in service to others. We walk in a humble path yet see the Creator's Hand in all things and know the Light of Kosmon is upon the earth. 21 Summer Solstice -A time of Redemption Associated with Dawn, Waxing Crescent moon & East Panic- name Ka'un or K'un'da Jehovih said: Of such like is My heavenly edifice; I send not winter to please one man, nor summer; nor the rain. I consider in what way I shall induce men to raise up one another and to be considerate. Through Me, thy father and thy mother and thy brethren, and all Faithists that come after these, My doctrines, learn to consider the unbelief of mortals, and the impossibility of one man seeing through another man's eyes. First Book God XVII:15 This is the time of the Sun's greatest Light. At this time of Redemption, we should Light candles on our altar in remembrance of the Light of our Mother-Father the Great Spirit. Those bound by the darkness created in the past are forgiven, redeeming them, restoring them, so they find their darkness dissolving. Let us find our place among those who work in the Creator's Light. From this communion within ourselves and the awakening of the spiritual forces, we build around us that cape of protection under which the storms of life cannot pierce. We must learn to make that cape so wide that others less strong than we may shelter until they too have learned to know the power within which when found, casts out all fear. 22 Autumn or Fall Equinox - A time of Gratitude Associated with Noon, Full Moon & South Panic- name Sam'hoi Onk (Panic). Sun belt of the earth. That portion of the earth subject to vertical rays. Onk, direct. Owk, oscillating. Onk gave I unto you that ye might behold the glory of summer, the fragrance of spring, the beauty of autumn and the snow of winter. Study the ant and the bee; they comprehend Onk. The lazy man shall learn Onk (Poit). Book of Saphah, Se'moin, Interpretation:49. In our celebration of the Autumn Festival, we have gratitude. Creator, our Heavenly Father-Mother, we come to thee in Autumn, aware of Thy Power, of Thy Wisdom and Thy Love, we come to Thee this day of Celebration of the Fall Festival. We think of the four Seasons Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter as a circle. We have gathered this day to celebrate the circle of the seasons that is the path of the earth, it is the circle of life and all creation. Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring, Celebrations by the Ancient Faithists who say these are the Sacred 3 because they teach the Summer Solstice and the Winter Solstice and the Balance (which is both equinoxes), the balance between the Solstices, the same every year: the midpoint between the Summer and the Winter Solstices. 23 Winter Solstice � A Time of Divine Love Associated with Sunset, Waning Crescent Moon & West Panic- name P'boa I inspire the spider to make its net; the bird to build her nest; the wild goose to fly to the south, before the winter cometh; the mare to neigh for her colt; the ant to lay in its stores; the bee2s to dwell in a queendom; and so on, every living creature do I move and control by My inspiration upon them. Book of Inspiration, 7:6. We gather today to acknowledge the ever presence of the Creator that is the mystery within the knowledge of great E-O-I. Yet the Soul's Truth is that we are all part of the All Person. We already realize we are part of the All-Soul, which is from the All and that is the Universal E-O-I. On this level, At-One-Ment is experienced as an immersion of being within the All... experiencing Divine Love. We are not perfect but, where the self is lost in the All Self, we recognize our At-One-Ment with the All Person, our Father-Mother, our Creator... This At-One-Ment is accomplished in stages and is more and more the stilling of the mind with Aheba, the divine Love. 24  Within Aheba all fear passes away. The consciousness of a great overshadowing becomes more and more real. When we have entered this true peace of the heart and felt Aheba, the Divan Love, embracing and infilling us, we are stepping out firmly on the Emeth path. There is no consciousness apart from this understanding. This knowledge is Light. Let us now shine as a sun. A little Light in a dark place may wholly illuminate the darkness. We take to heart this teaching! The more we grow in understanding, the more we see our At-One-Ment, merged in the magnificent splendor of the `All', our Mother/Father. Frank Morley, who was a suis for Kosmon Church of England, tells us: "There can be no forgiveness without love, and no love without forgiveness." Amareth is Divine forgiveness. For the Faithist today, Amareth and Aheba are an essential part of the spiritual life; they together form one of the most powerful experiences of the soul. For it is only through the deepest love that we can come into harmony with all creatures, and find one unity with the Supreme Being, Father-Mother of us all. "To know all is to forgive all." We would add, "To forgive all, is to love all." This is the end of Frank Morley's Comments on Amareth and Aheba, loving forgiveness. OAHSPE speaks of forgiveness. Amareth forgiveness. Anh-air-that (Yi- Aheba � Love Adorable is also called ha). To make oneself child-like and Ahebic manifestation. willing to learn. To make one's soul like a sieve, that it will not hold anger. Saphah, Divine Seal:5 Saphah, Basis of the Vede:33 Saphah, Ho'Ed & Hy'Yi:6 Divine Seal, Column 5, #3 All animals move within this Love Adorable, this perfect Inspiration, perfect Blessing, the manifestation of the Perfect Presence of the Creator, and it is Aheba. Aheba cannot be fully experienced until a person has become child-like and is willing to let go of anger and selfhood, thus experiencing Amareth. In your love and forgiveness do ye raise them out of the torments of hell. And inasmuch as ye raise up others, so doth Ormazd raise up your own souls. God's Word, 29:26 25 Moon Days Let my chosen keep the four holy days of rest during each moon, for on these days do my guardian angels change the watch. The incentive given by the spirits to mortals to make mortals observe and learn the planets. Book of Saphah, Tablet of Se'moin:53 26 Moon Days K'git Ki'git K'git: the Lunar Dew descends and quickens the vital Dark of the Moon or New processes and starts the psychic currents into activity as in the circulation of the Light. This is an excellent Moon time to start new projects and decide on the new work. *In OAHSPE Dew is also called A'JI an Etherea substance/energy that sometimes descends to the earth. Luner Dew or Luner A'ji is the spiritual vibration of the moon. E'git E'git: there is an increase of psychic power; ultimately, Waxing Moon in the developed, it is during this Phase that the auric radiation develops called the Robe of Splendor, M'git, which becomes the Parodar. Start the work. Full Moon M'git: after the Full Moon's peak has passed, there is a gradual reversal of these processes. The spiritual influence becomes magnetic, and there is an increase of astral power; it becomes the Omnific Blessing. This can also be a time of protected communion as the veil is thinner. But it is the power of the Moon in this Phase, which holds the lure of the Tetracts enticing selfish use of this power. Finish the work. Uk'git Uk'git: the energy becomes negative, there is a gradual Waning Moon absorption of the Lunar Dew's residue to be revitalized on the return of the New Moon. Evaluate the work. 27 1882 & 1891 - OAHSPE, SE'MOIN, INTERPRETATION:51-53 51. K'git, new moon (Panic). Watch ye for the new moon and glorify the Great Spirit that He may prosper ye. Ka'git (Chine). It shall be a holy day of rest. 52. E'git (Panic). At the change of the second quarter of the moon is the relief watch of my angels who abide with mortals; let that be a holy day of rest. 53. M'Git, the third quarter (Panic). A holy day of rest. Let my chosen keep the four holy days of rest during each moon, for on these days do my guardian angels change the watch. The incentive given by the spirits to mortals to make mortals observe and learn the planets. Sub'da'don, a holy day (Panic). The day of the moon's change. Sub'da (Fonece). Sabbath (Ebra). A moon's birthday. Because of four quarters to each moon, so do I give to you four Sab'da, which shall be days of worship. (Abram). 1882 & 1891 - OAHSPE, God's Word, 11:9 Ormazd then created the holy day (rak). Then He made the four signs of the moon, Uk'git, E'git, Ki'git and M'git, for all holiness. 28 Example of Moon Ritual Celebrant (Greets the 6 directions) Guardians of the east, Guardians of the south, Guardians of the west, Guardians of the north, Guardians of the sky above, Guardians of the earth below Elder Celebrant On the Four Holy Days of the Moon, my Holy Guardian Angels change the watch. Now is the ______Moon and is a day of ______. Make A Covenant � And All Make The Sign Of The Creator's Name! Or, Have Each Person Approach The Altar And Turn The Wheel Celebrant Please Repeat after me. Oh, Thou Moon Hear my upward soul aspiring. May I come to know thee More and More. May I find the rhythm of each moon cycle and Attune. Celebrant (Lead In A Chant or Song, Then Open and Meditate, At Least 5 Minutes, Followed By Sharing Circle.) Elder Celebrant Please Repeat after me Thank you and farewell to the Ashers departing Thank you and welcome to the Ashers Starting Celebrant (Farewell to the 6 directions) Guardians of the earth below Guardians of the sky above Farewell Guardians of the north Farewell. Guardians of the west Farewell. Guardians of the south Farewell. Guardians of the East Farewell. 29  The temptation perhaps was never so great as now to regard ourselves (students of OAHSPE) as a chosen people, who have the light within, but our own great vision should lie in the discovery that there are today thousands at least of persons like ourselves with lives enriched by a new awareness and a new sensitivity to good, to healing, to light and love. (The Teachings of OAHSPE by Greta James) 30 Faithist Solar Sabbath What is OAHSPE trying to achieve? The Faithist Solar Sabbath is intended to unite Faithist in a global celebration of the Sabeth. It is unfortunate that this editing change (1882 to 1891) has created the most conflict. No matter how we choose to calculate the New Year both choices create a Sabbath on the same day six months out of the Julian Calendar year, progressing forward one day at every Solstice. To avoid emotional conflict over this editing change UFK celebrates bought New Years but does not celebrate a Soler Sabbath. And it shall come to pass that the sabbath days all around the world shall be the same day unto all people, even with the travel of the sun. Whereby, Jehovih's heavenly kingdoms shall be in concert with mortals, as to times and seasons in all things. Inspiration, 14: 27-28 The editing of the 1891 OAHSPE have caused confusion and consternation regarding the date of the Solar New Year. Most students feel that the 1891 edition puts the new year on the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. To understand the changes between the 1882 and 1891 OAHSPE we need to understand the Sun's path and OAHSPE explanation for the Sabbath to be the same days all around the world." (Inspiration, 14: 27.) 31 What is the Sun's Path? In the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, the Sun's path is different. Look at the diagram above. The Equator is the middle point between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The northernmost latitude reached by the Sun is 90� in the Tropic of Cancer located at 23.5� north of the equator. The southern line of the Sun is the Tropic of Capricorn located at 23.5� south of the equator. The Summer or Winter Solstices are dictated by where you live on the planet. But the Northern line of the Sun is the same no matter what. It does not change! June In the Northern Hemisphere the Summer Solstice (the Longest Day of the year) occurs when the Sun reaches its northernmost latitude in the Tropic of Cancer � the northern line of the sun. In the Southern Hemisphere, the Winter Solstice (the Shortest Day of the Year) occurs when the Sun reaches its northernmost latitude in the Tropic of Cancer � the Northern line of the sun. December In the Northern Hemisphere the Winter Solstice (The Shortest Day of the year) occurs when the Sun reaches its southernmost latitude in the Tropic of Capricorn - the Southern line of the Sun. In the Southern Hemisphere the Summer Solstice (the Longest Day of the year) occurs when the Sun reaches its southernmost latitude in the Tropic of Capricorn - the Southern line of the Sun. OAHSPE tells us in its Book of Inspiration 14: 27-28, that the purpose of the New Year is to calculate the Sabbath creating a unified day of celebration no matter where you live on mother earth. This calculation method moves the Solar sabbath forward one day every year and six months out of the year the sabbaths (1882 & 1891) are on the same day. 32 Northern line of the Sun -1882 June New Year the Sun Reaches the apex on the Northern line June - Summer Solstice Northern Hemisphere & Winter Solstice Southern Hemisphere 2023 Wednesday, June 21 Olde Years Day. Thursday 22nd Is New Years Day=Thursday Sabbath until June 2024. Thursday, June 20, 2024, is Old Year's Day Friday 21st Is New Years Day = Friday Sabbath until June 2025 Inspiration, 14: 2-3. 2. The northern line of the sun shall be the end of the year, and it shall be called the last day of the old year, saith Jehovih. 3. And the first day thereafter, when the sun starteth on his southern course, shall be the beginning of the year, and it shall be called the New Year's Day. 33 Shortest day on the Northern line of the Sun? 1891 December New Year the Sun reaches its Apex on the Southern Line December Winter Solstice Northern Hemisphere & Summer Soltis Southern Hemisphere 2022 Wednesday, Dec 21, Olde Years Day. Thursday 22nd Is New Years Day= Thursday Sabbath until Dec 2023 2023 Thu, Dec 21 was Olde Years Day. Friday 22nd Is New Years Day= A Friday Sabbath until Dec 2024. Inspiration, 14: 2-3. 2. The shortest day on the northern line of the sun shall be the end of the year, and shall be called old year's day, saith Jehovih. 3. And the first day thereafter, when the sun on his southern course starteth towards the north, shall be the beginning of the year, and shall be called New Year's Day. The 1891 Editing change is confusing. As "the shortest day of the year" relates to our Hemisphere not the position of the sun. The Sun is still positioned on the "northern line," but what is the "shortest day on the northern line of the sun?" Perhaps the "northern line," is not referring to the tropic of Cancer but to the shortest day in the Northern Hemisphere. 34 Conclusion: The editor who made this change was trying to change the celebration of the Faithist New Year from June to December. Unfortunately, the editor did not understand the sedentary nature of the Northern Line of the Sun. They also did not understand that the Solstices summer and winter are in opposition to each other on a global scale, that the "shortest day" is related to demographics, not time of year. I am not imputing maliciousness on the part of the editor. Currently Faithists live in such isolation from one another that arguing about the New Year is a waste of resources and time and further divides us as a Faithist Community. When the intention was to unite Faithist globally. "...the sabbath days all around the world ...shall be in concert with mortals, as to times and seasons in all things." (Inspiration, 14: 27-28) My inclination is to celebrate both New Years. 35 Our or Two New Years Days Written by Joan Greer in 1992 This paper was in a booklet called Faithist Holidays and it accompanied a calendar Printed by Sabea Publications in 1989 & 1992. The Essenes of Kosmon of Montrose, Colorado, celebrated the New Year at the Summer Solstice. They had documented, the contents of the old trunk and the original Lant plates of OAHSPE. The Essenes were aware that the New Year's date in December was a strong tradition. 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