I wish the article was more about the mysticism angle. E.g. the alchemy combining intention, attention, and aspiration, into prediction, then tempering it in the clear fluid of dominionist faith and a benevolent g-d.
The Quiet Mysticism of Almanacs
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Re: The Quiet Mysticism of Almanacs
#12The article waxes poetic about nostalgia but never comes out and says that. I too enjoy older editions of The Old Farmers Almanac. I liked them growing up too. The information relevant to farming and animals husbandry is good AND quaint. My fathers family grew up as very poor farmers. Folk wisdom such as "Plant your corn on the full moon after the last frost of March"; (example possibly made up, My Great-Grandmother…
The foxfire books are full of this kind of folk wisdom. Much of it practical but with the occasional detour into the magical; there's one bit about how to cure a sure throat if you have never met your father that took my by such surprise that I laughed out loud while reading.