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Halcyon / ˈ h æ l s i ə n / is an unincorporated community of about 125 acres (50 ha) in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States, just south of Arroyo Grande.It was founded in 1903 as a Theosophical intentional community and is the home and headquarters of a religious organization, The Temple of the People (not to be confused with Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple).
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Halcyon Days is an oblique reference to the Greek mythological figures Alcyone and Ceyx and Alcyone, often used to denote a past period that is being remembered for being happy and/or successful. It may also refer to:
Alcyone and Ceyx Transformed into Halcyons. In Greek mythology, Alcyone (or dubiously Halcyone) [1] (/ æ l ˈ s aɪ ə ˌ n i, h æ l ˈ s aɪ ə ˌ n i /; Ancient Greek: Ἀλκυόνη, romanized: Alkyónē) and Ceyx (/ ˈ s iː ɪ k s /; Κήϋξ, Kḗÿx) were a wife and husband who incurred the wrath of the god Zeus for their romantic hubris.
The date of the holiday is not officially declared until February of the previous year, due to the need for recent astronomical measurements. Vernal Equinox Day became a public holiday in 1948. Prior to that it was the date of Shunki kōreisai (春季皇霊祭), an event relating to Shinto.
The shrine's layout is typical of Suhrawadi tombs, with three entrances, a western-facing mihrab, and an original main entrance on the southern axis that featured a small vestibule. [4] The main entrance has since been shifted to the east, in an attempt to align the shrine's axises with Mecca , in accordance with orthodox interpretations of Islam.
This marked a shift in the dominance of home video games from the United States to Japan, to the point that Computer Gaming World described the "Nintendo craze" as a "non-event" for American video game designers as "virtually all the work to date has been done in Japan."
"Halcyon" was remixed for the album, as "Halcyon + On + On". Versions of this song played live by the band have incorporated diverse samples, including " You Give Love a Bad Name " by the band Bon Jovi , " Heaven Is a Place on Earth " by Belinda Carlisle , and in 2004 " I Believe in a Thing Called Love " by the band The Darkness .