Sunday, June 23, 2019

Gratitude Oblation: Brigit Classes for Friends



I am nearly finished my manuscript, Sun Among Stars - Poems and Prayers to Brigit of Ireland.

It's been a long, looong process, interrupted repeatedly by ill health and life challenges. I can barely believe I will soon be taking the next step toward offering it to the world.

In gratitude for this long and nourishing devotion, I'd like to foster our community in another way.

At present, I have three classes available through the Mystery School of the Goddess: Discovering Brigit and its sister course, Stepping Into Brigit, and the poetry intensive, Journey with Brigit, Goddess of Poetry.

To date people have taken the courses as individuals. I would like to offer them to you to take with friends, cill, or grove members. If you gather four people to take one or more class, one of you will not be charged. This way you can make a gift to one or settle amounts between yourselves in a way that supports your community. (Oh--and if anyone at all takes Discovering Brigit and then Stepping Into Brigit, there is a discount if you sign up through the first course.)

Blessings of Brigit on all. Thank you for your immense support. 


Click here to find Mael Brigde's Classes.



Image: from Mother House of the Goddess, Journey Into Brigit, Goddess of Poetry.

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

News on Brigantia Comic Number Two

  1. announcement time! I have some sad news and some happy news - the sad news is that is stepping away from the project and the happy news is that is taking over for issue #2 and beyond. More details attached!






  1. Click HERE to link to this thread on Twitter.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Brigit in Her Complexity and Beauty - Art by Valerie Herron


(Click on the image for a larger view)

Valerie Herron just released into the world an awe-inspiring image of Brigit, one which encompasses so much it makes my heart swell. It moves me in a way no other Brigit art, however wonderful, has ever done. It is huge, what Valerie has expressed here.

Here is what she says about it on her Instagram post:

Brigid: Goddess of the flame of inspiration. Patron Saint of Ireland, the blacksmiths and the poets. She is the resplendent fire in the head of writers, painters, and luminaries. The living embodiment of the creative flow. This piece is about my relationship with creativity and creation.

Valerie is a Seattle based illustrator of the "mythological, the macabre, and the absurd." I encourage you to plumb the depths of her offerings.

Where to find Valerie and her art:

WebpageMystic Media: The Art of Valerie Herron
EtsyMystic Media: The Art of Valerie Herron
Instagram: Valerie Herron Art
Facebook: Valerie Herron


Image: Brigit by Valerie Herron (2019).


Monday, June 17, 2019

Another Stunning Brigit Sculpture by Denisa Prochazka





The Red Maple Grove of รr nDraรญocht Fรฉin (A Druid Fellowship) has installed a beautiful Brigit shrine at Raven's Knoll in Eganville, Ontario.

The bust was created by Denisa Prochazka, (see her plaque for Saint Brigid's Church, Ottawa, here) and Leo Lanoy Dit Watier built the stone base.

Brigit's shrine joins those of Lugh and Manannรกn mac Lir. A pilgrimage to this site (camping allowed!) is definitely something to consider.







Images (above): Courtesy of Red Maple Grove of ADF. (below): Photo by Lisa Wasilkowsky Malik.


Brigit - Bless and praise her.



Sunday, June 09, 2019

I Knew Brigit Had a Lot of Character: Fadรณ - the video game merging Irish myths with modern tech



From top left: St Patrick, Fionn Mac Cumhaill, St Bridget and Cรบ Chulainn

How fun is this?





Fadรณ: The video game merging Irish myths with modern tech



As a video game hero, St Patrick is certainly an untapped resource. 

So, too, is St Bridget, a figure who can be interpreted from Irish mythology as either a "very ancient, pre-Christian or even pre-human person who came to Ireland thousands of years ago", or as "a young woman working in the first millennium". 

That's according to Fionn Keeley, the Irish creator of Fadรณ, an independent role-playing game (RPG) based on the figures and legends of Irish mythology, including Fionn Mac Cumhaill, Cรบ Chulainn and - yes - the Salmon of Knowledge...


Updated / Monday, 3 Jun 2019 12:04



So begins Ryan's RTร‰ article. Follow the link here, or on the title above to read the whole article.




Image: RPG characters by  Fadรณ