Bunny Holidays Primer

Many of these dates are transcribed from ancient wild Rabbit calendars into our modern system. Most were from the nothern hemisphere, so may not align well with seasonal changes for some. In addition to these, many Fuzzies (non-Rabbit followers of the Cosmic Bunny) participate in local holiday celebrations, such as Halloween, New Year, etc.

Full Moon Howlings - (Also see "AhOoOoO!" for much more history!) It is not well known, but common for Bunnies to gather in forests and "howl" during full moons. This is believed to stem from the Time of Many Wolves, when Bunnies collectively howled into hollow tree stumps in an effort to scare the wolves away. Nowadays they mostly do it for fun. Fuzzies too, because it's enjoyable to be outside at night, expressing Bunnyness. You can see something similar to Bunny Full Moon Howling acted out in the movie "Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit".

March 4th, Bunny Gnove Day - (or "Bunny Valentine's Day"), when we pay extra special attention to our loved ones with lots of petting, special dinners and flower nibbling. First known as "Humping Day" (guess why =;-). The word "gnove" is a Bunnyish way to say "love", such as in "Gni gnove you".

Spring Equinox (March 20-22) - Bunnies celebrate the coming of spring with flower festivals. An old custom is the Blossom Ritual, during which the most beautiful flower is saved (rather than being eaten) and placed in the center of the grassy warren area and kissed daily by all Bunnies when they wake up. Welsh Bunnies actual ate the most beautiful flower, a petal apiece (or half a petal in large warrens), to ensure fertility and beauty for the new season.

Easter (late March to April) - On a magical day in early spring, it is said, the Cosmic Bunny first revealed Itself to the small colony of the first Bunnies on Earth. Some refer to it as "Bunny Revelation Day". It was celebrated as the high holiday, with rituals, flowers, feasts and good spirits. This was later adopted by the humans as a celebration of fertility, using symbols like the Rabbit, eggs and spring flowers. It was later taken by the Christians as a symbolic date for the conquering of death and promise of eternal life and forgiveness by Jesus (also a Master Bunny, and many Fuzzies celebrate Easter for this reason as well).

Summer Solstice (June 20-22) - In the British Isles it was "Commune with Fairies" night, during which pagan Bunnies stayed up all night, dancing and singing with the Fae. East Asian Bunnies decorated tiny flower lanterns that were set afloat at sunset as an offering to Hop-Chi, the Green Bunny Goddess of the Garden. Today it is mostly celebrated by enjoying the outdoors in the evening, by taking a walk at sunset and smelling the perfumed flowers. Many also take extra time gardening at the Solstice.

September 4, Creation Day - believed to be the approximate anniversary of the moment of creation by the Cosmic Bunny. Celebrated by a large vegetable feast, dancing, singing and the retelling of old bunnytales. North American and European Rabbits developed a custom of sending messages of greeting to Rabbits in other warrens, some as far away as other countries, to symbolize the harmony and oneness of all.

Autumn Equinox (Sep 20-22) - Coming so soon after Creation Day, this is not observed as commonly, but newly-transplanted Rabbits in Australia celebrated this as the beginning of Spring, bringing their customs with them from Europe. Even after the Great Rabbit Massacre, Australian Rabbits have continued this custom, coming out secretly late at night to celebrate. In other parts of the world this day is marked as Carrot Day, a day of feasting on late-season carrots and other root vegetables.

November 20, Bunny Day - The name is often confused with Easter, which humans commonly refer to as "Bunny Day". Bunny Day is a celebration of thankfulness (convenient for Americans, since it falls near or on Thanksgiving), for the first joining of male and female Bunnies in union, as Bunnymates. While March 4th is a day for possibly more frivolous flirting and fun, November 20th is more serious, in which Bunnies recognize the sacredness of their Bunnymate, the way humans may a wedding anniversary. Many Bunny and Fuzzy couples choose to get married on this date.

Winter Solstice (Dec 20-22) - The Winter Solstice, sometimes called "Yule", is often combined with Christmas festivities by Fuzzies (non-Rabbit members of Bunny Religion) due to the timing. When taken on its own, it is a grand celebration of the rebirth of the Sun Bunny. From the solstice onward the daylight will get longer and the world will inch closer and closer to returning to green. The ever-lengthening darkness is at an end and the Sun Bunny is returning! Bunnies celebrate by decorating with winter berries, pine cones and small evergreen branches. They dance in circles and tell stories, all cuddled together for warmth, of the Sun Bunny's journeys. Since Bunnies don't use fire, they have been known to instead collect icicles and set them up like prisms to collect and bend the light into the warren on the morning after the Solstice. (Ingenious, these wild Rabbits are!)

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Hoppy Solstice, Bunnies & Fuzzies!

We've moved this month's Bunny Full Moon Howling to tonight (Saturday the 21st) and merged it with the Bunny Summer Solstice Celebration! H. Bunny and I will be traveling a short distance to the nearby Bunny Meadow (a beautiful, natural place, a "green zone", where the wild Rabbits have been left to live their lives in peace with only a few joggers & children to contend with =:-) and will join the wild Rabbits in this year's party! A few other Fuzzies (church members) will be attending as well. I'm wearing a sparkly, elfish dress to stay in the spirit of the night, when Celtic Rabbits were said to commune with fairies! We will be dancing under the blessedly clear sky, howling at the moon with our Bunny ears on and nibbling on carrots with the Rabbits. (And maybe indulging in a little Mead with the other human participants.) We hope you all have a glorious weekend and and a magical solstice!

Bunny Bless,
D.B. Bunny

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Cosmic Bunny: Our Basic Beliefs

One God
We believe there is one God, the Cosmic Bunny, who created everything. We are all part of the Cosmic Bunny and will return to It when we are finished with this life It has given us. The Cosmic Bunny, being a perfect being, is cute, fuzzy, wise, loving, cuddly and forgiving. Because It is the source of all creation, It has no gender (hence the reference to "It" instead of "Him" or "Her"). We all come from the Cosmic Bunny and will return to It and the Eternal Meadow when we are finished with this lifetime.


Creation and "The Fall"
After the creation of the universe, the Cosmic Bunny first created the Bunnies in Its own image. Bunnies were made male and female because of the nature and polarity of existence here in the 3rd dimension. In addition to Bunnies, the Cosmic Bunny created all the other creatures, including humans, that walk, hop, fly or swim upon this planet and many others across the galaxies. Inside each living being It placed a piece of itself, which grew to become the soul or spirit of each of us, which can act of its own accord (i.e. has free will).

Some beings (in particular Bunnies, being so close in nature to the original creator) recognized this inside themselves and remained in harmony with the Cosmic Bunny through mind, heart and deed. Others (notably lions, tigers and humans) used their free will to make war on others and kill and eat the Bunnies. The violence they unleashed created a great ripple through the planet's magnetic field, which led to "the fall". Earth's beings "fell" and became trapped in denser matter and bound to a sort of collective karma. Animals began hunting and killing one another and the present system of the food chain was established on Earth. Having given us all free will in addition to this entire beautiful life-sustaining planet, the Cosmic Bunny looked on with sadness, knowing it would be a long time before Its children could return forever to It.

Inner Bunny
Our souls all contain a spark of the Cosmic Bunny. This is our Inner Bunny. No matter what species you are, you have an Inner Bunny. Reconnecting with your Inner Bunny is like digging a tunnel (Bunnies like to dig, you know!) straight back to the energy of the Cosmic Bunny. When you awaken your own Inner Bunny, your mind clears, your purpose is revealed and your heart is lighter. You are walking in the Now and in the realm of pure creation. Eventually we will all learn to merge our consciousness with our own Inner Bunny, thus becoming Bunny Masters (saints, gurus) and living joyfully forever as one, in the Eternal Meadow. A great many Rabbits have achieved this, as well as a smaller number (so far!) of humans. Jesus and Buddha were two.

Revelation to Humans
Long, long ago, when man and woman had barely yet set foot in the Garden, just after "the fall", the Cosmic Bunny was (re)revealed to all Rabbits. As evolution took its toll over the millenia and the Rabbits spread out across the Earth, creating their own customs and languages, most Rabbits held on to the original knowledge and knew of their own Inner Bunnies. Most in the world of man, however, found it hard to believe in a loving and forgiving God that would not punish him or crush his enemies, and this kept most humans from accepting the word of the Cosmic Bunny.

The Bunnies prayed and prayed for the enlightenment of the others and eventually a few humans around the world grew to be friends with the Rabbits. This is how the knowledge of the Cosmic Bunny was finally given to humans. It has since found its way, piece by piece, into nearly all of our major religions to some degree or another. Evidence of this is found within edicts such as "do not kill", "do not steal" and "love thy neighbor". (God is nearly always referred to as being humanesque, however. Perhaps a quirk of the human ego.)

The Fuzzies
As the Bunny Religion of the Cosmic Bunny spread out into the world, some wanted to live with the Bunnies and be Bunnies themselves. Foxes, humans, mice, cats and even giraffes and bears found their way to warrens, wanting to hear more. They came to be known as "Fuzzies". Currently we are unsure of the exact number of beings who refer to themselves as as Fuzzies, but it is estimated to be around 393 million (at least 5 million in the human population).

No "Commandments"
Although the Fuzzies may be many, they do not always believe exactly the same way. Bunnies are quite free thinkers and are akin to more of a "new age" movement. You will not find strict do-or-be-damned commandments within Bunny Religion, as the Cosmic Bunny has given us free will. What we do have are best described as guidelines or philosophies for living a good life as a Bunny or Fuzzy (or member of any other religion, for that matter) and for advancing our spiritual natures. Many practices from Asian Rabbits have found their way to the West and you will find Bunny Chakra work and a strong emphasis on meditation in most modern groups. The Church of the Cosmic Bunny also suggests meditation as one of the best ways to awaken your Inner Bunny (which you can read more about on this site). We are not an elitist or exclusive system. We encourage you to incorporate the Way of the Bunny into other religious practice as it suits you.

Definitions and further explanations of terms can be found in the Glossary.

See the FAQ, Doctrine and Guide to Healthy Bunnyliving sections for further information.

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Egyptian & Hebrew Bunny Symbology

In a previous article, Bunny Mythology from Humans, we discussed some of the legends and myths that humans have developed around the beloved Rabbit. Illumibunny, a Fuzzy, sent along some further information recently about Bunnies in Egypt, from Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry...

The heiroglyph for the Rabbit was that of open eyes, indicating that Bunnies never closed their eyes for fear of being caught unaware by enemies. Later the Rabbit was adopted as a symbol of mystic light, illuminating the mind, revealed to neophytes during initiation. This mystic light was part of the contemplation of the divine and closely associated with Osiris. Bunnies showed the initimate connection between sacred Egyptian rites and the divinity of nature.

In addition, the Hebrew word for Hare is ARNaBeT, which is a compound of the words "to behold" and "light". Again, the Bunny means to behold the light of sacred initiation.

If you'll notice our banner at the top of the page, the sacred Bunnies in the midst of... light! It shows that the deep truth of the Cosmic Bunny shines inside all our minds, connecting us back to the source, no matter what time or place we may live in. All those who have been on the Path of the Bunny, seeking to awaken and merge with their own Inner Bunnies will automatically connect our fuzzy heroes with divine light. And that's how it should be. Bunny bless, everyone!

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Bunny Full Moon Howling for April

Just a reminder that this coming weekend (the 19th and 20th of April) is our monthly Bunny Full Moon Howling!

Bunnies out there already know what to do, but if this is your first Fuzzy Full Moon as a non-Rabbit, you may need a few pointers.

To celebrate with us as a human, simply do the following:

1) Put on your Bunny ears or mask
2) Gather a group of friends or relatives if you can
3) Go outside into the night
4) Howl at the moon (if you can't see the moon, pretend you can!)

It's that easy to add Bunnyness to your night! We can almost guarantee you'll feel exhilarated! Talk about this howling with as many others as will listen and, if possible, upload a video of you and your friends howling on MySpace or YouTube! The more Bunny ears seen, the better! It's a great monthly opportunity to spread Bunnyness!

Stay Fuzzy,
D.C.


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