Dreamspell
| The Journey of Timeship Earth 2013 | |
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The Dreamspell Logo
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| Designer(s) |
José Argüelles Lloydine Argüelles |
| Publisher(s) | Foundation for the Law of Time |
| Years active | Perpetual Calendar, 1992 Time Shift |
| Language(s) | English, Spanish |
| System(s) | Tzolkin, Haab, I Ching |
| Players | 260 |
| Playing time | 26 years |
The Dreamspell is an esoteric calendar in part inspired by the Maya calendar by New Age spiritualist, Mayanist philosopher, and author José Argüelles, initiated in 1987 and released as a board game in 1992.
This is loosely based on the 365-day solar calendar called the Haab, but most importantly focused on the 260-day sacred calendar called the Tzolkin, which Argüelles claims to be based on a fourth-dimensional pattern called a "galactic spin". Argüelles interprets this calendar as part of what he calls a 'radiogenetic game board' that relates to both the I-Ching, the 64-unit DNA code, and many other "divinatory" systems, including the cosmology of Ibn al-Arabi of the 28 lunar mansions and the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot.
The number 13 in the Dreamspell calendar appears both as the "galactic tone" of the daily galactic signature, as well as in the 13 Moons of 28 days each are the "months" of the calendar. The 13 Moons are named after the 13 galactic tones. The names of the 13 galactic tones are: Magnetic, Lunar, Electric, Self-Existing, Overtone, Rhythmic, Resonant, Galactic, Solar, Spectral, Planetary, Crystal, and Cosmic.
The names of the 20 solar seals used to name the days are Red Dragon, White Wind, Blue Night, Yellow Seed, Red Serpent, White World-Bridger, Blue Hand, Yellow Star, Red Moon, White Dog, Blue Monkey, Yellow Human, Red Skywalker, White Wizard, Blue Eagle, Yellow Warrior, Red Earth, White Mirror, Blue Storm, and Yellow Sun. These 20 solar seals are continually repeated in a 20-day cycle. The 20-day cycle repeated 13 times (20 × 13) equals 260 days or one Tzolkin or "galactic spin" as it is called in the Dreamspell: Journey of Timeship Earth 2013.
The name of the solar seal of the day (of 20 solar seals) and the name of the galactic tone (of 13 tones) combine to create a galactic signature for every day. This generates a list of 20 × 13=260 possible day names (galactic signatures). These 260 galactic signatures, sorted by solar seal, are listed below:
Red Magnetic Dragon
Red Lunar Dragon
Red Electric Dragon
Red Self-Existing Dragon
Red Overtone Dragon
Red Rhythmic Dragon
Red Resonant Dragon
Red Galactic Dragon
Red Solar Dragon
Red Spectral Dragon
Red Planetary Dragon
Red Crystal Dragon
Red Cosmic Dragon
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