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Matthew J. Bell | Synchromysticism, Ritual Mapping, & The Four Corners Mystery
Gregorian Calendar Reform and Protestant Resistance
Bell explains the transition from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar under Pope Gregory XIII in the late 16th century. The reform was driven by the need to fix the date of Easter, which had begun to float due to leap year miscalculations. John Dee attempted to spearhead a Protestant version of this calendar reform for England, which Bell suggests was tied to the occult importance of the 77th meridian and the concept of "God's Longitude."