It's interesting to work with specific energies on specific days. I received something from my friend Harris a week ago on a ritual to transform things I'd like to release from my life. This ritual works with the energy of Goddess Bridget, and it's scheduled to be carried out today.
Here's the description Harris sent to me:
Who is Goddess Brid?
Also Bridget, Brigit, Bride and Brighid.
Her name comes from the old Irish brigh meaning "power". She was the great mother Goddess of Ireland. At one time in history, most of Ireland was united in praise and worshop of her. She probably was the same with Dana, the first great mother Goddess of Irish.
Brid represents the supernal, mother, fertility and creative inspiration. She has been worshipped as a warrior and protector, a healer, a guardian of children, a slayer of serpents and a Goddess of Fire and the sun.
She was credited with inventing the Irish mourning wall called caoine (keening) when she mourned her son Ruadan, her child by her husband Bres, who was killed in a battle. Part of her essence is still said to reside in Beansidhe, the faery spirit whose keeing can be heard at night before death.
In the fifth century, her shrine at Kildare was desecrated and adopted as a holy site by Christian missionaries. They turned her into their Saint Bridget. They took her Sabbat, Imbolg and created their own feast fays for her.
Brid can aid you in virtually any endeavor you wish to undertake.
The festival Imbolg (Em-Bulk) is also known as Candlemas is a day which honoes the Virgin Goddess as the youthful bride of the returning of the Sun God in Spring.
Imbolg falls on Feb 2 08 (that's today for the Northern Hemisphere: Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Oslo, London, Tampa, New York and Vancouver). This day is also the waning moon, which is a good time to release and clear all that do not serve us.
The Fire Ritual with Goddess Brid (Goddess Bridget)
On a piece of paper, write all aspects of yourself or your life that you wish to release. This could be anything from doubts about your abilities, fear of success, jealousy, fear of not having enough, anger and so on.
After you have completed the list, spend a minutes to center yourself.
Call in your angels and guides. Finally call the Goddess Brid. Ask her to assist to release the negative aspects into the fire.
Using a cauldron or a fire resistant container, light a small fire.
Call for the Goddess to transmute and transform the list in the fire. Gently release the list into the fire.
With a soft focus in your eyes, see all the negative aspects of you and your life being transmuted and transformed by the fire.
After the fire has died, thank your angels and guides. Thank Goddess Brid.
* please use common fire safety procedures and common sense when working with fire.
I started on the ritual after I finished typing the above. It was really simple and easy.
First, I typed out my list of the negative aspects, printed it out in A5 (the smaller the piece of paper, the easier it burns). Here's my to-burn list:
Easily jealousTendency to harbor resentment and hold on to grudgesTendency to gossipArrogance, Blind PrideKnow-it-All, Holier than Thou attitudeInconsistency and fast to give up on routines that are good for meMy evil side which sometimes cook up really evil thoughtsVengeful, difficulty in forgivingCondescendingOver-anxiousEasily creates emotional attachmentFear of the darkFeeling of lackApproval and attention seekingDifficulty in accepting all of my self, tendency to be really self-criticalCritical of othersFear of intimacyFear of abandonmentGuiltOveranalytical and overthinking mind, monkey mindEasily irritated, frustrated, angry, moody
Aspects of my life
Working for someone, having others determine what my timeframe should beAlways needing to first please my parents before I can make a decisionLetting money be the source of my happiness instead of having happiness be the source of my abundanceAlways feeling guilty whenever I have something good and my siblings don’tThe fatigue, low energy, and not so healthy feelings in my physical bodyDifficulty in managing my empath traits
Then I went searching for something to burn it in. I found a clay jar about 6 inches high in the storeroom.
I began the ritual as stated above, calling in Higher Guidance. But before that, I imagines myself in a golden circle and evoked spiritual protection. I also used Harris' method of visualising myself on a blue lotus and surrounded by three purple pyramids: one, around myself on the lotus, with the pointy part facing upwards, another around my room and the last one is a big one surrounding my entire house - this one is coupled with an inverted one where the flat part is where the ground is, and the pointy part pointing towards the center of the earth.
To start the fire I burned a few tissues in the jar first and then asked Goddess Brid to 'magic-up' the fire. Then I put my list into the fire. (If you burn the list directly, the flames won't lap up the paper so nicely - tissues make good fire starters).
I watched as the white coloured list dissolved into the orange-y fire, turning into ashy grey. I visualised all the negative aspects losing its darkness and being transformed into light.
As the fire died down, I called on Violet Fire and transmitted it into the jar. I visualised the jar which had smoke coming out, being filled with purple flames.
Then I was done. I thanked all the Higher Guides and let the jar cool down before I washed the ashes away and poured the ashy water into a potted plant - to return energy back to Earth for recycling.
I think this one is the simplest one, compared to some of the ones I found online like from: Earthwitchery and Moonlit River. For more info on Bridget, check out Real Magick, Lady Bridget or simply google up "Goddess Bridget".
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