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Interfaith Spirituality
-Ancient Hindu saying
I love learning about different spiritual paths. Raising the vibration of the Earth happens when people establish bridges of understanding between one another. Spiritual belief systems can be areas of great division, or areas of beautiful unity. The first step in establishing unity is understanding. I will be designing this webpage with the goal of supporting spiritual understanding
Here you will find the dates of holidays from various traditions in an Interfaith Calendar, free email greeting cards for your family and friends, humorous videos, and books exploring interfaith perspectives of spirituality.
Holiday Calendar
January
Hopi & Zuni Soyala (Dec 21st to Jan 9th) Native American
Navajo Sing (Jan 29th to Feb 6th)
New Year's Day (1st) Western calendar
Tewa Turtle Dance (Jan 1st to Jan 4th) Native American
February
Imbolc (2nd) Pagan
Lent (Feb 17 - Apr 3) Christian
New Year's Day (14th) Asian calendar
Valentine's Day (14th) Western calendar
Presidents Day (15th) American civic holiday
Purim (28th) Jewish
March
Iroquois Maple Ceremony (Mar 15th - Mar 18th) Native American
Ostara (20th) Pagan
Palm Sunday (28th) Christian
Passover (30th - Apr 6th) Jewish
St. Patrick's Day (17th) Christian
April
Easter (4th) Christian
Earth Day (22nd) American civic holiday
Good Friday (2nd) Christian
Iroquois Thunder Ceremony (14th - 17th) Native American Mayan Rain Festival (Apr 26th - May 3th)
May
Beltane (1st) Pagan
Iroquois Corn-planting Ceremony (May 13th - May 16th) Native American
May Day (1st) Christian
Memorial Day (31st) American civic holiday
Mother's Day (9th) American civic holiday
Shavuot (19th) Jewish
June
Father's Day (20th) American civic holiday
Summer Solstice (21st) Pagan
July
Independence Day (4th) American civic holiday
August
Lammas (1st) Pagan
Ramadan (11th - Sep 10th) Islamic
September
Labor Day (6th) American civic holiday
Mabon/Fall equinox (22nd) Pagan
Rosh Hoshana (9th) Jewish
Succot (23rd - 29th) Jewish
Yom Kippur (18th) Jewish
October
Makahki/New Year (Oct 15th) Hawaiian American
Samhain (31st) Pagan
November
All Saints' Day (1st) Christian
Eid ul-Adha (27th) Islamic
Hopi & Zuni Ancestors' Day (2nd ) Native American
Thanksgiving (26th) American civic holiday
Veteran's Day (11th) American civic holiday
December
Christmas (25th) Christian
Christmas Card Day (9th) Christian
Hanukkah (2nd - 9th) Jewish
Hopi & Zuni Shalako Festival (Dec 5th - Dec 18th) Native American
Kwanzaa (26th - Jan 1st) American civic holiday
New Year's Day (7th) Islamic
Winter Solstice (21st) Pagan
Yule (21st) Pagan
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Humor
I wish there were a Religion of Laughter, and it was mandatory that we all lightened up about religion sometimes. Maybe these would be some featured "preachers"...
UK comedian, David Allen, shares his experiences as a four-year-old
on his first day at convent school, in this comedy clip on Youtube
Send a Free Email Card
E-cards are a great way to stay in touch with loved ones
during the holidays, or just to say hello any time of the year.
E-Cards for Many Occasions:
Note: click on "Events" in the list
below for specific holiday e-cards:
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Books
The Varieties of Religious Experiences: A Study in Human Nature, by William JamesOctober 22, 2009
"...this is primarily a study of many case histories of very personal and profound experiences with God. They are mostly in the form of excerpts from autobiographies and memoirs, mainly Christian and contemporary (the book was published in 1903), but many also from other times and faiths. There is no addressing the pros and cons of organized religion here, or, for that matter, of questions like whether miracles really happen, etc.
This book is a microcosm, though. James touches on so many matters of religion and, indeed, life and philosophy overall that the book makes valuable reading for anyone interested in humans generally.
He talks, of necessity, quite a bit about the subconscious, which had just recently been "invented," showing that profound religious experiences comes from there, though that doesn't mean that they're not of divine origin: perhaps it's our subconscious self that connects to God.
James then analyzes these experiences from the pragmatic point of view of, Are these experiences healthy? What are their "fruits"?
But there are no ultimate "Answers" of the kind you find suggested in other works of philosophy or theology. Despite some heady speculation towards the end, James sticks to the facts, and never expects his audience to accept anything unproven....
--Cathy Sahu, Amazon customer reviewer
Click on the image of the book above to read the entire Amazon.com customer review of this book, or to order it here