The Call of Brighid - Bright Inspiration
Voices From The Grove: Beltane 2021 to Beltane 2022
Volume Two of the Ogham Grove Year Wheel Journal and Diary
Dedicated to Brighid of the Flame and the Rowan Tree
Yuri Leitch
Independently published, 2021
Welcome to volume two of 'Voices From The Grove', the Ogham Journal and Diary;
this issue spans from Beltane 2021 to Beltane 2022. Volume one had 204 pages;
this new volume has 284 pages and over 150 colour images.
The diary section has forty pages - two pages per tree of the Ogham Grove year wheel -
with a line per day from Beltane 2021 to Beltane 2022.
This issue is dedicated to the goddess, Brighid, and the Rowan tree.
The journal is packed-full of lore about Brighid, including four essays by the Editor,
Yuri Leitch (the four essays are - The Call of Brighid; Brigantia, Goddess of the Celts;
St Bride of the Mystics; and, St Brides Bay).
There are two contributions from special guests, Caroline Hoare and Gary Biltcliffe
(The Spirit of Brigid and the Fiery Arrow; and, Awakening the Bride Consciousness in the Land).
Plus there are numerous contributions of artwork, prose, and Ogham crafts by (in alphabetical order)
Corah Aplonia Avalon, Sherree Lynn Bailey, Thalia Brown, Jenny Catalano, Kara Chambers, Naomi Cornock,
Mary Ellen, Roger Francis, Anthony Gammon, Claire Gerrard, Lorraine Goodison, Kelly Grettler,
Rosemary Hanson, Gordon Harper, Tricia Hutchinson, Colleen Koziara, Franklin LaVoie, Annie Louvaine,
Jennifer Moore, Nell, Alan Outten, Thea Prothero, Alison Pope, Bridee Redbud, Nikki Shabbo, Tim Smyth,
Helena Sobolevskaya, Marc Rhodes-Taylor, Nia Walling, Gary Washington, Ina Whistler, and Heidi Wyldewood.
(The text above comes from the online description of the book)
Review
This book is composed of contributions from members of the Facebook group "The Ogham Grove".
Well, that says enough actually. That means short pieces and little content. It does contain beautiful poems
and stories and beautiful images made by members of the group. On Facebook you can never find anything and
that also applies to this book (no keyword index) and of course a lot of advertising for the websites of the members.
This book reminds me again why I am not on Facebook.
Martin