Greetings from the Xyphokonic Order and Ordinance, and welcome to the first Sacred Post of the 2^nd Period in which Lord Carnyie watches over in Xyphojinami, Januarius. If you haven’t noticed yet, these periods that the Lords take turns watching over have nearly parallel roots to the months we on Earth use to mark the standard calendar. However, as mentioned in the Xyphokron Summary, Mortal Xyphoites follow our own calendar, which starts and ends differently than the standard Earthian calendar. Today, we’ll explain the why and how of this difference and answer whether or not a Xyphoite should observe the standard Calendar or celebrate New Year’s.

The Xyphojinamic Xyphokonic Calendar, which you can see in this earlier post,  is a selection of 12 periods in which the Nine Lords of the Xyphokonic Order watch over in an annual cycle. All mortals who are born under their respective period will have their spirituality descend from the Xyphozon that watches over their Birth; along with that, all Mortals will have a respective Consenting Spirituality which 1 of the remaining 8 Xyphozons and is often discovered later on in life through exploring one’s own personality.

As mentioned, there are 12 periods of watching, with each Lord overseeing at least 1 of the 12 periods. In Xyphojinami, however, 3 of the Xyphozons also get a second period of watching based of the core importance those Xyphozons have over the Mortal Existence. In the case of Mortal Life, the three most prominent Xyphozons that pertain to Life are the Vuetenexian, Carneiyean, and Pharusian Xyphozons as Death, Worship, and the pursuit of Realmly Truths are what Mortal Xyphoites are subject the greatest too and should spend the most time working on. Likewise, there’s a reflected calendar in Xykopsysomi—aptly named the Xykopsysomic Xyphokonic Calendar—but that is a discussion for another post.

So, why are the periods in the Xyphojinamic Calendar so similar to the names of the months? As with much of realmly knowledge that we often subconsciously accept, all information has stemmed from and is tied to the spiritual resonance of the Xyphokonic Order. Because we exist within the Spectrum created by the Xyphokonic Order, elements of the purest form of Knowledge—that being Realmly Truth—is dispersed vastly within the Mortal Psyche, and so it was destined that Earthian Mortals would craft a calendar and decide upon the various names of these months that also coincide with the Periods of Watching which are Realmly and extend beyond just Earth.

In actuality, the exact timespan in which each Period of Watching lasts is actually longer than the standard month. In all, each Period of Watching is equal in time and roughly comes out to about 33 Earth Days per Period. However, having to keep track of exact alignments of the Periods becomes a tedious task, and  so the Ordinance has largely hinged upon the malleability of the Philosophy and have aligned the rough changing of Periods with Earthian Months; this would obviously differ in other planets or realms within Xyphojinami, which may have their own calendars that coincide with the Xyphojinamic Calendar, or perhaps they flat-out follow the Xyphojinamic Calendar itself. Either way, as you may have noticed, we inaugurate the changing of Periods in our Sacred Day posts and not necessarily on the first day of the exact start of the Period, which may or may not land on the first of the month. Often times, we’re well aware in the background that the Period has started either before or after the start of a month and simply recognize the changing Period on our weekly posts instead.

It’s not a major issue, and certainly not something we’re going to devote a huge amount of time to, but it was an interesting and timely question proposed that we decided to address. As to whether Xyphoites should or can recognize, use, or celebrate the Earthian Calendar or the New Year, the answer is obvious. Yes, of course. There’s no reason why not. Mortals on Earth have relative time, which is measured by rotations around the Sun, so using the standardized system of measurement for that specific circumstance is perfectly fine, as is celebrating New Year’s Eve/Day. As it should be quite apparent now, Xyphoites can use both calendars simultaneously, one for relative time and another for spiritual indulgence.

—AHG, et. all