Milesian Celebrations may appear to mimic current celebrations, especially the religious ones. The reverse is more truthful.  Stone Age Man discovered relationships between seasons and specific solar events. So they celebrated them. Celebrations marked the Solstices and Equinoxes.
    Over the next 5,000 years, various religions exploited these solar celebrations by providing new “explanations” for their significance. An examination of our world’s religious observances will show they owe their “timeliness” to solar events. (Date discrepancies now occur because of faulty calendars over the past several thousand years.) March Equinox was the most popular for sheer numbers of these “celebrations”, but nothing comes close to the popularity of the December Solstice substitute, Christmas! Milesians celebrate all the solar events . . . plus some others!
December Solstice  June Solstice  Anemos  Conception Day

For the ancients, “Anemos” described the “wind” or “spirit” of bygone years. Twice a year Milesians honour the traditions and heritage of their unique pasts with this special festive gathering — “Anemos”. Regardless of any religious affiliations, family and friends gather to enjoy those events and practices that formed an important part of their lives. With the melting pot world that now exists, many families change the theme for each Anemos celebration so no member of a family or group is neglected. If the past is blurred we undertake the research into our history to better understand and preserve it. A feature of every Anemos celebration occurs when each participant reads or recites a story, quote or little-known fact to provide an insight into their past and honour the family members, historians, poets or writers who preserved it.
    The exact time for March Equinox was known by Stone Age people more than 8,00o years ago. Over centuries, religious groups attached their own signifances to this solar event to the point that our world now observes the greatest number of religious events at this time of year. Over centuries, crude calendars introduced date discrepencies so the solar connection with the event was often lost. Religions also attempted to suppress this celebration by replacing it with their own.
    We believe that we can only start to separate state and church when we learn to separate our cultures from our world’s religions.
    Milesians share details of the various cultural practices associated with March Equinox by forwarding details to their local Facilitator or Milesian headquarters.

           2008 March Equinox occurs on the 2oth at 10:48 a.m.EST
                                           (5:48 a.m. International Time)
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    Humans celebrated Summer Solstice, our longest day of our year, before they knew how to record history. June Solstice is still celebrated in many parts of our world, especially in Scandinavia and England.    
      Originally called Summer Solstice, it celebrated our year’s midpoint. Stonehenge in England, and our world's oldest surviving man-made structure — Newgrange in Ireland — were among many devices constructed by Stone Age humans to precisely calculate when solstices occurred.
    In a futile attempt to curtail celebration of what they called as a pagan celebration, Catholic Church officials made it St. John the Baptist Day. It is one of only a few Saints’ Days that Catholics celebrate even when it occurs on Sunday.
   It was a ribald celebration with bonfires, drinking, and boisterous activities that lasted all night long. Nine months later societies observing this holiday experienced a very high birth rate. Our practice of holding June Weddings originated with June Solstice as they were thought to be fruitful.
    Milesian families and friends gather around Bonfires, exchange cards, sing songs, and partake of specially prepared food and drink — just the same as when Stone Age humans celebrated this important milestone in their year — but we celebrate without those ribald activities.
    Each year, June Solstice’s precise minute is widely publicized. It occurs June 20th or 21st. In our Southern Hemisphere it is our year’s shortest day.
          2008 June Solstice occurs on the 20th at 8.59 a.m.EST
                                     (June 20th, 12.59 p.m. International Time)
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If you really think about it, our most important event occurred when we got started — when our life began!
     Nothing we accomplish in life could happen if we did not get started. Milesians celebrate this special moment in history with greeting cards — especially from thankful children to their mothers and fathers.
     Determining exactly when Conception occurred can cause some debate, but that isn’t our point. Usually, we can narrow down that magic moment by adding three months to a person’s birth date to determine their “starting date”.
     For example, one of our western world’ s highest birth rate periods results because of Valentine’s Day — mid November. Running a close second is October's first week because of New Years. Many of our distant ancestors had late March birthdays because of June Solstice. Have you thought of when you got started?
    Above is an electronic image of a male sperm attached to an egg at the moment of fertilization.
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