Dear Reader,We are currently 3 days into the Filianic month of Brighe. I'm a little behind schedule with everything that's been going over here at my house. The month of Brighe is named for the Janya Brighe. Brighe is a janya of transitions and liminal spaces. She is the guardian of bridges, doorways, and similar places. The month of Brighe has two low holidays in it. Brighe 11 (February 2nd in the Gregorian calendar) is the holy day of Luciad (known in the Janite tradition as the Feast of Divine Light). This is the date where the Holy Daughter takes on her Fate. The other low holiday is on Brighe 28 (March 19 on non-leap years, March 18 on leap years) is the Filianic equivalent of Mardi Gras, Moura Eve.
Brighe is the final month of the season of Winter. It is the transitional period between the ordinary calendar year and the season and month of Moura. This is a time marked with preparations for Moura and with celebration of the incarnate Daughter. During the holy day of Lucaid, candles for the year are blessed to carry the light of Dea in our lives symbolically and literally. If one hasn't enough candles for said blessing, it is good to bless one candle for this purpose and ritually pass the live flame from it to the next candle when it burns low. This is similar to the fire festival of Sai Herthe's day, where the hearth flame is ritually relighted with the sacred light of Dea. While many of us lack a hearth, a candle can serve such a purpose equally well.
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