Just a quick note from my rainy day desk in Temecula, California to wish you all a Blessed Brigid's Day.
Celebrated on Feb. 1-2 by Pagans, Witches and Brigit devotees, She is the Goddess of Smithcraft, Healing and Poetry and can help us protect and access our pure potential. This Festival or Sabbat also known as Imbolc (Oimelc) is one of the four great Celtic fire festivals or "gateways into the seasons of the turning year."
Bride or Brigit, often called 'Mary of the Gael' or 'Great Mother of the Celts' brings us the inspiration we need during the dark days of Winters to divine our futures and to find light within the darkness. She is the source of oracles.
You will find Brigid's Fire continually burning in Kildare, Ireland as it was in pre-Christian times.This sacred flame was suppressed in the sixteenth century but was relit in 1993.
Brigid by Kathy Crabbe
Brigid
Brigid's reign as sacred muse
spans centuries timeless truth
Priestess or nun
tending her fire
Brigid's power
always inspires.
Brigid’s Myth
Brigid is one of the few early goddesses to survive intact through the Christian era. Brigid means 'bright one' as symbolized by fire. She is worshiped as a Triple Goddess by the Celtic Irish, called Brigantia in England, Bride in Scotland and Brigandu in Celtic France. In her ancient form as carrier of the cauldron she was ruler of smithcraft, poetry, inspiration, healing and medicine. The Christian Saint Bridget is often invoked as both muse and healer in continuation of her ancient rites and her rituals were preserved for more than 1000 years after she ceased to be called a goddess. Today little is left of the ancient Celtic legends describing her.
The painting and poetry of Brigid is from my Zodiac Goddess Power Deck which can be ordered here.
About Kathy Crabbe
Initiated in Third Road Faerie Witch Tradition, Kathy Crabbe has created five oracle decks that combine with her astrological soul readings to inspire and heal your moon-guided witchy heart. Kathy divides her time between Southern California and the 1000 Islands, Canada travelling by caravan to faerie cottages built by her beloved and herself.