~Notable Dates~ |
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February
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Imbolc/Candlemas Leo Martello becomes a third degree Witch traditionalist, 1973 |
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6 | Sacred to Aphrodite, Greek Goddess of love. | |
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Death of Thomas Aquinas, Catholic scholar who wrote that heresy was a product of ignorance and therefore criminal, and refuted the Canon Episcopi, 1274 |
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8 |
Birthday of Evangeline Adams, American astrologer |
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9 | Sacred to Apollo, Greek God of the sun, music and prophecy. | |
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Zsusanna Budapest arrested and later convicted for fortune telling, 1975 Sacred to Anaitis, Persian Goddess of the Moon. |
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12 |
Gerald Gardner, founder of the Gardnerian Tradition, dies of heart failure, 1964 |
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13 |
Death of Cotton Mather, minister at Salem Witch trials, 1728 |
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Valentine's Day Else Blum, a farmhand from Oberstedten, sentenced to death for Witchcraft, 1652 |
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15 |
Pope Leo X issues bull to ensure that secular courts would execute those convicted of Witchcraft by the Inquisition, 1521 |
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17 | Sacred to Kali, Hindu Goddess of death and life. | |
19 |
President's Day, observed |
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20 |
Society for Psychical Research, devoted to paranormal studies, founded in London, 1882 |
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21 |
Stewart Farrar is initiated, 1970 Death of Theodore Parker Mills, Wiccan Elder Birthday of Trish Telesco, Wiccan author |
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22 |
Birthday of Sybil Leek, astrologer and Witch (1923-1983) Birthday of ShadowCat, Wiccan author |
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27 | Mardi Gras/Fat Tuesday | |
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Ash Wednesday Sacred to the many forms of the Earth Goddess - Demeter, Ceres and Gaia. |
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