Liminally Born

י"ט באלול תשס"ז

In follow-up to my previous entry, another intimate connection I have to the goddess Brigit (Brigid) is contained within the story of my own "liminal" journey into physical incarnation and my memory of it as existing in a state "in between" not being and being in physicality.

The story of my own incarnation is described here, She Who Hasn't Forgotten.

On "liminality" and "human" Brigid:

Saint Brigid was said to be the daughter of a druid who had a vision that she was to be named after a great goddess. She was born at sunrise while her mother was walking over a threshold, and so "was neither within nor without." This is the state known as liminality, from the Latin, limen: a threshold – the state of being “in between” places and times. In Celtic tradition this is a sacred time when the doors between the worlds are open and magical events can occur.

Like Brigit, Yocheved the mother of Moses, was liminally born. Brigit is a triple goddess. Yocheved gave birth to 3 children - Moses, Miriam and Aaron.

Like Brigit, I too am a triple tapestry of Jewish, Celtic and Native American ancestries. Like Yocheved, I too gave birth to 3 children - Jeremy, Amy and Michael.