Raymond Chandler, writer, born this day in 1888.

Celtic feast day of 'Conan', date and origin unknown. A church at Washaway, Cornwall, England is dedicated to him. Believed to have been a companion of Petroc (4 June)

Ebernoe, Sussex, England : Traditional 'Horn Fair' activities.

Christian festival of 'St. James' and 'St. Christopher' (patron saint of travellers, mariners).

Traditionally this day is associated with Chicory. (For more information on plants see Mystical WWW Plants).

Ebernoe, Sussex, England : Traditional 'Horn Fair'.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, romantic poet and critic, died on this day in 1834.

Aldous Huxley, novelist, born 1894.

Carl Gustav Jung, (1875 - 1961) born on this day in Kesswil, Switzerland. Founder of analytical psychology, and coined the phrase the 'collective unconscious' (1921).

Celtic feast day of 'Samson', deacon, priest, missionary, sixth century, Welsh. Instructed by Illyyd (6 November). Believed to have founded a monastery at Ynys Pyr, Caldey Island. Known for his missionary travels associated with Kew (8 February). At the time of the yellow plague in Wales, Teilo (9 February) stayed with Samson in Brittany. Died 565. Believed to have been the Bishop of Dol. It is said that his body was cast to sea in a sarcophagus which was blown by a 'might wind across the Illtut' which is associated with Illtyd. Cousin of Armel (16 August). Associated with Ethbin (19 October), Mewan (21 June), Maglorius (24 October), Dyfrig (14 November).

Celtic feast day of 'Lupus' of Troyes, hermit, monk, Bishop of Troyes, fourth century. Believed to have travelled from the Mediterranean to Gaul. Associated with Germanus of Auxerre (31 July). Died on 478.

Celtic feast day of 'Crohaun', hermit, Irish, believed to have lived in the fifth century,

Wicca : 'Lammas Eve' celebrations, one of four major fire festivals related to Bel.

Tenby, Pembroke, Wales : Traditional 'St. Margaret's Fair'.

Celtic feast day of 'Germanus' of Auxerre, believed to be able to work miracles. Patrick (1 March) was ordained by Amator who is associated with having the same roles in life as Germanus. It has been suggested that Germanus is the same person as Palladius (7 July). Associated with Lupus of Troyes (29 July), Dyfrig (14 November). Ordained Illtyd (6 November). Died in 448.

Celtic feast of 'Neot', hermit, monk, ninth century. Lived on Bodmin Moor near to the site of Gueryr (4 April), where there is reputed to be a well which provided an endless supply of fish, and also Glastonbury, Somerset (For more information on Glastonbury see Mystical WWW Glastonbury). Died in 877. His relics are believed to be interred at Eynesbury, near St Ives, Cambridgeshire, England.