There are many holidays around the world that celebrate love. Of course the most well known and widely extended of these is Valentine’s Day, but there are also more localized days that celebrate romantic love such as the Romanian Dragobete or St. George’s Day in Catalunya and the Chinese celebration of Qixi which I would like to discuss today. Qixi falls on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month, this year coinciding with August 25th on…
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The month of November is now halfway over and we are heading towards Thanksgiving and the Holiday season, one of the most magical and fun times of the year. In the past I have written about the many important holy days that occur towards the end of November and into December leading up to Christmas and the New Year. This is a truly wonderful period with deep spiritual significance. I would like to discuss an Asian holiday…
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We are well into September and fast approaching the autumnal equinox and the Harvest Festival of Mabon. As I have mentioned many times before, this is my absolute favorite time of year! September and October have always been months of pure beauty and magic for me. It is a time to enjoy all the gifts the earth has given us and to offer thanks in return. For this reason many autumn harvest festivals exist throughout the world. …
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Anybody who knows me knows that I love Chinese food. Everything from traditional dishes from different regions of China to classic Americanized Chinese food, I eat it all. I’ve spent many fun nights with friends and family getting takeout and having long leisurely dinners in kitschy 1950’s style Tiki-Polynesian-Chinese themed restaurants. One decoration that is ubiquitous in such establishments is the fat, smiling laughing Buddha known popularly as the Lucky Buddha. Sometimes he is presented as simply…
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New Year’s Eve and Day have always been fun for me. I love the idea of ushering in the New Year through a night of celebration that does not have the commercial overtones of Christmas. I celebrate and love Christmas as well but I feel that it should be a time of deep spiritual reflection, charity and kindness towards others rather than the materialism with which it has become associated in the modern age. New Year’s is…
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