THE ISIS PAPERS
BRIGHID
Summer Solstice 2000 - Issue 11
Table of Contents
Opening Blessing
As My Ancestors Kindled Their Hearths
                      - Carmina Gadelica/Kim Diane
The Faces of Brighid
To Know Bri/de               - Alix MacIntyre Hall
Brighid and Tlachtga
The Faces of Brighid            - Misha Ma'Heo
Cailleach                           - Casey Scathach
Three Traditional Blessings
The Dedication
  (Thanks Be To Thee, My Lady)
Bless, O Mistress of Magic
Hail to Thee, Thou Sun of the Seasons
                                       - Carmina Gadelica
Flamekeeper Blessings
FlameKeeper Oath to Brighid/Bride
                                              - Dianne Kolan
Invocation Written While Tending The Flame                                    - Ben de Groot
Brighid's Entreaty              - Teresa Bresnan
Late Imbolc                          - Carol Bouchier
On Samhain/Winter Prayer To Brighid
                                              - Mary J. Bates
Songs for Brighid
Brigid of the Sacred Flame       - Selena Fox
Bridget                                    - Cyntia Smith
Brighid of the Sun     - Laura Janesdaughter
Brighid (cover art)                      - Don Lewis
Fire and Water
Brighid's Spring at Circle Sanctuary Nature Preserve                                   - Selena Fox
The Fire Temple           - Patricia Monaghan
Closing Blessings
The Nine Blessings of Brighid
                                             - Misha Ma'Heo
Lady Brighid's Nineteen Candles- Kim Diane
The Genealogy of Brighid
              - Lunaea Bridarragh Weatherstone
The Sacred Names of Brighid
       - Misha Ma'Heo & Laura Janesdaughter




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THE GENEALOGY OF BRIGHID
Every day and every night
That I say the Genealogy of Brigid
I shall not be killed,
I shall not be harried,
I shall not be put in a cell,
I shall not be wounded.

No fire, no sun, no moon shall burn me,
No lake, no water, no sea shall drown me.

For I am child of Poetry,
Poetry, child of Reflection,
Reflection, child of Meditation,
Meditation, child of Lore,
Lore, child of Research,
Research, child of Great Knowledge,
Great Knowledge, child of Intelligence,
Intelligence, child of Comprehension,
Comprehension, child of Wisdom,
Wisdom, child of Brigid