A to Z Challenge -- I -- CLEANING, CANDLEMAS, AND CALLING

The Triple Brigid

IMBOLC --  (Pronounced immehlk, also Imbolg)  This is Sabbat takes place around February 1st or 2nd.  It is a celebration that honors the coming spring.  It is a time when the Crone becomes the Maiden once more, while recovering from the birth of the God.

Brigid's Cross

It is a time of sweeping away the old and heralding the new.  Think of it as spring cleaning. It is also the time when animals are pregnant or ready to drop young.

Imbolc etymological roots in Irish means 'in the belly'.

It is also called Brigid's Day (Pronounced breed)  She is one of the Major Irish goddesses.  She is considered a triple (or threefold) goddess, but not in the aspect of maiden, mother, crone.  Instead, it's morely likely she was three sisters of the same name.

 She is associated with Poetry, Childbirth, and Smithcraft.  She had Brigid's crosses are made as symbols of protection and prosperity for the coming year.


INVOCATION --  This is to invite power or a deity within you or it is to ask for something.  For example, drawing down the moon is to take in the Goddess or Her power into yourself or performing a invoking chant to want the gods to aid you in protection.

This is opposed to evocation.


Disclaimer: None of these pictures belong to me.  I found them on Google.