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   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   On Jan 28, 2026, David Dalton wrote   
   (in article<0001HW.2F2AAD1B01D30E8130B5D238F@news.eternal-september.org>):   
      
   > January 29 will be Freethinkers Day, also known as Thomas Paine Day.   
   >   
   > Early in the morning it will also be the 30th anniversary of the   
   > start of my low/working years, and I hope that my latest   
   > mystic attempt will be complete by then, except for ongoing   
   > physical evolution (including youthening and healing).   
   >   
   > Check alt.religion.druid for updates if you are interested,   
   > which I deem more likely if you notice effects, such as   
   > improved sexual compatibility.   
      
   My above attempt failed as usual.   
      
   Note that the coming full moon coincides this year with   
   Imbolc/Brigid’s/Candlemas/Groundhog Day . I plan to   
   try again beginning at the exact time of full moon, which   
   will be 6:39 p.m. NST (2209 UTC) February 1, 2026.   
      
   If that fails I will probably wait until the next new/dark moon,   
   which is Chinese New Year and a significant birthday in   
   my family, to try again. However that is also the day of   
   or the day before (depending on the sighting of the   
   waxing crescent) the start of Ramadan, and I don’t really   
   expect a correlation with an existing religious holiday.   
      
   I won’t announce the full moon attempt on all these   
   groups, just on alt.religion.druid , except by this post.   
      
   --   
   https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   “And now the angry morning; Gives the early signs of warning; You must   
   face alone the plans you make; Decisions they will try to break” (S.McL.)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)