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THE ORDER OF THE WHITE MOON GODDESS GALLERY PRESENTS The Goddess Bridget A Level 1 Final Project for The Sacred Three Goddess School by Stephanie Atwood, also known as Morgan Le Fae, Initiate of The Order of the White Moon ( © 2015. All original material in this site is under copyright protection and is the intellectual property of the author.) The Goddess Brigit I chose to do my project on Brigit for a couple of reasons. Firstly, I had an amazing experience in Glastonbury, England, that pulled me towards the Goddess way. I took part in a special Goddess evening at the Goddess Temple in Glastonbury, where Brigit was channeled and she provided me with a very special message to pursue what’s in my heart. There was something†¦show more content†¦They were from two different families, two of which had animosity between them. Brigit and Bres hoped that their union would bring the two families together, however it only started war. Brigit gave birth to three sons, all of which became famous warriors. When the war between the two families broke out, Bridget’s son, Ruadon, stuck and killed the other families son, but before he drew his last breath struck and killed Ruadon. This sent both families into utter sadness and despair. It is said that Bridget let out a cry of sorrow so heart wrenching, everyone could hear. This event, however, unified Bridget’s role as a Goddess of peace and Unity. The two families stopped fighting after this event. Eventually the love and respect for the Goddess Bridget brought unity to the Celts who were spread throughout Europe. In the Christian era, 19 nuns at Kildare tended a perpetual flame for Saint Bridget, which is widely believed to be a continuation of a pre Christian practice of women tending a flame ion her honour. At her most famous shrine near Kildare, Bridget taught humans hot to gather and use herbs for their healing properties. She also taught humans hoe to care for their animals and livestock and how to forge iron into tools. This shrine is believed to have been an ancient college of priestesses who were committed to 30 years of service, after which they were free to leave and marry. As a Goddess of childbirth and the protector of allShow MoreRelatedThe World s Largest Catholic Fraternal Service Organization1573 Words   |  7 PagesLorraine Adams There are many things that happened before our time that are just as important today as century ago. In order to understand what a big impact our history can have on us today we have to step back in time. It s important to know the stories of those before us. I find it fascinating because it tells me so much of what it was like during that time. We need to hear these stories, preserve them, and pass them down to those that come after us. After visiting The Knights of Columbus I learnRead MoreGreek Mythology8088 Words   |  33 Pagesan  important  role  in  Greek  mythology,  and  stories  about  them  conveyed  serious  themes.  The  Greeks   considered  human  heroes  from  the  past  closer  to  themselves  than  were  the  immortal  gods.   A   Gods   Given  the  multiplicity  of  myths  that  circulated  in  Greece,  it  is  difficult  to  present  a  single  version  of  the   genealogy  (family  history)  of  the  gods.  However,  two  accounts  together  provide  a  genealogy  that   most  ancient  Greeks  would  have  recognized.  One  is  the  account  given  by  Greek  poet  Hesiod  in  his   Theogony  (Genealogy  of  the  Gods)Read MoreA Dialogue of Self and Soul11424 Words   |  46 Pagesthat day.’ Both the occasion (‘that day’) and the excursion (or the impossibility of one) are signiï ¬ cant: the ï ¬ rst is the real beginning of Jane’s pilgrim’s progress toward maturity; the second is a metaphor for the problems she must solve in order to attain maturity. ‘I was glad’ not to be able to leave the house, the narrator continues: ‘dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight . . . humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority’ (ch. 1).1 As many critics have commented