The Earth spins on its axis and goesround the sun. The next point to make it that all this depends on aEuropean system of astrology which certain people aretrying to impose on the whole planet. I think this isimperialist. TheChristian Millenium is based on an inaccurate andmathematically na've calculation for the birth of aJewish heretic. It's an accident of human datingimposed on the rest of us by an imperialist religion.
Many cultures use completely different calendarsanyway.
It might be argued that the Witchesor the early Druids fulfilled the same function. In the caseof the only Celtic Shaman I know the differencesbetween my practices and hers are mostly semantic. If you want to learn about Scottish Witchcrafthis book is less than helpful. Traditional ScottishWitchcraft, if it isn't extinct, is pretty close toextinct. It also was probably never homogenous due tothe isolation of many communities.