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TOP | SOCIETIES | FREEMASONICFriday the 13th
To: alt.lucky.w,alt.magick.tyagi
From: catherine yronwode
Subject: Friday the 13th
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 15:50:37 GMT
Good morning, all --
Courtesy of my friends on the Freemasonry-list, i pass along the notice
that not only does Friday the 13th fall on a full moon this month, but
it is also reminds us of the original "Friday the 13th," 693 years ago.
It was on October 13th, 1307, a Friday, that the order went out to
arrest all members of the Knights Templar, more properly known as the
Order of Poor Knights of Jesus Christ and the Temple of Solomon. That
fateful day has been known as "Friday the 13th" ever since, and it has
been widely considered an unlucky day no matter what month it falls in
-- but even more so when it falls in October.
Of course, there have been some calendar reforms since 1307 :-) and i
thought that the horologically obsessed among us might enjoy the
following commentary on Friday the 13th, from Roger Firestone of the
Freemasonry-list:
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 07:22:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Dr. Roger M. Firestone"
Subject: Re: Calendar Reform
In 1753, eleven days were added to the calendar by the
English-speaking world to move from the Julian to Gregorian
calendar. The rest of the Western world had adopted the
Gregorian calendar about 70 years earlier, when the Pope
Gregory (forget his number) promulgated it. The Anglican
Communion did not, of course, accept the authority of the
Papacy, even on this matter, but after most of a century
it came to be recognized that persisting in the folly of
a faulty calendar could not be justified on the grounds of
religious differences.
Thus, for example, George Washington was born on 11 February
1732, but after the addition of the eleven days, this became
the 22 February that we now recognize as his birthday (even
if it is observed on a prior Monday, and the primary observance
is with sales in the retail stores).
However, one cannot add _eleven_ days to the Templar Friday
the 13th, because that was the correction for the 18th century.
In the 14th century, the correction was _eight_ days, there
having been an intervening three unneeded leap days in the
four century interval. Ergo, the Templar Friday the 13th would
[theoretically] become an observation on 21 October.
In a few thousand years, it will be necessary to skip another
leap year that should have been under the Gregorian rule. Omar
Khayyam (yes, the one who wrote the Rubayat) calculated that
it would be more accurate to skip one leap year every 128
(2**7) years; the Gregorian rule skips one every 133.33 years,
effectively. So we aren't skipping enough leap years, and one
more will have to be dropped someday. I think it works out to
about every 3000 years. I don't expect to be around to be
consulted on the matter...
Horology (determination of time and the calendar) is a branch
of astronomy -- one of the oldest, in fact -- and should be
familiar to every Mason who has been Passed to the Degree of
Fellowcraft. Of course, what Masons _should_ know and what
they _do_ know have long been somewhat divergent. :-)
Roger M. Firestone, 32 KCCH
Musician/Lodge Education Officer
Henry Lodge #57, AF&AM
Fairfax, VA
All of this reminds me of the wonderful "Pogo" newspaper comic strips of
Walt Kelly, whose superstitious characters frequently warned each other
that "Friday the 13th falls on a Wednesday this month!" or became
agitated and fearful because "Friday the 13th falls on a Monday this
month!"
cat yronwode
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