Often, simple is best.
Mantle of Brighid about me,
Memory of Brighid within me,
Protection of Brighid around me
keeping me from harm,
from ignorance, from heartlessness,
this day and night,
from dawn till dark,
from dark till dawn.
— John O’Donohue (adapted), The Four Elements, Transworld Ireland, 2010, pg. 109. (Also available in Random House editions.)

Crafting Brighid’s crosses. Photo courtesy Gerfalc Hun.
Outdoor Imbolc, Mystic River Grove:

Outdoor rite. Photo courtesy F. Hanks.
May you be forged anew, inspired and healed.
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