Music is one of the most powerful ritual tools we have at our disposal.
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New Release: O Come Returning Sun King – This Year’s Yule Song
A beautiful Yule song with lyrics by Christiana Gaudet and performances by Aerik Arkadian.
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Unwinding The Witches’ Reel: History, Lyrics, and Meaning
This song can be traced back to the 16th century, when stormy seas and widespread paranoia spawned the first major persecution of witches in Scotland under the rule of King James VI. Over 100 people…
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O Solstice Night – Another ReWritten Christmas Carol
I rewrote another Christmas song and made it about Yule. Here is a video of the performance and the lyrics!
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Rewriting Christmas Songs
Historically speaking, ripping off someone else’s music has been a time-honored and respectable tradition. I’ve applied this practice to turn Christmas music into Pagan music — and I’ll show you how I did it.
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Call to the Ancestors
I wrote this “Call to the Ancestors” a couple of years ago for a circle that Selene and I led. Since then, I’ve used it around Samhain or at Dumb Suppers, but I feel like…
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IO Pan! A Song and Invocation to Pan.
When I was writing an article on Pan, my wife suggested I come up with my own personal invocation for him. Slowly, but surely, I took her advice. At the same time, I had known…
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She’s Been Waiting – A Song by Paula Walowitz
She’s Been Waiting is a wonderful song about the goddess and was written by the late Paula Walowitz. It can be sung in a group as a chant or performed as a standalone piece.
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Sun Chant
This is a simple chant that I wrote to invoke solar energy. Burn, burn Fires of the sun Fanning the flame While our magic is done Shine, shine Bright as can be Light in the…
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Queen of Spring
Queen of Spring | Misunderstood Disciple HAIL BREED QUEEN OF SPRING DANCE WITH US AROUND THE RING MATE WITH PAN YOUR HORNED KING ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT HAIL PAN HORNED ONE GOD OF GREENWOOD AND…
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We Two Kings – A Yule Song
We Two Kings is a Christmas song rewritten as a Pagan chant. It is based on the classic We Three Kings.
Aerik Arkadian 