Calendar

This article examines the Celtic tree calendar, also known as the Beth-Luis-Nion Calendar, a modern spiritual system based on contemporary interpretations of the Ogham alphabet and its associations with various trees. The text traces the calendar’s development from nineteenth-century scholarship through the influential work of Robert Graves and Ross Nichols, while acknowledging that it lacks historical basis in ancient Celtic or Druidic practice.

This article provides an overview of Boedromion, the third month of the ancient Attic calendar, explaining its approximate correspondence to September/October in the Gregorian calendar and its determination by the third new moon following the summer solstice. The reader will learn about the major festivals observed during this month, including the Greater Eleusinian Mysteries, Genesia, and Democratia.