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<strong>World</strong> <strong>Religious</strong> <strong>Calendar</strong> 868<br />

August 4<br />

fixed holy days<br />

These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.<br />

Loch-mo-Naire:<br />

Loch-mo-Naire: Scottish holy day. It is believed that on this day each year that the waters<br />

of Scotland’s Loch-mo-Naire are charged with magickal (miraculous) healing powers.<br />

Drinking the water or bathing in the lake on this day is supposed to grant healing. An ancient<br />

pre-Christian custom is to toss a silver coin into the lake as an offering to the benevolent Celtic faerie<br />

spirits that live within the lake.<br />

Vigil of Oswald:<br />

Vigil of St. Oswald: Anglo-Saxon holy day. Commemorates the death of King Oswald. On August<br />

4th, 642 C.E., the Anglo-Saxon King Oswald of Northumbria died in the Battle of Maserfield. In the<br />

Anglo-Saxon royal tradition, the king’s body was dismembered and its parts dispersed in honor of<br />

Woden. Each part became the focus for miracles of healing.<br />

Sobek Offering Stolen:<br />

Sobek Offering Stolen: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. It is the day the offering to Sobek was<br />

taken away. Do not eat any mehyet-fish today.<br />

lunar information 2008<br />

First Quarter in Virgo:<br />

First Quarter: The moon is in the first (1st) quarter (waxing crescent) in Virgo.<br />

Void of Course:<br />

Moon Void of Course: The moon is Void of Course (V/C) starting at 8:16 p.m. Eastern Standard<br />

Time.<br />

Moon enters Libra:<br />

Moon Enters Libra: Lunar Ingress. The Moon enters the sign Libra at 10:28 p.m. Eastern<br />

Standard Time.<br />

First Quarter in Libra:<br />

First Quarter: The moon is in the first (1st) quarter (waxing crescent) in Libra.<br />

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