THE STORY AND MYTH OF BRIGID Brigid, the Great Mother Goddess of Ireland, is the Celtic Goddess of Inspiration, Fire and the Arts. She brings healing and artistic beauty through her synergy of creative power. Brigid means bright and is the fire of inspiration that creates beauty and art in the world. She was born […]
Imbolc
Ways to Celebrate Winter Solstice and the Goddesses of Winter by Kimberly Moore
The first of December is actually the start of meteorological Winter, but in many Northern areas hard frosts and snow begin much earlier. In ancient times, when the agricultural calendar was the focus, our Ancestors knew that Winter Solstice signified the halfway point of Winter. There was comfort that half of the hardest, coldest months […]
Ways to Celebrate Brigid’s Day and Imbolc by Kimberly Moore
“The Sun’s path has returned to where it was at Samhain. Take some time to notice the quality of the light, for it is the same now as that shimmering magical glow of late October. But instead of the season of dark and silence before us, in the Northern Hemisphere, the season of light and growth […]
Making Your Own Brighid’s Cross with Jude Lally
Making Your Own Cross A Brighid’s cross can be made throughout the year for whatever your personal need. You can make them out of varying materials such as corn husks, wool, fabric, pipe cleaners, raffia, or even paper – whatever you are drawn to using. Your cross will also look effective with just one round […]
Honoring the Goddess Aphrodite on Her February Feast Day
Leave Crete, Come here, Come to the holy place Come to the sacred grove. Your altars are smoking with incense. Cold water sings through the fruited trees, Everything is shaded under the bower of roses And from the shimmering radiance of leaves, an enchanted sleep drops down. Here is a meadow of spring flowers where […]
Feast Day of the Orisha Goddess OYA – February 2
The promise of Spring, the quickening, and the fire of Goddess also inspires other Goddess festivals. Oya is a Yoruban Orisha and Goddess who has been syncretized into Afro-Caribbean traditions. February 2 is the Feast Day of the Orisha Goddess OYA, as well as her Saint, Candelaria. We did a teleconference on this powerful […]
