Summer Solstice. Midsummer. Litha. Alban Heflin. Feast of the Sun. Sonnenwende. Thing-Tide. By whatever name you know it, ’tis the season to celebrate the sun! The Summer Solstice has been celebrated for millennia all over the world. So, chances are, you know at least a bit about it. But how much do you really know? …
Greetings from Summer! Midsummer this year is on June 20, at 9:32 p.m. (Mountain Time). Summer solstice is a time for pagans to gather and celebrate the gifts of Sol during the Sabbat of Litha. Our featured song for summer this year on Pagan Song is the lovely Anthem to the Sun. “We sing an …
Music lovers in the pagan community have asked me about the genesis of my songs and stories. As a child I was always fascinated by a good story. I would find myself happily lost in whatever world was created by the story that I was reading or watching. I read everything that I could, from …
All of the sacred self-care advice I see has started to sound the same. Take a yoga class. Be more mindful. Count your blessings. Meditate. Tune out the world. Turn off social media. Calm down. Chill. Relax. Blah, blah, blah. I’m over it. In the same way that I despise elevator music, I dislike this …
Spring is the time of fairies. Okay, every time is the time of fairies, they’d have me remind you. But spring is a time when those of us inhabiting the mortal world can most easily see their effects. And as liminal creatures, fairies are certainly comfortable in the spring, the transition time between the cold gray winter, …
Louis Garou is the newest addition to the Pagan Song blogging team. In this post, he shares his insights into songwriting in the Pagan Music genre, and gives the inside story of three of his songs: Rise up Lilith, Not this Time and My Other Side. Welcome, Louis! I am a songwriter. I write, sing, …
Although there have already been two Earth-awakening sabbats, right now is when you can really feel Her moving and springing up here in our neck of the woods. Grass is appearing, trees are budding and the ants have come out. Last night we had our first bear visit, so we will need to be vigilant …
Beltane is joyful. Beltane is colorful. Beltane is sexy. Sometimes Beltane is challenging. Sometimes, Beltane is…Snowtane. For the second year in a row, the Beltane Southwest festival near Albuquerque will be virtual because of continuing COVID concerns. But I can look back to the in-person celebrations. It’s an occasion to wear my most outrageous …
Beltane (at the midpoint between the beginnings of Spring and Summer) comes at 0:47:10 a.m. Mountain Time this year. We find the Sun in the 4th house, nestled between Uranus and Venus; suggesting a rather interesting relationship with those we live with (or would want to). The Sun is pulling out of a square to …
I recently watched the film The Wicker Man from 1973, the extended version which includes the scene with the song Gently Johnny. I was struck with how sweetly the song conveyed a sex-positive attitude about seduction and sexual communication, as does much of the movie. As pagans we celebrate sexuality and pleasure and respect one …
