Welcome to Mabon! Also known as Second Harvest, this time is grounded in the Fall Equinox occurring now. This is the time of the harvest; grains and fruits–so much from the Earth–and we give thanks! This is the time of Libra, of balance and seeking “relation” with our relations. Mabon begins as the Sun goes …
“The Mills of the Gods grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine” – Sextus Empiricus, 3rd Century AD Seasons move in a constant wheel of life. Birth of new energy, growth, production, harvest, decay, regeneration. All that happens creates all that will happen in an ongoing circle of magic. As Pagans, we get to enjoy …
My high priestess has a saying, “If you can’t laugh in Circle you are doing it wrong.” Don’t get her wrong, there is reason for solemnity in most rituals and celebrations, but you must learn to laugh at yourself. I am going to help you see some of the humor in Pagan song and how …
The heart of spellwork is creating a clear intention. Out of the muddle of our contradictory desires, we pluck this dream, clothe it in specifics, and set it on the altar. Magic has power because it requires a clear choice. “I want love, now” or “I want freedom, now”. I don’t cast spells very often–my …
By Kira Lang of Spiral Rhythm Our three tracks on The Red Album: Pagan Voices for Reproductive Rights (redalbum.org) are very different but with the same goal. Bringing awareness to reproductive rights, raising funds to benefit those in need, and using our voices in protest of injustice. They are the chant Mother Of by Kiki …
As we sit at the table of our first bountiful harvest of the year, what do you see laid before you? This is a question I have asked myself too many times to count over the last week. The same answer rang back in my face over and over, “keep going, you’re almost there”. I …
Hello Everyone. Looking back over the songs I write and have written, I have noticed that I do write a lot about time, love and the space between. I do believe that time is an illusion, a way for us to navigate and better learn about love. The space between us is also an illusion. …
Lammas or Lughnasadh is traditionally celebrated on August 1st, although in some pagan traditions it is celebrated on the first full moon in August. This festival marks the beginning of the harvest season, and it is a time when pagans give thanks for the bounty of nature. There is an abundance of Pagan music for Lammas. …
1971 and I was 9, living an almost idyllic childhood, deeply loved and sheltered from the world and news of the Vietnam War, riots, racism, and rising feminism. But that summer, the protest lyrics and subversive rhythms that began drifting through the car window at stop lights, on the radio at a friend’s pajama party, …
Listening to Gaia Consort singing joyfully about sex as a positive act in The Rede, “An it harm none do what you will”, it occurs to me that this is sometimes easier said than done. In a sex negative culture with little EXPERT training in the ways of healthy seduction and versatile lovemaking how does …
