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 2: What is the Budoji (Epic of the Emblem Capital City)? Budoji is the principal text of Magoism. It is an absolutely essential book for the modern revival of Magoism. Without the Budoji, I would haven’t been able to reconstruct the mytho-history of Old Magoism. I would say that what I have written and said about Magoism for the last 20 years is only footnotes of the Budoji.
“Budo” refers to the Mecca of Old Magoism, the capital city of Budo Joseon better known as Old Joseon (2333 BCE-232 BCE) among Koreans. Planned and built to serve as the venue for the regular and perennial gatherings of matricentric peoples from around the world in the third millennium BCE, the Budo civilization uniquely revived the Danguk confederacy of Nine Hans founded by Goma. Old Magoism (read pre-patriarchal Magoism) flowered once again as the confederacy of Three Hans but was for the last time. The establishment of monarchical (read patriarchal) China aimed at interrupting the and ursupring the Magoist throne of Budo Joseon. Nonetheless, it was a mistake to deem that Budo Joseon was overthrown by the pre-dynastic Chinese rulers. The legendary Xia dynasty of China rose in about three centuries (ca. 2070-ca. 1600 BCE) after Budo Joseon but collapsed in ca. 1600 BCE, about one and half millennia before the decline of Budo Joseon in 232 BCE. The Budo Joseon confederacy thrived for more than two millennia. Succeeded by the Buyeo confederacy (ca. 2nd century BCE-494 CE), the Budo Joseon marked one of the three matricentric confederacies of Old Magoist Korea/East Asia.
You may wonder what I mean by “the mytho-history of Magoism.” I include the two charts for an overview of its six periods:
Below is the introductory word of Dr. Hwang for the online course, Reading the Budoji. Its second round is about to begin on August 11 at 4PM PST. For details about this class, see here.
The Budoji (Epic of the Emblem City), the principal text of Magoism, stands for a thus-far unheard-of ancient matri-centric story. In it, the Great Mother (the Female) and women (the female) represent the divine and the human kind in whom all (non-humans as well as humans) are found kindred. Having studied the Budoji and Magoism for the last 20 years, Dr. Hwang, prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, aims to duly introduce the Budoji among Goddess feminist, activist, spiritual practitioners, broadly defined and to the world during this critical time. Join Hwang and Mago Scholars in her reading The Budoji to the world!
Testified to its compilation and authorship in the late 4th or early 5th century of Silla (57 BCE-935 CE), an ancient Korean state, The Budoji reappeared in the mid 1980s in Korea. It narrates, in an unbroken stroke, the mytho-history of ancient Magoists from the cosmogonic beginning of all beings from Mago, the Creatrix, and the trans-patriarchal mytho-history of Magoists. Its narrative is incomparable with any text thus-far known but relates with worldwide myths, cultures, and histories.
The unimpeded bird-eye view of the Budoji offers the following:
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- The narrative of interconnectedness of all beings (the divine, the human, and the natural);
- The metamorphic reality of WE/HERE/NOW;
- The cosmogonic force of sonic numerology (cosmic music and nine-numerology) that operates the mechanism of life and growth in all beings;
- Theoretical background for Magoist Cetaceanism: How whales are deemed as the non-human paragon of Magoists;
- The origin of totemism and animism: The seamless matri-centric bond with the natural world;
- The Magoist Cosmogony: The Nine Mago Creatrix and Sonic Numerology;
- The Primordial Paradise, Mago Stronghold, its loss by early humans, and the Magoist mandate to Return to the Origin;
- How the human world underwent the two irreversible catastrophic incidents (explaining the root of today’s veganism and feminism);
- How the human civilization was built and innovated by the Shaman Queens of Old Korean confederacies;
- The rise of patriarchy and the mistaken nature of patriarchal thinking and calendar;
- The Magoist Calendar of 13 months and 28 days;
- and many more.
In short, it defines the divine, the human and the natural world and tells the purpose of human lives from the perspective of ancient matri-centric Koreans/East Asians.
The Budoji’s Sections: (Sections are aligned with the forthcoming illustration book series):
33 Chapters (Ch. 1-26 The Budoji and Ch. 27-33 The Little Budoji)
Passage I The Beginning that Takes Place HERE/NOW and the Mythic Period
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- The Magoist Cosmogony: The Paradise of Mago Stronghold, the Nine Mago Creatrix, and Sonic Numerology (Ch. 1-4)
- The First Tribulation and The First Diaspora (Ch. 5-8)
- The Mandate of Restoring the Origin and Shaman Queens (Chapters 9-10)
Passage II Establishment Old Magoist Reigns that Embraced All Peoples
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- Goma Hanung’s Sinsi (Divine City) and Imgeom Dangun’s Budo (Emblematic Metropolis) (Ch. 11-13)
- Renewal of Sinsi: Celebrations of Budo (Ch. 14-16)
Passage III Rise of Degenerative Patriarchal Rule and the Escalated Suffering of All
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- Rise of Yo/Yao as Second Tribulation and the Establishment of Xia, Ancient China (Ch. 17-20)
- Fallacy of Yao’s Patriarchal Thinking and the Magoist Calendar (Ch. 21-23)
- Destruction by the Patriarchal Rule, Second Diaspora, and Forgotten Magoism (Ch. 24-26)
Passage IV Revival of Trans-patriarchal Magoism by Silla Koreans
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- Formation of the Sillan Magoist confederacy, the Little Budo (Ch. 27-30)
- Sillan Revival of Old Magoism (Ch. 31-33)
Please address your comments and questions 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
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.