by admin | Feb 1, 2019 | Celtic year, Mythic Musings, Uncategorized
We have once more reached the first day of Spring in the Celtic Calendar. Imbolc or as it became in Christian times, the Feast of St. Brigid. The Feast of Imbolc is one of the 4 cross-quarter days in the Celtic Calendar. The cross-quarter days, which set to be the...
by Mary Diggin, Ph.D. | Aug 7, 2017 | Myth, Mythic Musings
It is the time of Lughnasadh, (or Lúnasa), the Irish Harvest Festival that occurs around the end of July and the beginning of August. In modern Ireland, it has undergone a revival and is often celebrated over the August bank holiday weekend, the first full weekend in...
by Mary Diggin, Ph.D. | May 1, 2017 | Mythic Musings
Happy May Day… Bealtaine. In the Celtic tradition, it is the day of the Bright Fire, the beginning of the six months of the summer season, Samhraidh. Today is a day to prepare yourself for the season. Bring summer into the house today by gathering a May...
by Mary Diggin, Ph.D. | Feb 1, 2017 | Celtic year, Mythic Musings, Uncategorized
Artwork by Br.Mickey McGrath. Available on many items through https://www.trinitystores.com. I just love this image! February 1 marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring in the Celtic Calendar. The figure most associated with this time of year is Brigid, the...
by Mary Diggin, Ph.D. | Apr 18, 2016 | Myth, Mythic Musings
Myth, Mythos and Mythic Musings I received my Ph.D. in Mythological Studies with an Emphasis in Depth Psychology, from Pacifica Graduate institute. Myth and all things mythic have long been a love of mine, ever since I was child. Nurtured by my year at the Mount...
by Mary Diggin, Ph.D. | Apr 19, 2010 | Myth, Mythic Musings
One stormy, dark night in 1816, on the shores of Lake Geneva, Lord Byron suggested to a few of his friends that they each write a supernatural tale. Among the guests were Percy Bysshe Shelley and his future wife, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin (later Shelley), and Dr....
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