Today, May 11, is National Twilight Zone Day, Provider Appreciation Day, Military Spouse Appreciation Day, National Public Gardens Day, Fintastic Friday: Giving Sharks a Voice, Hostess Cupcake Day, and Eat What You Want Day. Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker’s… Continue Reading
Today, May 9, is the Feast of Tenzing Norgay, a Nepalese Indian mountaineer who was one of the first two individuals to set foot on the summit of Mount Everest. He, along with Edmund Hillary of New Zealand, was a… Continue Reading
Today, 8 May, is the Feast of Dame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Russian occultist, philosopher, author, and co-founder of the Theosophical Society. Brittanica tells us, “In 1877 her first major work, Isis Unveiled, was published. In this book she criticized the science and religion of her… Continue Reading
Tomorrow, 8 May, is the Feast of Saint Paul Gauguin, a leading Post-Impressionist painter. Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin was born 7 June 1848 and died 8 May 1903. According to Biography, he “…created his own unique painting style, much like he crafted… Continue Reading
Today, May 4, is are Anti-Bullying Day, No Pants Day, Space Day, and Star Wars Day. Tomorrow, May 5, is the Feast of James Branch Cabell, who died May 5, 1958, in Richmond, Virginia. Cabell is best known for his… Continue Reading
Today, May 3, is World Press Freedom Day (man has the right to write what he will), Public Radio Day, Wordsmith Day, Garden Meditation Day, World Password Day, National Day of Reason, Paranormal Day, National Textiles Day, Sun Day, Martin… Continue Reading
“To worship me take wine and strange drugs whereof I will tell my prophet, & be drunk thereof! They shall not harm ye at all.” — AL II:22 Yesterday was the feast of Albert Hoffman, who died just over 10… Continue Reading
Today, 27 April, is the Feast of Sir Wilfred T. Smith. Wilfred Talbot Smith was born Frank Wenham 8 June 1885, the illegitimate son of a domestic servant and her employer in Tonbridge, Kent. He moved to Canada in 1907, where he began reading about Western esotericism. In January 1915… Continue Reading
Today, April 25, is the Feast of St. Manes. According to The Invisible Basilica of Sabazius, Manes was: Also known as Mani or Manichaeus; Persian philosopher and religious teacher, founder of the Gnostic religion of Manichaeism (see Chapter 201 of Liber… Continue Reading
Today, April 23, is the Feast of Gnostic Saint Sir Richard Payne Knight. Wikpedia describes Knight as “… a classical scholar, connoisseur, archaeologist and numismatist best known for his theories of picturesque beauty and for his interest in ancient phallic imagery.”… Continue Reading