- The renewal of a new cycle; new beginnings, endings, starting over, changes, natural cycles, rhythms, loss, renewal and new energy.
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The chance to grow and learn new information with fresh new information and new perspective; it's okay to have been wrong in the past as long as growth is a possibility in within the inner self.
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The opportunity to let go of old information and bad habits that are influenced by outside interference, creating a renowned relationship with Spirit/God/Source.
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A time of reflection and the laying out fresh intention; developing skills further.
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How do we take this in?
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How do we harmonize with this cycle?
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How do we apply it within our lives and our environment?
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How do we grow from it?
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How do we teach others by leading by example?
The New Year is a time of renewal. A new cycle of life. This time of the year is the ultimate time for going inward and reconnecting to the High Self and the Spirit. The days are shorter and darker allowing for the individual the spiritual space to reconnect to who and what they truly are.
This is why the start of a New Year is one of my favorite times. New life, new intention and new adventure to add to the journey that is the physical experience.
History:
The earliest known record of a New Year festival dates from about 2000 BCE in Mesopotamia, where in Babylonia the new year (Akitu) began with the new moon after the spring equinox (mid-March) and in Assyria with the new moon nearest the autumn equinox (mid-September). During the reign of Numa, it was revised in the Roman republican calendar so that January replaced March as the first month. January was named after Janus, the Roman god of all beginnings. Janus is the god of transitions and dualities and is portrayed with two faces—one facing the past, and one facing the future. He also holds a key in his right hand, which symbolizes his protection of doors, gates, thresholds, and other separations or openings between spatial boundaries. The name of the god Janus (Iānus) means in Latin 'arched passage or doorway'. This is clearly an allegorical symbol for the new beginnings and new traditions. A reminder to look back and reflect but to put the majority your focus on new life in the future as always looking back to the past can lead to a difficult experience and perhaps eventual mental illness. The past is now truth and cannot be changed. Change can only happen in the present and future.
Numa Pompilius (c. 753–672 BC; reigned 715–672 BC) was a Sabine and the second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus. Many of Rome's most important religious and political institutions are attributed to him, such as the Roman calendar, Vestal Virgins, the cult of Mars, the cult of Jupiter, the cult of Romulus, and the office of pontifex maximus. What is interesting about him is that he did not want the burden of kingship as he felt that he was not a leader but a man of spirituality; but was eventually was persuaded into it by several of his close confidants. It seems possible that he was influenced by the same type of esoteric teachings that Pythagoras (c.570 – c.495 BC) had been later on. He reportedly wrote many books that pertained to esoteric spirituality coming from inspirations like Egeria and the Muses. He ruled until he was 81 years old (the time of his death) and rather than being cremated he choose to be buried in a stone coffin with his many books that he wrote in a stone coffin next to him. In 181 bc the coffins were randomly found by civilians and when investigated the one that was inscribed with the name of the king was found empty (a strange mystery in itself), the other containing two bundles each of seven books. Seven in Latin dealing with pontifical law and seven in Greek on philosophy. Praetor Q. Petilius, who was friends with L. Petilius, requested them, found them very dangerous to religion and told Lucius he would have them burnt, but he allowed him to try and recover them by legal or other means. The scriba brought the case to the tribunes of the plebs, and the tribunes in turn brought it to the senate. The praetor declared he was ready to swear an oath that it was not a good thing either to read or to store those books, and the senate deliberated that the offer of the oath was sufficient by itself, that the books be burnt on the Comitium (the original open-air public meeting space of ancient Rome) as soon as possible and that an indemnity fixed by the praetor and the tribunes be paid to the owner. L. Petilius though declined to accept the sum. The books were burnt by the victimarii (a slave or freedman who were ordered to sacrifice something).
Egeria was a nymph attributed as being a nymph and is the giver of laws and rituals. Most of what we know about this currently says that this figure (or allegory) comes from Roman practice, however, the actual origin on this figure is unknown.
The Muses are "beings" that have changed in construct throughout our human history in order to represent this deity or that group of deities, however all they are is an allegory that represent the inner High-Self, Spirit and the inspirational, creative power of an individual. This sounds more like an ancient way to try to explain the tool for using God's Law/Natural Law by using the inspiration of it to manifest reality.
My working theory:
Besides the astrological stuff we know for sure what is interesting about this is that this shows a great example of an individual who had some sense of ancient, esoteric knowledge through study who was placed in a position by force and made to play a role established by a government. The books he wrote he felt were not safe in the public during his time and would never see the public but would be covered up by said government. Obviously, he was correct in this assumption because as soon as they were rediscovered about 500 years later they were then promptly burned by the same corrupt types of people in the current government. This shows an insight on Numas' part that he understood the false nature of government and it was mainly comprised of a dark occult, ruling parasitic class.
The next question is, what made Numa change the New Year festival to January 1st from March? This decision could have come from him or from the influence of the current Roman senate. It is reported that he subtracted a day from each of the 30-day months to make them 29 and since the lunar year has 355 days (or 354.367 to be exact) which meant that he had 57 days left to share into 2 months. In 713 BC, Numa had the bright idea to add two months to the calendar year, and these were January and February. The ten original months were named Martius (March), Aprilis (April), Maius (May), Juniius (June), Quintilis (June), Sextilis (August), September, October, November, and December—the last six names correspond to the Latin words for the numbers 5 through 10. It makes me wonder if he did this due to understanding who and what the true adversary was, being fear, and that there was dark occult, ancient satanists who used March as a high holiday festival (the beginning of the Season of Sacrifice which starts on March 17th) to control the will and attention of the civilians. Really this could have been a move by Numa to steer people away from a wrong spiritual path or it could have been a forced maneuver in order to allow the people to forget old, Dark Mithraic, Sol Invictus traditions.
Conclusion:
No matter our history, we must understand that moving forward is the only way to make change for the future. So, in order to do that, we don't forget our past, but we should learn from it and use our inherent gifted abilities to forge new traditions. That means we must take this power of renewal back for truth and freedom. We have the power to take any historical traditions that have existed and create new ones based in morality and ethics. Learn from the past and start creating a history that our future (our children) can look back on and emulate.
How do we interact with this time of year?
How do we evaluate ourselves and the information we know?
How do we share this experience with others in a healthy way?
How do we share the new information we have learned from our previous year?
How do use this information to reestablish ourselves and our connection to Spirit?
How to do we guide others in a way they need or are ready for?
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