Welcome to 2020 (5917 Magoma Era) Nine Day Mago Celebration! See Words of Invitation by Dr. Helen Hye-Sook Hwang and other details here or continue to read.
I. Days 1, 2, 3 (July 29, 30, 31)
The metamorphic force of Sonic Numerology (the comic music and nine-numerology)
1. What is the Nine-Nine according to the Mago Almanac (13 months 28 days calendar)?
2. What is the Budoji (Epic of the Emblem Capital City)?
3. What is the Magoist Cosmogony?
Day 1: What is the Nine-Nine or the Double Ninth according to the Mago Almanac (13 months 28 days calendar)?
According to the Magoist Calendar (13 months and 28 days), the ninth month and the ninth day (the Nine-Nine), falls on August 6 (PST) this year. This is the day we honor and celebrate the metamorphic force of Sonic Numerology (the cosmic music and the nine-numerology). Ancient peoples of the world remembered this day and celebrated it. Some of the customs continue to this day. Navratri (Hindu Festival) and the Double Ninth Festival of East Asia (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, and Vietnam) are the examples. Dates vary because they use their own different calendars, both of which are of the 12 months.
That said, what distinguishes the Magoist Double Ninth is the fact that the date is based on the 13 month 28 day calendar. The Magoist Double Ninth that falls on August 6, according to the modern Magoist Calendar, marks exactly half of the time between Summer Solstice and Fall Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere. It is about 47 days after the June Solstice and and about 47 days before the September Equinox.
We modern Magoists have adopted the Magoist Calendar on December 18, 2017, the New Year of Year 1 or 5915 Magoma Era and charted the time on the Mago Almanac. December 17 of 2017 was the new moon on the month of December Solstice (Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere). That is our first lunation of the Mago Almanac. And the 13 month 28 day calendar is a lunar-solar calendar (13 lunations in one revolution of the earth, approx. 365 days).
This year (2020 by the Gregorian Calendar) is Year 3 or 5917 Magoma Era (ME) in the Magoist Calendar. What is the Magoma Era? It is the system of counting the year, which marks the onset of the Danguk Confederacy of Nine Hans (3898 BCE-2333 BCE), a new heaven opened by Goma, the Teacher, Civilizer, and Savior of Magoism. In other words, marking the year 3898 BCE as the first year, we Magoists remember Goma, the Shaman Queen of Old Magoist Korea/East Asia/the United Reign of the Mago Descent.
Why the nine important? Why not eight or any other number? The answer to this question requires understanding of the Magoist Cosmogony. In short, the numerical system of nine numbers (from 1 to 9) is no abstract concept but the sonic reality that gives birth, nurtures, and transforms to all beings. To more details we will return on Day 3 with regards to the theme, the Magoist Cosmogony.
And about Goma? Goma is attributed to the teaching of Magoism, the Way of Mago, the Great Mother, in particular the Magoist Cosmogony. She was deified as the Heavenly Queen Mother, the greatest deity born of a woman on earth and broadly related with Nine Mothers/Sisters/Dragons including the nine-headed Gwaneum (Guanyin), Nine Muses, and the nine-forms of Durga, to name a few. In short, we are able to understand Mago, the Creatrix, thanks to Goma. We will return to the theme of Goma on Day 5.
Please address your comments and questions on Day 1’s theme, “What is the Nine-Nine or the Double Ninth according to the Mago Almanac (13 months 28 days calendar)?” as comments below or in the FB group, Nine Mago Celebrations. If convenient, email is available (magoacademy@gmail.com). I will respond and discuss the point with you.
Resources
Mago Almanac: 13 Month 28 Day Calendar
2020 (5917 Magoma Era) Year 3 Nine Mago Celebrations
Dates July 29-August 6 PST (the 9th month the 9th day according to the Magoist Calendar, given the variation of time zones)
Theme Embrace the Dragon, the Messenger of the Cetacean Divine
Words of Invitation by Helen Hye-Sook Hwang, Ph.D.
Mago Academy announces this year’s event of Nine Day Mago Celebrations! It has been a blessed journey since last year’s Nine-Nine Day (the ninth month and the ninth day) according to the Mago Almanac (13 month 28 day Magoist Calendar)! We will be thanking for the blessings that we are given for nine days! Join us in the nine-fold litany of our love and gratitude to Mago, the Great Mother!
It is the 9th year since we Magoists found each other and voiced out to the world in the Mago Circle, the Facebook Group, and the Return to Mago E-Magazine (https://www.magoism.net) in 2012. And today we are witnessing in pain and suffering that the whole world is undergoing a massive change by the yet-expanding course of the Covid19 pandemic on a global scale, which may be seen as nature’s due response to patriarchal advancements. You may have seen me as a writer/advocate/indie-publisher of the topic of Goddess feminist activist spirituality for the last few years. Thus far, thanks to our Mago Work volunteers and authors, we have planned and published four collective writing books (the She Rises trilogy and the Celebrating Seasons of the Goddess). You are correct, if you understood what Magoism is about through these collective books and venues. However, I must say that what you have seen is only the broad implication of Magoism, the Way of the Great Mother/Creatrix.
The focused or core implication of Magoism is yet to come! From early this year, I began to speak up on the core implication of Magoism. The monthly Magoist Studies salon meetings were launched from January of this year. Soon after, I began to offer Reading the Budoji (Epic of the Emblem Capital City) online course. The Budoji, the principal text of Magoism, is essential for us to assess the core implication of Magoism. As I said, what I have said and written for the last 20 years is only footnotes of the Budoji!
Here is a sign of the time for us. Timing is marvelous, as if my focus on the direct implication of Magoism that began in January of this year was designed to cope with the forthcoming Covid19 pandemic. Almost all schools are closed down and teachers teach students online. Economic activities have slowed down. People shop online. People don’t travel or even don’t talk to each other in the manner we used to for fear of spreading the virus. People stay home and do home-related projects. These are the kind of unprecedented changes that we did not foresee coming. As a whole, the Mago Work was designed to be carried out through online activities, while connecting people and the natural world as the Mago Descent in the first place. I am thankful for this unintentional but time-brought readiness. The mode of my advocacy for Magoism (public and online, based on the free social media tools) is ready for the Covid19 pandemic time and thereafter. It is my hope that the physical place for The Mago Academy Center and the Magoist Cetaceanism Research Center here where I live in Southern California, USA, can serve our post-Covid19 person-to-person meetings.
Amidst the colossal change that we are undergoing, we are having this year’s Nine Day Mago Celebration. And it is the ninth year of the Mago Work. I hope we can reflect back the path of Magoism in public and revisit major themes and accomplishments through a post per day for nine days. The invitation was there for you and is here again!
Check out the theme: Embrace the Dragon, the Messenger of the Cetacean Divine. We are tying knots with Magoists, the dragon, and whales among us. I have laid out nine messages for nine days. And on the last day, we will open the Mago Bookstore for 48 hours for you to download some books for free.
Contents for Nine Day Celebrations may include the below. I will utilize the materials that I have written, published, and archived, some of which have never been shared yet. I would appreciate your interests if you indicate as comments.
1. What is the Nine-Nine according to the Mago Almanac (13 months 28 days calendar)?
2. What is the Budoji (Epic of the Emblem Capital City)?
3. What is the Magoist Cosmogony?
4. What is Mago and Magoism?
5. Who is Goma, the Heavenly Shaman Queen Mother, and the Danguk Confederacy of Nine States?
6. Who is Chiu, the Shaman Warrior Queen Mother?
7. What is Magoist Cetaceanism?
8. Dragons and Sea-Mustards: How does Magoist Cetaceanism manifests?
9. Magoist Cetacean Totemism as the ultimate alliance between humans and the natural world.
Where are you at with the above themes? These themes represent a sum of my 20 years research and advocacy. It is just a beginning step for us to take collectively this year and I want you to be with us all in WE/HERE/NOW. Mago blessings to all in WE!
How Receive the nine daily posts from the Mago Books website or the Mago Work social media. In these daily posts, you will be invited to various sources including Dr. Hwang’s unpublished works. You may incorporate daily themes into your readings, workshops, or prayers as you find appropriate. Dr. Hwang will be available for your questions and connections via email and social media networks during these nine days personally. If you find a particular theme interesting, please let me know what, why and how you would like to apply to you together with an introduction of yourself (your residence, work and website etc). I can be reached magoacademy@gmail.com.
Free of charge for daily posts and personal discussions via social media or email. If this helps you, you may consider supporting the Mago Work by (1) donating any amount (Donation available below), (2) purchasing the PDF book or a print book on Magoism by Dr. Hwang (see below Resources), (3) submitting your contributions to Mago Books anthologies and Return to Mago E-Magazine, and/or (4) taking an online class, Reading the Budoji, or participating in the Magoist Studies Online Salon that Dr. Hwang facilitates.
Venue Social Media Networks (WordPress, Twitter, and Facebook)
https://twitter.com/magoism?lang=en (The Mago Web)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/353059021788526/ (Nine Mago Festivals)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/magoism (The Mago Circle)
https://www.magoacademy.org (Mago Academy)
Daily themes
I. Days 1, 2, 3 (July 29, 30, 31)
The metamorphic force of Sonic Numerology (the comic music and nine-numerology)
1. What is the Nine-Nine according to the Mago Almanac (13 months 28 days calendar)?
2. What is the Budoji (Epic of the Emblem Capital City)?
3. What is the Magoist Cosmogony?
II. Days 4, 5, 6 (August 1, 2, 3)
The Cornerstones: Mago, Magoism, and Magoists
4. What is Mago and Magoism?
5. Who is Goma, the Heavenly Shaman Queen Mother, and the Danguk Confederacy of Nine States?
6. Who is Chiu, the Shaman Warrior Queen Mother?
III. Days 7, 8, 9 (August 4, 5, 6)
The Matricentric Alliance of Humans and the Natural World
7. What is Magoist Cetaceanism?
8. Dragons and Sea-Mustards: How does Magoist Cetaceanism manifest?
9. Magoist Cetacean Totemism as the ultimate alliance between humans and the natural world.