Brigid's Light: Tending the Ancestral Flame of the Beloved Celtic Goddess - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1578637694 ISBN 13: 9781578637690

Publisher: Weiser Books, 2022

Synopsis

Stories, spells, rituals, and recipes celebrating the worldwide influence of this beloved Celtic goddess, with contributions from Amy Blackthorn, Laura Tempest Zakroff, Courtney Weber, and many others

This anthology celebrates Brigid, an ancient and mysterious Celtic spirit who ranks among today’s most popular modern goddesses. Venerated in many forms including as a saint and a goddess, Brigid has traveled the globe alongside the Celtic diaspora. Once a goddess with a narrow territory, she is now an internationally beloved presence. While acknowledging her origins, this book also explores Brigid from the perspective of those outside her original Celtic homeland.

Editors Cairelle Crow and Laura Louella have gathered art, poetry, stories, spells, rituals, recipes, and traditions as an homage to the worldwide influence of Brigid’s magic and lore, especially among the descendants of immigrants to the Americas. In compiling these individual works, Cairelle and Laura have given voice to those traveling ancestors by showcasing a rich and beautiful heritage manifested through embodiments of devotion by their descendants, as well as others touched by Brigid.

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About the Authors

Cairelle Crow Perilloux is a genealogist; midlife maven; wanderess of wild and holy spaces; a priestess of bees, stars, and sacred roots; and, through her motherline, a daughter descendant of mitochondrial haplogroup H. With over two decades of experience in traditional and genetic genealogy, she is dedicated to connecting people to their own genealogy magic by teaching them how to research their ancestral lineages. Cairelle lectures and offers educational workshops nationally and internationally. Writing as Cairelle Crow, she is the author of The Magic in Your Genes and a contributing author and coeditor of the anthology Brigid’s Light. When she’s not riding on a Mardi Gras float in her native New Orleans or roaming the world in search of grandmothers, quirky art, and stone circles, Cairelle is home in a cozy forest cottage in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. You can find her online at www.cairelle.com

Judika Illes is the bestselling author of numerous books devoted to spells, spirits, and witchcraft, including the Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells and Encyclopedia of Spirits, as well as Pure Magic, Daily Magic, Encyclopedia of Witchcraft, Encyclopedia of Mystics, Saints, and Sages, and Witches: A Compendium. A lifelong student, lover, and practitioner of the magical arts, Judika is also the creator of two oracle decks, Magic Spells Oracle and Protection Spells. The editor and curator of two books of mystical fiction, The Weiser Book of the Fantastic and Forgotten and The Weiser Book of Occult Detectives, Judika was among the contributing authors to Taschen’s Witchcraft, part of The Library of Esoterica series. She has been a professional tarot card reader for over three decades and is a certified aromatherapist. A native New Yorker, Judika teaches in the US and internationally, live and virtually. Follow her on Instagram @judikailles and on Facebook at facebook.com/AuthorJudikaIlles/.

Edition details

• Publisher: Weiser Books
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1578637694
• ISBN 13: 9781578637690
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Crow Perilloux Cairelle, Louella Laura