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Imbolc, Candlemas, 1st February, Celebrate the real first day of Spring.
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Time: February 2, 2015 all day
Location: Where St. Brigit decides to show
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Event Type: imbolc
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Latest Activity: Feb 3, 2014
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Imbolc, in the ancient Celtic calender was a very important celebration. Being midway between winter and summer, Imbolc is the renewing of the Earth, praying that the seeds will grow and making sure that the lambs and foals would be born. The most important part of Imbolc was the performing of rituals so that they had enough food until the summers months. By the time of February 1st, food was scarce and the animals needed sufficient fuel for their babies to be born. It is believed that the word Imbolc comes from the old Celtic word for ewe's milk (Oi-melc). Some say the day to perform the rituals is on the 1st of February, some say the second. Most people got around this by ensuing the celebrations went on for two days.
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NH-Imbolc |
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Fire Festivals |
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Feb 01 Every year |
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Imbolc/Oimelc/Brigid`s Day, on February 2 and the preceding eve. associated with fertility. celebrated as a fire festival. midpoint between the winter solstice and spring equinox later in week. Celts use full moon nearest midpoint. |
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Comment by Dept of PMM Artists & things on January 25, 2014 at 2:55pm
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Imbolc New Beginnings Seed Spell
Items Needed:
•Seeds
•Small Pot
•Soil
•WaterImbolc is a time of new beginnings, our winter dreaming is over and now it's time for us to plant the seeds of inspiration to make our dreams come true. Be clear in your mind what you wish to "grow" during the coming months. Pick one seed for each wish and one by one hold each seed in your power hand while concentrating on each wish one at a time. When you are finished empowering your seeds plant them one by one in the pot of soil while chanting:
Seeds embraced by Mother Earth
New ideas are given birth.Add some water to the planted seeds while chanting:
Seeds anoint with water pure
New life within shall endure.Hold the flower pot in your hand while chanting:
What I desire now will grow
So Mote it Be ! I will it so.©Rowan Morgana
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Kath Green 7:10in the evenin' Jan 24
Imbolc BlessingsCome in, Brigit, you are a hundred times welcome!
Imbolc or Candlemas is celebrated on February 2 and is the Festival of the renewed life on earth after winter. The earth awakens, the sun gains strength, lambs are born and the ewes are with milk. Another name for Imbolc is Oimelc (pronounced EE-mell) which is Gaelic for ewes lactating. Though Spring doesn't officially start until the Equinox of Ostara, Imbolc marks the first day of spring in the farmer's year. Snowdrops spring up in the places where the Goddess Brigit has been.
Because winter doesn’t always end at Imbolc the custom of Ground Hog Day was created as a form of divination. At dawn on Imbolc a groundhog is released. If the Ground Hog doesn’t see its’ shadow winter will end. If the Ground Hog does see its’ shadow it is believed that winter will last six more weeks - until Ostara, the next Sabbat. If you don’t have a groundhog handy (and many of us don’t) you may use a hamster, guinea pig or even your cat or dog.
At Imbolc it's traditional to light lots of candles to encourage the sun to shine brighter and for the Earth to awaken to the warmth of spring. Many Covens make their supply of candles for the coming year on or around Candlemas and hold special rites to purify and bless them.
The Goddess of Imbolc is Brigit who is the Celtic Triple Goddess of Poetry, Healing and Crafts. She is the keeper of the sacred flame, the guardian of home and hearth. To honour her, purify and clean your home, your sacred space and your Tools of the Craft. Dress corn or straw dolls as brides and put in a Bride's Bed or basket along with a priapic wand and some nuts to ensure fertility and healing in the coming year.
If you leave an article of clothing outside on Imbolc night, it may be blessed by Brigit and have powers of healing and protection.
Smoor your fire on Imbolc eve and rake the ashes smooth, in the morning look for a mark in the ashes, a sign that Brigit has blessed your hearth.
Brigit’s Symbols –Cauldron, Chalice, Anvil, Hammer, Wells, Springs, Book of Poetry, Spring flowers, Herbs, Candles, Blackberry,
Imbolc Colors –
Red for the hearth fire and/or the blood of life
White for the blanket of snow
Gold for the Sun
Green for the life growing beneath the snow.ImbolcAltar Decorations –
Many Candles
White, Red or Gold Altar cloth
Green Candles
Potted Spring Bulbs
Spring Flowers
Brigit’s Crown
Brigit's Cross
Priapic Wand
Corn or Straw DollImbolc Incense - Basil, Myrrh, Frankincense, Wisteria, Jasmine, Camphor, Cinnamon, and Lotus.
http://www.sacredhaven.ca/Imbolc
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Kath Green 7:31in the evenin' Jan 24
Traditional foods for the Imbolc celebration include those made with seeds, (to symbolize growth), raisins (a fruit of the Sun God), dairy products, bread, cake, curry, peppers,onions, leeks, garlic, honey and herbal teas. Imbolc is the mid-point of the dark half of the year, and though stored foods are running low, it is a celebration of renewal and preparation for Spring.Spiced Winter Fruit Compote
In times past fruits were dried in order to keep them over the winter. Here's a lovely recipe to use up all your dried fruits to make way for the new season's bounty!
•16 oz dried pitted plums
•8 oz dried apricots
•8 oz dried pears
•8 oz dried apples
•4 oz dried cranberries
•4 cups water
•1/2 cup sugar
•1/2 tsp. vanilla
•1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
•1 tsp grated lemon zest
•2 tbsp. fresh lemon juiceCombine all fruits in a slow cooker (crock pot) and heat on low for 6 to 8 hours, until fruit is tender.
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Kath Green 7:32in the evenin' Jan 24
Brigit's Magickal Bread
•1 package of active dry yeast (1/4 ounce)
•1 1/4 Cup Plus Two Tablespoons Water
•1/3 Cup Honey
•2 Cups Whole-Wheat Flour
•1/3 Cup Chopped Red Rose Petals
•2 Tablespoons Poppy Seeds
•1/3 Cup Oil (for moister bread - optional)If you are trying to win someone's love you may be able to entice him/her with this bread. If your love is blond add 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. If your love is dark haired add 1/4 cup of finely chopped walnuts. If your love is red headed add 1/4 cup of ground almonds. If your love is stubborn and is slow to move into your embrace add 1 teaspoon of lemon extract to open his/her heart to you. - Jade Defrain
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Blend the yeast, water and honey. Let stand for 5 to 10 minutes, until foaming. Mix in the flour, rose petals, poppy seeds and oil or other additional ingredients and knead. Add more flour if the dough sticks to the side of the bowl.
Mold the dough into a ball. Cover with a cloth for 1 hour. Punch down the dough in the center and knead for approximately 5 minutes.
Place the dough in a greased loaf pan for about 1 hour, until doubled. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
From The Wicca Cookbook
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Kath Green 10:00in the evenin' Jan 24
The Shrine of Brigit at Kildar
The Goddess Brigid's Shrine at Kildare was kept by her Priestesses. Nineteen Priestesses kept her Sacred Flame, going year round. If the shrine was under attack a Priestess would hide a burning coal from the fire so that the flame would never go out. As soon as the danger was gone, the Priestesses would re-kindle the fire from the saved coal. For hundreds of years the fire was never allowed to die out.
Once Christianity took over Ireland, the flame was tended by the Nuns of the Abbey at Kildare. Eventually Brigid became Saint Brigid, and the nuns secluded themselves away from all men. Women of the nearby village would bring their food and supplies.
Around 1220 BCE, a Bishop in charge of the area insisted that the nuns of the Abbey must allow a male priest to come and inspect the Shrine of Brigid. The Abbess pleaded that he send a woman rather than a priest to the Abbey, but she was ordered to submit by the Patriarchal Bishop. Apparently the nuns, because they were women must be subservient to men and male priests. To be sure that the nuns were properly chastised, he decided to prohibit the keeping of the Sacred Flame and ordered it extinguished. The legend is that the Mother Superior took a burning ember from the flame and hid it inside a large hollow rosary bead, until she could transport it to a safe place where the flame could be secretly re-kindled and tended
The Sacred Flame was protected and kept safe by women until it could be rekindled in it's rightful place.
The Sacred Flame of Kildare was relit in The Shrine of Brigid at Kildare & also in the United States of America in 1996 !
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Antony Watkins 10:39in the mornin' Jan 25
The festival of light. Imbolg or even Candlemass is approaching where the womb of mother earth will have its first movements towards the spring. The festival of light which will lead us from the winter, the light, of which, will be of the moon which inspires the triple goddess and in turn will be celebrated in the name of the goddess Brigid (pro: Breed.) On this night we will hear the echoes of a calling for ‘Brigid is come, Brid is welcome.’ Candles will be burning until dawn and at this time it will be the god who will be invoked to impregnate the mother and a crown of lights will be worn.
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Nancee Narducci Madio 11:56in the mornin' Jan 25
Imbolc is the first harvest Sabbat after Yule, the winter solstice, when the sun God is reborn.
Imbolc falls on the 2nd of February, and by this time the return of the sun would have been obvious to the ancestors (through the increasing day length). Imbolc also marks the start of the natural calving season, and thus the harvest of milk.
It is traditional at this time to light white candles in honour of the infant sun, often standing one in the window to welcome the new light into their homes. At Imbolc people feast upon dairy produce, and more recently, spicy food to represent the sun. Milk or cream is left out as an offering to land spirits. The colour of this festival is white, so people dress their altars in white flowers and may wear white. It is a time of purification in preparation for the spring. This is reflected in the Christian festival of Candlemas the time of purification for Mary and Jesus' presentation at the temple.
It was traditionally believed that if the dawn of Imbolc was bright and sunny people were in for another six weeks of winter, yet if it was dull, spring was just around the corner. This belief remains in the form of the American festival of Groundhog Day.
The Celtic festival, Saint Brighid's day, takes place on this day too. Brighid was a Celtic sun goddess, turned saint on the advent of Christianity. The festival involves candlelit processions and the purification of the fields and seeds in preparation for planting in the spring.
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Imbolc Ritual
Gather a white candle and your purification oil and a representation of the season such as a cut out of a snowflake, or if you have it, real snow. Place these items on the table that you plan to use as the altar. With a sharp object, scratch you're your wishes for the new season into the candle wax. Anoint the candle with three drops of the oil by massaging them into the writing on the candle and recite these words:
"This is the time of the feast of torches,
when every lamp blazes and shines
to welcome the rebirth of the God.
I celebrate the Goddess,
I celebrate the God;
all Earth celebrates
Beneath its mantle of sleep."Light the candle and recite these words:
"All the land is wrapped in winter.
The air is chilled and frost envelops the Earth.
But Lord of the Sun,
Horned One of animals and wild places,
unseen you have been reborn of the gracious Mother Goddess,
Lady of all fertility.
Hail Great God!
Hail and welcome!Stand before the altar, holding aloft the candle. Gaze at its flame. Visualize your life blossoming with creativity, with renewed energy and strength. Your ritual is now complete. Celebrate with a simple feast with friends and family.
http://www.ravenandcrone.com/catalog/a78/Imbolc-Rituals-and-Spells/...
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Prayer for Imbolc
On this Imbolc day, as I kindle the flame upon my hearth,
I pray that the flame of Brigid may burn in my soul, and the souls of all I meet today.
I pray that no envy and malice, no hatred or fear, may smother the flame.
I pray that indifference and apathy, contempt and pride, may not pour like cold water on the flame.
Instead, may the spark of Brigid light the love in my soul, that it may burn brightly through this season.
And may I warm those that are lonely, whose hearts are cold and lifeless, so that all may know the comfort of Brigid's love.Morgana West Source The Wheel of the Year, Copyright © 2001 Morgana West
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