If it is true that our
species stands at the beginnings of an evolutionary leap in its
consciousness, then a major ingredient in this next millennium order
must be an entirely new means of conceiving and ordering
time.
We of CircleoftheEarth
are proposing the Tree Calendar, to insure that this manifested
mindfulness is sensitive to, and harmonious with, our earth. Cosmic
awareness in life expresses itself through the material, bodily
plane. Our deepest understanding of the earth is to see our kinship:
we truly are the cycles, from the birth and death of seconds to the
wearing away of thousands and thousands of years.
The Tree Calendar is 8000
years old. It was originally given to Samuel Settingsun in a dream in
the desert in 1955. A similar calendar was described by Robert Graves
in 1961 in his book, The White Goddess. The Tree Calendar was
used by a Neolithic, Mediterranean civilization now only known as The
People of the Sea. The full name of their calendar is "The Sacred
Alphabet-Tree Calendar of the People of the Sea."
This book is a "how to"
manual, so that you may begin to celebrate the New Calendar in your
city, town or neighborhood, alone or in a group.
We are hopeful that the
Tree Calendar will prove useful both to the sincerity of your life
and to your commitment in making the future.
This book has five parts:
Part I: THE TMEIRAFODU (FIVE TEXTS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE SEA) In his dream, along with the Calendar, Samuel Settingsun received four Songs (poems and prayers) related to it.
+++Invocation of Our Mother the Earth (Welsh)............
+++Tmeirafodu (or History of the People of the Sea).....
+++The Sacred Tree Calendar.....................................
+++Song of the Sacred Calendar (Amergin) (Irish).........
+++Story of the Year (Love Song)........................
+++**Notes on the Sacred Texts**.............................
Part II: UNDERSTANDING THE BACKGROUND OF THE CALENDAR Introduction to the New Calendar Society--a talk by Victor Greentree in 1989 explaining the need for a new calendar and how it will emerge.
How and Why I Got the "Tmeirafodu" from Samuel Settingsun. A personal statement by Victor Greentree relating the events in his life that led to his receiving the Tree Calendar, its consequences for him, and about his psychic connection to Samuel Settingsun.
"There is No Rhyme, Sense or Reason. It Just Happens to be the Season"--a reprint of an article about the politics of the earth spirituality movement, particularly as a means of self-definition.
Part III: COMMENTARIES ON THE TREE CALENDAR AND THE TMEIRAFODU
+++Using the Tree Calendar Today
+++The 5 Questions and the Now We's: The Calendar's Real Meaning
+++When the People of the Sea probably Lived: Shamanic vs. Tribal
+++"Love Song" and the Calendar
+++Local Calendars: A Suggested Calendar for Southwest Ohio
+++Choosing the Trees and Plants for Your Local Calendar
+++North American Relatives of the Original Calendar Trees
+++Worldwide Earth Celebrations in a Bi-polar World
Part IV. BOOK OF CELEBRATIONS
+++Friday Evening Celebration
+++Table of Circle of the Earth Celebrations
Part V. CIRCLE OF THE EARTH BY SAMUEL SETTINGSUN
Settingsun, who died in 1958, spoke publicly only once through Allen Nevar, a messianic message, in Santa Cruz, California in 1983.