The PSR 13 Month Calendar

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Circles in Recovery

The ancients described the annual cycle as a simple circle. It had no beginning, and no ending, and was as uninterruptible as time itself. Most pagan traditions define and protect their sacred space by casting a circle, a magickal and psychological barrier to keep out the distractions and the negativity of the mundane world. For our meetings we have created a similar safety zone where we can comfortably share our experience, strength and hope in our own terms. Our sanctum (a sacred place free from intrusion) has become an integral part of our long-term recovery program.

As we work the steps with the help of our guide and others, we rediscover our inner spirit, and with patience and practice we learn to reconnect with the infinite power that our gods represent. As we grow spiritually, our well being depends less and less on our material world. Our self worth depends more on how well we treat and help others, not how much we have. We no longer give people, places and things the power to dictate our feelings.

When we are ready, we ask our Divine Union to remove our negative attributes. If we do so sincerely, we will overcome our negative programming and infuse ourselves with the joy, the serenity and the happiness that we came into this world with. We find ourselves freed from our illusions of control, our nagging doubts, and our compulsive actions. We no longer crave the substances we once thought would make us whole. In short, we eliminate behaviors that reinforced our Disorder and provided fuel for its survival.

This gift is available to us all if we open our hearts and minds, and surrender the driver's seat to forces that are greater, and more capable, than ourselves.

In a ritual circle we enter a new realm, a dimension that is distinct and apart from our mundane, physical existence. In recovery we create a similar space, a place not a place, a time beyond time. We can speak more freely with each other and our gods, and now we can hear what everyone has to say. Our carefully crafted systems of denial wither and die. Our Disorder abhors this place because now we can see it clearly. If we stay long enough our Disorder loses power and momentum. The camouflage our Disorder once enjoyed in our daily lives doesn't work here, and we discover that our Disorder has been lying to us. It is naked and defenseless against the bright, white light we have just stepped into.

The PSR calendar began on Nov 1, 2003. With it we mark the passage of time in this new realm, a land of healing we are dedicated to nurturing, protecting, and preserving. We use the calendar to meditate on our recovery time, and to keep track of equinoxes, solstices, Esbats and the Sabbats. But more importantly, use it to focus on the great gift of the present moment: now. And what of the future? Tomorrow is only a long sequence of nows lined up, one after another. Neglecting what is in front of you by obsessing over tomorrow is one of the best ways to destroy that future.

The Days of the Week

The names for the days of the week have pagan roots, but over time Christianized Europeans have altered the spellings to reflect a more palatable origin. For our calendar we have reverted to the approximate early spellings:

Moonday (Monday)

This day is named for the Moon Goddesses, Luna, Selene, Artemis, and Diana. Her associated metal is silver.

Tyrsday (Tuesday)

Tyr, the god of honorable war, is the Germanic version of Zeus (Greek) and Dyaus Pitar (Hindi). He is the son of Odin and Frigga, the Earth Mother. The sword and the metal iron represent Tyrsday.

Wodinsday (Wednesday)

Those following the Asatru path honor Wodin, the chief god of the Norse. The fluid mercury represents Wodinsday.

Thorsday (Thursday)

Son of Odin, Thor is the god of strength, thunder, and war. Tin is associated with thunderbolts, one of Thor's attributes.

Friggasday (Friday)

Odin's wife, Frigga, is the mother of all. She rules marriage, caring, and love. The metal copper is associated with Friday.

Saturnday (Saturday)

Saturn is the Roman god of fertility, and is associated with Demeter (Ceres). He gave humankind agriculture, civilization and government.
The metal lead is attributed to Saturday.

Sunday (Sunday)

Sunday celebrates the sun gods, Ra, Helios, Malina (Inuit), Apollo, and Mithra (Persian). A Zoroastrian deity, Mithra was born on December 25, of a virgin mother. As the source of all life, Mithra could grant redemption to the souls of the dead and give them entrance to heaven. To redeem sinners he dunked them in water and anointed them with oil. Other rituals included a meal of bread and water, and a consecrated wine, blessed with divine power. Historians and religious scholars date the life of Zarathustra, the founder of Zoroastrianism, between 6000 and 1000 BCE.

The metal gold is associated with Sunday.

The PSR Year

PSR Year Two Calendar (2004/2005) PSR Year TwoBead Worksheet .RTF

Tree of Recovery, New Years Day November 1
Tree of Recovery is a day without a month, a transition period following Samhain (when the Veil is thinnest between the worlds) during which we prepare for the Goddess' long sleep

The Tree of Recovery is a divine parallel to our own recovery program, existing on a spiritual plane that mirrors our material realm: as above, so below. Its leaves come from every tree species of the world, and represent the myriad of pagan traditions PSR welcomes.

Trees have manifested as important spiritual milestones throughout human history. These include Cosmic Ash, the World Tree, and the Tree of Life. Odin hung from the Norse Yggdrasil as he meditated on the meaning of the runes. Its branches reach into the sky, supporting the realm of the gods, and its roots dig deep into the ground or "Underworld," linking the two. Nine days later he had a spiritual awakening and drew the runic power into him, and became omniscient.

The Enlightenment of the Buddha occurrs under a tree. Hindus acknowledge tree spirits known as yaksha. The Egyptian's Holy Sycamore connect the worlds of life and death; the branches of the Mayan Yaxche support the heavens. In Celtic cosmology the Celtic Tree of Life, or Crann Bethadh, connect the three circles of existence: Abred (struggle and evolution), Gwynedd, (purity) and Ceugant (infinity).

1) Kali, Month of Realization Hindu Goddess November 2 - 29
We realized that our spiritual, physical and mental disorders have totally defeated us, and that it is time to reclaim our lives.

Fruit: Apple
Incense: 1Pt Pinon, 1Pt Gum Benzoin, 1Pt Frankincense
Color: Blood red
Flower: Chrysanthemum
Creature: goose

Kali is a goddess of both death and nurturing. She represents both the demise of our old life, and the encouraging nature of the recovery group. She is a laughing, naked hag sporting a necklace of human skulls and dismembered limbs. From the Sanskrit feminine kala, or "time," she is the Hindu three-fold goddess of creation, preservation, and destruction. With her four arms she holds a sword, a severed human head, and an infinite source of fear and ecstasy. As a mother goddess she nurtures and reassures us, yet scolds us constructively for our bad behavior. As the preserver she defies the unceasing passage of time with her immortality. And as the destroyer, she kills the subconscious demons that lead to negative thinking.

Leading the Pagan Sanctum year with Month 1, Realization, Kali helps us slay our former selves and gives us much needed spiritual support as we establish our new lives in recovery.

2) Cerridwen, Month of Acknowledgement Welsh-Celtic Goddess November 30 - December 27
We acknowledged that our combined disorders have been sustaining our illusions of control, and that through meditation, honest introspection and help from others we can overcome this barrier and rediscover our Inner Divine Power.

Fruit: Cherry
Incense: 1Pt Clove, 1Pt Dragon's Blood, 1Pt Copal
Color: Gray
Flower: Mistletoe
Creature: Snowy Owl

In her most terrifying form Cerridwen is the Goddess of Dark Prophecy, the Crone; her counterparts are the Irish goddess Badb and the Greek goddess Hecate. She mediates requests to the Underworld, and resembles Kali in that she can balance her rage and bloodthirstiness with love, inspiration and wisdom. As a nurturing mother she tends the Cauldron of Inspiration (called Amen), in which simmers a magic draught, grael (perhaps the original Holy Grail) which imparts Divine Knowledge and Wisdom to whoever drinks it. Her dark and light aspects are reflected in her two children, her beautiful daughter Crearwy and her ugly son, Afagddu. To help her son compensate for his ugliness, she set about to brew a potion that would give him unlimited knowledge and inspiration.

For the Month of Acknowledgement her cauldron represents the wisdom we will find on our journey in recovery.

3) Mawu-Lisa, Month of Recognition Dahomean Vodoun Goddess December 28 - January 24
We recognized that the bond between our Inner and Outer Divine Powers, as we define them, has been severed, impairing our ability to function, heal and live in peace and serenity.

Fruit: Jujube
Incense: 1Pt Gum Benzoin, 1Pt Myrrh, 1Pt Sandalwood
Color: White
Flower: Snowdrop
Creature: Pheasant

Mawu-Lisa, a two-fold deity, is the creatrix goddess of the earliest form of African Voudou, which is at least ten thousand years old. Mawu is the feminine, and attributed to the moon. Lisa is masculine, and attributed to the sun. Together they form an androgynous deity that impregnated itself, giving birth to Earth and the living creatures that live upon Her. She made the world in four days; on the first day she created the world and humans. On the second she made the world inhabitable. On the third, she gave humans the ability to speak, see and sense their surroundings. On the forth she granted humans tools and machines. Among her offspring was Dahn (In Haitian Vodoun, Dan Petro.) He is the Rainbow Snake who encircles the world (see Ungud, month of maintenance) Danh is often shown consuming his tail, just like the Greek Ouroboros. This snake symbol is found throughout ancient culture and is one of the earliest religious symbols known.

The Dahomey kingdom (now Benin, West Africa) came into being in the 1600's, but fell to western colonization in the 1800's when France assimilated them into their West African colonies. Voudoun migrated to the America's via the slave trade. In 1692 during the Salem Witch Trials, twenty-one women and men were accused of witchcraft; Tituba, a slave in the household of Reverend Samuel Parris (whose daughters made the false accusations) was a vodoun practicitioner who, ironically, was one of the few to survive by "confessing" her magickal practices.

As the original Mother Goddess, Mawu-Lisa represents the restoration of our well-being and sanity; her son, Dahn, represents the full circle we have come in reuniting our Divine Powers.

4) Odin, Month of Reunion Norse God January 25 - February 21
We abandoned our will to the reunion of our Divine Powers.

Fruit: Peach
Incense: 1Pt Sandalwood, 1Pt Clove, 1Pt Cinnamon
Color: Red
Flower: Violet
Creature: Duck, Otter

Odin (also Woden) is the Norse leader of gods, and god of battle, inspiration, and the spiritual world; he appears in a trinity with Thor, his son, and his wife Frigga. He protects traders, travelers and immigrants. As told in the verses of the Havamal (Poetic Edda,) he hung from Yggdrasil, the magickal Tree of Life, and after completing the interesting feat of sacrificing himself to himself, received all-knowing powers when granted the power of the Runes.

I trow I hung on that windy Tree
nine whole days and nights,
stabbed with a spear, offered to Odin,
myself to mine own self given,
high on that Tree of which none hath heard
from what roots it rises to heaven.
Dost know how to write, dost know how to read,
dost know how to paint, dost know how to prove,
dost know how to ask, dost know how to offer,
dost know how to send, dost know how to spend?

5) Sotuknang, Month of Surrender Hopi Goddess February 22 - March 21 (29 days long on Leap Years)
We surrendered completely our body, mind and spirit to our reunited Divine Powers, and humbly sought a new directing force for our lives

Fruit: Persimmon
Incense: 1Pt Lavendar, 1Pt Myrrh, 1Pt Sandalwood
Color: Green
Flower: Daffodil
Creature: Crow

The native North American tribe of the Hopi has occupied the Four Corners area (the intersection of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah) for ten thousand years, but now lives on less than 10% of their original holdings. Their ancestors are the Hisatsinom (People of Long Ago), referred to as the Anasazi by archeologists. Around 500 A.D. they developed pottery and stone pit houses, and by 700 A.D. they had begun to cultiveate corn, beans and cotton.

The Hopi believe the Universe began as an empty void existing within Taiowa, the Creator. There was no time, no form, no living things, just a vastness that existed only in the mind of Taiowa. Then he conceived Sotuknang, the first finite being, but he wasn't human, but a lesser god, and commanded of him, "I have created you, the first power, to carry out my plan for life in endless space."

Then Sotuknang created the land, the sky and the oceans. Then he made the Spider Woman, and granted her the power to create life for this new world. She fashioned two figures out of dirt and over them sang the Song of Creation:

The dark purple light rises in the north,
A yellow light rises in the east.
Then we of the flowers of the earth come forth
To receive the long life of joy.
We call ourselves the Butterfly Maidens.

Both male and female make their prayers to the east,
Make the respectful sign to the Sun our Creator.
The Sounds of bells ring through the air,
Making a joyful sound throughout the land,
Their joyful echo resounding everywhere.

The two figures came to life; one was Pöqánghoya, whose duty was to make the world more solid and stable. The other was Palöngawhoya, whose duty was to create sound that could be heard throughout the new world. Then from the dirt she fashioned the first humans, four men and four women, and as she sang the Song of Creation over them they came to life.

6) Inanna, Month of Examination Sumerian Goddess March 22 - April 18
We examined our character thoroughly and made a list of our attributes, both positive and negative

Fruit: Pear
Incense: 3Pt Pinon, 3Pt Yellow Dock, 1 Pt Balm of Gilead
Color: Brown
Flower: Daisy
Creature: Hawk

Inanna is the Sumerian Queen of Heaven goddess of love and fertility, and is the daughter of the sky god An, and the moon goddess Ningal. Her consort is Dumuzi (also Tammuz), a vegetation god who was also her brother. She expressed her dark side when she descended into the Underworld (often represented by a cave), ruled by her sister Ereskigal, and returned to walk upon the Earth.

In Sumerian religion every event is and aspect is controlled by an inner divine force, called mei (may); this inner spirit determines character and nature. Inanna persuaded the god Enki to surrender all of the meis of his city, Eridu, and gave them to her city, Uruk. These meis included godship, kingship, art, music, lamentation, smith craft . . . everything that makes up a human culture. Ever since the Sumerians praised her as the provider and governess of these phenomenon.

Among our personal meis are our attributes, the good and the bad, which we account for in step 6, Examination. This is our opportunity to determine our inventory, and determine what we wish to keep, and, with the help of our Divine Union, discard.

7) Belenus, Month of Responsibility Celtic God April 19 - May 16
We shared our examination with our Divine Powers and another person, accepting full responsibility for our actions, blaming none

Fruit: kiwi
Incense: 1Pt Wood Betony, 1Pt Eucalyptus, 1Pt Dragon's Blood
Color: Hazel
Flower: Lily
Creature: Magpie

Belenus ("God of Celtic Light") is a fertility god known throughout Gaul, Italy and the British Isles. The Welsh knew him as Beli, husband of Don, the mother Goddess; the Irish knew him as Balor and Bilé, God of Death and consort to Dana. His major attributes are healing and virility, and as a god of the sun is related to the Roman Apollo. From his name we get "Beltane" (Bel + taine, or fire, = Fire of Bel). His brother, the Greek god Agenor (who is descended from Zeus) married Telephasa and settled in Phoenicia, where they had three sons, and a daughter, Europa; from this eponym we get "Europe." Belenus dates back to the Sumerians in the form of Marduk, the supreme god of the Sumerian pantheon. Belenus is one of the more ubiquitous gods of the West, showing up as early as 1200 B.C.E. as the Sun God Baal of the Phoenicians, and Be' al to the Druids. During Beltane, the god comes to maturity and joins with the goddess, preserving the unending, annual cycle of life.

In the Month of Responsibility, represents the divine continuity, maturity, and completeness we seek in our own lives.

8) Isis, Month of Invitation Egyptian Goddess May 17 - June 13
With humility and respect we invited our Divine Power to remove our destructive traits

Fruit: Plum
Incense: 1Pt Clove, 1 Pt Dragon's Blood
Color: Purple
Flower: Rose
Creature: Wren

The primary Goddess of Egypt, her name is a version of the ancient hieroglyph for "throne." She has so many attributes that she is called the "many-named" or ""thousand-named." According the Egyptian historian Manetho, Isis discovered barley, wheat and corn, and to honor her festivals were held, with processessions of these sheafs of grain. Her image of her suckling her son, Horus, was very like the Madonna and Child, to whom many Christians mistakenly paid homage. According to Plutarch she married her brother Osiris, and with him reigned supreme in Egypt. While Osiris traveled the world, spreading civilization, Isis taught the fundamentals of agriculture in Egypt. In 331 Ptolemy developed a religion based on the cult of Isis, and presented her as a mistress of magic, immortality, and spiritual transformation.

It is this same transformation that we invoke in our recovery. We surrender to our Divine Union and ask, with humility, for the removal of our destructive traits. Then we can change from the person we were to the person we want to be, and more.

9) Selu, Month of Accountability Cherokee/Creek Goddess June 14 - July 11
We made a list of all persons we have harmed, and accepted the need to make amends to them all

Fruit: Orange
Incense: 1Pt Gum Arabic, 1Pt Cinnamon, 1Pt Copal
Color: Yellow
Flower: Larkspur
Creature: Starling

Selu was the First Woman, and gave birth to twin sons. They were always hungry, so Selu went out to find food, and returned with baskets full of corn kernels. She ground the corn and made very good, freshly baked bread, and her sons were grateful.

As her son grew up, they began to wonder where she went every day, and secretly followed her. To their amazement, Selu simply rubbed her hands, and the corn appeared in the basket. "How did you do that?" they exclaimed, and she turned around in surprise. But she seemed sad now, and she explained, "Now that you know my secret, I must go away now. It is your duty now to provide corn to the people."

So Selu went away and was never seen again, and the sons learned how to plant the corn and cultivate it, and figured out how to store it over the lean winter months.

The twins assumed accountability for their deception and, and labored to harvest the corn as mortals, working hard in the sun where before their mother simply rubbed her hands to make the corn appear.

The Cherokee, like the Celts and other cultures, believe that we are all connected: people, plants, animals. Their language possessed no words for the future, and they did not pay much attention to time; for them, there was always the present moment, because the past had been turned over to their ancestral spirits and their gods. They did not aspire to change or improve what was around them, but accepted what was.

10) Lugh, Month of Amends Celtic God July 12 - August 8
We made direct amends to these persons when possible, unless this would cause harm or make a difficult situation worse

Fruit: quince
Incense: 2Pt Rosemary, 1Pt Sage, 2Pt Clove
Color: Wheat
Flower: Gladiolus
Creature: Crane

We made direct amends to these persons when possible, unless this would cause harm or make a difficult situation worse.

Lugh is the Celtic god of light and the sun; he fathered the great Irish hero Cu Chulainn. The Hindus knew him as Karttikeya, and bore a strong semblance to the Nordic Odin. He became one of the Túatha Dé Danann (the people of the goddess Danu, also known as elves, who retreated underground via burial mounds) by impressing them with his abilities as a warrior and poet, and became one of the greatest of the Túatha Dé.

The Celtic Sabbat Lughnassadh (also known as Lammas, First Harvest Festival, the Sabbat of First Fruits, or August Eve) honors Lugh by marking the first harvest of the year. In later times he was known as John Barleycorn, a grain deity, signifying the brewing of spirits. In the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, "John Barleycorn" is used many times as a euphemism for whiskey and beer; that he a derivative of a Celtic God is mostly overlooked!

The Ballad of John Barleycorn
(excerpt)

There was three men came out of the West
Their fortunes for to try,
And these three men made a solemn vow:
John Barleycorn must die.
They ploughed, they sowed, they harrowed him in
Throwing clods all on his head,
And these three men made a solemn vow:
John Barleycorn was dead.

They've left him in the ground for a very long time
'Til the rains from heaven did fall,
Then little Sir John's sprung up his head
And so amazed them all.
They've left him in the ground 'til the Midsummer
'Til he's grown both pale and wan,
Then little Sir John's grown a long, long beard
And so become a man.

-traditional.

11) Ungud, Month of Maintenance Australian Aboriginal August 9 - September 5
We maintained our spiritual balance through daily character examination, and continued to make amends for our wrongs whenever necessary

Fruit: Fig
Incense: 1Pt Copal, 1Pt Clove, 1Pt Pinon
Color: Blue
Flower: Aster
Creature: Snake

Ungud, the Rainbow Serpent, is the primeval substance that created the universe. She appears as a snake, and dwells in the Earth, the waters, and the sky, and continues to be the source of all life and fertility. She is invisible to all, save the shamans, who are the only ones who can speak to her. She sends power to the shamans through crystals and stones. Aboriginal Austrailians believe in a time of creation, called the Dream Time, during which Ungud came into being, and gave birth to the world. She continues to maintain balance between the Earth, sky and oceans. Throughout human history snakes have represented the Earth Mother.

In the Month of Maintenance, we maintain our own balance by admitting our wrongs promptly, and without procrastination.

(12), Gaea, Month of Connection Greek Goddess September 6 - October 3
We reinforced the bond between our Inner and Outer Divine Powers through meditation, magick and ritual, and allowed this renewed connection to guide us in our daily living

Fruit: Date
Incense: 1Pt Dragon's Blood, 1Pt Lavender, 1Pt Frankincense
Color: Orange
Flower: Calendula
Creature: Swan

Gaea is the deification of the Earth beneath us, and first being to be born from the androgynous, formless Chaos or "Void". She is the source of life, and all that is good about it, and gave birth to the Sky, the Sea, and the Mountains, and then the Gods of Mount Olympus and human mortals. From the Homeric Hymn, To Gaea, the Mother of all things:

I lift a song to the mother of all things, firm-rooted Gaea,
Mother and nurse of whatever springs into life on the earth,
Beasts of the shining land, fishes that swim in the waters,
Flying birds of the air - all feed at your bountiful breast.
From you, O mistress of life, all fruit and increase arises;
Mortals too must concur if you give them life or deny it.
Happy the man you honor, on whom your benevolence settles.
All his labors are bountiful; his field is heavy with corn,
Fat cattle graze on his pasture, good grain runs over the bins.

(13)Cernunnos, Month of Continuation Celtic God October 4 - October 31
As the direct result of our spiritual rebirth, we practiced these concepts on a daily basis. We continue the circle of healing by helping others in recovery, regardless of their spiritual beliefs. We keep it only by giving it away.

Fruit: Pomegranate
Incense: 1Pt Sandalwood, 1Pt Copal, 2Pt Gum Benzoin
Color: Rust brown
Flower: Purple coneflower
Creature: Deer

The Horned God Cernunnos, a Celtic god of fertility and primal energies, is known by many names. Kernunnos, Herne, The Horned One, Old Horny, The Green Man, The Stag Lord, The Horned God of the Hunt, The Lord of the Forest, and even Lugh the Long Arm; they are all consorts to the Goddess. He represents life, wealth (He often appears with a bag of coins), and the Earthly realm, as well as the Underworld. He is generally portrayed as a mature man with a torc, long hair, and a beard, and of course a set of stag antlers. One of His most popular images appears on a large silver vessel found in 1891 in a peat bog near the town of Gundestrup, Denmark. It dates to the early La Tene period (early Iron Age, ca. 175-150 BC).

Cernunnos bears a striking resemblance to the Horned God Pashupati of the Harrapan culture, a civilization that developed in the Indus Valley around 4000 B.C.E. Excavations have revealed the Harrapans, like the Celts, worshiped a Mother Goddess and Horned God. Since the Celts probably originated in the Indus Valley about this same time, Pashupati is very likely an early version of Cernunnos. Seals showing the image of the Horned God abound, and the Indus script resembles Celtic runes. Though little has been proven yet to the satisfaction of most scholars, the Hindus (who came from the same area) are probably distant cousins to the Celts.

The name Cernunnos itself comes from the Romans, who imposed their Latin on the lands they conquered in the name of Christianity. Cornu is Latin for "horn," and with the added Roman us, we get Cornunus, or Cernnunnos, meaning "Horned One." The following verse of uncertain origin is attributed to Cernunnos, the god of the seven stag tines:

The Song of Amergin

I am a stag of seven tines,
I am a wide flood on a plain,
I am a wind on the deep waters,
I am a shining tear of the sun,
I am a hawk on a cliff,
I am fair among flowers,
I am a god who sets the head afire with smoke.
I am a battle waging spear,
I am a salmon in the pool,
I am a hill of poetry,
I am a ruthless boar,
I am a threatening noise of the sea,
I am a wave of the sea,
Who but I knows the secrets of the unhewn dolmen?

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