Pagan Music Project: Risky Material From the Forbidden Library

Learn how Classical Music harbors subliminal and not-so subliminal Pagan messages.

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Amarfa

Amarfa

Amarfa has been studying the occult, wicca, and paganism for 17 years and counting.  She has been a musician since age 5, studying first guitar, then accordion for 10 years, placing 2nd in her division in the 1995 ATARI/ATAM New England Regional Competition,  and has been studying voice for 9. She has directed small early music ensembles, performed publicly, and starred in local theatre works, particularly the World Premiere of Nightsong, a musical theatre piece with direction and book by Jon Brennan and music by Kari Tieger and Kevin Campbell, as well as composing a musical of her own and writing music in her spare time.

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You know, there are times when I feel like I have nothing to contribute to Paganism.  I've gotten a lot out of it, but then I think to myself: What happened?  No, I don't want this to be all normal and easy to digest, I want it to be mysterious and exciting, and for some reason, it isn't anymore.


Why do I feel as though what I have to say isn't special? I'm scratching my head on this one, because it's an important part of my motivation to keep my blogs-that what I'm saying is important and useful.  Maybe I'm having my mid-Pagan crisis or something.  But where went the power and majesty of worshipping the Moon and the forbidden Gods? Because let's face it; what we do is forbidden by mainstream culture. 

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  • Gabriel Moore
    Gabriel Moore says #
    Candi, I agree with Carl on doubt. In addition doubt slows us down and makes us consider our intent and actions. To many have forg
  • Carl Neal
    Carl Neal says #
    We all have our moments of doubt and feelings of disconnection. One thing that helps me in those times is to reflect on how I cam

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My apologies to those whom I've asked for ideas for my next article:

I've just found out that Yo-Yo-Ma will be playing the Elgar Cello Concerto with the RI Philharmonic  in Providence RI on Sunday, June 1st at 7pm.

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Hi Folks!

 

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  • Peter Ringo
    Peter Ringo says #
    I don't think I was real clear. The gender nonconformity would need to be connected to spirituality in some way--as an attribute o
  • Amarfa
    Amarfa says #
    @Peter: Sure! For example, there are a number of works from the 18th century that involve a man or boy cross dressing in order to
  • Peter Ringo
    Peter Ringo says #
    The Balumain practice is awesome, but I'm looking for music literature--traditional songs and classical pieces that allude to gend
  • Amarfa
    Amarfa says #
    Andy: I belong to a pagan choir that's in Massachusetts. We sing a mixture of music that's written for us by our fearless leader,
  • Peter Ringo
    Peter Ringo says #
    As we know, there are many "gender non-conforming" gods, whether they are transgender, intersex, gender-morphing, cross-dressing,

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We know that the ancient Romans and Greeks played and sang lots of music and performed lots of dances and dramas and SACRIFICES!!!!  MWA HA HA HA! AND THEN THEY SANG ABOUT THE SACRIFICES! (I like to say sacrifices).

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Hi.  I am NOT god-phone material.  I am so lazy and procrastinat-ive that I just don't keep up regular communications with any deities at all.  I had a thing with Bast a while back, but I"m a lazy mo-fo. And I'm proud of it.  I'm still Pagan and live my life as naturally as possible (except for Taco Bell and the occasional battery-powered indulgence) with the caveat that I'm a hedonist. 

Anybody else out there who is okay with being a regular every-day sort of Pagan? No need to be a priest of anything? No need to have direct communication with a deity? Just enjoying the pleasures of natural living and natural worship?

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  • Roy
    Roy says #
    I personally go one step further. I Do Not Truck With Deities. Period. I don't worship, I don't invoke etc. I work with certain ar
  • Cat lover
    Cat lover says #
    I find this encouraging as I have never had an inkling that anything is out there. I might as well be talking to myself.
  • Terence P Ward
    Terence P Ward says #
    I spent twenty years as a Pagan without any clear conception of deity, much less a conversation with any. It can be a satisfying
  • Heather Freysdottir
    Heather Freysdottir says #
    I'd have said the exact same thing before Loki showed up as Himself and rocked my world. So yes, I get where you're coming from, v

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Hi!  In the spirit of my last "entry," I thought I'd hazard the question: Where are the musicians among the readers of Witches and Pagans dot Com, and what is your level of experience?  Private lessons, high school band, church choir, pagan choir, college degree?  Community orchestra?  Rock Band? What's your main instrument? How long have you played/sung? Have you written any music? If so, is it 'secular' or for the Gods?

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  • Kenny Klein
    Kenny Klein says #
    Candi, I'm a fellow Pagan Square blogger, a W&P reader, and I am a professional musician who has been playing for Pagan audiences
  • Anne Newkirk Niven
    Anne Newkirk Niven says #
    there's a ton of Pagan musicians on Facebook (Witches&Pagans feed), over 40 comments and 60+ likes to our posting of this blog ent
  • Kathleen Rusher
    Kathleen Rusher says #
    I have a Bachelor's Degree in Music, concentrating in Vocal Performance and Choral Conducting. I am a classically trained soprano,
  • Ben
    Ben says #
    Right here! Have played piano since I was 3, guitar since I was 12, and various other instruments from time to time. I have a Ba
  • David N. Wilkins
    David N. Wilkins says #
    I am a retired Navy musician, playing low brass, recorders, and hand drums. My compositions can be heard on my website and on Sou

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Where are the "Witches" on Witches & Pagans dot com?  I see Pagans of all kinds, Heathen, Norse, Greek, Celtic, but where are the witches? The Gardnerians, the Alexandrians, the Feri?  Reclaiming? Dianics, even?  Anybody out there?  Are there any pagans out there who AREN'T priesthood? 

I'm not priestesshood; my path is too divulgent for that. Is there anyone else out there like me, who is searching for their path somewhere between Wiccan and Pagan?   

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  • G. B. Harte
    G. B. Harte says #
    Witch? Pagan? Wiccan? Not exactly sure myself what it is that I am. I am a 'featured performer' at a SoCal Renaissance Festiv
  • Rev William Greyowl Snodgrass
    Rev William Greyowl Snodgrass says #
    I am British Traditional, Fam Trad, also a Pagan Clergy in the state of Ohio, I teach Witchcraft Degrees and intro to Wicca, Been
  • Brigid Barner
    Brigid Barner says #
    I was taught to believe that Shamans were of both sexes and were represented across the globe. Not just from one people, or regio
  • Heather Knetzger
    Heather Knetzger says #
    Green Witch here!
  • Amarfa
    Amarfa says #
    Hi Joseph! I got exactly the kind of response I was looking for, and a little bit more. I know someone, who like you, practices

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