Author Topic: New Patheos Column: "Loop of Brighid" (Read 8041 times)

Gilbride · « **Reply #45 on:** August 01, 2013, 07:20:09 am »

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Here's part 3!

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2013/07/loop-of-brighid-invocation-of-the-graces-a-brigidine-sacred-text-part-3/

And here's part 4:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2013/08/invocation-of-the-graces-a-brigidine-sacred-text-part-4/

Gilbride · « **Reply #46 on:** August 15, 2013, 07:48:36 am »

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And here's part 4:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2013/08/invocation-of-the-graces-a-brigidine-sacred-text-part-4/

Invocation of the Graces, Part 5-

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2013/08/loop-of-brighid-invocation-of-the-graces-a-brigidine-sacred-text-part-5/

"The ambiguity of some of the Gaelic words and phrases in the Invocation of the Graces makes it difficult to say exactly what virtues Brighid is supposed to be granting to the recipient of the charm. Some of Carmichael’s translation choices seem to skew towards a Victorian conception of feminine virtue... All of the eight virtues granted by the eight feminine powers seem to refer to specific incidents in Gaelic oral tradition, even if we cannot always tell which story is being referred to. To come up with a set of eight virtues we can actually work with, we need to consider all the implications of each line in the original Gaelic."

Gilbride · « **Reply #47 on:** August 29, 2013, 08:13:05 am »

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Invocation of the Graces, Part 5-

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2013/08/loop-of-brighid-invocation-of-the-graces-a-brigidine-sacred-text-part-5/

"The ambiguity of some of the Gaelic words and phrases in the Invocation of the Graces makes it difficult to say exactly what virtues Brighid is supposed to be granting to the recipient of the charm. Some of Carmichael’s translation choices seem to skew towards a Victorian conception of feminine virtue... All of the eight virtues granted by the eight feminine powers seem to refer to specific incidents in Gaelic oral tradition, even if we cannot always tell which story is being referred to. To come up with a set of eight virtues we can actually work with, we need to consider all the implications of each line in the original Gaelic."

Part 6 is up: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2013/08/loop-of-brighid-invocation-of-the-graces-a-brigidine-sacred-text-part-6/

Gilbride · « **Reply #48 on:** September 12, 2013, 12:17:55 pm »

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Part 6 is up: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2013/08/loop-of-brighid-invocation-of-the-graces-a-brigidine-sacred-text-part-6/

Part 7 is up:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2013/09/loop-of-brighid-invocation-of-the-graces-a-brigidine-sacred-text-part-7/

Gilbride · « **Reply #49 on:** September 26, 2013, 07:35:19 am »

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Part 7 is up:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2013/09/loop-of-brighid-invocation-of-the-graces-a-brigidine-sacred-text-part-7/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2013/09/loop-of-brighid-invocation-of-the-graces-a-brigidine-sacred-text-part-8/

Part 8 of "Invocation of the Graces: A Brigidine Sacred Text," with a new translation from the original Gaelic.

Gilbride · « **Reply #50 on:** October 10, 2013, 01:00:25 pm »

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http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2013/09/loop-of-brighid-invocation-of-the-graces-a-brigidine-sacred-text-part-8/

Part 8 of "Invocation of the Graces: A Brigidine Sacred Text," with a new translation from the original Gaelic.

Part 9, the conclusion of the series on "Invocation of the Graces: A Brigidine Sacred Text":

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2013/10/loop-of-brighid-invocation-of-the-graces-a-brigidine-sacred-text-part-9/

Gilbride · « **Reply #51 on:** November 07, 2013, 10:37:44 am »

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Part 9, the conclusion of the series on "Invocation of the Graces: A Brigidine Sacred Text":

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2013/10/loop-of-brighid-invocation-of-the-graces-a-brigidine-sacred-text-part-9/

Here's Part 7 of the series on private meditative practices:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2013/11/loop-of-brighid-private-practices-7-the-devotional-moods/

Gilbride · « **Reply #52 on:** November 21, 2013, 09:54:49 am »

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Here's Part 7 of the series on private meditative practices:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2013/11/loop-of-brighid-private-practices-7-the-devotional-moods/

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2013/11/loop-of-brighid-bride-the-cailleach-and-nicnevin/

An exploration of the (possible) connections between Bride, the Cailleach and the Scottish "Queen of Elphame," Nicnevin.

Sophia C · « **Reply #53 on:** November 21, 2013, 10:04:53 am »

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http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2013/11/loop-of-brighid-bride-the-cailleach-and-nicnevin/

An exploration of the (possible) connections between Bride, the Cailleach and the Scottish "Queen of Elphame," Nicnevin.

My understanding was always that 'Nicnevin' means 'Daughter of Ben Nevis' (i.e. the mountain in Scotland) and had nothing to do with the Morrigan.

Gilbride · « **Reply #54 on:** November 21, 2013, 01:12:02 pm »

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My understanding was always that 'Nicnevin' means 'Daughter of Ben Nevis' (i.e. the mountain in Scotland) and had nothing to do with the Morrigan.

Some people say that, but the phrase "daughter of Nevis" would be in the genitive case, and the genitive case of "Beinn Nibheis" is still "Beinn Nibheis," not Beinn Nibhein. So it doesn't really work IMO.

Source:

http://www.anseotal.org.uk/en/Subjects/Geography/Ben-Nevis-noun-feminine

Note how "sreapadairean Beinn Nibheis" or "climbers of Ben Nevis" does not change the ending.

Gilbride · « **Reply #55 on:** April 16, 2014, 10:58:03 am »

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Part 9, the conclusion of the series on "Invocation of the Graces: A Brigidine Sacred Text":

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2013/10/loop-of-brighid-invocation-of-the-graces-a-brigidine-sacred-text-part-9/

Part 1 of a new series