Saturday 28th Jan. 7.30-9.30 PM UK / 2.30-4.30 PM Eastern US
Zoom Gathering
+ Online Course (self paced)
In these dark days join me as we gather to celebrate Brighid’s return to the world at Imbolc. While the days grow ever so slightly longer after the Winter Solstice I have always felt that we are plunged into an ever deeper darkness at Imbolc. Perhaps it’s at this point, while we are still in the dark of the year, that as we look ahead, and back to the year past we realize the war, climate destruction events happening and the lack of leadership to stand up and address these issues. It can feel soul destroying what we have released on the world and the human caused social injustices - suffering of global south and injustices around the world.
This is the perfect time for Brighid to return to the world, bringing her light, a source of hope. She offers an active hope and invites us to make our own difference in the world - starting with ourselves, then rippling out to our family and friends, neighbors and community.
Imbolc offering - Zoom gathering PLUS access to my online course.
Evening Zoom gathering Saturday 28th :
Exploring aspects of Brighid as a threshold Goddess, spanning life and death
Keening Circle (and the story of Brighid bringing keening to the world)
Weaving Our Grief/Active Hope Gesture of Ritual - Decorating an Imbolc candle with devotional music and traditional Brighid’s blessing
“Jude is a midwife calling us to birth the ever ancient, ever new mysteries of female unfolding. Through her teachings, rituals, creative practices she has led me ever more deeply to embody my sacred way of being. I highly recommend you take a course with this dear anam cara.”
“Gathering at Brigid’s Hearth - was full of community, connections to Brigid and women around the world who love her and a lovely way to honor Imbolc - Brigid’s holiday and learn more about this beloved and powerful Goddess. I highly recommend it and Jude’s other offerings. ”
“Gathering at Brighid’s Hearth is a powerful and enchanted course that examines the story of a goddess, a saint and a feminist. Being a part of it allowed me to meet and develop a relationship with the goddess. It introduced me to some Celtic customs and rites. and inspired me to evolve my own rituals and prayers of protection (the caim). ”
Are You Drawn to the Light of Brighid’s Flame in these Dark Times?
You are invited to gather at her hearth as we explore many facets of this wise triple Goddess
Would You Like to Tap Into Brighid’s Transformative Power?
This course will help you deepen or develop your relationship and draw on her rich wisdom
Drawn on Brighid’s Creative Inspiration
With Imbolc traditions to carry out and instructions on making your own Brideog doll
Engage with Brighid’s Healing Energies
Explore her traditions which span our birth into the world as well as her traditions around death and our return home to the Otherworld
Be Inspired by Brighid as Activist
Learn how to engage with your hopes and root them in action through Brighid’s role in women’ rights
You have full instructions on making a ‘peg doll’ Brideog doll within the course
“This course is deepening my relationship with Brigid on so many levels. It involves all my senses (listening to songs and creating with my hands) and I really feel and experience how taking this course is giving a new spark to my spirituality and sends Brigid into my life. Thank you Jude for this course!”
Gathering at Brighid’s Hearth - Online Course
When you sign up to the Imbolc gathering you’ll also have access to the materials of my online course ‘Gathering at Brighid’s Hearth’. This course offers:
A rich source of materials for you to build you own unique connection to Brighid
Develop a solid foundation to create your own personal practice
The inspiration to adopt these traditions in ways that are meaningful to you
The lessons are divided into three main categories, hearth’s:
The Creative Hearth
Exploring Brighid as Goddess, as Saint and Mary of the Gael
Imbolc traditions & suggestions on making your own rituals - Bhrat Brighid (leaving out cloth for Brighid to bless)
Full instructions on making your own Brideog doll (fabric peg doll or paper doll if you don’t want to sew)
Fire rituals - From Smooring the Fire to creating your own fire tenders vigil
The Healing Hearth
The history of Brighid’s cross & ideas on making crosses with different materials
Exploring Brighid as a Goddess of Thresholds - Life, death and the tradition of Keening
Clooties With many wells and springs dedicated to Brighid, learn about this tradition plus creative ideas on how to adapt it for your own use.
Brighid’s Caim - Invoking her protection
The Engaging Hearth - Exploring Activism Inspired by Brighid
Active Hope - Brighid’s inspiration in difficult times
Brighid’s and Women’s Rights
Charms
Investment Cost & Sign Up
What you receive for your investment:
Access to detailed online course
Plus several art projects
Online Zoom gathering with Keening Circle on 28th Jan 2023
Your investment for this online event and course is £39, roughly USD $46.00
“I found Jude’s facilitation to be powerful, informative, skillful and empowering. I greatly appreciate her capabilities as a leader, ritualist, and artist. I was able to move forward with my own healing path and creative breakthroughs, feeling refreshed and deeply gratified from the journeys and creative inspiration. ”
Your Guide
Jude Lally is an artist and writer with a background in Human Ecology who explores her connection to the land through art, story and ritual.
As an artist she is a Radical doll maker who views her art as part of a practice that stretches back to the first dolls fashioned from bones and stones – such as the Woman of Willendorf. She uses dolls as a way of connecting to ancestral figures and exploring the wisdom they represent. As a painter her work is born between the worlds and she creates ancestral figures whose images incorporate local soils.
Through Cultural Activist she draws upon the rich tapestry of her heritage offering ancestral practices such as Keening which when used in a modern setting can help to honor the grief we feel for all that is happening in the world. In using keening in this cathartic way she uses gestures of ritual which help inspire to work in creative ways in acts of resistance, working towards a restorative culture.
received her Masters of Science degree in Human Ecology with the University of Strathclyde (in partnership with the Centre for Human Ecology) in 2008. Her tradition is the Ancestral Mothers of Scotland which is born out of her deep rooted connection to the land. She explores the relationship through art, story and ritual around the wheel of the year. She lives in the West Coast of Scotland on the banks of the River Clyde, near Loch Lomond.
Celtic Soul Prayer Beads with Brighid’s Cross designed by Jude Lally