Essays
Friends of Bride's Mound
The wheel of the year turns once again towards the festival of
Brigit, the goddess who flows seamlessly into the figure of Saint
Bride. Bride has historical and legendary associations with
Glastonbury, and there is a campaign to preserve and protect one
of her sacred sites.
Click on the Brighid's Cross for an interview with FOI Priestess
Jane Marshall of Friends of Bride’s Mound.
The wheel of the year turns once again towards the festival of
Brigit, the goddess who flows seamlessly into the figure of Saint
Bride. Bride has historical and legendary associations with
Glastonbury, and there is a campaign to preserve and protect one
of her sacred sites.
Click on the Brighid's Cross for an interview with FOI Priestess
Jane Marshall of Friends of Bride’s Mound.
| Bridghid's Cross |
| Olivia with Wolf |
The Lupacalia - A Festival of February
“A she-wolf which had given birth to her whelps came, wondrous to
tell, to the abandoned twins. She halted and fawned on the tender
babes with her tail, and licked into shape their two bodies with her
tongue. The she-wolf (lupa) gave her name to the place, and the
place gave the name to the Lupacalia. Great is the nurse for the
milk that she gave.” (Ovid, Fasti II)
quoted in 'Juno Clovella', Lawrence Durdin-Robertson
Click on Olivia with Wolf for "The Lupacalia: A Personal Odyssey"
by Caroline Wise
“A she-wolf which had given birth to her whelps came, wondrous to
tell, to the abandoned twins. She halted and fawned on the tender
babes with her tail, and licked into shape their two bodies with her
tongue. The she-wolf (lupa) gave her name to the place, and the
place gave the name to the Lupacalia. Great is the nurse for the
milk that she gave.” (Ovid, Fasti II)
quoted in 'Juno Clovella', Lawrence Durdin-Robertson
Click on Olivia with Wolf for "The Lupacalia: A Personal Odyssey"
by Caroline Wise
| THE STAR OF ELEN |
The flame of
Brigid coming to
Bride's Mound
(the flame is
hidden behind the
leaf just to the
left of center)
Brigid coming to
Bride's Mound
(the flame is
hidden behind the
leaf just to the
left of center)
Sisters Rita and Mary of the Brigidine Order, Kildare,
present the flame of Bride at St Bride's Mound, Glastonbury.
Children received the flame through the floral archway at the
entrance to the site. The sacred flame of Bride burned at
Kildare, Ireland tended by 19 nuns. In 1992, the Brigantine
Order rekindled the sacred flame of Bride at Kildare and do
so every year around Candlemas.
Olivia travelled with Rita and Mary from Ireland to
Glastonbury in the summer of 2004 when they brought the
sacred flame to Bride's Mound. The Fellowship of Isis
contributed to this event with a ceremony at the Goddess
Conference. Invoking Bride as the Inner Sun, Olivia led the
rite with FOI Priestesses Julie Felix, Celia Thomas, Phylis
Pointer, Claire Bellenis, Caroline Wise, and Jane and Joy of
FOBM.
present the flame of Bride at St Bride's Mound, Glastonbury.
Children received the flame through the floral archway at the
entrance to the site. The sacred flame of Bride burned at
Kildare, Ireland tended by 19 nuns. In 1992, the Brigantine
Order rekindled the sacred flame of Bride at Kildare and do
so every year around Candlemas.
Olivia travelled with Rita and Mary from Ireland to
Glastonbury in the summer of 2004 when they brought the
sacred flame to Bride's Mound. The Fellowship of Isis
contributed to this event with a ceremony at the Goddess
Conference. Invoking Bride as the Inner Sun, Olivia led the
rite with FOI Priestesses Julie Felix, Celia Thomas, Phylis
Pointer, Claire Bellenis, Caroline Wise, and Jane and Joy of
FOBM.
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