The Winter Season, ruled by the Water Element, concentrates on traditions from the Eastern Mediterranean region, S.E. Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Antola and the Levant. The focus is on Mandaean understandings, but also Pythagorean and Kabbalistic musings. Purification, especially with water, is a major theme.
The symbolic script is: Hebrew (Greek).
Scrolls: Golden Verses, Plato, Ginza, Yohon, Qulasta. Zohar, Yetzirah, etc.
Earliest stirrings: Gobeki Tepe, Knossis, Asherah, Elusian Mysteries. Mandaean  Creation w 5 Kings of Darkness. Logic, intellect, first principles thinking. Education.  Strive to remain clean, washing off the filth often.
Rituals: The major influence of this season is the Mandaean, with some Qabbalistic.
Symbolic Grain/Legume: Lentil, Beluga Lentil, Fava, Desi Chickpea, Kabuli Chickpea (Mid East)
Art: Greek and minoan frescos, Pythagorean Diagrams (Tetrakytis), Mandaean art (Bk of Abatur), Kabbalistic Tree of Life images.
Historical Movements: Season: Winter with 5 Fortnights. (All Fortnight dates are plus or minus 7 days and occur on the new or full moon beginning of the lunar fortnight.)

This season highlights the Mandaean and Qabbalistic traditions. It focuses on the Luriac Kabbalah idea of Enclothement of higher souls in lower vessels, in the shattering and restoration of the divine sparks, and in the Mandaean focus of separation from defilement.  (This season observes fasts at the end of each quarter moon, every seventh day, and during dark moons)

Sucess during this five fortnite season can be measured in an increased ability to be cleaner, more orderly, more open and honest. Communication skills and listening skills should increase. Ones world should be harmonious, more clean, and vulnerable objects and people should be lubricated, well oiled or presrved. Tendency to hide, evade or cheat on others should diminish.   Long term, multi year measurements of sucess should be seen as an achievment of moral purity, functioning relationships and well ordered institutions and harmonious group gatherings and dialogue and a robust educational system. Marital bliss, based on honest keeping of vows, should increase. The symbol of this is honest clean state is the mikveh, onsen, the tub, soap and water, etc.

SEASONAL OVERVIEW


Peace to all....
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