KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Candlemas Newsletter February 2, 2016
KATHERINE NEVILLE’SCandlemas NewsletterFebruary 2, 2016 Candlemas Today, February 2, is one of my favorites: the beginning of the New Year for many cultures around the world. For the Celts, who divided the year unto EIGHT seasons, all of them celebrated by fire festivals, today was called Imbolc, the moment between the winter solstice (when the […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S “Moving On” Newsletter December 9, 2015
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S“Moving On” NewsletterDecember 9, 2015 This photo of me was taken just after my return from Algiers (with a great tan and a weird illness!) I’ve put it here, because another great “moving event” has just occurred in my life… I Have Moved! As most of you know from reading my books, I’ve spent […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Galactic Travel Newsletter July 21, 2015
KATHERINE NEVILLE’SGalactic Travel NewsletterJuly 21, 2015 KATHERINE’S BOOKS START TRAVELING TODAY, BY THE COSMOS! Today, the anniversary of the date that we first set foot on the Moon, marks the FIRST DAY that my books are now available as E-Books! Time Travel: Fiction Inspires Reality Tonight, July 21, at 10:56 pm (US Eastern time, 2:56 […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Solstice Advent(ure) Newsletter Dec 21, 2014
KATHERINE NEVILLE’SSolstice Advent(ure) NewsletterDecember 21, 2014 Advent: Return of the Sun Today is the last Sunday of the season of Advent (from Latin adventus, a coming) a period of four Sundays when the Christian church traditionally asks us to prepare for the arrival of the baby Jesus’ birthday on December 25th. People keep calendars with 24 […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S On Pike’s Peak Lammas Newsletter Aug 8, 2014
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S On Pike’s Peak Lammas Newsletter August 8, 2014 This photo of me was taken on a Lammas Night, many years ago, on Pike’s Peak in Colorado, just after my return from living in North Africa. (Described in my book, The Eight.) Lammas or Lugnassadh Lammas is the Eighth station of the year in […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S New Epiphany Newsletter January 6, 2014
KATHERINE NEVILLE’SNew Epiphany NewsletterJanuary 6, 2014 The Birth of Phanes Last year I wrote an epiphany newsletter for my favorite day of the year: epi-phanes, “upon the birth of Phanes,” the child who popped out of the world egg, wrapped in the serpent of wisdom; his name means “I bring light.” To read my 2013 […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’s September 11 Newsletter September 11, 2013
KATHERINE NEVILLE’SSeptember 11 NewsletterSeptember 11, 2013 The Battle of Spirit & Matter This morning marks the 12th anniversary of the airplanes that changed our perception of the role we play in the world. My first thought when I realized that the plumes of smoke had attacked the very heart of the financial district, was that […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Japonaiserie, Mon Amour Newsletter Aug 8, 2013
Katherine in Japan KATHERINE NEVILLE’SJaponaiserie, Mon Amour NewsletterAugust 8, 2013 One August, decades ago, I journeyed to Japan. It was the hottest August on record, the Tokyo sidewalks were scalding, one couldn’t walk on the pavement after five o’clock in the morning; when we went to the fish market at four a.m., the fresh fish […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Summer Solstice Newsletter June 21, 2013
KATHERINE NEVILLE’SSummer Solstice NewsletterJune 21, 2013 The Longest Day Today is Summer Solstice, when the sun seems to stop in the sky, stop moving north and head south for the winter. Whether the sun was Apollo, Ahura Mazda, or Ra, it always takes him a long time to turn around. So today is the longest […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Epiphany Newsletter January 6, 2013
KATHERINE NEVILLE’SEpiphany NewsletterJanuary 6, 2013 Epiphany Here it is again: my favorite day of the year, the twelfth day of Christmas – in western tradition, the day that three wise men from the East who’d ‘followed their star,’ came bringing gifts to El Niño Divino’ the divine child. (Today, not Christmas, is the day of […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S “Triple-Digit Days” Newsletter Dec 12, 2012
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S “Triple-Digit Days” Newsletter Dec 12, 2012 “The end of an era: The only long newsletter I will ever write.” -KN The end of a cycle is always fascinating, but this one is especially so. The twelve first years of our new century are about to end: Today. There will be no more magical […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Octal Newsletter October 4, 2012
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Octal Newsletter October 4, 2012 “Oc” in Rome: the 8th Month In the ancient Roman calendar, which began in March at the equinox, September was counted as the 7th month (“Sept” means 7), October was the 8th month, November the 9th, and December the 10th. I’m partial to all things octal, […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S April Fool Newsletter April 1, 2012
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S April Fool Newsletter April 1, 2012 Born from the Foam This month was named for the Greek goddess Aphrodite (aphros=foam, dite=born): she who was born from a drop of sperm fallen into the sea, and who emerged from the foam, as later recorded in many great paintings of the Renaissance, riding on […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S New Year’s Newsletter January 1, 2012
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S New Year’s Newsletter January 1, 2012 Happy New Year everyone! It’s time again for New Year’s Resolutions. When it comes to Time, we know the saying: “Time and Tide wait for no man.” But Herodotus wasn’t talking about Kronos, or chronological time, when he warned us when to put our sails up […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S “On Civil Disobedience” Newsletter Nov 9, 2011
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S “On Civil Disobedience” Newsletter November 9, 2011 (11/9/11) Hello everyone: It has been three months since my last newsletter, and three years since my last book. I’ve been really busy: Building castles in the air. In my opinion, building those castles may be the most important architectural work that anyone can accomplish. Here […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Angel Day Newsletter July 18, 2011
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Angel Day Newsletter July 18, 2011 John Dee’s Birthday : July 18, 1527 Today marks the birthday of that great Elizabethan magus, John Dee. (Actually, recent research indicates that he was born July 13 (old calendar) or perhaps July 24 (today’s reckoning.) So let’s celebrate him all month. He deserves it–as you’ll […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Walpurgisnacht Newsletter April 30, 2011
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Walpurgisnacht Newsletter April 30, 2011 (“May Eve”) Night on Bald Mountain Tonight is one of the oldest northern European holidays, the magical evening just before May 1st – a night with such ancient, pagan roots that (along with “May Day”) it hasn’t yet been “Christianized” into the Church calendar. In Teutonic lore, […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Spring (Forward) Newsletter Mar 21, 2011
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Spring (Forward) Newsletter March 21, 2011 Dr. Dian Fetter: the artist in Santa Fe! The photo of me here was taken in Santa Fe by my friend, the Egyptologist and art professor, Dr Dian Fetter. Dian (whose birthday is fittingly today – the first day of Spring) was a fascinating and colorful individual […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Candlemas Newsletter February 2, 2011
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Candlemas Newsletter February 2, 2011 Happy Groundhog Day! “How much wood would a Woodchuck chuck If a Woodchuck could chuck wood?” – Children’s tongue-twister The Woodchuck (from its Cree Indian name “Otchock”) is a large North America Marmot that today we call Groundhog, for its habit of hibernating in deep underground tunnels. […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Winter Solstice Newsletter Dec 20-21, 2010
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Winter Solstice Newsletter December 20-21, 2010 The Solstice Money Tree All my friends, both spiritual and material types, have asked me to write something about Money. So here it is. The first day of winter, the Solstice*, is the shortest day of the year, the day when we have the least sunlight. […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S July 4th Newsletter July 4, 2010
“THE SACRED ARCHITECTURE OF THOMAS JEFFERSON” July 4, 2010 “Let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them.” -Thomas Jefferson, July 4, 1826 On July 4, 1826–a date that, coincidentally, also marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence–Thomas Jefferson and John Adams […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Birthday Newsletter April 4, 2010
KATHERINE NEVILLE’SBirthday NewsletterApril 4, 2010 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! The Christian holiday of Easter was based upon the earlier pagan festival of Eostre, dedicated to the Great Phrygian Goddess. Her festival each Spring was held on Quail Mountain–in Ephesus, now in modern Turkey–where people once hunted for red-dyed “Eostre Eggs” sacred to the goddess as marks of […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Winter Solstice Newsletter December 20-21, 2009
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Winter Solstice Newsletter December 20-21, 2009 Here Comes The Sun! Winter Solstice (December 20-21) from Latin sol-stetit, “sun stands still,” when we celebrate the shortest day, that time each year when the sun appears to stand still in the sky, and then to “turn around and head back,” providing us longer and longer […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Hallowe’en Newsletter Oct 31, 2009
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Hallowe’en Newsletter October 31, 2009 In the ancient Celtic calendar, so it is said, All Hallows Eve (which begins at sunset on October 31) marks the end of the old year, and the new year doesn’t begin until dawn on November 3. The intervening days (All Souls and All Saints days in […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Book Launch Aug 25, 2009
Welcome everyone! This note is to let you all know that THE FIRE –the sequel to The Eight–is on sale in trade paperback (large format), beginning on August 25, 2009! THE FIRE: The Bestseller THE FIRE–my long-awaited sequel to The Eight–has spent more than SIX MONTHS ON BESTSELLER LISTS around the world, including The New […]
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Newsletter July 4, 2009
KATHERINE NEVILLE’S Newsletter July 4, 2009 Welcome all! This is my first-ever newsletter! From now on, I’ll only be sending a few of these messages per year–and only if something is really news! First: If you want to write to me, or if your friends or family want to sign up for my newsletter–or if you […]
