Category Archives: Pagan-Musings Podcast

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PMP: HPF 2013 & Living the Community

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A week after Heartland and KailSara and RevKess were still “hung over” from all the energy and fun they had. Their show on the 1st talked about some of their experiences and the workshops they attended. A large focus was placed on Tuatha Dea, the headline musicians for the event. A fabulous concert indeed.

Early in the show they spoke briefly with Julian Marcus, the host of “Home of the Ancestors“. HotA premiers this Wednesday, the 5th of June, at 7pm PDT/9pm CDT. This program will talk about ancestral traditions from around the world. From ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt to the Celts of Europe, Asian traditions, African religions and aboriginal traditions from around the globe.

Returning to the show schedule on PMPChannel is the reboot of Musica Pagani, a Pagan and New Age music program hosted by RevKess. This program will once again feature music that is sent to us by the musicians themselves as well as the music from other artists that have granted us their permission to share their wonderful art with our listeners.

Links

  • For all things Tuatha Dea.
  • Heartland Pagan Festival, special guests.
  • More information on HPF 2013 can be found in the show notes from PWN #95.
  • The Tribe Online, a networking site for Pagan artists, musicians, vendors, shop owners, bloggers, authors and podcasters.

Music

  1. Tuatha Dea – Tonight – Kith & Kin
  2. Tuatha Dea – Bagabi – Kith & Kin
  3. Wendy Rule – Night Sea Journey – Deity
  4. Tuatha Dea (feat. Wendy Rule) – Aradia – The Tribe
  5. SJ Tucker – We Are Shangri-La (Emerald City Remix) – Ember Days 
  6. Tuatha Dea – Sympathy for the Devil (Special Kickstarter Backer premium) 
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PMP: Telergy and the Legend of Goody Cole

Hello, everyone! KaliSara and RevKess are at Heartland Pagan Festival down near Kansas City at Camp Gaea. This is the first year that Heartland is on totally Pagan owned land, last fall Kansas City Heartland Spiritual Association made their final payment on the land. Congratulations to them!

Towards the end of April, RevKess sat down via Skype with Robert McClung and talked about Telergy and the Lgend of Goody Cole. This weekend’s edition is the result of that conversation.

Here at Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel we strive to have a new episode for you every Saturday evening as well as our Pagan Weekly News and the occasional other programs like Musica Pagani, Lavender Hill and Selections from the Mess. Starting on June 5th, we are adding a brand new show to the line up. Home of the Ancestors with host Julian Marcus. We will continue to produce our regular shows and keep working on adding more and more to our line up for your listening pleasure and education.

Feel free to drop us an email about this or any other show at paganmusings@gmail.com or one Facebook. (Editing note from RevKess: Please forgive the background noise. I was multitasking during the interview and my keystrokes were picked up much loader than I had expected.)

Now on to the show notes for Saturday 25 May 2013: Telergy and the Legend of Goodie Cole:GCole

  • Telergy‘s website includes information about the concept behind the music, pictures of the musicians involved, and links to online sources for further study on both Goody Cole and the earlier release, Exodus.
  • A review of The Legend of Goody Cole on HardrockHaven.net.
  • Wikipedia’s article on Goodwife Eunice Cole.
  • Lane Memorial Library in Hampton, NH, has information on their site.
  • Article on the Hampton Historical Society‘s website.
  • An article from SeaCoastNH.com,including a “trick” photo of Goody Cole visiting her memorial stone on the edge of Meeting House Green.
  • A two part article by Fiona Broome on Hollow Hill, a ghost hunting site. Part 1, part 2.
  • Goody Cole’s article on Sacred-Texts.com.

Robert and RevKess had a wonderful conversation about the story of Goody Cole and the process of making this CD. During the conversation Robert mentioned many of the musicians that he worked with on this project. You got to hear some of those musicians throughout the show as well as pieces from the new CD from Telergy.

Before we get to the music you heard, here is the promotional video that was produced in conjunction with the IndieGoGo campaign that successfully helped to bring The Legend of Goody Cole to reality. 

Music

  1. Meeting House Green Pt 1 – Telergy – The Legend of Goody Cole
  2. Meeting House Green Pt 2 – Telergy – The Legend of Goody Cole
  3. Scene 1 – Telergy – The Legend of Goody Cole (spoken word with music)
  4. Rumors – Telergy – The Legend of Goody Cole (background during interview)
  5. Enchantress – Jenna Greene – Wild Earth Child
  6. Gypsy Heart – Featherscale – Gypsy Heart 
  7. Exoneration – Telergy – Legend of Goody Cole
  8. Pagan Polka – SONA – Spoonwalk
  9. Sky Father – Murphey’s Midnight Rounders – I Am The Goddess
  10. Hey Mama (I’m A Real Live Witch) – Murphey’s Midnight Rounders – Swede Hollow
  11. Moon- Wendy Rule – Wolf Love
  12. Fire in the Head – Emerald Rose – Bending Tradition
  13. Morrighan – Damh the Bard
  14. Everyday Goddess – Celia – Breathe
  15. Odin the Wanderer – Al Conti – Northern Seas
  16. Specter of the Forest and Sea – Frenchy and the Punk – Elephant Uproar
  17. Cunning Man – Legend – Triple Aspect
  18. Hey Goddess – Big Bad Gina – Amazon Warrior Princess
  19. Triple Aspect – Legend – Triple Aspect
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PMP: Mother’s Day & Death Rites

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Hello, listeners! Bet you are wondering how Mother’s Day and Death Rites wound up in the same show. Simple: Today is Mother’s  Day and Thursday saw the death of my tradition’s founding high priest. Now, I don’t want you to get all sympathetic or empathetic with me. I appreciate the sentiment. I’m not looking for expressions of regret or condolences on his passing. The time was oddly appropriate, though.

Some of the best recognized Mother Goddesses are also Goddesses of death and destruction and rebirth. Kali, Sekhmet, Tiamat, just to name a few. In this episode we will not only honor some of the Goddesses of Motherhood, we will also honor some of the Goddesses of Death and Rebirth. Along the way I will share some memories of my high priest, Papa Tom and some of the music that makes me think of him.

Links

Music

  1. Kellianna- Maiden, Mother, Crone – Lady Moon
  2. Queen Mother Imakhu (Imakhu Sekehmet) – Sacred Mother (Anuk Mwt – I Am Mother) – Water Woman
  3. Elaine Silver – Grandmother Moon – The Lady of the Lake
  4. Leigh Anne Hussey – She is Grandmother – Homebrew
  5. Annette Cantor – Gaia – Songs to the Goddess
  6. Lis Addison – Mother Gaia – Crown in the Sky
  7. SJ Tucker – In the House of Mama Dragon – Haphazrd 
  8. Sharon Knight 7 T Thorn Coyle – Ancestor Chant – Songs for the Waning Year
  9. Kellianna – Ancestor’s Song – I Walk with the Goddess
  10. Omnia – Cernunnos – Sine Missione
  11. Omnia – Intro (The Wylde Hunt) – Crone of War
  12. Omnia – The Wylde Hunt – Crone of War
  13. Kellianna – Aphrodite and Pan – Lady Moon
  14. Damh the Bard – The Parting Glass – Tales from the Crow Man  In honor of Tex, Jason McDeavitt and now Papa Tom, all Elders of the Pagan community who at one time or another lived in Lincoln, NE.
  15. Isaac Bonewits – The Thuggee Song – Avalon is Rising!
  16. Michael Brant DeMaria – Danu – Gaia
  17. Shawna Carol – Sacred Pleasure – Goddess Chant
  18. Murphey’s Midnight Rounders – As You Depart – I Am the Goddess
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PMP: Beltaine 2013

podcastbannerad3May the 4th be with you, as our Star Wars friends are blasting all over social media today. Beltane is here. Many celebrate the festival on the weekend closest to the date of May 1st. Many others have already celebrated, either on the 1st or last weekend. Yet others honor the spirit of the festival in their own way, sometimes through the entire month of May. My own Mother Coven has celebrated today. KaliSara is celebrating the birth of her second child, Lady Bug is no longer a baby.

This edition of Pagan-Musings Podcast brings you a variety of music, tales, and information about Beltane. We hope that you enjoy listening to the wonderful and beautiful finds we have for you. Click here to listen to the broadcast.

Music:

  1. Featherscale – Invocation – Gypsy Heart

    May the Passion and Love of the Season guide you on your Journey

    May the Passion and Love of the Season guide you on your Journey

  2. Cernunnos Rising – Blessings of Beltaine – Wild Soul
  3. Omnia – Tine Beltaine (10,000 Lightyears Remix) – cybershaman
  4. Kenny Klein – Queen of Night – Oak and Ash
  5. Kelliannna – Shares Her Love – I Walk With the Goddess
  6. Omnia – Love in the Forest – Wolf Love
  7. Shawna Carol – Sacred Pleasure – Goddess Chant
  8. AO Music – In Loke’Ch – …And Love Rages On
  9. Cernunnos Rising – A Fire Fit for a Queen – Wild Soul
  10. Elvendrums – Walking the Woods – The Dragon
  11. Elvendrums – Stolen Child – The Dragon (inspired by William Butler Yeats)
  12. Jenna Greene – Spring Love – Crossroads
  13. Celia – For the Asking – For the Asking
  14. Celia – Carry Me Home – Carry Me Home
  15. Damh the Bard – Under a Beltane Sun – Antlered Crown & Standing Stone

Links:

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Devin Hunter & The Modern Witch

podcastbannerad3It has been two Saturdays since our last broadcast on Pagan-Musings Podcast and we wanted to explain why. April 20th found us vending at ConStellation IV in Lincoln, NE. We had intended to put together a recorded show, but it just didn’t happen. And the 27th found RevKess working his bills-paying-job and KaliSara under doctor’s orders to not talk much. 

Devin Hunter

Luckily for us, and for our listeners, Devin Hunter was willing to reschedule for Tuesday the 30th. So, here we are with the show  notes for that episode of PMP.

Listen to the show.

Music Played:

  1. Lis Addison – New World – Crown in the Sky
  2. Wendy Rule – Oh How I Dreamed – Deity
  3. Spiral Dance – The Spirit of Albion/Wooden Box (featuring Damh the Bard) – Through a Sylvan Doorway
  4. Jenna Greene – Mating Dance (Beltane) – Crossroads

Links to material discussed or resources for more information:

  • Modern Witch Online: The online home for just about everything that Devin Hunter is involved in. Here you can learn about Devin and the other contributors to his podcast and the magazine.
  • PantheaCon: Devin attended PantheaCon this year and wrote about it on the blog portion of Modern Witch Online. Read part 1 and part 2. 
  • The Mystic Dream: Devin works as the House Medium and manager of the Mystic Dream, one of the oldest metaphysical stores in the United States. He’s been there for ten years. Listen to the show for the story behind how he landed that position and what it is that he does for the store. 
  • Modern Witch Podcast: Devin’s podcast, finishing up it’s fourth season, can be heard on Pagan Radio Network or in archives through Podbean.

RevKess and Devin had a wonderful chat. Bouncing around from talking about PantheaCon and Modern Witch Online to some of their similar experiencing meeting Pagans that many of us look up to. The conversation was rather smooth and we feel informative. Sometime in the near future, RevKess will be appearing on the Modern Witch to share about himself and answer some of the question that Devin has for him.

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PMPChannel: Call for Contributors

2013 is in full swing and the hosts and producers of the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel are busy working away on topics, interviews, stories, and getting more music to entertain the listeners. At this time they would also like to ask you, the listener, to contribute to the Channel.

podcastbannerad3Pagan-Musings Podcast: Hosted by KaliSara and RevKess, Pagan-Musings Podcast is the mother show of PMPChannel. The hosts are always on the look out for new topics that catch the interest of the general Pagan community and would like to hear from you on what you would like to hear included in their shows. Music, books, topics of interest, upcoming events, whatever you think is important to at least a small portion of the Pagan community will be considered. Contact the hosts at paganmusings@gmail.com if you have something would like to hear discussed on the show.

RevKess and KaliSara enjoy interviewing authors, musicians, and Pagans who are making a difference in the community. Some of the previous guests include Anne Hill, Peter Dybing, Kerr Cuhulain, Starhawk, Teo Bishop, and many more.

Authors can send ebooks or inquiries for mailing address to paganmusings@gmail.com. Musicians are encouraged to send mp3s to the same address. Anyone can be a person making a difference in their community, anyone could be a guest of the show.

PWN banner 1Pagan Weekly News: RevKess and Zaracon are always looking for other Pagans in the Global Community who would like to contribute to PWN. Recorded segments regarding news, events, and other information from your community is always welcome. You can email mp3s of your segments to paganmusings@gmail.com, please include “PWN submission” in the subject header.

Past topics discussed on PWN include the World Between Worlds conference, PantheaCon, U.S. politics, changes in the Pagan blogosphere, body image in the Pagan community, and world religions.

MPBTRadbannerMusica Pagani: RevKess is always willing to listen to good music. If you are a Pagan or New Age musician and would like to share you music with Musica Pagani and the listeners of the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel, please send samples to RevKess at paganmusings@gmail.com, please include “Muisca Pagani” in the subject header. Join musicians like Celia, Frenchy and the Punk, Damh the Bard, Omnia, Michael Brant DeMaria and others on Musica Pagani

If you would like to try your hand at podcasting, the producers of the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel are willing to help you explore that field of expression. For more information email paganmusings@gmail.com.

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PMP: Avoiding the Holiday Rush

ImageTo start out the month of December, RevKess and KaliSara talked about ways to celebrate the Winter Holidays without getting trampled in the holiday rush. Covering everything from shopping to family gatherings to creating family traditions, the show was filled with fun and information. Visit the BTR page for Pagan-Musings and listen to this episode and other shows from the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel.

Music Play List:

  1. Damh the Bard – The Sons and Daughters of Robin Hood – Antlered Crown and Standing Stone
  2. Spiral Dance – Solstice Evergreen – The Quickening
  3. Bone Poets Orchestra – Solstice Call – Atheist Anthems
  4. Emerald Rose – Santa Claus is Pagan Too
  5. Marc Gunn – Celtic Christmas Elf Conscription
  6. Marc Gunn – Christmas in Scotland

leaf and bark candlesAs we move through the Winter Holidays there is a lot of pressure for everyone to do more. Before the influx of consumerism that is Western Civilization, people would take this time of year to regroup, to reflect and to prepare.

During the show, the hosts spoke about how they are going to attempt to avoid some of the holiday madness when it comes to shopping. KaliSara mentioned browsing around on Etsy and doing other online shopping. RevKess talked about starting the holiday gift shopping as early as the December before. Both mentioned the idea of regifting.

They also spent some time talking about how some people feel that when it comes to the big holiday dinner that they have to do it all themselves and if it doesn’t turn out perfect it was a failure. This simply is not true. First, you do not have to make every single dish your self. Second, accidents happen and sometimes they make the dinner that much better.

RevKess’s family likes to do a potluck dinner for most holidays. This enables the host(s) to focus on their guests. By providing the main dish, or some central dish to the meal, the host(s) have more time to prepare their home and make things as enjoyable as possible. This also allows the guests to bring a dish or more that they feel is important to their holiday celebration. Not to mention assures that there will be at least one dish they will enjoy.

It has been some time since his family has all gotten together for a holiday feast. Being one of seven children and each of his siblings having children (and many of them grandchildren already), a full family gathering can be a logistic nightmare. But it is something that he is looking forward to doing sometime in the future.

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This is also one of the times out of the year where many Pagans take a little time to ponder and reflect on what they have accomplished in the past year. The Dark of the Year begins around Samhain and continues through (at least) Yule. Those who follow the Celtic calendar have already celebrated the New Year and those who follow the secular Western calendar are preparing to do so at the end of the month. During these two months many people look back over the year and what they have done. It is a time to analyze the events and things that they have in their lives to see what has served them and what has held them back. It is time to begin laying the ground work for the coming year.

In this time of family and celebration it is also a time for us to look to our past and to our future. What have we accomplished that has lifted us forward? What have we done that has held us back? What people and things have come into our lives that bring us joy and enlightenment? What people and things have come to us that do us nothing but harm? These are questions that we must ask ourselves from time to time. During the Dark of the Year seems just as good a time as any.

At Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel we have much to be thankful for every week. Not the least of which are our sponsors. Please visit these Pagan businesses and artists online and see why we are so proud to have them as part of our family.

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And special thanks to our sponsor through the Winter Holidays, the Shining Wheel Pagan Chorus!

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PMP: Addiction, Possession & Obsession

The Pagan in Recovery, available on Amazon and Lulu

Saturday, 21 April 2012: RevKess and KaliSara were joined by Deirdre Hebert, author of The Pagan in Recovering: 12 Steps from a Pagan Perspective. This episode focused mainly on the aspect of addiction, with approximately 1h45m talking about Dee’s book and her own perspectives on addiction.

Dee has been on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel a time or two, either as a call-in guest or a participant in the BTR chat for the show. She is also the host of PaganFM! on WSCA-LP 106.1FM in Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Thursdays from 10-midnight, Eastern). You can learn more about Dee and PaganFM by visiting their website. Dee has appeared on KZUM‘s Lavender Hill to discuss transgender issues.

Along with substance abuse, the hosts discussed with Dee and the chat room participants other forms of addiction. Including sex addiction, addiction to people and ideas. A brief run down of the 12 steps from a Pagan perspective was discussed as well as a means of incorporating each step into a person’s spiritual life.

Listen to the show in archives for full details and remember to keep your eyes open for future installments of this series.

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Play List for this episode:

  1. Spiral Dance – Shadow Wood – Magick
  2. Kellianna – The Ancient Ones – The Ancient Ones
  3. SJ Tucker – Salad of Doom – Mischief
  4. SJ Tucker – In the House of Mama Dragon – Haphazard

Tune in on Saturday, 28 April 2012 for guest Boudica Foster!

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RevKess Guests on PaganFM!

Phil, aka RevKess, guested on PaganFM!, one of the only Pagan themed radio programs out there. The show aired live on Thursday, 22 March 2012. PaganFM! is hosted by Deirdre Hebert and Jasper Salach on WSCA out of Portsmouth, NH. All threehad a blast on the show. Jasper was not feeling the best, so he was not very talkative. Dee and Phil discussed Pagan communities, taking care of the elders in our communities and a brief look at the history of Pagan broadcasting. Listen to the episode here and check out PaganFM!

Dee is also the author of The Pagan in Recovery: The Twelve Steps From a Pagan Perspective. She will be joining KaliSara and RevKess on Pagan-Musings Podcast this Saturday at 7pm Central. They will be discussing, along with her book, Addiction, Obsession and Possession and a lot of what those words mean in the context of Paganism. Please join them live or in archives.