There is an artist who loves to paint Brigit. I have only seen a few of her offerings, but I have loved what I’ve seen and I look forward to seeing many more. Here are two examples, and this is her new Instagram profile: @rowan_lewgalon_art
Thursday, February 17, 2022
Tuesday, February 08, 2022
Mael Brigde Interview, Oracle of Luna with Bridget Engels
After the flurry of activity last year around this time, with interviews and talks and so on ahead of my book's release, I decided I needed a quieter Imbolc this year, and didn’t organise anything beyond sharing my daily devotional with folk and having a gentle ritual and supper with fellow Daughter of the Flame, Seba.
Into this scene enter the lovely Bridget Engels, who invited me for an interview, to be conducted once the dust had settled. We had our conversation on Sunday and two days later it is ready for interested ears. See below for links to where you can find it.
I enjoyed talking with Bridget, although afterwards of course I found myself thinking, "oh! I didn’t explain that very well. I completely forgot to say the other thing. Etc., etc." As when I said I wanted to bring (describing me in the 1980s) not just the flame but a devotion to Brigit back into the world. Well, despite the fact that I live an ocean away from Ireland, I knew even then that the saint still had her fans. I meant the goddess, who I wanted to see become as known to goddess worshippers as Inanna and Aphrodite.
Earlier in the conversation, I talked about whether or not Brigit’s perpetual flame was an ancient pagan practice or a mediaeval Christian one. I completely forgot to say, as I got carried away with I what I was trying to explain, that whatever my opinions or anyone else’s about that question, tending Brigit’s flame remains a meaningful and precious practice which I have no intention of ever giving up.
So! Enough of my dithering and bum coverage. I invite you to listen to the Oracle of Luna with Bridget Engels and Mael Brigde.
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/18K4q6zxaHiWSX28cXKxyT
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Pandora:
Image: by Bridget Engels.
Wednesday, February 02, 2022
Online Pop Up Talk: St. Brigid's Shoe Shrine
The National Museum of Ireland released an online talk on Facebook yesterday, which focusses on one artifact connected to her, the shoe shrine. From the post:
"Celebrate St. Brigid's Day and learn more about the saint
and her Shoe Shrine.
"Watch our new pop-up talk about Ireland’s female saint, St.
Brigid, and her Shoe Shrine that is on display at the National Museum of
Ireland – Archaeology. Discover more about the life of the saint and her
miracles, and find out more about the unique Shoe Shrine that is associated
with St. Brigid.
"Learn about the traditions and practices associated
with #StBrigid
https://www.museum.ie/.../Religion-and.../St-Brigid-s-Day
"Learn about the elaborate shrines which were made to contain
artefacts that were associated with saints and these were often embellished and
inscribed over the centuries at the Colmcille: Sacred objects of a Saint - 1500
years of devotion Exhibition- https://www.museum.ie/.../Colmcille-Sacred-objects-of-a... #archaeology #StBrigidsDay
Mael Brigde Interview - The Oracle of Luna With Bridget Engels
I am so looking forward to this! Bridget Engels will be interviewing me on The
Oracle of Luna With Bridget Engels podcast next week, airing on 8 February. I've been listening
to her interviews and she talks with some very interesting people. She writes:
"☘️🔥Mael is a devotee of the Celtic Goddess and saint, Brigit, and the founder of the Daughters of the Flame, and the author of A Brigit of Ireland Devotional – Sun Among Stars, a collection of essays, contemplative poetry, and resources for those seeking to deepen their understanding of and connection to Brigit. Her aim in founding Daughters of the Flame was to rekindle the perpetual flame burned by Saint Brigit’s order in Kildare, Ireland until the 1600s. She also publishes a general interest Brigit blog, Brigit’s Sparkling Flame, and a Brigit poetry blog, Stone on the Belly.
Mael has created three online classes for those wishing to learn more about Brigit and grow closer to her. The first, Discovering Brigit, introduces Brigit and many of the ideas associated with her. The second, Stepping into Brigit, guides the seeker into a deepening connection with her. The third, Journey with Brigit, Goddess of Poetry, is a longer, intensive class that explores reading and writing poetry as a sacred act, offering meditations, historical information, and the model of both ancient and modern Irish poets.
"This episode will air on 2/8 on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Amazon Music, Pandora, etc."
Image: by Bridget Engels