Up: [[Imbolc]] Related: [[Rituals]] Created: 2022-02-08 Purification is a big theme of Imbolc. This looks like a bath, with a candle (for relaxation and purification), Epsom salts, and the herbs or oils associated with cleansing like sage, lavender, peppermint. Imbolc is a good time to review intentions, a month into the new year. This means a journal and a candle to represent the fire of inspiration. Some people make a Saint Brigid’s cross. That doesn’t appeal to me, although I did make three of them when in Ireland. #Art ![[Bridget's Crosses.webp|400]] People are offered Bride’s foods — milk, butter, bread, beer. For the first time in the winter, the hearth fire is completely extinguished, the hearth is swept, and the fire is rekindled as an expression of trust in Bride’s care. A bed is prepared in a basket and a doll dressed in white is made and tucked in. Prayers and lullabies are sung to the Bridey doll. The symbolism is to return to Bride all the tenderness and care she provided through the year.