Ifd this is based on medieval Catholic stuff, isn that anti-pagan?
This is a Pagan, polytheistic, eclectic, earth-based Book of Hours. The Hours, or Horai, themselves are based on the ancient Greek sacred Hours, which predate Christianity by many centuries. (See The Daily Hours.) The calendar is similar to the medieval Catholic calendar of saints’ days, but it is also similar to sacred calendars of the Hindu, Jewish, and Buddhist faiths. Many, if not most, religions have yearly calendars with seasonal divisions and special days for gods, saints, bodhisattvas, and holidays. The ancient Greeks and Romans had a very full calendar of deity days, of which we’ve borrowed quite a bit. (A group of Hellenic Neo-Pagans have put together a project on the Athenian calendar, and the Hellenic Month Established Per Athens is another.) We’ve borrowed the term Book of Hours, because we find it graceful, and it gives a clear idea that this is some kind of religious reference text. However, considering how much medieval Catholicism borrowed from pagan traditions, we don
