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Brigid's Way: Reflections on the Celtic Divine Feminine
Brigid's Way is a collection of poems and reflections on the Celtic goddess Brigid and the namesake Abbess of Kildare who is one of Ireland's patron saints. Brigid, as both goddess and saint, is a potent icon of the Celtic divine feminine consciousness that has survived various changes in the spiritual and religious life of Ireland over millenia.
The poems take as their starting point folklore about the St. Brigid and the goddess, who was one of the Tuatha dé Danaan. They weave in her symbols, attributes and associations. This is both an ancient Brigid of the mythic past, as well as a modern Brigid concerned with climate change and social justice.
Brigid's stories abound with thresholds and liminality. In this time of swift change and social challenge Brigid is an ideal icon for 21st century women and men.
The poems take as their starting point folklore about the St. Brigid and the goddess, who was one of the Tuatha dé Danaan. They weave in her symbols, attributes and associations. This is both an ancient Brigid of the mythic past, as well as a modern Brigid concerned with climate change and social justice.
Brigid's stories abound with thresholds and liminality. In this time of swift change and social challenge Brigid is an ideal icon for 21st century women and men.
63 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 25, 2015
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April 17, 2015
Does Not Work Thematically
The poems in this book are loosely tied together by commentary on St. Brigid, but no real insight is offered into her or her life. Many of the poems are weakly-structured free verse relying on the commentary to force them into the collection's thematic structure.
All in all, the work does not express much of an emotional range, providing a flat affect that does not touch the soul. It falls quite wide of its proposed mark.
The poems in this book are loosely tied together by commentary on St. Brigid, but no real insight is offered into her or her life. Many of the poems are weakly-structured free verse relying on the commentary to force them into the collection's thematic structure.
All in all, the work does not express much of an emotional range, providing a flat affect that does not touch the soul. It falls quite wide of its proposed mark.
November 4, 2019
My favorite goddess of any pantheon has to be Ireland's Brigid: she is the goddess of healers, artists, poets, and smiths; the keeper of the the flame and protector of childbirth, livestock, hearth, home, and sacred wells. In fact, she was so loved by the people of Ireland that when Catholicism forced out paganism, she became known as Saint Brigid of Kildare, one of Ireland's three patron saints. (She sounds absolutely lovely, doesn't she? ❤) She is still cherished today and a flame is still tended in her honor by the Brigidine sisters at a monastery/temple in Kildare.
Brigid's Way: Reflections on the Celtic Divine Feminine is a book of poetry based on the folklore and divinity of Brigid. It is both a tribute to the goddess/saint and a way of sharing her light with the world. I thoroughly enjoyed reading through this and will have to revisit it in the future, likely on Imbolc (Brigid's day).
Brigid's Way: Reflections on the Celtic Divine Feminine is a book of poetry based on the folklore and divinity of Brigid. It is both a tribute to the goddess/saint and a way of sharing her light with the world. I thoroughly enjoyed reading through this and will have to revisit it in the future, likely on Imbolc (Brigid's day).
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