Listening In To The Sacred Well

There is a place within us
where the waters are still and waiting.

When we grow quiet enough to listen —
when we dare to open —
the voice of spirit rises from that deep place,
and magic answers.

Sometimes, that magic becomes song.
Sometimes, it becomes the kind of song that is not meant to be sung alone —
but together, breath by breath, voice by voice,
until we remember we were never separate.

Reclaiming’s newest compilation album, Sacred Well: Ritual Music from Reclaiming, gathers these living songs from across the worldwide Reclaiming community.

Let’s take a dip into the Sacred Well and taste the magic within.

*Sacred Well: Ritual Music From Reclaiming*
Album cover design by Eileen Hazel

Sacred Well (Trancey Reggae Version)

The title track Sacred Well by Maxina Ventura draws us down into the hallowed waters within. Max, who has been part of Reclaiming since 1986, tells us

“Sacred Well” is one of those pieces which showed up whole. I figured it had to be out in the wider world – a gift from the Norns.

In Norse mythology, the Norns are the weavers of fate, and this trance-laced piece carries that sense of inevitability and depth. Max’s luminous voice intertwines with the haunting flute of Artemis Jackson, creating a sound that feels both ancient and immediate. This is not just a song. It is a descent.

My Soul Says So

My Soul Says So by Suzanne Sterling and Jeffrey Alphonsus Mooney calls us to leap into the Unknown—a practice many pagans know well. Suzanne’s powerful vocals anchor the song’s central truth:

If my soul says so, I do as my soul says.

A beloved favorite at Reclaiming witch camps and public rituals, this chant is both a declaration and a spell, urging us to trust the deep wisdom within.

Elemental Welcome – Reprise

Few things are as central to pagan ritual as calling the directions and welcoming the elements. Elemental Welcome – Reprise by Eileen Hazel offers an accessible and joyful way to do just that. Easy to learn and made for group singing, it invites Air, Fire, Water, Earth, and Spirit into the circle, welcoming us to the great Mystery that never dies.

Take Me Down

Another standout track, Take Me Down (Worldmusic English-Spanish-German Version) by Peti SongCatcher & Friends, reimagines a traditional Quaker chant as a multilingual journey inward. With lyrics in English, Spanish and German, the song reflects the global nature of the pagan community, while deepening the original call to descend and meet the soul.

Born at the Free Activist Witchcamp in Wolf Creek, Oregon (2010), the song emerged from a moment of collective exhaustion and longing. As Peti shares,

We were returning to our group in the evening after a long day of exhausting healing … longing for solidarity, awareness, wholeness.

Let it carry you downward—toward the place where your truest face waits.

This is the Journey Sacred Well Offers

Fifteen songs —
fifteen doorways —
leading through the elements, the seasons,
the many faces of the sacred.

Songs to sing in circle.
Songs to carry alone.
Songs to guide you inward,
and back again.

To the well.
To the crossroads.
To the place where your own magic waits.

Ways to Listen

Find the album on Bandcamp. Take the music home with you, and directly support the creation of more work like this.

Visit Weave and Spin and wander deeper into the stories behind each song.

Let the songs find you wherever you listen. YouTube | Spotify | Tidal

For more information about Reclaiming, including their collected articles here on Pagan Song, their bio, and links to Reclaiming on the web, check out the Reclaiming page here on Pagan Song

Featured photo of a view from inside the historic initiation well at Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra, Portugal is by ArtHouse Studio.

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