Holy water
Sacred flame
Brigid we invoke your mane
Bless my hands, my head, my heart
Source of healing, song & art.
I know, it’s easy to forget at this time of year when the skies are steel gray & the ice crystals bite,
that stirring in the cold winds, is the spark of spring – waiting, to be ignited by the passion of our purpose...
can you feel the energy of the earth...Quickening...i feel it groaning & stretching in the earth of my body…
like a snake trying to shed its skin… yearning to peel off all those layers of winter clothes…
I just want to be a molting bird…dancing in the silent belly of February,
we know, She drums in the womb of her slumber...so much to do...so much to be...
Can you feel Her growing rhythms...Her song ever sung... ‘Being is Becoming’...
She...has many names...for today, lets call Her Brigid...Goddess of the forge, of creativity & poetry…
Great Goddess of healing...whose feast-day marks the waxing light...called by some, Candlemas,
by others - groundhog’s day, still others, Imbolc...the lambing season...the time of year when the belly
of the great mother quickens with the growing light...a time to purify & get fertile...
so lets, charm the plow...& kiss the candle...to kindle, a need-fire...as a welcoming beacon...
to call back, our dormant power...to heat up, our potential, & re-seed our creativity...
as we add fuel to the fire of our community...one spark warms us all…
a purifying fire, that burns clean & opens the way to the true power of love & light from deep within us…
from the ancient & immortal tribes...from all the quarters of the cosmos... to come & warm our circle…
to bring, their respected dimensions, into the eternity, of our circle, now...
our circle...which is open & ever changing...for we have alot to honor in ourselves tonight...
as we stand on the waning side of the new moon...whispering the promise of passion
like a communal chant that builds... as we teach the Tiger of Chinese New Year to make it Zen in 2010...
Leaping into the arrows of Eros, embracing our true heart, in the eternal now...
so, as we sing in the forces...find the center of your true will,
& call the power of your passion into our rhythm of growing light…
I SAW BRIGIT
MAKING AN ANGEL IN THE SNOW
SHE CALLED HER SHADOW
& THEY DANCED TOGETHER
BANISHING THE WINTER
HER SONG ECHOING
IN THE ARCTIC ACOUSTIC
WAS LIKE A CRISP ICICLE
TRACING AN IMAGE OF THE SUN
ON THE SNOW
yes...this time of year is about the promise of spring...
as we step out of the center point of the dark half of the year...
preparing for growth & renewal...performing the ancient rituals of spring cleaning...
purifying & anointing the body electric...awakening the spirit within...a time of spiritual re-dedication...
of self blessing & initiation...of affirming & energizing creative work...
a time of blessing the seeds & consecrating the garden tools...
of calling forth & rekindling the sacred fires...ancient symbol of invigoration...of becoming...of rebirth...
so lets play a rhythm now, that will inspire Brigid...Goddess of the forge, of poetry & healing...
to come & inspire us...that we may heal ourselves & each other...that we may see our creativity
become fertile…enflaming us with the passion of our purpose...
as the rhythm builds, look within...to find the one, seed-word, that best describes what you want
to purify or purge from your life...there is no abracadabra...just the steady beat of the drum,
that meditates our hearts…as we let the rhythm purge & purify our lives...making us fertile ground
for the new beginnings of spring…/Brigid’s element is fire...the blue part of the flame,
which always burns clean & hot…so for our next song lets use the power of our communal rhythms
& the blue flame to do a little early spring cleaning of the soul…when the spirit moves you…
move into the center of the circle & light a candle of purification…become the blue flame…
whisper or sing, or shout your purge word…then dance & drum it away…making more room for the light…
BRIGID TAKE US HIGHER
SET FIRE TO OUR DESIRE...