Category: Religion
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I had Aria AI Write a Prayer in Latin
I am trying to learn classical Latin, so I asked my AI, Aria, to writie me a prayer in Latin to the Goddess Brigid. This is what came out. I don’t think it’s half bad. If anyone knows more Latin than I do, please let me know if it is accurate. Brigida, Dea Celtica, Te…
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Useful Links
Fiber Arts Wool Guide: Types of Wool You should Know Sustainability Susainable 3D Printer Filaments: Best of 2022 Magickal Inspiration Embedding Meaning in your Knitting or other Crafts Places St. Brigid’s Well https://stringgeekery.wordpress.com/embedding-meaning-in-your-knitting-or-other-crafts/secret-code-summary/
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On Creativity and Mental Illness
I found this article in Psychology Today about creativity and mental illness, and I’m remembering that, before I got on meds, I would have epic stories – the kind that would have required at least a trilogy to do them justice – running through my head while I’d be going about my life. I’m sure…
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Kildare Yarn Bombers make Brigid’s Cloak to Fight Animal Cruelty
So the lore of Brigids Cloak goes as follows: St Brigid asked the king for some land to build her monastery. He jokingly said that she could have as much land as she could cover with her cloak. She spread her cloak out and it expanded to cover a huge chunk of Ireland. The version…
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What’s In a name: Thoughts on how I should Present Myself to the World
The video I posted yesterday really got me thinking. You see, I’ve been trying to figure out what to call myself as a religious professional (which I consider myself to be as I approach retirement and no longer need a “real “job). It’s been said that we have to have a word for something in…
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Can We Claim our Rapture without Losing Our Selves?
This is the most profound idea I’ve come across in a long time, and it fits in with my idea of building a polytheist monastic community. [:]
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[:en]Thoughts on the Genealogy of Brighid[:]
[:en] I have been told that speaking the Genealogy of Brighid in the original Scottish Gaelic is a decent way of worshipping her. I will not do this however. Don’t get me wrong; I know it is a time-honored and traditional prayer and I would honor it respectfully if someone else said it, but I…
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The Kalash
[:en] I just learned about this fascinating Animist culture surviving in a hard-to-reach area of northern Pakistan, just south of the border to Afghanistan. The beadwork and costumes are amazing! Women in the Kalash culture are independent and able to marry or divorce whoever they wish. At the same time, they are considered “unclean” and…