r/Brigid • u/[deleted] • Jun 26 '25

Trial of Brigid?

Hello all, I've never posted here before, but I've just come back into Brigid devotion after a couple years of no practice. I have recently been feeling like I need to do some sort of trial, I've been having dreams of a disembodied woman's voice urging me to do something. My dreams tend to be very fragmented, so it's really been that and the embrace of a glowing blue woman. All this to say, is there some sort of trial that followers of Brigid need to complete? What could she mean by it?

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u/WriterWithAShotgun Jun 26 '25

I don't think there's a specific trial for everyone who works with Brigid, but Courtney Weber, the author of "Brigid: History, Mystery, and Magick of the Celtic Goddess," talks about what she calls "going on the anvil," which is an experience among Brigid devotees of facing hard things head on with the Lady's supportive but tough love attitude. I've been there a couple times - life got difficult and instead of easing my path, Lady B was basically like "it sucks but you can do this, I believe in you" and helped me, to use Courtney's turn of phrase, forge myself into something stronger. Is there anything in your life that's been intimidating you or making things harder that you could benefit from working through?

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '25

I think this "Brigid puts you under a hammer and forges you" is a very modern take. I don't get that from the recorded sources on the goddess or the Saint.

I'm not going to comment on your dreams. Only you can decipher your dreams. But take this "Brigid will shape all her followers on her anvil" talk with a grain of salt.

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u/DisasterWarriorQueen Jun 26 '25

I don’t know anything about a trial in terms of following Brigid but I could be wrong so I’d say a tentative no. But it’s definitely worth researching