Taya
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Post by Taya on May 12, 2015 14:19:18 GMT -6
That seems so nice! I might offer her some tea tomorrow morning.
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ryeduck
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Brighid
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Post by ryeduck on May 12, 2015 19:27:04 GMT -6
This is so funny! I did nearly the exact same thing last week, I was feeling poorly and made her an extra latte. She is so lovely to sit with. Haha, that's so funny that we both did the same kind of thing around the same time!
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Huri
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Post by Huri on Jul 4, 2015 15:25:56 GMT -6
My veneration of Brighid feels so passive. I have a fireplace and an altar for her on the tiny makeshift mantle but alas, she goes under my spiritual radar a lot. It seems that's what she tends to do though, reading other's experiences. She is patient and doesn't ask for devotion much, but will still help you out when you come running. She was the first deity I ever honored, even if it was in an awful misinformed ritual for Imbolc. She protected my apartment when the wiring in the vacant unit next door set alight. Dang, I haven't thanked her enough for that. I plan (keyword plan?) on honoring her more when I get a house, when we can use the fireplace more (the place we're looking at now has one) or even get a fire pit for the outside. There's a great one I saw at my local garden store, made by a local artist, that's metal!! It's probably like 400 bucks though... Also our makeshift mantle is sooo thin, it's a little hard to put a proper altar on. Offerings I have given her have mostly been milk, or cuttings off my plants (especially when I'm making a tea for healing). Next Imbolc I want to try and actually bake some bread for her! ^ Just FYI, in some areas including where I'm from "working girls" is a euphemism for prostitution, so, probably just a good thing to tread carefully on haha. "Sex work/er" is a better term, as "prostitution" carries a lot of stigma.
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Post by saintfelicity on Jul 11, 2015 7:40:54 GMT -6
Definitely noted.
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Searlait
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Post by Searlait on Jul 11, 2015 18:00:34 GMT -6
I offered Her up some wool that my sister sheared off a sheep a few weeks ago. I think she really liked it. I've noticed that I get really big chills when she accepts an offering (especially with steel-cut oatmeal). Has anyone else experienced something similar? I feel like with her associations, she would create a warmer feeling.
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spiralthicket
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Post by spiralthicket on Jul 19, 2015 18:01:14 GMT -6
I was so happy to see this thread. I had a very similar situation to Huri's, in which she was the first deity I ever honored, and in a similar fashion, it was also very much a bad attempt at a Imbolc ritual, but nonetheless she was patient.
I've found that no matter how bad I screwed up, or how many times I've left and came back to her, she always welcomed me back. So to hear that many here feel her patient side makes me happy. Since then I've very much solidified my relationship with her and is probably my strongest relationship.
A little UPG, I look to Brighid for inspiration among other things, when I'm in an art block, or I just need a boost of creative energy. Simply because of poetry and blacksmithing. And I also associate her with hard work, and try to keep her in my mind when gardening, and doing yard and house work, which she does make sure I do. Ahaha I love the "this is still work" statement, so true.
As for offerings, milk definitely, bread, tea, poetry, art, and always a nice candle. I've devotionally made my own pewter coins / pendants. Using carved soapstone and a makeshift smelter, but I tend keep it low key.
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cass
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Post by cass on Jul 21, 2015 3:39:55 GMT -6
A little UPG, I look to Brighid for inspiration among other things, when I'm in an art block, or I just need a boost of creative energy. Simply because of poetry and blacksmithing. And I also associate her with hard work, and try to keep her in my mind when gardening, and doing yard and house work, which she does make sure I do. Ahaha I love the "this is still work" statement, so true. and now you have me thinking of helga hufflepuff? ?? i should probably just go to bed at this point >< i def share that UPG tough. my creative side is what led me to her in the first place. it actually took me a long time to really open up and see just how big she is; that i was not only pigeonholing her, but her place in my life. singing for her is still one of my absolute favorite things in the world.
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fiabeag
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Post by fiabeag on Sept 10, 2015 8:01:30 GMT -6
Lately, I've been giving offerings to Brigid in the form of reading aloud from plays and poetry along with my usual tea, incense, and the occasional cookie or other sweet, and generally the reaction is positive. Does anyone else do something similar (in terms of reciting poetry and plays)?
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Windy
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Post by Windy on Sept 10, 2015 10:57:34 GMT -6
So, after a three month dry spell, I'm starting to reconnect with my gods again. I was just thinking whether or not Brigid was around, and then I got the email that this thread was updated. It was a great reminder to me.
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Boggan
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Post by Boggan on Sept 10, 2015 12:08:31 GMT -6
@ fiabeag:
Yes, I do the same sort of thing! I try to write my own poetry to Her in offering and reverence or I will read something as best I can in Irish from the more traditional sources such as the Carmina Gadelica. I make a weekly offering to Her as well as to the other gods I venerate (primarily Manannan Mac Lir and the Morrigan) as well as a daily one of incense, flame and smoke.
UPG wise, I've had a reoccurring vision of Brighid in the aspect of the blacksmith, forging the World Tree. She hammers it out of black iron before etching it with poetry in either Ogham or Old Irish (it changes) and planting it in the rich earth. I did write some poetry about it and offering it up to Her. My veneration of Brighid has been incredibly fulfilling and I've learned much under her guidance as well as with working with others who venerate Her like Clann Bhride. Great bunch of folks them.
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Boggan
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Post by Boggan on Sept 11, 2015 10:43:17 GMT -6
I found the poem I wrote after that vision/dream:
“Hammer, Forge and Tree”
Hammer raised and hammer fell, The forge is blazing, the water blessed. The metal pure, the quill sharpened, Hammer raised and hammer fell.
Trunk, roots, and branches, Shaped by Her Excellent Hand. Forged to form from inner flame and bold creation, Trunk, roots, and branches.
Hammer raised and hammer fell, Pounding flat the last imperfections, Hammered and heated for one divine purpose, Hammer raised and hammer fell.
Trunk, roots, and branches, Upraised by gentle, calloused hands, Blessed by the sanctified waters of Her well, Trunk, roots, and branches.
Hammer raised and hammer fell, The fires burned and the water cooled, The metal became the Tree, Hammer raised and hammer fell.
Trunks, roots, and branches, Inscribed with Her Writ and Life-giving Words, Metal is now bark, roots take ground, Trunk, roots, and branches.
Hammer raised and hammer fell, The forge now stands silent, But the smith now marvels at Her Work, Hammer raised and hammer fell.
Trunk, roots, and branches, Her Work now done. She then turned to me, Her Words of comfort and bliss.
As I stood beside Her and marvel at Her Creation, The World she has wrought, This beauty of trunk, roots and branches, Forged from metal and Her sacred craft, When hammer raised and hammer fell.
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fiabeag
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Brighid
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Post by fiabeag on Sept 11, 2015 11:34:24 GMT -6
I found the poem I wrote after that vision/dream: “Hammer, Forge and Tree” Hammer raised and hammer fell, The forge is blazing, the water blessed. The metal pure, the quill sharpened, Hammer raised and hammer fell ... That is absolutely beautiful. I admit I'd never really connected Brigid with the World Tree before, but it's an appealing concept.
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Boggan
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Post by Boggan on Sept 11, 2015 13:09:11 GMT -6
Thank you so much! I really appreciate that. As for the connection between Brighid and the World Tree, I can see it as a connection to her parents: Danu and Bile. An interesting article on that can be found here: www.imbas.org/articles/danu_bile.html
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