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 …
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 …
The Longest Night is just around the corner and we here at Pagan Song are taking time to rest, heal and prepare for longer, brighter days ahead. From our hearts to yours, we offer two gifts for the season. First, a playlist of over five hours of Yule/Winter Solstice music that I’ve built up over …
It feels almost impossible for the New Year to be just a few days away. There are a handful of reasons I’m glad to have it behind me, but a big ole bucketful of reasons I am thankful to have seen it to its end. I am here, proof of life, my daily goal now. …
It is said the ancient Celts believed the seasons of the year were divided in half between summer and winter. It is also said the Celts believed the seasons which we call spring and autumn are a transitional and liminal time, a time between time where this world and the otherworld are separated by the …
As we follow the wheel through the ending of summer and the coming of the second harvest, we approach the time when the sun and the moon will be present equally in our skies. The Autumn Equinox will be here before we know it. The Sabbat celebrating it, known as Mabon, will soon be upon …
As I sit on my veranda watching the autumn leaves stirred into a whirling blaze of red and gold by a cool, gusty wind, I reflect on the journey of our new album ‘Thirteen Notes’; a 2-CD album of 16 songs and tunes that was finally birthed in December on the day of the Australian …
Healing in the Water I spent the weekend camped alongside the Arkansas river, trust, and believe she is rolling with all the ferocity available to her banks. All the flood gates were open wide, with the speed and determination she carries within her boundaries left me speechless. I found myself looking out across the water …
Well here we all are, and the wheel has turned to Beltaine -also known as May Day- a fire festival held on the cross-quarter day that falls between the Spring Equinox on March 20th and the Summer Solstice on June 21st. Usually celebrated on May 1st, there are many traditions for this springtime gathering, including …
Well, here we are, dear readers. Spring has arrived and many of us are still a bit frozen from this harsh winter in both the natural world and the human realm. There are a lot of things that have failed to thrive over this winter, and we need to clear the land and get it ready …
