Tending Your Flame
Ritual Kit
Brigid’s Grove
A gift for the Creative Spirit Circle
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May the Moon bless you,
May the earth embrace you,
May the waters quench your thirst
and make you grow,
May the sun shine down upon you,
May the winds blow upon you
and make you strong,
May there always be more than enough.
Blessed be.
—Caren Catterall
in SageWoman magazine (2002)
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I dream of a sacred fire
where a family circles,
arms linked
as one.
Shared dream,
shared blessing,
of family, spirit, hearth, and home.
Light the fire
with the children.
Sing with your partner.
Create a temple
of your hearts,
hands,
and bodies.
Supplies:
Bowl of water + sea salt and essential oils of your choice
Additional dish of sea salt or a bell, rattle, or drum
Journal or printable journal page from this kit
Womanrunes or other divination cards
Optional: cloth garment—scarf, shawl, sarong, robe
Two stones (ideally complementary in color or property)
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Small container or dish for an offering of milk.
Invocation
I stand in the center of the wheel, Brigid,
and I ask for your wisdom,
your guidance, and your blessing.
I turn to the East and call it in.
Cool air.
Fresh breath of wisdom.
A sigh of release and freedom.
The whisper of poetry on the wind.
I turn to South and call it in.
The brightness of new ideas.
The warmth of the sun.
The fiery forge of transformation.
The heat of my own skin.
I turn to the West and call it in.
The patter of rainfall.
The sweep of the river.
The healing waters of her well.
The swift hum of blood in my veins.
I turn to the North and call it in.
The solidness of stone.
The cathedral of trees against the sky.
The steady heart of the sacred oak.
The anchoring of my own feet
on this beautiful ground.
Optional: Sing Brigid Prayersong (page 8)
Offer yourself a body blessing:
Using water that has had sea salt and your favorite essential oil added to it:
Bless my eyes that I may have clarity of vision.
Bless my mouth that I may speak the truth.
Bless my ears that I may hear wisely.
Bless my hands that I may make things of beauty.
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Bless my heart that I may be filled with love.
Bless my center that I may be in touch with the creative energy of the universe.
Bless my legs that I may feel the power of my own strength.
Bless my feet that I may walk on my own true path.
Optional: House Blessing
Use the water or dry sprinkles of salt. Or, ring a bell, shake a rattle, or beat a drum in
the four directions (East, South, West, and North), in the four corners of the home, in each room, and
then stand in the center and reach up to the ceiling and then down to touch the floor.
Bless the corners of this place
Joy and peace it does embrace.
Cleanse this house and fill with cheer
Goodness, love, and kindness dwell here.
(if you have children, encourage them to get as raucous as they wish with their cheering and
goodwill!)
By the power of our love
By the strength of our circle
This home is blessed!
Do a project:
Create prayer flags—then take outside and
hang in an oak tree!
Make an intention candle (see tutorial).
Do a midwinter card reading using the
enclosed Flame card layout with
Womanrunes or your other cards.
Journal on the themes of this ritual using
your companion journal page.
Make bookmarks using the Brigid Prayer
bookmark templates. Print on cardstock and,
after coloring, sandwich between two pieces
of clear contact paper to laminate/protect
them for ongoing use.
Listen to the Transformation Meditation included in the companion resources. What is being
transformed in Brigid’s forge fire?
Enjoy a feast and a “Fire and Ice” trifle.
Leave your cloth (robe, sarong, scarf, or shawl) draped outside to be blessed by Brigid as she
passes through the land. You may also wish to leave a dish or small vial of milk out as an offering.
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Hold one stone in each hand and read Brigid
Prayer included on page 7) or this more simple
daily prayer:
Dear Goddess Brigid,
May I walk in enchantment.
May I dwell in mystery.
May I move in beauty.
May I inhabit curiosity.
May I occupy wonder.
May I serve magic.
Other possibilities: “I know the lore of tree and stone,
A meditation to read aloud: http://
erinsjournal.com/guided-meditation-for-brigid I know the power of words,
Listen to two favorite Brigid songs:
and the silence in which magic is
Brighid by Kellianna: https://
www.youtube.com/watch? born…”
v=6F_gV8QnP10
Bridget’s Song by Celia: https://
--Lunea Weatherstone,
www.youtube.com/watch? Tending Brigid’s Flame
v=XxeTnU_qmhE
Or, a whole playlist.
Fire and Ice trifle recipe Homemade custard:
Angel food cake or pound cake, prepared and 2/3 c. sugar
torn or cut into one inch pieces (I use a mix) 4 TB cornstarch
Frozen raspberries and/or strawberries ¼ ts salt
3 c. milk
Vanilla pudding or custard (see additional
4 egg yolks, slightly beaten
recipe or use a mix) 4 ts vanilla
Optional: whipped cream to top
Mix sugar, cornstarch, and salt in saucepan. Mix
Scatter cake on the bottom of a glass dish and then
milk and egg yolks separately, gradually stir into
scatter on berries and spoon on custard. Continue sugar mixture. Cook over medium heat, stirring
to alternate layers of each until the dish is full and constantly until mixture thickens and boils. Boil and
your ingredients are gone. Top with whipped stir for one minute, remove from heat. Stir in
cream immediately before serving, if desired. vanilla and let cool.
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Brigid Prayer
Brigid,
of the Sacred Oak.
Brigid,
of the Sacred Flame.
Sacred smith,
shape our lives
in the cauldron of destiny.
Ignite our creativity
forge our passions.
Spill forth
in the language of poetry,
falling leaves,
and hot metal.
Brigid,
Sacred Guardian,
Keeper of flame,
hope and hearts.
Enliven our work,
guide our steps,
inspire our message.
Thank you.
Brigid is a Triple Goddess of Fire: the fire of poetic inspiration and creative voice, the fire of health and
fertility, and the fire of metalwork and crafts. Brigid was an ancient Irish goddess later syncretized into
the Christian saint Brigit. Her abbey was referred to as the Church of the Sacred Oak, the word for which
later evolved into modern day Kildare. Her sacred wells are usually located near sacred oak trees,
sometimes referred to as “clootie” trees, in which pilgrims hang prayers, blessings, wishes, and requests
for healing.
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Brigid Prayersong
Healing water
Sacred flame
Brigid we
invoke your name.
Holy fire
Sacred water(s)
Honored one
I (we) am (are) your daughter(s).
Breath of life
Ancient earth
Upon your hearth
I claim my worth.
Living earth
Blessed breath
In your hands
through life and death.
Sacred touch
Holy hour(s)
In this space
we feel your power(s).
Healing water
Sacred flame
Breath of air
we call your name.
Note: I wrote this song at the beach several years ago and after writing it learned there is already a well-known chant in
honor of Brigid called Holy Water, Sacred Flame by Diane Baker and Anne Hill in Circle Round.
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Tending Your Flame Mandala
This powerful mandala can be used in multiple ways:
To color and enjoy as a calming, meditative artistic project just for fun.
In combination with your “Core Desired Feelings” for the year (see DanielleLaPorte.com for more
on CDFs). You might write your CDFs on the goddesses or around the edges of circle.
In combination with Womanrunes, intentionally selected or intuitively drawn—you may wish to
draw the rune symbols on the goddesses or around the border of the mandala.
In combination with other oracle card decks—you may do a reading for the month for yourself and
add keywords and insights to the mandala.
To metaphorically “hang” your prayers upon as pilgrims to Brigid’s sacred sites do upon “clootie
trees.”
As a personal meditation and reminder of what you need to tend your flame—you might write the
things you know you need to “tend your flame” around the upper edge of the circle between the
arms of the goddesses.
As a grid with crystals and mini goddesses for healing, intention, or other purposes.
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Brigid’s Day Journal Page
(freewrite first responses):
What purpose calls your name? _____________________________________________________________________________
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What seed are you breathing hope into _______________________________________________________________________
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As you pause in darkness what does your body have to tell you? ___________________________________________________
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What do your dreams have to tell you? _______________________________________________________________________
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What does the frozen ground have to tell you? _________________________________________________________________
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How can you tend your flame? ______________________________________________________________________________
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What song can only be sung by you? __________________________________________________________________________
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What path have your feet found? ____________________________________________________________________________
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What promise are you keeping? _____________________________________________________________________________
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Time for your light to shine
from within the sheltering dark.
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The Flame
1. Kindling: What needs my attention now? How am I feeding my flame, my passion, my energy?
2. Igniting: What lights me up? What helps me grow? How do I access my inner warrior?
3. Tending: What do I need to grow in my power, to tend my inner fire, to fan the flames of my passions
and purposes?
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Prayer to Brigid Prayer to Brigid Prayer to Brigid
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Brigid Brigid Brigid
of the Sacred Oak. of the Sacred Oak. of the Sacred Oak.
Brigid Brigid Brigid
of the Sacred Flame. of the Sacred Flame. of the Sacred Flame.
Sacred smith Sacred smith Sacred smith
shape our lives shape our lives shape our lives
in the cauldron of destiny. in the cauldron of destiny. in the cauldron of destiny.
Ignite our creativity Ignite our creativity Ignite our creativity
forge our passions. forge our passions. forge our passions.
Spill forth Spill forth Spill forth
in the language of poetry in the language of poetry in the language of poetry
falling leaves falling leaves falling leaves
and hot metal. and hot metal. and hot metal.
Brigid Brigid Brigid
Sacred Guardian Sacred Guardian Sacred Guardian
Keeper of flame Keeper of flame Keeper of flame
hope and hearts. hope and hearts. hope and hearts.
Come join the Circle!
Membership in the Creative Spirit Circle is FREE and packed with beautiful, bountiful
resources, including:
a free Womanrunes e-course
Companion online classrooms
Goddess Studies and Ritual course
weekly virtual circles in our Facebook group
Red Tent, sacred ceremony, and ritual resources
blessing posters and mandalas
access to Divine Imperfections sculptures
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resources such as ceremony outlines, articles, book
recommendations, sneak peeks, and special
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About the Author:
Molly has been gathering the women to circle, sing,
celebrate, and share since 2008. She plans and facilitates
women’s circles, Red Tents, seasonal retreats and rituals,
Pink Tent mother-daughter circles, and family ceremonies in
rural Missouri and teaches online courses in Red Tent
facilitation and Practical Priestessing.
Molly is a priestess who holds MSW, M.Div, and D.Min
degrees and wrote her dissertation about contemporary
priestessing in the U.S.
Molly is the author of Womanrunes, Earthprayer, She Lives
Her Poems, the Goddess Devotional, and The Red Tent
Resource Kit. She writes about women’s circles, nature,
practical priestessing, creativity, family ritual, and the
goddess at Brigid’s Grove, SageWoman Magazine, and
Feminism and Religion.
About Brigid’s Grove:
Molly and Mark co-create original Story Goddesses, goddess
sculptures, mini goddess pendants, and ceremony kits at
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books and decks, based on the work of Shekhinah
Mountainwater.
Brigid's Grove integrates Molly's priestess work and goddess
studies with our family's shared interests in ceremony, art,
gemstones, metalwork, nature, and intentional, creative
living.
Brigid is the Irish triple goddess of smithcraft, poetry, and
midwifery. She is also a Christian saint associated with
midwives, birthing mothers, and infants.
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