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Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the Alter Rebbe, famously stated that we must "live with the times," thereby experiencing the teachings of the Torah related to each week of the year. Similar to the zodiac, where every month has its own symbolism, every week of the Jewish calendar also has a unique meaning. Kahane and Wainer explain that the calendar is the master key to unlock the hidden rationale behind the formal structure of ancient sacred texts,...
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The Maya calendar started on August 11, 3114 BCE (corresponding date in the proleptic Gregorian calendar) and will end on December 21 2012. Will it be Armageddon or just another day? The believers are making survival preparations and turning to religious leaders for guidance and solace. Follow National Geographic through the maze of doomsday prophets, cult leaders, and international and historic end times teachings to understand the science behind...
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Great Courses volume 15
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Delve into the surprisingly tricky problem of deciding when a lunar month begins - usually determined by the first sighting of a crescent Moon after new Moon. Professor Schaefer describes his algorithm for calculating this event and then applies it to dating the crucifixion of Jesus.
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Great Courses volume 11
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Unlock the secrets of the Maya calendar, which was unlike any other in the world - with nested cycles of time keyed to human, seasonal, and astronomical patterns. Look back to their year zero and the special importance of the number 1,195,640.
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The college of pontiffs was responsible for keeping track of all the gods and their holidays; the necessary public festivals and the seasons; as well as the days, weeks, months, and cycles of the Moon. But by historical times, the calendar was completely out of sync. Learn how and why Julius Caesar reorganized the calendar into a version very close to what we use today.
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The seasons of the church year and the biblical feasts are not just for certain denominations or people of a certain ethnicity; everyone who is a follower of Jesus, the Messiah, can practice them! Just as we have a civic calendar of holidays and days of various celebrations that are special and give meaning to our lives, so the seasons of the church year and the biblical feasts can help deepen, enrich, and feed our spiritual lives.
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One time is ending, but another is just beginning, an entirely new era in the history of the Earth: the noosphere. This is the message of José Argüelles. In this authorized Biography, Stephanie South leads the reader into the world of one of the most unique visionaries in history, exploring the nature of time, telepathy, Earth changes, prophecy, synchronicity and awakening the Earth to a new time.
South's previous book, 2012: Biography of a Time...
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The spiritual world blesses the Earth at least 58 times a year-here's how you can join the party. Do you think folklore customs about solstices and equinoxes and other regular celebration days are quaint holdovers from the past? Not so. Do you sometimes wish there were a way to include the entire planet in a meditation practice? There is, and it's called the geomantic year. At least 58 times a year the spiritual world-angels, archangels, Ascended...
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Go from astrology-curious to cosmically empowered with this expert guide to decoding the stars for everyday life
Timing is everything-and astrology is a personalized calendar designed just for you. Go beyond the memes and cliches to discover how to use this ancient system to get in sync with the stars-to become the fully empowered, energized, and happy human you are uniquely meant to be.
With fascinating, funny, and spot-on insights-and without...
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Did you know that before Aristotle and Galileo there were the Mayans? The Mayans were an ancient civilization that once lived in Mexico. They were intelligent people who developed their own calendar and studied math as well as astronomy. Develop an appreciation for this ancient civilization by reading all about them.
55) Google Calendar for Beginners: The Comprehensive Guide to Bettering Your Time-Management and Schedul
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Google Calendar For Beginners: The Comprehensive Guide To Bettering Your Time-Management And Scheduling, Organizing Your Schedule And Coordinating Events To Improve Your Productivity Google created Google Calendar, a calendaring and time-management application. Users can add and modify events in Google Calendar. Events can have reminders enabled, with options for type and time. Users can invite other users to events, and event locations can be added....
57) The Beekeeper's Calendar: A Collection of Articles on the Monthly and Seasonal Work to Be Done b
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This book contains a collection of articles on the monthly and seasonal work to be done by the beekeeper, with information on the general management of bees, the fundamentals of bee-keeping, the natural history of the bee... and much more. Although old, much of the information contained herein is timeless, and will be of as much use to the modern reader as it was to those contemporary with the original publication of this book. The articles of this...