Book Release Day!
I'm very excited to have a poem included in this anthology. It's one of last things Patricia Monaghan finished before her passing. There is a book launch in Chicago on May 11th.
Available May 1, 2013:
Brigit: Sun of Womanhood
an anthology edited by Patricia Monaghan
and Michael McDermott
Brigit: Sun of Womanhood offers a holistic picture of Brigit from her beginnings as a Celtic Goddess to her role as a Christian saint. The contributors to this anthology hail from all parts of the globe-including Ireland, Scotland, the United States and Canada-reflecting the widespread influence of Brigit. Readers will be transformed by this inspiring collection.
This newest anthology from Goddess Ink is edited by Michael McDermott and Patricia Monaghan and features writers from Ireland, Scotland, Canada and the US including Carol Christ, Sr. Rita Minehan, M. Macha Nightmare, Dolores Whelan, Joan McBreen, Matthew Geden, and many others.
Advance Praise for Brigit: Sun of Womanhood
Bright: Sun of Womanhood is an encyclopedic compendium of various aspects of the female spirit. Rather than being a daunting read, it is a delight from beginning to end. There is something for everyone - male and female alike - within these pages, from the casual reader who is simply looking for light entertainment to the empathetic scholar seeking to broaden an already wide base of esoteric knowledge. The authors wisely have laid down no dictum of beliefs. There is no dogma; no hard and fast perimeter. The book is as transparent and full of joy as the spirit it celebrates, yet it also offers a serious, thought-provoking journey that will leave no pilgrim unmoved. -Morgan Llywelyn author of Lion of Ireland and Druids.
This anthology is a deeply intelligent, wise, and alluring immersion into the living presence of Brigit, a creation of ritual space that is both ancient and immediate. ---Charlene Spretnak author of Lost Goddesses of Early Greece
This wonderful collection of essays, poems, reflections, mediations and scholarship brilliantly captures the complexity, richness, and fertility of Brigit’s traditions. For many disenfranchised by male separatist religions, Brigit’s traditions allow us to hear ourselves think, and to hear each other into speech in thealogical mode. This volume will further spread Brigit’s cloak around the world, wrapping her followers in the comfort of her compassion, and inspiring them to weave their own cloaks, nurturing them as they protecting our vulnerable planet, Earth. -Mary Condren author of The Serpent and the Goddess: Women, Religion and Power in Celtic Ireland and a forthcoming major study on Brigit, the Cailleach or Wise Woman of Ancient Ireland.
Brigit, Sun of Womanhood, edited by Michael McDermott and Patricia Monaghan, is a comprehensive and compelling collection of fiction, poetry, essays and photographs that celebrate Brigit in all Her many manifestations as ancient Goddess, legendary Catholic abbess and saint, and modern-day archetype of the divine female. The stories shared in this anthology will delight and inform, whether or not one’s ethnicity is rooted in Celtic traditions. Like the color-drenched prisms of a finely crafted kaleidoscope, this book opens the reader’s eyes and heart to the magical, multi-faceted aspects of this Goddess’s legacy and the potent medicine She offers. Informative and entertaining, this anthology serves up a soul-quenching helping of milk and fire, poetry and ritual that’s sure to satisfy contemporary seekers. ---Mary Saracino co-editor of She Is Everywhere! Volume 3: An Anthology of Writings in Womanist/Feminist Spirituality (iUniverse 2012) and the author of the novel, The Singing of Swans (Pearlsong Press 2006). For more information visit: www.marysaracino.com.
Articles and poems included in this anthology:
Brigit, Sacred Virginity, and the Elements of Perpetual Energy --by Miriam Robbins Dexter
Brigit’s Litany --by Barbara Flaherty
The Great Bear Mother: A Journey with Brigit to the Ancient Dawn of Imbolc --by Jude Lally
Invocation to Brigit --by Ruth Barrett
In Search of Crios Bríde --by Barbara Callan
Magdalen Rising (excerpt) --by Elizabeth Cunningham
Forging --by Eileen Rosensteel
The Search for Bride’s Well --by Cheryl Straffon
Forging Finer Metal --by Barbara Ardinger
Brighde of the Isles --by Jill Smith
Goddess of Smiths --by Mael Brigde
Bride in Scotland --by Stuart McHardy
The First Keening --by Valerie Freseman
Brigit’s Runes in Sweden: The Völva and the Sun--by Kirsten Brunsgaard Clausen
Saint Bridget’s Day --by Matthew Geden
Bridget and Kildare --by Sr. Rita Minihan
Poem for Saint Bridget’s Day --by Joan McBreen
Growing up with Brigit --by Emily Stix
Brigid of Ireland, A Historical Novel (excerpt) --by Cindy Thomson
Bridget’s Mantle --by Bee Smith
Got Milk?: The Food Miracles of Saint Bridget of Kildare--by Kerry Noonan
Reworking of an 11th Century Irish Prayer to Brigit --by Erin Johnson
Brigit: Cailleach and Midwife to a New World --by Dolores Whelan
Dawn at Brigit’s Well --by Patricia Monaghan
The Feast Day of Saint Bridget and Other Stories--by Carol Christ
A Garden for Brigit --by Jenny Beale
My Blood Song --by Szmeralda Shanel
Take Back the Hammer --by Slippery Elm
The Hem of Her Cloak: How Modern Brigit Worship Spread into the Southern Highlands of Appalachia --by H. Byron Ballard
Fa La La --by Allison Stone
Sacred Tattooing: A Dedication to Brigit --by Phoenix Lefae
Brigit’s Light: A Break from Rain --by Kersten Christianson
Inspiration and invocation: Creating a ritual with Brigit --by Betz King
The Story of Brigit: A Conversation --by Ita Roddy
Bridey: From Personal to Global --by Aline O’Brien (M. Macha NightMare)
Brigit --by Annie Finch
Fire Will Make It Whole --by Sabina Magliocco
Available May 1, 2013:
Brigit: Sun of Womanhood
an anthology edited by Patricia Monaghan
and Michael McDermott
Brigit: Sun of Womanhood offers a holistic picture of Brigit from her beginnings as a Celtic Goddess to her role as a Christian saint. The contributors to this anthology hail from all parts of the globe-including Ireland, Scotland, the United States and Canada-reflecting the widespread influence of Brigit. Readers will be transformed by this inspiring collection.
This newest anthology from Goddess Ink is edited by Michael McDermott and Patricia Monaghan and features writers from Ireland, Scotland, Canada and the US including Carol Christ, Sr. Rita Minehan, M. Macha Nightmare, Dolores Whelan, Joan McBreen, Matthew Geden, and many others.
Advance Praise for Brigit: Sun of Womanhood
Bright: Sun of Womanhood is an encyclopedic compendium of various aspects of the female spirit. Rather than being a daunting read, it is a delight from beginning to end. There is something for everyone - male and female alike - within these pages, from the casual reader who is simply looking for light entertainment to the empathetic scholar seeking to broaden an already wide base of esoteric knowledge. The authors wisely have laid down no dictum of beliefs. There is no dogma; no hard and fast perimeter. The book is as transparent and full of joy as the spirit it celebrates, yet it also offers a serious, thought-provoking journey that will leave no pilgrim unmoved. -Morgan Llywelyn author of Lion of Ireland and Druids.
This anthology is a deeply intelligent, wise, and alluring immersion into the living presence of Brigit, a creation of ritual space that is both ancient and immediate. ---Charlene Spretnak author of Lost Goddesses of Early Greece
This wonderful collection of essays, poems, reflections, mediations and scholarship brilliantly captures the complexity, richness, and fertility of Brigit’s traditions. For many disenfranchised by male separatist religions, Brigit’s traditions allow us to hear ourselves think, and to hear each other into speech in thealogical mode. This volume will further spread Brigit’s cloak around the world, wrapping her followers in the comfort of her compassion, and inspiring them to weave their own cloaks, nurturing them as they protecting our vulnerable planet, Earth. -Mary Condren author of The Serpent and the Goddess: Women, Religion and Power in Celtic Ireland and a forthcoming major study on Brigit, the Cailleach or Wise Woman of Ancient Ireland.
Brigit, Sun of Womanhood, edited by Michael McDermott and Patricia Monaghan, is a comprehensive and compelling collection of fiction, poetry, essays and photographs that celebrate Brigit in all Her many manifestations as ancient Goddess, legendary Catholic abbess and saint, and modern-day archetype of the divine female. The stories shared in this anthology will delight and inform, whether or not one’s ethnicity is rooted in Celtic traditions. Like the color-drenched prisms of a finely crafted kaleidoscope, this book opens the reader’s eyes and heart to the magical, multi-faceted aspects of this Goddess’s legacy and the potent medicine She offers. Informative and entertaining, this anthology serves up a soul-quenching helping of milk and fire, poetry and ritual that’s sure to satisfy contemporary seekers. ---Mary Saracino co-editor of She Is Everywhere! Volume 3: An Anthology of Writings in Womanist/Feminist Spirituality (iUniverse 2012) and the author of the novel, The Singing of Swans (Pearlsong Press 2006). For more information visit: www.marysaracino.com.
Articles and poems included in this anthology:
Brigit, Sacred Virginity, and the Elements of Perpetual Energy --by Miriam Robbins Dexter
Brigit’s Litany --by Barbara Flaherty
The Great Bear Mother: A Journey with Brigit to the Ancient Dawn of Imbolc --by Jude Lally
Invocation to Brigit --by Ruth Barrett
In Search of Crios Bríde --by Barbara Callan
Magdalen Rising (excerpt) --by Elizabeth Cunningham
Forging --by Eileen Rosensteel
The Search for Bride’s Well --by Cheryl Straffon
Forging Finer Metal --by Barbara Ardinger
Brighde of the Isles --by Jill Smith
Goddess of Smiths --by Mael Brigde
Bride in Scotland --by Stuart McHardy
The First Keening --by Valerie Freseman
Brigit’s Runes in Sweden: The Völva and the Sun--by Kirsten Brunsgaard Clausen
Saint Bridget’s Day --by Matthew Geden
Bridget and Kildare --by Sr. Rita Minihan
Poem for Saint Bridget’s Day --by Joan McBreen
Growing up with Brigit --by Emily Stix
Brigid of Ireland, A Historical Novel (excerpt) --by Cindy Thomson
Bridget’s Mantle --by Bee Smith
Got Milk?: The Food Miracles of Saint Bridget of Kildare--by Kerry Noonan
Reworking of an 11th Century Irish Prayer to Brigit --by Erin Johnson
Brigit: Cailleach and Midwife to a New World --by Dolores Whelan
Dawn at Brigit’s Well --by Patricia Monaghan
The Feast Day of Saint Bridget and Other Stories--by Carol Christ
A Garden for Brigit --by Jenny Beale
My Blood Song --by Szmeralda Shanel
Take Back the Hammer --by Slippery Elm
The Hem of Her Cloak: How Modern Brigit Worship Spread into the Southern Highlands of Appalachia --by H. Byron Ballard
Fa La La --by Allison Stone
Sacred Tattooing: A Dedication to Brigit --by Phoenix Lefae
Brigit’s Light: A Break from Rain --by Kersten Christianson
Inspiration and invocation: Creating a ritual with Brigit --by Betz King
The Story of Brigit: A Conversation --by Ita Roddy
Bridey: From Personal to Global --by Aline O’Brien (M. Macha NightMare)
Brigit --by Annie Finch
Fire Will Make It Whole --by Sabina Magliocco