As new life blossoms forth, Reclaiming witches gather and sing our favorite Springtime chant: She Changes Everything She Touches (aka Koré Chant) by Starhawk. The chant celebrates the changing of the seasons and calls forth the Goddess in each of us. In a time when our magic is urgently needed to reshape the world, the …
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People often use the term “getting in tune” to describe being in touch with something, such as getting in tune with your inner self, or getting in tune with nature; basically anything you want to connect with. Tuning your Foundation As a piano technician, I spend a major amount of time tuning pianos. This requires …
What are your musical memories of childhood? I hope you have many good ones – I know I do! My early years were filled with wonderful music from all over the world. When my grandparents emigrated from Austria in 1906, they brought cylinders with recordings of their favorite bands plus some tracks that were recorded …
From our perspective, the Goddess Hekate—the Goddess of Magick and Witchcraft, also known as the Queen of Witches—was originally a solar deity, and there is evidence to support this theory. Before being conflated with other goddesses, She was revered as the Sun itself, and Her power reaches us through Her Torches. Long before the patriarchal …
The Big 50 It is February, finally. Imbolc has come and gone and I am watching with hopeful eyes for the beginning blooms of this new season. This month I begin my 50th revolution around this great wide world. I have celebrated my new year on Samhain for years, and then moved into the winter …
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has become commonplace. So much so that we see it creeping into our creative worlds. Not just in memes and so-called works of art. It has crept into our viewing, listening, and reading pleasures, and our artistic ventures. As you all know, I do radio because I cannot sing …
I wrote Dark Mother’s Tears in 2025 from fragments of a dream waking in a desolate, burnt world. I could not shake that scene, that feeling. A possible future/a recorded past. This Long, Dark Night I fear for humanity’s future. The United States is ruled by a mad, dying king – our own Theoden plagued …
I live in the northern hemisphere, where winter is giving way to spring as we prepare to celebrate the subtle fire festival of Imbolc. Light softly conquers shadow, and we observe the early days of February to choose our path through the seasons before us. This is often a time of new beginnings and setting …
In Pagan and Earth-based music, a spell song is more than just a melody—it’s an act of magick in motion. It isn’t written simply to be sung or performed; it’s crafted to shift energy, focus the mind, and weave intention into sound. A spell song can offer protection, comfort, or transformation, depending on what the moment …
Over the past year, I’ve been quietly building something very specific: a growing body of ritual chants and spell songs designed to be used, not merely listened to. Each Chant of the Month is written with intention first—ritual timing, breath, repetition, communal voice, and magickal function. Some are spoken. Some are sung. Some are meditative …
