Musica Pagani: Ostara 2012

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Greetings and well met, my friends! I had a hard time deciding what music to play for Ostara this year, so I just went ahead and included most of it. THIRTY-SEVEN music selections were in this special episode of Musica Pagani, that's almost 2 hours and 45 minutes.

1. Bill Wren & Frank Ralls - New Heaven, New Earth - Journey Around the Sun: A Mayan Odyssey
2. Al Conti - Spring Maiden - Northern Seas
3. David Clavijo - Promises - The Landing: Special Edition
4. Douglas Bluefeather - When the Rains Come - Best of Douglas Bluefeather
5. Christopher Lapina - She's Often Here - Eclectic Eve
6. Ann Licater - Shades of Light - Doorway to a Dream
7. Catherine Marie Charlton - Springshine - Undershore
8. Craig Urquhart - Waves - Songs Without Words
9. Douglas Bluefeather & Danny Voris - Dream of the Trees - Earth Songs
10. Fiona Joy Hawkins - Feeling Sunshine - Live at the Q
11. Fred Thrane - Dawndancer - Angels of the Sun
12. John Albert Thomas - Fantasy - Now I Sleep
13. Hennie Bekker - Spring Rain - Spectrum: An Anthology of Relaxing Instrumental Music
14. Jose Luis Serrano Esteban - Spring Has Arrived - A New Horizon
15. Kathryn Kaye - Smile for Me April - Dreaming Still
16. Louis Collaiannia - Spring Dawn - A Moment Between Eternities
17. Lynn yew Evers - Dawn of Peace - Dawn of Peace
18. Michael Strilbing - Forever Young - Another Day in Paradise
19. Peter Sterling - Enchantments Awakening = Patterns of Relection
20. Paradiso & Rasamayi - Transformation - 3rd Eye Rising
21. Lia Scallon - Clear Quartz - Crystal Keys 
22. Psicodreamics - Earth Prayer - Ancient Wisdom
23. Lis Addison - Brimming Over - Grace of the Green Leaf
24. Uwe Gronau - Far in the East (instrumental version) - Time Rider
25. Michael Brant DeMaria - Timeless Dawn - Bindu
26. Michael de Salem - Sentimental Stops - Something Getting Wrong
27. Wendy Rule - Guided by Venus - Guided by Venus
28. Sharon Knight - Phoenix from the Ashes - Song of the Sea
29. Terri Liles Mason - Begin Again - OmGaia
30. T Thorn Coyle - The Green - Face of a New Day
31. Spiral Dance - The Goddess and the Weaver - The Mist
32. Elaine Silver - By the Earth - Fairie Goddess
33. Candice Night - Robin Red Breast - Relfections
34. Jenna Greene - Soul of Nature - Crossroads
35. Rich Osborn - A song of New Beginnings - Giving Voice
36. Jeff Oster - Beautiful Silence - Surrender
37. Shawna Carol - Bless Our Planet - Gaia Rocks

Whew! That was a lot of typing! I had a lot of fun putting the show together and I hope you all had a good time listening to it. The theme was spring and Ostara, but the music is wonderful any time of year.

A huge thank you goes out to all the musicians for giving me permission to use their music on podcast.

Musica Pagani: Full Moon March 2012

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Greetings and thank you for listening to a brand new edition of Musica Pagani. I do apologize for MP disappearing for so long. It wasn't for want of doing it, it was more a lack of time.  But I have made time to do the show again. It's only once a week, usually a recorded program. So at the very least I can plot and plan the show in advance and then put it together in a short period of time for listening pleasure.

The March full moon found us experience a solar storm for the Sun's eruption on Tuesday the 6th. This caused some beautiful auroras to be seen in the Northern Hemisphere. It also arrived just prior to Mercury going retrograde on Monday the 12th. Combine a Merc Retch with a solar storm and all hell breaks loose with technology, communication and understanding of ourselves and others. But we can make it through such storms.

The following music list was put together with that in mind. At just over an hour, this edition of Musica Pagani should help you relax any time of the day or night and any time of the year. A smattering of lyrical pieces by a few artists, both old and new, mixed between two lovely sets of New Age instrumental pieces should be a nice balance. There a little Pagan folk, a little Pagan rock and lots of Pagan fun to be had with these selections.

The Play List

1. Child of Light - Peter Sterling - Patterns of Reflection
2. Lucid Dream - Joe Bongiorno - Into the Wind
3. Desert Moon - Douglas Bluefeather & Danny voris - Rollin' Like Thunder
4. Quarter Call - Isaac Bonewits - Avalon is Rising
5. Goddess Chant - Kenny Klein - Oak, Ash and Thorn
6. God Chant - Kenny Klein - Oak, Ash and Thorn
7. Lady of the Silver Wheel - Damh the Bard - The Hills They Are Hollow
8. Siren Moon - Sharon Knight - Song of the Sea
9. Under a Violet Moon - Blackmore's Night - Under a Violet Moon
10. She Danced Alone on the Wave - Wendy Rule - The Wolf Song
11. Mother Night - Nuit - Mother Night
12. Journey Within - Michael Brant DeMaria - Bindu
13. Wisdom - Paradiso & Rasamayi - 3rd Eye Rising
14. Your Dream - Tron Syversen - Peaceful Journey: Music for Relaxation
15. Pearl - Lia Scallon - Crystal Keys: Songs to Awaken & Heal

I do sincerely hope that enjoyed this mix of old and new, New Age and Pagan. 

 Singer, songwriter, musician and performer: Sharon Knight in a photo from 2012. CD cover for Paradiso & Rasamayi's 3rd Eye Rising.

Musica Pagani is a proud member of the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel family, one of the many Pagan podcasts brought to you by the Proud Pagan Podcasters. Musica Pagani is hosted by RevKess of PMPC and brought to you in part by support from the Pagan Alliance Network and Pangaia Metaphysical Store.

Mabon on Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel 092411

Hello, everyone! I am once again playing catch up with the blogging. This year has been extremely busy for me and I have neglected posting all summer long. Here it is, the first few days Autumn and I haven't made a timely post since Memorial Day. And believe me, I do hear about it. At least one of the wonderful people who follows this blog sends me an email from time to time going "where are the play lists?"

So, here is the play list from last night's Pagan-Musings Podcast: Mabon, the Autumnal Equinox

1. Bone Poets Orchestra - Interlude at Sunset - Belladonna Smiles
2. Leigh Ann Hussey - Greenmantle (ritual edit) - Homebrew
3. Celia - Lady Libertas
4. Jenna Greene - Harvest - Crossroads
5. Cernunnos Rising - Heartbeat of Harvest - Wild Soul

Early in the show, Cole Weber from Liberty Lives in the HEARTland called in to share with us about the Nebraska efforts to counter-demonstrate the DC40 Campaign. DC40 is a movement orchestrated by the New Apostolic Reformation and other extremist right wing Christian groups to pray for the mass conversion of United States politicians to their specific way of thinking. Read the information on their web site, if you dare, and after struggling through the horrible (and disgusting) imagery of their informational videos and wading through the hate filled rhetoric they spew, you will understand just why we need to take this effort seriously. To sum it up, they are backing certain political candidates in the upcoming presidential election (including Gov. Rick "Good Hair" Perry of Texas) and wish to force a theocracy upon the nation. Check out past episodes of Pagan Weekly News on the PMP Channel for more information and Zaracon and I's soapboxing on the issue.

We also spent some time talking about Jenna Greene's Kickstarter campaign and her music. I had the pleasure of interviewing Ms. Greene earlier this month on a special episode of Musica Pagani and delving deeper into her wonderful music. Check out the interview and visit her web site, then pop over and see if you feel you can contribute to her Kickstarter program to help bring us more delightful music. Ms. Greene was unable to join us during the show due to other commitments last night, but we look forward to having her on the Channel again sometime in the near future. Her Kickstarter deadline is October 11th, go check it out.

And of course, with it being our Mabon episode, we spent some time discussing the lore, imagery, meanings, and associations with the season.

I want to share a little something that I talked about in the show. When I was a kid, we honored the changing of the seasons. We may not have phrased it that way or even acknowledged that what we did was even remotely Pagan or some such, but we still did it. I spent the first eight years of my life on a cattle ranch in rural Colorado. You can't help but experience the seasons when you live in the country. The leaves changing colors, the animals growing thicker coats, and the harvesting of the fruits, vegetables, grains and other growing things. It was all there for us to witness first hand. Later we lived in small towns and rural communities; my mother would decorate the house with fall colors, leaves, gourds, and other images of the season. To this day I recall playing in the leaves (whether out of doors or in our own living room) and celebrating the seasons.

And of course, to finish out the show, we discussed our upcoming venture at Mystic Fest 2011 Fall Edition in Omaha, NE. Pangaia Metaphysical Store, the Pagan Alliance Network and Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel will be represented at the event. Thanks to our friends at Next Millennium Music and Gifts and Magical Omaha for putting on such a wonderful show every fall! Mystic Fest is located at the Ramada Plaza and Convention Center at 72nd and Grover in Omaha, just off the interstate, in the Heartland Room Saturday, October 1st from 10am-6pm and Sunday, October 2nd from 11am-5pm. Admission is free, and what a show it will be! Over seventy vendors, intuitive readers, aura photographers and just simply wonderful people will be displaying their wares and sharing their services!

Tune in Mondays at 7pm for Pagan Weekly News, Saturdays at 7pm for Pagan-Musings Podcast, and keep your eyes and ears open for special presentations of Musica Pagani, Selections from the Mess, Lavender Hill and LIVE! in the Studio with the Wimmin's Show - all on Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel. (times are Central United States)

Selections from the Mess Ep #3

Episode 3 of Selections from the Mess is mainly an interview/discussion with Lady Cynthia of the Order of the Red Grail, Church for Transformational Wicca in Lincoln, NE. In between talk segments with Lady Cynthia, we played a selection of music that addressed the topic of our conversation. We were talking about the Catholic Truth Society's pamphlet Wicca and Witchcraft: Understanding the Dangers by Elizabeth Dodd.

Please refer to my earlier blog post, including the show notes for Murphy's Magic Mess from Sunday the 20th, for links to the book and the upcoming Prayer for Peace Vigil.

Play list:

1. Inkubus Sukkubus - Wytches' Chant '98 - Away with the Faeries
2. Kathryn Kaye - Waiting for the Rain - Dreaming Still
3. Paradiso & Rasamayi - Flow - 3rd Eye Rising
4. Steven C - Opus Derian - Heart Strings
5. Michael Brant DeMaria - Danu - Gaia
6. Al Conti - Spring Maiden - Northern Seas
7. Isaac Bonewits - Be Pagan Once Again - Be Pagan Once Again
8. Gaia Consort - Cry Freedom - Secret Voices

Remember to tune in every Sunday at 9am Central to listen to full two hours of the Mess.

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The Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel provides you with a variety of programs throughout the week.

• Saturdays at 2pm Central - Pagan-Musings Podcast. A two hour talk program hosted by RevKess and KaliSara. This program is aired live.
• Sundays at 7pm Central - Lavender Hill. A thirty minute GLBTQ+ news and talk program hosted by Phil Kessler and Corwin Watts. Originally airs as the first half hour of the Wimmin's Show on KZUM, Sundays at 11am Central. This program is prerecorded for podcasting.
  
• Mondays at 7pm Central - Selections from the Mess. Run time varies based on the pod-friendly content from Murphy's Magic Mess. This program is prerecorded.
• Thursdays at 7pm Central - Musica Pagani: Feature Series. A one hour music program featuring specific artists. May include interviews with the featured artist for that week. This program is prerecorded.
• Fridays at 10pm Central - Musica Pagani. A one hour music program with a selection of artists. May include interviews with the artists. This is a prerecorded program.
  

PMPC Spring Cleaning & Pagan Charities

Hello to one and all! It has been a rather eventful week or so for Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel. We have been adding a variety of music programs through Musica Pagani and Selections from the Mess. You can check them out on our BTR page.

Today we did an episode of Pagan-Musings talking about Spring Cleaning and Pagan Charities.

It may seem a little early to talk about spring cleaning, but in my opinion it is never to early to plan what to do with your Schtuff. As we are coming out of the cold and dark of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, naturally our thoughts turn towards the warm and light time of the year. We look around our homes and see what we have not done, not out of laziness but out of comfort. We see stacks of papers that have accumulated, bills and receipts, unanswered letters and holiday cards, etc. We also notice that as the weather begins to warm up we want to think about doing those things we have put off. For me that is cleaning the apartment. Don't think that I am a terrible house keeper with piles of dirty laundry and dishes that could walk themselves to the sink. This may seem to happen sometimes, though....

What I am talking about is getting rid of the clutter that has gathered over the last few months. I am a pack rat, I freely admit it. I have stacks of books, newspapers, junk mail and other schtuff cluttering my desk and office space. As I look around at it all I cringe to think of how much schtuff I have left undone during the winter. I want to get organized. And one of the best ways to do that is to start somewhere and clean.

Along with cleaning comes Cleansing. On Pagan-Musings we have talked about this before. As you clean out the clutter you also Cleanse the space. You can use special cleaners that are enchanted or spelled to help you rid the home of negativity. You can also, after finishing a room or project burn some sage, sweetgrass or other herbal incense to Cleanse the space and purify the air. Either way you look at it, you are making your home a better, healthier place to be.

Charity also comes to mind during this time of year for me. I am passionate about certain worthy causes and only wish that I had more time and money to donate to these causes. Weekly I spend at least two hours volunteering at KZUM, our local community radio station, working on Murphy's Magic Mess. At the Mess we bring our listeners a variety of New Age and Pagan music every Sunday from 9-11am. Oddly enough, the show is on right after the gospel program. I have recently (as readers of this blog and listeners to PMPC know) added Lavender Hill - a segment on the Wimmin's Show - to my KZUM hours and been asked to stay after to help the host of the Wimmin's Show produce her program. Between recording the Mess, doing the Hill and working behind the scenes with the Wimmin's Show I donate at least five hours a week to KZUM and the local community.

I also spend a good deal of time working towards reaching the goals of the Pagan Alliance Network, helping to build and create Pagan community. Not just on the local level, but world wide. I am focused on helping to get the networking mindset out to the global Pagan community. This spring I will be spending more time on that project, as well as other community projects, to help create a better awareness of the Pagan community in the larger global community. Websites, social networking, blog writing and essay/article projects will assist in that. Working directly with other local and national Pagan groups will help with that.

My cohost on Pagan-Musings Podcast also has plans for charitable work in the future. Namely, her and her partner have been seriously talking about becoming foster parents. A very worthy cause and one that I support them him. I love children and have pondered adoption or fostering myself. More power to them, as the saying goes.

And now, on to the play list for today's show.
(format: Artist - Song Title - CD/Album Title)

1. The Gypsy Ribbon - A Perfect Blend - A Taste of the Ribbon
2. Michael Brant DeMaria - Danu - Gaia
3. Ann Licater - Sacred Passages - Doorway to a Dream
4. Emerald Rose - Freya, Shakti - Bending Tradition
5. Kenny Klein - Keep Your Legs Together, Jenny - Gold of the Autumn
6. Paradiso & Rasamayi - Flow - 3rd Eye Rising

KaliSara and I hope that enjoyed listening to our rants during the show and that you learned something from it. We started off talking about Elizabeth Dodd's pamphlet Wicca and Witchcraft: Understanding the Dangers and talking about the GOP House Reps and their budget proposals. Then we stepped off our soap boxes and actually got to the planned topic. :) Check out Lady Libety League for a listing of some of the Pagan Charities out there.

Catch us next Saturday as we talk about Animal Guides on Pagan-Musings Podcast. In the mean time, enjoy the upcoming selections for Musica Pagani and Selections from the Mess on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel.

Visit our sponsors at Pangaia Metaphysical Store and the Pagan Alliance Network.

February Full Moon

After having a few minor arguments with BTR yesterday (I finally won this morning), I am uploading the newest episode of Musica Pagani as I type this play list out for you. My sincerest apologies to everyone who tried to listen to the Cernunnos Rising feature last night. It didn't actually get correctly uploaded and posted until after midnight. Not even sure if it went "live" until after 8am today. But it is there!

Today is the February Full Moon, as such, I decided to play some Moon and Goddess music for you all. Here is the play list:

1. Wendy Rule - Elemental Chant - The Wolf Sky
2. Kenny Klein - Goddess Chant - Oak and Ash
3. Bear- Star Dust - Untroubled
4. Blackmore's Night - Shadow of the Moon - Shadow of the Moon
5. Damh the Bard - When I Become the Moon - Spirit of Albion
6. Jenna Greene - Lady Moon - Crossroads
7. Michele McLaughlin - Out of the Darkness - Out of the Darkness
8. Nuit - Mother Night - Mother Night
9. SJ Tucker - Goddess - Sirens
10. Sharon Knight - Siren Moon - Song of the Sea
11. Sharon Knight & T. Thorn Coyle - Force of Nature - Songs for the Strengthening Sun
12. Terri Liles Mason - Beautiful Beings - Om Gaia

Remember to tune in Saturday at 2pm Central for a live talk show with RevKess and KaliSara. Pagan-Musings Podcast will be discussing Spring Cleaning and Pagan Charities this week.

Visit our sponsors at Pangaia Metaphysical Store and the Pagan Alliance Network and find out how you can help keep the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel on the air at BTR.

Musica Pagani Feature Series: Cernunnos Rising

Hello everyone and thank you for taking the time to check out the play list for this special edition of Musica Pagani. In this episode we featured music by Cernunnos Rising off their debut CD Wild Soul. We also had a bit of Damh the Bard and Kenny Klein mixed in for a change of pace.

thank you for tolerating any mistakes RevKess may have made in the recording of the show. Should only be the one GLARING mistake at the beginning of the show and then everything else should be nice and smooth sailing. What can we say, still learning the ropes here.

And here is the play list for the episode:

1. Cernunnos Rising - Greenman - Wild Soul
2. Cernunnos Rising - Imbolc - Wild Soul
3. Kenny Klein - Fur and Feather - Muses
4. Damh the Bard - Cloak of Feathers - Herne's Apprentice
5. Cernunnos Rising - Hear It with My Heart - Wild Soul
6. Cernunnos Rising - My Chance to Be Me to Be You - Wild Soul
7. Damh the Bard - The Sun and the Rose - Spirit of Albion
8. Kenny Klein - Herne the Hunter - high Frows the Barley
9. Cernunnos Rising - Blessings of Beltane - Wild Soul
10. Cernunnos Rising - Heartbeat of Harvest - Wild Soul
11. Damh the Bard - The Greenwood Grove - The Hills They Are Hollow
12. Kenny Klein (featuring Blossom Ko) - Rowan and Bracken - Fairy Queen
13. Cernunnos Rising - Soul Journey - Wild Soul

Hope you enjoyed the show. Remember to check out tomorrow's episode with Full Moon music and celebration and tune into Saturday's Pagan-Musings Podcast as RevKess and KaliSara discuss Spring Cleaning & Pagan Charities.

Hear more New Age and Pagan music on Murphy's Magic Mess on KZUM-HD 89.3FM in Lincoln, NE or online at www.kzum.org every Sunday morning at 9am Central.

A New Endeavour

The Debut of Lavender Hill

part of the Wimmin's Show on KZUM

I have wanted to do an LBGTQ news and talk radio program for sometime now. All these past two years at KZUM, in fact. I've always wanted to do a Pagan news and talk program at KZUM, but that is another story.

In all the years that I have been listening to KZUM, I do not recall a program specifically geared towards the LBGTQ community. Sure, they have the Wimmin's Show Sundays at 11am Central (used to be at 11:30, right after W.I.N.G.S.) and other similar shows - directed at women and lesbians. But that doesn't quite fit the bill.

Back in September, Corwin (one of Murf's minions) and I both suggested such a show to the program director. Oddly enough, we did this independent of each other. I brought it up again after the annual programmer's appreciation party in January. The program director is supportive of the idea, but doesn't know where to put us for sure. Corwin and I also discussed it with Deb from the Wimmin's show after it was announced that we would no longer be carrying W.I,N.G.S. She loved the idea.

Well, we are doing it a little bit differently than we had originally planned. Instead of being our own independent show, starting this Sunday (February 20, 2011), Lavender Hill will debut as a segment of the Wimmin's Show. As Deb put it, we will be the Min of the Wimmin's Show. She has also asked me to stay through her entire show as technical adviser and producer.

Let's see, that gives me how many shows (between KZUM and the internet)? Hmmm....

• Pagan-Musings Podcast on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel every Saturday at 2pm Central
• Murphy's Magic Mess on KZUM every Sunday at 9am Central
• Lavender Hill (segment) on KZUM every Sunday at 11am Central
• The Wimmin's Show (producer and technical adviser) on KZUM every Sunday at 11:30am Central
• Selections from the Mess on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel every Monday at 7pm Central
• Musica Pagani Special Edition on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel every Thursday at 7pm Central
• Musica Pagani on the Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel every Friday at 10pm Central

That's SEVEN programs. And we are planning to podcast Lavender Hill as well. Which means that our listeners can catch the program either live on Sundays or listen/download it any time they want after it is posted. Still deciding how we want to set that up. Probably be a separate listing on BlogTalkRadio.com. Corwin and I will decide that Thursday at our planning session.

Well, that's is all for now. I need to get some rest and be ready for more plotting and planning of these shows and other adventures coming up this year.

-Phil, the ever busy

Selections from the Mess ep. 1

Well, folks. At Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel we have been doing some changes. We are keeping the Pagan-Musings Podcast as it is, a talk show with some music, news, interviews, and random babbling from RevKess and KaliSara. But we are adding several new programs to our list.

Selections from the Mess is just such a program. It is a weekly special series from Musica Pagani, hosted and produced by RevKess, featuring the pod-friendly music from that week's episode of Murphy's Magic Mess on KZUM-HD 89.3FM in Lincoln, NE. The original, full length show airs and streams live on Sundays at 9am Central, bringing the listener two full hours of New Age and Pagan music enjoyment. Whenever possible, RevKess will be taking cuts straight from in studio recording of that week's show. This first episode unfortunately had to be pieced together from his own music archives as the gain was set wrong on the recording equipment and there was major sound distortion.

The Play List:

1. Katherine Kaye - Waiting for the Rain - Dreaming Still
2. Matthew Shoening - Water - Elements
3. Paradiso & Rasamayi - Wisdom - 3rd Eye Rising
4. Heidi Anne Breyer - Off Season - Another Place and Time...
5. Lis Addison - New Nation - Grace of the Green Leaf
6. T. Thorn Coyle - Lugh's song - Face of a New Day
7. Emerald Rose - Three More Drops - Archives of Ages to Come
8. S.J. Tucker - Firebird's Child - Blessings
9. S.J. tucker - In the House of Mama Dragon - Haphazard

Pagan-Musings Podcast Channel hopes that you enjoy this little one hour music offering and that you will tune in to other programs available in archives or catch a live show soon!

-RevKess

Samhain Trivia on Pagan-Musings

As promised, here are the rules and the questions for the Trivia contest from Pagan-Musings.

Rules - Live Listeners (almost seems a moot point after the show):

• Send a private message to either KaliSara in the PAN chat or Pagan Musings in the BTR chat with your answers.
• For each person who answers one or more questions correctly they receive a free mp3 download from Marc Gunn's Happy Song of Death.
• Each person with a correct answer will also be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a full physical copy of the CD.
• Live listeners had until the end of the show to answer. Answers received from live listeners after the show concluded will be treated as archival answers and they will qualify for that drawing.
  

Rules - Archive Listeners:

• Listen to the trivia questions in the show and send your answers to paganmusings@gmail.com.
• For each person who answers one or more questions correctly they receive a free mp3 download from Marc Gunn's Happy Song of Death.
• Each person with a correct answer will also be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a full physical copy of the CD.
• Archive listeners have until midnight of the 29th/30th central time to submit their answers.
  

Yes, we have to CDs we are giving away. So here we go with the questions. These are being posted here at the request of our listeners. DO NOT ANSWER IN COMMENTS!

1. True or False: Aleister Crowley taught Gerald Gardner

2. Belladonna and Aconite are/is __________.
a. ingredients in a love potion.
b. ingredients in a flying ointment.
c. the title of a song by Inkubus Sukkubus.
d. names for the Goddess.

3. True or False: Samhain is the name of an ancient Celtic god.

4. The Pagan Alliance Network was originally called ______________.
a. Pagan Alliance of Nebraska
b. National Pagan Alliance
c. Nebraska Pagan Alliance
d. Iowa Pagan Access Network

5. The first episode of Pagan-Musings aired on what date?
a. 9/14/09
b. 7/18/09
c. 6/21/09
d. 10/31/09

6. Which of the following did Leigh Ann Hussey NOT record with?
a. Nuit
b. Uglytown
c. Real Magic
d. Annwn

7. List these events in the correct order.
a. First episode of Pagan Musings
b. Webstore for Pangaia Metaphysical Store opens.
c. First episode of Musica Pagani.
d. Founding of what is now the Pagan Alliance Network.

8. True or False: Isaac Bonewits' first book was the thesis for his degree in metaphysics from UCLA-Berkley. (BONUS: What was the title of Isaac's first book?)

9. Which came first?
a. Gardnarian Tradition
b. Alexandrian Tradition
c. Georgian Tradition
d. Ordo Templi Orientis
(BONUS: Name their founders.)

10. True or False: The last anti-witchcraft law in the Western world was repealed before 1990.

11. In which city is the headquarters for PAN?
a. Lincoln, NE
b. Denver, CO
c. Chicago, IL
d. Cozad, NE

12. Who was Pagan-Musings' first guest author?
a. MR Sellars
b. Kaedrich Olsen
c. Isaac Bonewits
d. Starhawk

13. Who was the first officially recognized 20th Century witch in the United States?
a. Z Budapest
b. Lady Sheba
c. Raymond Buckland
d. Laurie Cabot

REMEMBER: Email your answers to paganmusings@gmail.com.

The Return of Musica Pagani

After several months absence, Musica Pagani has returned to Blog Talk Radio. Musica Pagani is an eclectic mix of Pagan and New Age music, both new and old. So many artists have been generous and given us permission to play their music on Pagan-Musings that KaliSara and I decided to set up a music format for an additional hour each week (give or take). Musica Pagani is that music format.

Here is the play list for the return episode:

1. Dancers of the Deep - Acoustic Ocean - Reflections on Still Water
2. Carpe Diem - Kori Linae Carothers - Trillium
3. Listen - Arthur Hinds - Poetry of Wander
4. Skyclad - Dragon Ritual Drummers - Passage
5. Come to the Labyrinth - SJ Tucker - Blessings
6. Lugh's song - T Thorn Coyle - Face of a New Day
7. Siren Moon - Sharon Knight - Song of the Sea
8. Visions in the Green - Walter Thompson III - Visions in the Green
9. Written in the Stars - Blackmore's Night - Fires at Midnight
10. Herne the Hunter - Kenny Klein - High Grows the Barley
11. Promethean Heirs - T Thorn Coyle and Sharon Knight - Songs for the Strengthening Sun
12. Winds of Change - Damh the Bard - Herne's Apprentice

Remember to tune in Monday, August 2nd at 8pm (Central) to listen to another episode of Musica Pagani. Lammas Night is the theme of the show.

Please also remember to tune into Pagan-Musngs Saturday, July 31st at 2pm (Central) for a discussion of humor and how it is necessary in most every aspect of your life, from the bedroom to the boardroom, from Circle to your child's daycare.

And, tune into KZUM-HD 89.3FM in Lincoln, NE or on the web Sunday mornings at 9am (Central) to listen to Murphy's Magic Mess.

Thank you for listening!
-RevKess (aka Phil, aka Rev Dr Moonbeam, aka the High Priest of Polka)