[at-l] Folklore?

[hikester@mindspring.com (Lynn Setzer)]

Absolutely.  ;-)  Let me be the first to get in that line!

Lynn

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From: <patrick.loomis@ch.novartis.com>
To: <Patrick.Elliott@allina.com>; <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 1:18 PM
Subject: RE: [at-l] Folklore?


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> Okay guys, a Lunar Eclipse can only happen when the moon is Full, a Solar
> Eclipse can only happen when the moon is New.   We must be careful to make
> sure our terms are well defined here.  And if I'm not mistaken, when we
> have one type, (solar or lunar I can't recall which), the other type
> usually follows two weeks later.
>
> There, does that confuse everyone enough?
>
> Pat Loomis
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> "Elliott, Patrick S" <Patrick.Elliott@allina.com>@mailman.backcountry.net
> on 06/04/2001 10:57:48 AM
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> To:   "Arthur Gaudet" <gaudet@mediaone.net>, "Lynn Setzer"
>       <hikester@mindspring.com>, <at-l@backcountry.net>
> cc:
> Subject:  RE: [at-l] Folklore?
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> You are incorrect.  Eclipses can only occur when the moon is a "NEW"
> moon.  The sun and moon have to be up in the daytime sky at the sime
> time).
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arthur Gaudet [mailto:gaudet@mediaone.net]
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 7:51 PM
> To: Lynn Setzer; at-l@backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [at-l] Folklore?
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> It's called Midsummer in my reference, falling between Beltane (May
> 1) and Lughnasa (August 1). In the mythographic representation of the
> 8 Stations fo the year it is "the beginning and end of the year; the
> holly king succeeds the oak king". Probably associated with male
> initiation rites, puberty rites, warrior rites. Midwinter is assigned
> the female initiation rites.
>
> The Druid holidays were celebrated according to a lunar calendar so
> the full moon determined the date of the festival. In the neo-pagan
> calendar it's done by date (solar calendar). It just happens that
> this year they coincide.
>
> Eclipses can only happen when the moon is full, and it doesn't happen
> every time of course. I've been reading a lot lately about Stonehenge
> and it's use as a predicting tool for eclipses. Moderns seem to think
> that the ability to predict eclipses was an essential attribute of
> the druid priesthood. Archaelogists now assign that reasoning to the
> late neolithic creators of Stonehenge.
>
> btw, the Druids were latecomers to Stonehenge according to modern
> archaelogy. By the time they arrived on the scene Stonehenge had been
> in use for 2200 years! The construction period is from 2800 to 1500
> BC,  before Copper, Bronze, and Iron Ages. The periods given for the
> Druids range from 6th century BC to 6th century AD. So in terms of
> time, we are closer to the Druids than the Druids were to the
> Neolithic creators...
>
> This is from John King's "The Celtic Druid's Year", John Fowles "The
> Enigma of Stonehenge" and Gerald Hawkins "Stonehenge Decoded".
>
> RockDancer '97
>
> >Anyone out there knowledgeable in Celtic traditions?  I'm curious if
> >any significance is attached to the summer solstice that is occuring
> >this year with a new moon.
> >
> >Lynn
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