Festivals
Civilization Remembers by Returning
The Temple year has twelve feasts. A reading, a construction, a ritual, a civic act.
Each feast has a reading, a construction, a chorus, a civic act, a child's game, and an offering. A practitioner who walks the year once may find, by the second turn, that the faculties have begun to recognize each other in ordinary days.
January
Definition
Phaedrus
Construction. Define one term.
Civic work. Rewrite one law, policy, or charter clearly.
February
The Line
Euclid I
Construction. Draw and bisect a line.
Civic work. Set direction and midpoint for a public work.
March
Triangle
Euclid I.1
Construction. Construct the first triangle.
Civic work. Form a three-person study cell.
April
Recollection
Meno
Construction. Question before teaching.
Civic work. Hold public geometry games.
May
The Cave
Republic VII
Construction. Extinguish and restore light.
Civic work. Name one civic illusion.
June
Proportion
Timaeus · Euclid V
Construction. Share measured bread and ratios.
Civic work. Audit excess in institution or tool.
July
The Chorus
Laws II
Construction. Circle, song, recitation.
Civic work. Train children through ordered play.
August
Beauty's Ascent
Symposium
Construction. Move from object to form.
Civic work. Restore one ugly civic place.
September
The Weaving
Statesman
Construction. Weave courage and temperance bands.
Civic work. Reconcile two civic factions or roles.
October
The Laws
Crito · Laws
Construction. Hear the Laws speak.
Civic work. Renew civic oath.
November
The World Soul
Timaeus
Construction. Night astronomy vigil.
Civic work. Map a city, school, AI, or family as ordered motion.
December
The Five Bodies
Euclid XIII
Construction. Construct solids.
Civic work. Offer final works, accounts, translations, tools.