A name used by some people for the more popular term Candlemas. It comes from the name of the Celtic goddess Brigid (pronounced “brih-yihd” and later “bride”). Brigid (“exalted one”) was transformed in Christianity to St. Brigid or St. Bride.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Matthew Ash McKernan, author of the new Wyrdcraft.
The weird, wild, and wonderful English psych-rock band Hawkwind said it well in their song, "We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago." What this "wrong...