13th Column

Calendar Change Splinter Group

The foremost purpose of the 13th Column is to promote the world wide adoption of a 13 month Calendar. The rational for this revolutionary activity is thus outlined:

1. The importance of the calendar as a mechanism for control cannot be over emphasized.
2. It is not appropriate that a global calendar should reference the beliefs of a particular culture.
3. The simplicity of a 13 month calendar reveals an absence of cultural bias.

The 13 month calendar shall be structured as follows:

1. The solar year shall be divided into 13 months.
2. Each month shall be divided into 4 weeks.
3. The week shall be 7 days long.
4. 4 x 7 = 28 : 28 x 13 = 364 : 364 + 1 Day Out of Time = 365
5. The Day Out of Time is a day without number.
6. Every 52 years the ¼ day lost each year shall comprise a thirteen day Planetary Jubilee.
7. The last day of the old time is December 21st 2012

13th Column is a splinter group of the Thirteen Moon Calendar Change Peace Movement. Inspired by the early political ambition of the time revolutionary Jose Arguelles, the 13c was formed in reaction to the celebratory excess of the Northern California calendar change advocates. The 13th Column was encouraged when Jose Arguelles also broke from the Northern California element and was in a state of allegiance with Arguelles even during the ambiguous Rinri years. Currently the Foundation for the Law of Time, the official mouthpiece of the Arguelles led calendar change movement, is based in Sandpoint, Idaho USA.  www.tortuga.com is their main means of information dissemination. Based on information there the 13c has again realized the necessity of taking a stance apart from the mainstream of the movement. 

The 13c denounces the emphasis on the esoteric aspects of Dreamspell, Rinri, 7:7::7:7 etc…

The 13c denounces the concept of a 13 month calendar that uses Gregorian Leap years instead of the 13 day Planetary Jubilee, uses July 25th as the Day Out of Time, and uses names or ethnic symbols to describe the days of a planetary calendar.

The 13c denounces the emphasis on portraying the 13 month calendar as a lunar calendar or a Mayan calendar.

The 13c does not expect to convert masses or correct the errors of the mainstream of Thirteen Moon Calendar Change Peace Movement. A means must be found to lead the Financial institutions with the computer technology they depend, to an acceptance of the New Time. This being accomplished there will be little else to do.

The 13c is interested especially in individuals with self discipline and specialized knowledge in fields relating to calendar theory and accounting software design.

There are many aspects of the Foundation for the Law of Time that have merit and the 13c does not discourage members to investigate creative and occult work for the ultimate purpose of installing the New Time and discovering a Unified Aesthetic Theory.