Class Giveaway! Discovering Brigit - Goddess & Saint (with Mael Brigde)

 

Win free enrollment in Discovering Brigit - Goddess & Saint with Mael Brigde. Enrollment gives a discount on the following course, Stepping Into Brigit, but Discovering Brigit can be taken as a stand-alone, and will appeal to long-time devotees as well as those new to Brigit.

TO ENTER

*METHOD ONE*

* Like my Facebook page, Brigit's Portal - Classes, Gatherings, Poetry, Tools.

* Share this post.

* Comment below the competition post on Brigit's Portal with one thing that drew you to Brigit, Goddess and Saint.

*METHOD TWO*

* Subscribe to this blog.

* Share the contents of this post & the image above on social media.

* Comment below with one thing that drew you to Brigit, Goddess and Saint.

The winning name will be drawn on 15 January 2023.

Good luck!

ENDORSEMENTS

"I can’t imagine reading this poetry and remaining untouched. I can’t imagine allowing this book to lie, languishing and ignored, at the back of the shelf. I can’t imagine allowing this book to pass you by."

from the foreword by Orlagh Costello, founder of Brigid's Forge.

“Sun Among Stars…is at once contemplative and deeply personal, educational and reflecting the evolution in understanding and belief that we all go through over time. For this alone it is an invaluable addition to the corpus of material on Brigid… Let the goddess or the saint or simply Brigid speak to you through the author’s words as you step into a deeper understanding…”

Morgan Daimler author of Pagan Portals: Brigid - Meeting The Celtic Goddess Of Poetry, Forge, And Healing Well

"It is a unique challenge to bridge the ancient past with the modern, and the Christian with the Pagan, but Mael Brigde does so with ease and grace. She tells the story of Brigid through remarkable poetry that is as much prayer as it is verse. This gorgeous text could be used as a guidebook for a Brigid devotee through different holidays and times of life. A must have for all lovers of Brigid."

Courtney Weber, author of Brigid: History, Mystery, and Magick of the Celtic Goddess

WEBSITE: https://bit.ly/MaelBrigde

IMAGE: a graphic design consisting of the words Class Giveaway going around a photo of a red-haired woman (pictured from the upper arms to above the knee-line. She is wearing a green dress and holding a candle lantern. The image rests on a photo of hawthorn leaves against a background of blue sky.

Book Giveaway: A Brigit of Ireland Devotional - Sun Among Stars by Mael Brigde

 

Win a copy of A Brigit of Ireland Devotional - Sun Among Stars by Mael Brigde. (Yes, me! Why do I feel so shy about this?)

TO ENTER

*METHOD ONE*

* Like my Facebook page, Brigit's Portal - Classes, Gatherings, Poetry, Tools.

* Share this post.

* Comment below the competition post on Brigit's Portal with one thing that drew you to Brigit, Goddess and Saint.

*METHOD TWO*

* Subscribe to this blog.

* Share the contents of this post & the image above on social media.

* Comment below with one thing that drew you to Brigit, Goddess and Saint.

The winning name will be drawn on 15 December 2022.

Good luck!

ENDORSEMENTS

"I can’t imagine reading this poetry and remaining untouched. I can’t imagine allowing this book to lie, languishing and ignored, at the back of the shelf. I can’t imagine allowing this book to pass you by."

from the foreword by Orlagh Costello, founder of Brigid's Forge.

“Sun Among Stars…is at once contemplative and deeply personal, educational and reflecting the evolution in understanding and belief that we all go through over time. For this alone it is an invaluable addition to the corpus of material on Brigid… Let the goddess or the saint or simply Brigid speak to you through the author’s words as you step into a deeper understanding…”

Morgan Daimler author of Pagan Portals: Brigid - Meeting The Celtic Goddess Of Poetry, Forge, And Healing Well

"It is a unique challenge to bridge the ancient past with the modern, and the Christian with the Pagan, but Mael Brigde does so with ease and grace. She tells the story of Brigid through remarkable poetry that is as much prayer as it is verse. This gorgeous text could be used as a guidebook for a Brigid devotee through different holidays and times of life. A must have for all lovers of Brigid."

Courtney Weber, author of Brigid: History, Mystery, and Magick of the Celtic Goddess

WEBSITE: https://bit.ly/MaelBrigde

IMAGE: a graphic design consisting of the words Book Giveaway going around a photo of the copy of a green book, A Brigit of Ireland Devotional - Sun Among Stars. The face of a red-haired woman (painting) looks out from a circle of Irish knotwork. The book rests on a photo of hawthorn leaves against a background of blue sky.

A Brigit of Ireland Devotional - Sun Among Stars by Mael Brigde

 

This post gives an overview of my book, with quotes from readers (including Orlagh Costello and Morgan Daimler, who contributed a foreword and afterword), and links to buy it.

New Brigit Book - Courtney Weber’s Brigid: History, Mystery, and Magick of the Celtic Goddess

Courtney Weber’s new book Brigid: History, Mystery, and Magick of the Celtic Goddess (Weiser 2015) is freshly out and she was kind enough to give me a copy as thanks for using the prayer I wrote after the Newtown killings. I asked her if she would answer a few questions about the book and her connection to it so that I could pass that on to you along with the publishing information. Here are her answers to my probing queries.

My perspective: Progressive Wiccan/Pagan with strong Celtic influences.

Why did you write the book?
Several reasons! First of all (and I tell this story in the book), I made a promise to Brigid back in college that if She would help me finish a short story for my fiction class, I'd write a book for Her. She sent along the inspiration, but I did not complete my end of the bargain. I forgot about it completely and went about my life, wondering why my writing career could never launch beyond a MySpace blog with 20 followers. Eventually, people started asking me about book recommendations about Brigid. I would refer them to Irish prayer books and Celtic myths. Finally, it made sense to just put one together with all the things I was sending people around to find, scavenger-hunt style. It was also about that time that in ritual, I was reminded of a promise I'd made a decade before. I knew I needed to write the book to make good my word to Brigid, and also try to help people find the resources they were looking for. (Continued below.)

Courtney Weber
photo by Theresa Pridemore