{"id":273,"date":"2015-02-02T03:12:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T03:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernway.org\/mysteryschool\/?p=273"},"modified":"2015-02-18T19:36:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T19:36:32","slug":"candlemas-imbolc-valentines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernway.org\/mysteryschool\/candlemas-imbolc-valentines\/","title":{"rendered":"February Alternative Holidays, Candlemas, Imbolc,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernway.org\/mysteryschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/valentine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.northernway.org\/mysteryschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/valentine-177x300.jpg\" alt=\"Esoteric Meaning of Valentines Day\" width=\"177\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.northernway.org\/mysteryschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/valentine-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/www.northernway.org\/mysteryschool\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/valentine.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><\/a>Jan 31- Feb 2<\/b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Imbolc also known as St.Brigid&#8217;s Day &#8211; Old Celtic and Irish feast of Goddess Brigid; merged with the Christian feast of St. Brigid. Fires were lit to welcome Her as She traveled about blessing fields, animals, and people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernway.org\/school\/way\/calendar\/candlemas.html\" target=\"_blank\"><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Feb. 2nd, Candlemas<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/a>, &#8220;Purification&#8221; of the Virgin (exactly 40 days ago she had a baby, now she&#8217;s &#8220;clean&#8221; again).<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"><b>Feb 1-14<\/b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Old Greek festival of God Dionysos &#8211; in which vines were pruned and sprinkled with wine, accompanied by ritual singing and dancing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"><b>Feb 7-8<\/b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Feast of Old Greek Goddess Artemis (Roman Diana) &#8211; as creatrix, midwife of birthing creatures, protector of the young, and punisher of child abusers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"><b>Feb 13 &#8211; Feb 15<\/b><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Lupercalia \/ St. Valentine&#8217;s Day \/ Norse Family Festival &#8211; Old Roman festival (Lupercalia &#8211; Festival of the Wolf) of God-Goddess Faunus-Fauna, celebrating Pan, fertility, and the coming Spring; merged with he Christian feast of St. Valentine, celebrating love of all kinds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\"><b>Feb. 14<\/b> &#8211; \u00a0Gnostic Holiday of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valentinus_%28Gnostic%29\" target=\"_blank\">Saint Valentinus<\/a>, founder of Valentinian Gnostic Teachings, who lived and taught circa 100 to 160 A.D.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; white-space: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;\">-Feast Day, Kristian Goddesses of Love. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernway.org\/goddess.html#lit\">Litany to the Kristian Goddesses of Love<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jan 31- Feb 2\u00a0Imbolc also known as St.Brigid&#8217;s Day &#8211; Old Celtic and Irish feast of Goddess Brigid; merged with the Christian feast of St. Brigid. Fires were lit to welcome Her as She traveled about blessing fields, animals, and people. 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