Pagan Book of Days A Guide to the Festivals, Traditions, and Sacred Days of the Year

A daybook containing information about rituals and celebrations that have for centuries been associated with the changing seasons of the year.* Includes charts of equinoxes and solstices, moveable holy days, and monthly lunar phases updated through the year 2010.* By Nigel Pennick, well-known author of The Sacred World of the Celts, Secret Games of the Gods, and The Ancient Science of Geomancy.* First edition sold more than 30,000 copies.Pagan rites and festivals are at the root of many traditional holidays in the Western world. Embracing a sensitivity we have lost, the Pagan traditions emphasize mystical spirituality, reverence for the feminine principle, and the links between people and the earth. This unique daybook contains a treasury of information about rituals and celebrations that have for centuries been associated with the changing seasons of the year. Included are the observances of the ancient Greek, Roman, Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, and Norse traditions, as well as Wiccan traditions and the worship of the Goddess.In The Pagan Book of Days the author provides details on auspicious and inauspicious days, holy days of ancient gods and goddesses, and the eight stations of the year (the solstices, equinoxes, and cross-quarter days). He also includes lunar and solar charts indicating dates of major Pagan celebrations from the year 2000 through the first decade of the millennium. Illustrations throughout depict images from the classical and northern European traditions. The Pagan Book of Days is an enlightening way to incorporate these ancient cultural and spiritual practices and awarenesses into your daily life.Pennick, Nigel is the author of 'Pagan Book of Days A Guide to the Festivals, Traditions, and Sacred Days of the Year' with ISBN 9780892818679 and ISBN 0892818670.