Brigid’s Four Poles
The Celts were ever aware of the cycles and polar influences of life. The seasons (Spring thru Winter): Beltane, Lughnasadh, Samhain, and Imbolg; dawn through night and back to dawn; the realization of life, light, love and law and how awareness travels between them. Here, the traditional woven cross of St. Brigid demarks the boundaries between these cycles and influences. To be awake to life, to be able to recognize and name these forces is to take control of, if not the force, at least our response to it. Therein lies the root of wisdom.
Available on haze yellow tee with dark brown printing or on prarie dust (dark olive/brown) tee with charcoal printing. Unisex sizes Sm – 2XL. Price $19.00. please specify color choice. |
Celtic Pathways
Before the Cross was a Christian symbol it was used by many cultures to represent the intersection of a variety of paths and forces. Heaven and earth, deity and humanity, the natural and the supernatural. In each of the arms of the cross is a labyrinth-like structure representing ‘the journey’. These paths are defined alternately by solid and broken lines indicating that not all journeys are the same – though all move toward a center, an essence. The Celts were great believers in the journey and in the absolute importance of how one conducts one’s self on the journey. Let this motif remind you of the importance, not necessarily of arriving, but of intentionally and reverently proceeding upon your path.
Black, white, gold and 2 greens on serene green tee. Unisex sizes Sm – 2XL. Price $19.00 |
St. Paedrick’s Cross
We all know the story of St. Patrick (Irish: Padraig or Paedrick) and how he brought Christianity to Ireland and chased out the snakes –most likely just across the water into England. And even though he probably didn't really do either one, it's still a marvelous story that bears a message of hope and determination. This particular cross appears in the Book of Kells and is one of our favorites. There's no known connection between Paedrick and this design, but we dearly love the gentle old fellow and hope naming this cross after him will help him be remembered for something beyond a hollow holiday and pub crawl in mid-March.
Stone green on natural tee. Sizes Sm – 2XL. Price $19.00. |
The Cross at Kilamery
It was found at Kilamery in Co. Kilkenny, recumbent, as they say, upon the ground - a wonderful example of the carved crosses of ancient Ireland. Whether standing or upon the ground, we have a deep appreciation for the spirituality and craft of those ancients whose hands wrought these sacred images. We’ve rendered this depiction of the Kilamery Cross as though lit dramatically from a single high source of purest light showing it’s relief to best advantage. The cross, or anything for that matter, illuminated by the One Light, reveals what cannot be seen by lesser light. Reminds one of the 4th Century hymn (in Greek) Phos Hilaron - a joyful song to the Glorious Light.
Black short sleeve or long sleeve with multicolor cross in golds and white. Unisex sizes Sm – 2XL Price short sleeve $19.00. Long sleeve $21.00. |
The Four Evangels
The Celts are among the very few cultures to willingly accept and assimilate Christianity without at least a small war or two. Once the change was made, the Celts threw their creativity and imagination into preserving their new faith just as they had with earlier beliefs. Since it was the Gospel writers, the Four evangels, who originally published the good news, angels figure large in early Christian manuscripts coming from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. While the rest of Europe was crumbling in upon itself culturally and intellectually, the Celts kept the spark of intellect, imagination and joy alive on their tiny islands. Was there an angel or two, or even four watching over them? Who could say there wasn't?
Printed in 2 greens and black on natural tee. Has angel printed on back between shoulders. Unisex sizes Sm – 2XL Price short sleeve $19.00. Long sleeve $21.00. |
Thorny Cross
In earliest times, long before Christianity came to the Celtic islands, roadside shrines and standing stones met travelers as they made their way from place to place. When Christianity came, that custom continued and the tall crosses or standing crosses appeared. This design, inspired by crosses carved on stone throughout Ireland, Scotland and Wales, brings the symmetry of the cross together with angular protrusions reminiscent of the crown of thorns. The central four-lobed knot suggests a dogwood flower, which legend holds was the wood from which The Cross was made.
Metallic silver on black or black on red. Has small image of the cross on back between shoulders. Unisex sizes Sm – 2XL Price short sleeve $19.00. Long sleeve $21.00. |
