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. <3 span="">

Click here to find Mael Brigde's Classes.



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

News on Brigantia Comic Number Two

1. 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘 𝕸𝖔𝖑𝖊‏ @ChrisManji
   

   #Brigantia announcement time! I have some sad news and some happy news - the sad news is that @tarrigan is stepping away from the project and the happy news is that @hattersarts is taking over for issue #2 and beyond. More details attached! #makingcomics #indiecomics
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Working with @tarrigan on this story has been an absolutely incredible experience, and I'm very grateful for everything she's done - she's pushed me to be a better writer and I think the positive reaction to issue #1 shows the strength of that collaboration.


𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘 𝕸𝖔𝖑𝖊‏ @ChrisManji 8m8 minutes ago

That said, I'm very excited to see how @hattersarts tackles the story and makes #Brigantia her own - she's a fantastic artist, and both @tarrigan and I love her work. Our (7-foot, muscled, ginger) goddess is in very good hands! #makingcomics #comics #indiecomicsR
𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘 𝕸𝖔𝖑𝖊‏ @ChrisManji 8m8 minutes ago

Issue #2 of #Brigantia (with @adityab on letters) unfortunately won't be ready in time for @ThoughtBubbleUK, but we should have a little 10-page preview to hand out to you guys there with the full issue coming early 2020. We'll have more details in the coming months!




𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘 𝕸𝖔𝖑𝖊‏ @ChrisManji 8m8 minutes ago

Thank you all for your patience with us, it's been a hectic time but we thought we'd wait until everything was sorted before sharing the news. Please join me in welcoming @hattersarts to the team and showing your love and appreciation for @tarrigan :)
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Brigit in Her Complexity and Beauty - Art by Valerie Herron

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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:

Webpage: Mystic Media: The Art of Valerie Herron
Etsy: Mystic Media: The Art of Valerie Herron
Instagram: Valerie Herron Art
Facebook: Valerie Herron


Image: Brigit by Valerie Herron (2019).

Another Stunning Brigit Sculpture by Denisa Prochazka

The Red Maple Grove of Ár nDraíocht Féin (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 Manannán 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.

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

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

How fun is this?

Fadó: The video game merging Irish myths with modern tech

Charlotte Ryan

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 Fadó, an independent role-playing game (RPG) based on the figures and legends of Irish mythology, including Fionn Mac Cumhaill, Cú Chulainn and - yes - the Salmon of Knowledge...


Updated / Monday, 3 Jun 2019 12:04

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




Image: RPG characters by  Fadó