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)

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.

Pagan-Musings: Metaphysical Expos & Pagan Festivals

Wowsa! Just finished doing some house keeping after today's episode of Pagan-Musings. What a day! And what a wonderful show! As usual, we seemed to have gotten off on a couple of tangents and had a few technical issues. But we are growing used to that when it comes to working with BTR. Well, at least the technical glitches. The tangential conversations are just part of who we are on P-M.

Today's episode was a discussion of past, present, and future metaphysical expos and pagan festivals. Between KaliSara and I, we have experienced a wide range of such events.

KaliSara has been lucky enough to attend Heartland Festival at Gaia Park in Missouri where she learned a lot about Paganism when she was just starting out on her path. Not to mention that she got some exposure to some of the less prudish aspects of Paganism. One day soon, we both will attend Heartland, either as participants or as vendors.

Coming up next weekend Mystic Fest. This will be Pangaia Metaphysical Store's second time with the event and the Pagan Alliance Network's third. I have been doing something with Mystic Fest for four years now. My first year I was the official helper of my friend and seamstress, Fay. She is the owner of Wytch Way Wear and can be found at Pangaia Metaphysical Store as Crone's Creations. My second year was KaliSara's first year. We ran the table for what was then called the Pagan Alliance of Nebraska. In 2009, we changed the name to Pagan Alliance Network to better reflect our broader reach in the pagan community and also brought Pangaia into the mix for Mystic Fest.

We are looking forward to a wonderful experience next week with Mystic Fest. With over 70 vendors, readers, and other participants at the event, there is sure to be something for everyone. You can find out more about Mystic Fest by visiting www.next-mil.com.
We have also attend other events as vendors.
We attended last year's Earth-Spirit-Celebration (nicknamed Escape) in Lincoln, NE. It was the first time out for Here & Back Again and they have not repeated the event yet. But it was still a successful event for Pangaia Metaphysical Store. We got our name out to local Pagans and made a decent amount of money off the endeavor.

Earlier this year we trekked up to Sioux City, Ia to participate in the First Annual Mystic Realities Bazaar. Due to a scheduling conflict for the city, it was not nearly as successful as it could have been, but the hosts learned a lot and are looking forward to doing it again next year. And we are looking forward to attending next year.

I also participated in the Mind*Body*Spirit Expo in Sioux City, hosted by the now defunct Namaste shop in Sioux City. I attended as an intuitive reader, specializing in past life insight. It was a busy weekend despite the weather. We started our with a freak ice storm the morning of the show, but by noon it was bright and sunny and people were just flooding into the building to see what we all had to offer. Once people started visiting my table I could not get a chance to breathe. And for that event, Wytch Way Wear and I took part in an article written by a local reporter. Very interesting experience that.

So, this coming weekend is Mysitc Fest, which means that for the first time ever, Pagan-Musings is not doing a live show. We suggest that our listeners tune into one of our archived episodes or listen to an archival episode of Musica Pagani, also on BTR.

Now, for those that read this blog for the music. We played six pieces during Pagan-Musings today.

1. Pagan Ways by Damh the Bard
2. Begin Again by Terri Liles Mason off Om Gaia
3. Moonrise by Jeffrey Fisher off Satyagraha
4. Papyrus to Caligraphy by Riad Abdel-Gawad off EGYPT: Mother of the Earth
5. The Mystery Revealed by Bear off Untroubled
6. Quarter Farewell by Isaac Bonewits and Real Magic off Avalon is Rising!

We do play a lot of Damh the Bard on Pagan-Musings. He is such a talented artist and was one of the first to be gracious enough to share his music with us. You can listen to more of his music and interviews with Druids and other Pagans on his podcast, DruidCast.

Terri Liles Mason's Om Gaia is a beautiful CD and well worth the listen. Her album was nominated for best new age meditation and best new age vocal album of the year in 2009.

Jeffrey Fisher's Satyagraha is inspired by the words and actions of Ghandi, peaceful protest and mindful action. Moonrise is a beautiful piece and well aprpopriate for any phase of the moon.

Riad Abdel-Gawad is one of the newest artists for me to encounter. His mix of traditional and modern instrumentation lends a very unique and appealing thread to Egyptian and Middle Eastern music. Papyrus and Calligraphy is one of my favorites off the CD and just seems to set the tone for me when it comes to writing and thinking about Ancient Egypt, one of the homes for the Gods that talk inside my head.

The Mystery Revealed by Bear is just one of many tracks on Untroubled that feel so right to listen to when meditating or preparing for the start of the day. Unfortunately we have not played much from Bear on any ofthe shows I work with, but I look forward to remedying that soon.

Last but not least, we ended the show with Quarter Farewell by Isaac Bonewits and Real Magic of their 1972 recording of Avalon is Rising! With the recent passing of Isaac, I have been listening tohis music and reading his books with new insights. And they have become inspiration for me in my NaNoWriMo project this November.

Well, that about sums it for today's episode of Pagan-Musings. I hope that you have enjoyed listening to our shows and that you continue to do so. Please remember that there will not be a live show for Saturday, October 2, 2010 as both KaliSara and I will be otherwise occupied with Mystic Fest.

Until next time, blessings upon you!
-RevKess

Phil Gets Roasted on Pagan-Musings

Today on Pagan-Musings, KaliSara instigated a Roast of RevKess (aka Phil, the author of this blog). Wikipedia defines a roast thus:

A roast is an event in which an individual is subjected to a public presentation of comedic insults, praise, outlandish true and untrue stories, and heartwarming tributes, the implication being that the roastee is able to take the jokes in good humor and not as serious criticism or insult, and therefore, show their good nature. It is seen by some as a great honor to be roasted, as the individual is surrounded by friends, fans, and well-wishers, who can receive some of the same treatment as well during the course of the evening. The party and presentation itself are both referred to as a roast. The host of the event is called the roastmaster. Anyone who is honored in such a way is said to have been "roasted".

And Sarah did play the role of roastmaster very well. With callers and comments in the chat rooms, we had a wonderful today during the show. Sarah told how she and I first met, via ISCABBS and we talked about some of experiences at ISCAnics in Iowa City, IA. Those were certainly fun and interesting. Some of the stories were editted to protect the not-so-innocent as well as to protect ourselves.

Listener and friend ChrisInSA called in to talk about some of our adventures when she lived in Lincoln. We met over a D&D gaming session and things went down hill from there. We LARPed, did Karaoke and even performed in a Drag Production at the Q in Lincoln. The Daily Nebraskan did a story on that show and they talk about Sarah in the article.

Sarah's partner and father ofher daughter, Stormcrow, called in to say that he thinks of me as the most "epicly straight gay man" he has ever met. He also related the story of calling me one night when I was late coming home from work. Stormie and I used to room together and we both worked for the same company, just different facilities. My first night on the job I wound up working twelve hours, which was much longer than he thought I would be there. So he called me wondering where I was. I was driving home when he called. Just as I answered the phone I saw police lights in my rearview mirror. The officer pulled me over because he thought I was drunk, I had apparently swerved over into his lane as I answered the phone. Lucky for me he took me at my word that I was just very tired and he let me go with a verbal warning.

And of course we had to talk about the Pagan Alliance Network and some of the incidents involved there. At the discussion group we had a member who was rather young and not educated in the U.S., so some of the terms we were using were unfamiliar to him. These terms were not necessarily Pagan specific. We found that it was easier to hand him a dictionary as soon ashe entered the room. Saved him the time of being lost and confused while waiting for the chance to ask what something meant.

There was also the Samhain that we did hand dipped candles and carved pumpkins in preparation for the ritual. We had a blast making the candles and carving the pumpkins. I even roasted the seeds as part of the ritual feast.

We talked about all of this and much more. You can listen to the archived podcast at www.blogtalkradio.com/pagan-musings.

We also plotted some of the future shows. Coming up on the 18th is Witch in the Kitchen, a discussion of Kitchen Witchery. On the 25th we are going to discuss Pagan Expos & Metaphysical Events, past, present, and future that we have been involved with. On October 2nd we will be in Omaha for Mystic Fest 2010 and will be airing a repeat of one of our earlier shows. But we will be back on the 9th with part three of Sacred Sexuality, LBGT+ Pagans and sacred sexuality.

And of course we had some pre-Mysitc Fest chatter. Sarah and I have been working on make improvements to the store's website, www.pangaiastore.com. We have also made some adjustments to our store logo and will be preparing to feature many unique and wonderful items at Mystic Fest. Check out the September 14th posting at www.pangaiastore.com/blog for more details on Mystic Fest and what we are going to have available for our patrons.

Music played during today's show:
1. Think On the Day by Wendy Rule
2. Dead Gerbil Jam by Kenny Klein
3. We Won't Shave Any Longer by Isaac Bonewits

Dale Bacon and the Song of Amergin on the Mess

Murphy's Magic Mess for Sunday, September 13, 2009

Haelsa and welcome! Thank you once again for listening to Murphy's Magic Mess on KZUM 89.3, Lincoln's Community Radio Station. In case you didn't know, we are live every Sunday morning at 9am CST and can be heard of 89.3FM, Time Warner Cable's channel 10 (Lancaster County, NE), and online at www.kzum.org.

This morning was quite the trip. For a change Damon was actually being quiet, even off the air. Something about not enough sleep and being lulled into a semi-slumber by the lovely music by Matthew Labarge. We did surprise Murf with a belated birthday present: a 12x6” patch for her denim jacket of a green Asian dragon. As she said, it looks a lot like the dragon she sees when her totem visits her. So it was quite the fitting gift. She expresses her thanks to Damon, Eddie, and myself for the gift.

I was very pleased to see that Dale Bacon brought in the audio tracks for his DVD Song of Amergin. If you are interested in purchasing the actual DVD, visit Pangaia Metaphysical Store on the web at www.pangaiastore.com and click on the product list. You can also pick up a copy at this year's Mystic Fest in Omaha at the Pangaia Metaphysical Store's table during the event. The folks at Pangaia are looking forward to doing more work with Dale on his DVD and audio productions.

As I am sure you noted, we also had two poems that Dale Bacon had recorded. Both of them were provided to him by Nadine Murphy. Her adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's Folk of the Hill and one of Nadine's own poems, Three White Deer. Pangaia will be contacting Dale Bacon about carrying that CD as well.

THIS WEEK'S PLAY LIST

1. Wytches Chant '98 – Inkubus Sukkubus

2. Between the Branches – Connie St. Pierre – Legends of the Wild

3. First Light – Matthew Labarge – October

4. The Sun Sets Earlier Now – Matthew Labarge – October

5. Knights in Gold – Christopher Boscole – Presents of Angels

6. Acceptance – Paul Avgerinos – Love

7. Carpe Diem – Kori Linae Carothers – Trillium

8. Om Gaia – Terri Liles Mason – Om Gaia

9. The Oldest Magic – Carolyn Hillyer

10. Song of Amergin – Dale Bacon – Song of Amergin

11. Song of Amergin (spoken in Gaelic) – Dale Bacon – Song of Amergin

12. Song of Amergin (Gaelic) – Dale Bacon – Song of Amergin

13. Tuatha de Dannan – Dragon Ritual Drummers – Passage

14. Mull of Kentyr

15. Dionysus – Tamara James & Jennifer Holding – Libations

16. Water, Fire, and Smoke – Kathy Mar – My Favorite Sings

17. Three White Deer – Dale Bacon (poem written by Nadine Murphy)

18. Folk of the hill – Dale Bacon (poem by Rudyard Kipling, adapted by Nadine Murphy)

19. Tamlyn the Bard – the Bringers

20. Branigans Special Ale – Heather Alexander

21. The Gods Aren't Crazy – Leslie Fish

22. Health to the Company – Brobdingnagian Bards – Brobdingangian's Gulliver's Travels

23. Mama Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Witches – Lady Bridget & the Bella Donnas

24. Sheep Marketing Ploy – Tom Smith

25. House of Mama Dragon

26. Witches Brew – Omnia – Witches Brew

Speaking of Dale Bacon, he is the host of the Ghosts of Lincoln Guided Tour every October. You can hear his soothing storyteller's voice as he guides you through some of the ghostly hotspots of Lincoln. This tour is sponsored in part by Exploring unexplained Phenomena (Saturday mornings at 10:30am on KZUM) hosted by Scott Colbourn (The Way Home, now closed) and StarTran. I will provide more details on this year's tour schedule as they become available to me.

Next week is our Mabon show. Expect lots of harvest songs and celebrations of the Autumn.

The 27^th is my grand experiment. KZUM's station manager is going to be certifying me on the boards and other equipment during the show. I get to put together the entire show, from start to finish. Murf, Damon, and Eddie may be bringing in some of their own selections for the show, but otherwise it is up to me. And with Murf and the station manager's permission, I am going to introduce a slightly new concept to the show. Pagan news, talk, and interview. My first planned interview for the show is with Charlie Ordorizzi of Next Millennium in Omaha, the host of Mystic Fest 2009. We will be talking briefly about the history of Mystic Fest and what is happening with this year's show. We may also talk about Next Millennium and the growth of Paganism in Nebraska over the last decade or so.

Remember to check out Murphy's Magic Mess on MySpace at www.myspace.com/Murphysmagickmess. You do not have to be a member of MySpace to view this profile. Damon is still working on getting things correctly set up to post each week's show (for a two week period) as a video file. This means that you will be able to listen to the show whenever you want during those two weeks, but you will not be able to download. FCC regulations prevent us from being able to podcast the shows for download, so we are using the MySpace video option as a means of sharing the show for a short time so that more people can enjoy it no matter what time of day they are able to listen.

And don't forget to listen Pagan-Musings every Saturday night at 10pm CST on www.blogtalkradio.com/Pagan-Musings, brought to you in part by Pangaia Metaphysical Store and the Pagan Alliance Netwrok. Hosts RevKess and KaliSara bring you discussion on everything from advice for newbies to Sacred Sexuality. They will soon be adding interviews and news from around the globe on issues that pertain the Pagan movement. You can listen or download past shows at BlogTalkRadio and join them in chat during the live broadcast at either BlogTalkRadio or http://paganalliancenetwork.ning.com/chat.

Once again, thank you for listening to the Mess!

Murphy's Birthday Show

Hello, everyone! And thank you for listening to Murf's birthday show. We were so excited this morning. We had everything set up to record the show. But guess what. Silly me, I forgot to disable the external microphone on the laptop and we not only recorded the show, but we recorded EVERYTHING that went on off air. Banter, kavitching about politics, plotting future shows and phone calls. So, the recording is not good. Another no go, but at least we know how to do it now. LOL Yay for technology. It is the Mess, so it takes a while to get everything all figured out whenever KZUM decides to change the devices around on us.

It was a great show, though. Lots of Murf's favorites. Phil Coulter to SJ Tucker, Lisa Hilton to local artist Gary Redden. And there will be more of her favorites to come. Just be patient...

...The show on September 6th is not going to be our regular programming. Back by popular demand, KZUM is doing their Blues Blowout! From 6am Saturday the 5th through 11:59pm Monday the 7th KZUM is playing nothing but Blues music. All other programming has been preempted during that time. Damon and Ed will be running the boards on the 6th, providing our die hard listeners, and our Blues fans, with New Age and Pagan friendly Blues....or at least as close as they can get and still be Blues. Be ready for instrumentals by Lisa Hilton of her Twilight and Blues, and lyrical and instrumental Blues by Pagan artists such as Leigh Anne Hussey and Kenny Klein. They will also be playing more mainstream Blues with a New Agey flare.

We are moving into the month of September. Can you believe it? Fall is almost upon us. Of course with the wonderful weather we have been having the last few days, it is believeable. And with Fall just around the corner that means that Mabon is very close as well.

On the 13th we are planing to play a lot more of Murf's favorites, as two hours is far from enough time to cover it all. We will also be playing some of my own favorites, my birthday is the 14th.

Murf wanted to thank Corwin, Christine A, Cathy, Ed B and all the rest for their birthday wishes.

TODAY'S PLAYLIST:
1.Wytches Chant 98, Inkubus Sukkubus, Away with the Fairies
2.Centering, Louis Landon, Solo Piano for Peace
3.Autumn Winds, Gary Redden, Starry Afternoon
4.Carpe Diem, Kori Linae Carothers, Trillium
5.Present Being, Christopher Boscole, Presents of Angels
6.Summer Rush, Anewday, Summer Reflections
7.Nantucket, Kori Linae Carothers, Trillium
8.Misty Morning, Anewday, Summer Reflections
9.The Magic Garden, Marc Enfroy, Awaking
10.Pantheon, Arthur Hinds, Poetry of Wander
11.Twilight, Lisa Hilton, Twilight & Blues
12.Moon River, Lisa Hilton, Twilight & Blues
13.Flight of the Earls, Phil Coulter, Lake of Shadows
14.My Emerald Rose, Arthur Hinds, Poetry of Wander
15.Mul of Kintyre, (unknown), Mul of Kintyre
16.Dragons, Anne Lister, (unknown)
17.Cool to be a Witch, Alexion, (unknown)
18.Man with the Weird Beard, Heather Bishop, Old New Borrowed Blue
19.Scotsman Unbound, Brian Bowers, (Best of....?)
20.Children's Totem Chant, Spiral Rhythm, (unknown)
21.Witches Brew, Omnia, Witches Brew
22.Alive! (live version), Omnia, Alive!
23.Talon – Celebration of the Dragon, Dragon Ritual Drummers, Epic: a Drum Opera
24.A Touch of Menopausal Anarchy, Caroline Hillyer, (unknown)
25.Every Sacred Thing, Gaia Consort, Gaia Circles
26.Glastonbury Song, Waterboys, Dream Harder
27.Twilight Calling, Gaia Consort, (unknown)
28.House of Mama Dragon, SJ Tucker, (unknown)

As you heard and can tell by the playlist, we had a lot more music than usual. Without the other two Hyenas, it is easier to play music, but we did miss the banter and fun of having them there.

Murf and I wish Damon and Ed much luck with the Blues version of the Mess. Murf is taking the day off to relax and I am going to be in the great out of doors helping my mother with her Moving/Retirement sale all weekend. (If interested in taking a look at what she is offering, contact me in email and I will give you the location of the sale.) Murf and I will be back with the Mess on the 13th with lots more of your favorites (and ours).

UP COMING VENTS:
Pagan-Musings podcast on BlogTalkRadio, Saturday, September 8th at 10pm. Join RevKess and KaliSara this week as they talk about some of the Lesser Known Gods and Goddesses from around the world. If there is a god or goddess you would like us to talk about let us known in comments or call into the show at (347)-857-3605 and tells us something about them.

KZUM and Russ's Market Grill-a-Thon, Thursday, September 10th-Satuday, September 12th at the Russ's on 33rd and Highway 2. Come join the staff and volunteer programmers of KZUM as they feed you with freshly grilled burgers, hot dogs, and other fine foods off the grill. Proceeds go to support KZUM, your local community radio station. Remember, KZUM depends our members and supports to keep the station and up and running and bringing you the music, talk, and news programs that you love.

Pagan-Musings podcast on BlogTalk Radio, Saturday, September 12th at 10pm. Join RevKess and KaliSara as they talk about Sacred Sexuality. Yes, you read that right, Sacred Sexuality. The Great Rite through Sex Magic and all points in between. This show carries an EXPLICIT SEXUAL CONTENT WARNING.

Pagan-Musings: Ground, Center, Shield, pt 1

Hello and thank you for listening to Pagan-Musings! Even when we have the sound glitches that we did with this episode. Most of the information that we covered can either be found in this blog or by visiting the Pangaia Metaphysical Store's blog. I hope you were able to learn something from our ramblings and musings.

SHOW NOTES:
The topic of this weekend's show was Ground, Center, Shield (pt. 1) Grounding.

Grounding is one of the three basics of metaphysics, the others being centering and shielding. RevKess and KaliSara both feel that these basics are very important to anyone who practices their spirituality in a manner that creates a beacon on the other plains. Grounding is the first of these three basics and is easily done through various means.

Examples of grounding techniques include: The tree meditation as described by RevKess, the burning pot, food, drink, sex, etc. Anything that gets you in touch with the elements. You can ground using earth, the tree meditation or touching the ground after a ritual; using air, letting the wind blow the excess energies away from you; fire, using the burning pot (described below); and water, letting the running water of a spring wash the energies away.

THE BURNING POT EXERCISE

Items suggested/needed:

• cauldron or other fire safe vessel
• salt (sea salt, table sdalt, epsom salts)
• alcohol (rubbing alcohol or grain alcohol)
• matches or lighter
• heat resistant plate

Place the cauldron on the heat resistant plate. Pour equal parts salt and alcohol into the cauldron. Light the alcohol on fire. Sit back in a comfortable position and let your negative energies, stresses, etc flow into the flame and be consumed/transformed by the fire.

This is a wonderful starting point to a meditation, it helps to clear your mind and body of the influences that may distract you during meditation. This can also be used prior to ritual or spell work to help ground and center yourself.

The Swifting Ritual

Dorothy Morrison, Utterly Wicked, pp. 102-104

Materials:

• 1 black candle

• 1 brown (yellow, gray or lavender) candle

• 1 white candle

• table salt

• metal cookie sheet

• paper and pen

• a large supply of “negative” energy

Place the cookie sheet horizontally on a flat surface. Beginning at the center left-hand side of the cookie sheet, arrange the candles – first black, then brown, then white – so they form a horizontal line. Then using the salt, draw a horizontal line from the white candle to a point approximately three quarters of the way to the right-hand edge of the pan. Draw an arrow tip with the salt at the end of the line, then draw a salt circle around the arrow tip to encase it.

Write your desire on the paper in large block letters. [….] But since we're breaking a curse here, simply write “GOOD FORTUNE.” Fold the paper into thirds, then into thirds again, and place it inside the salt circle directly on top of the arrow tip.

Ground and center. Light the black candle and focus on all the nasty energy coming your way. See the harm it;s done, the trouble it's caused, and feel your personal misery. Then take it a step further and feel the anger. Don't just become angry though. Let the fury consume you until you're absolutely, positively, livid pissed. [….] Then name the candle for negativity.

Light the brown candle. Take a deep breath and exhale slowly, releasing every particle of anger from your body. When detachment takes over – and it will – feel the weight of your personal burden lighten. Then see the energy begin to transform into something neutral, and name the candle for transformation.

Light the white candle. See the energy transformation process as complete. There is nothing left but clear, bright, raw, pure energy now. Energy which you can use to manifest your desire. Name the candle for raw, untapped, pure energy.

With your eyes closed, follow the salt line from the candle to the circle, and focus on the paper with your intention. Visualization is very important here, for you not only need to see your desires coming to fruition – your luck changing, your life becoming yours again, living a life you want t olive – but be able to feel them as if they've already manifested.

[….]

When the candles extinguish themselves out, light the paper, and leave it in the salt circle until it burns to ash. [….] Once the ashes are cool, gather them together with the salt and the remnants of wicks and wax (if there are any), and bury the items outdoors. [….]

[T]hings begin to change immediately. [….]. All that's left is for you to decide precisely how you want to live that life you've taken back. And I've no doubt you can manage that!

Books Mentioned:

1. Psychic Self-Defense by Dion Fortune
2. Protection & Reversal Magick by Jason Miller
3. Wiccan Warrior and Full Contact Magick by Kerr Cuhulain
4. Utterly Wicked by Dorothy Morrison
   

Music Played:

1. Meet Me By the Standing Stones - Leigh Anne Hussey - Homebrew
2. I Used to Be a Powerful Priestess - Leigh Anne Hussey - Homebrew
3. Harper David - Leigh Anne Hussey - Homebrew
4. Mental - Noctiflora - the Magic Drone
5. Rise Up Witches - Leigh Anne Hussey

Announcements:

1. East Cobb Pagan Walk in East Cobb, GA. Saturday, September 5th. (More details forth coming.
2. Pangaia Metaphysical Store to participate in Pagan Centered Pagan the weekend of September 27th.
3. Pagan Alliance Network and Pangaia Metaphysical Store to participate in the 2009 Mystic Fest in Omaha, NE. October 3rd and 4th.

Web Sites:

1. KZUM - Lincoln, NE Community Radio Station
2. Blog Talk Radio
3. Pagan Alliance Network and alternate site
4. Pangaia Metaphysical Store
   
5. Witchy Living
6. Pagan Centered Podcast

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! Remember, you can hear Pagan-Musings live every Saturday night at 10pm CST or anytime you want at www.blogtalkradio.com/Pagan-Musings.

Blessings to you all,
RevKess and KaliSara

This is My Athame, Pagan-Musings for Saturday, August 15, 2009

Hey, there, all our loyal and new listeners! RevKess and KaliSara put on a somewhat disjointed, yet entertaining and educational show for "This is my athame....". The topic was pertaining to ritual tools, their uses, a bit of history, and alternatives for when you do not have your tools handy.

We had a wonderful discussion of basic altar and ritual tools. We touched upon portable altars and some of their uses, in particular what author Raven Grimassi has written about the Strega version of this:

The Nanta Bag

The Nanta Bag is a very old tool, appearingin various forms as it is traced back through the Ages. The form in which we have it today comes to us from fifteenth-century Italy. The purpose of the Nanta Bag is twofold. First, it is designed to keep its wearer in harmony with the forces of Nature. Second, it serves as a carrier for the tools of the Art, so that a witch can perform his or her Magick anywhere or any time. The original followers of Aradia carried them as they traveled from village to village, and soon they became a symbol of being a Priest or Priestess of the Old Religion.

[…..]

The principle of “contagion” Magick was the foundation for empowering the bag. Basically, this means that objects absorb power and have an energy field around them. When one object is placed in contact with another, then these objects are joined and influence one another. The Nanta Bag, in turn, has a contagion influence upon the person who carries it (in direct proportion to the items it contains).

[…..]

A small stone, smooth and rounded

A small feather, blue or very light in color

A small portion of ash (wood or coal)

A small vessel of pure water

A small coin, with a five pointed star etched upon it

A small twig (fruit or nutwood)

A pin with a black head (or needle)

A thimble

A portion of incense

2 small candles

A piece of marking chalk

A measure of cord (nine feet)

A small finger-sized bowl (cup or dish)

A symbol of the God (an acorn, small pine cone, piece of horn, etc)

A symbol of the Goddess (a seashell, string of beads, nutshell, etc)

A personal power object (a lucky piece, a crystal, etc)

A portion of salt

A small vessel of anointing oil

[Place these items into a bag and say:]

O' Great Nanta bag, be thou a natural focus

and a bridge to Power.

I am linked to thee and thou art linked to Nature.

We are One from Three

We are the Triangle manifest.

In the names of Tana and Tanus, so be it.

(From Ways of the Strega by Raven Grimassi, republished as Hereditary Witchcraft, pp. 86 & 87. Text inside [] by Rev. Philipp J. Kessler, 2009.)

We also had a couple of live callers during the show. Both Besom and Cairelle had some wonderful in put for us! Thank you both. And I do apologize to whomever that third caller was that we lost somewhere along the way.

Music played:
Meet Me By the Standing Stones, Leigh Ann Hussey, Homebrew
Rise Up Witches, Leigh Ann Hussey, Homebrew
The Summoning, Nuit, Mother Night


Please join us on Saturday the 22nd of August at 10pm CST as we begin the first in a series on Ground, Center, Shield: the Three Basics of Metaphysics with special guest host, Cairelle of WitchyLIving. You can get a glimpse at what we will be discussing by visiting the blog on Pangaia Metaphysical Store. Remember, you can join us in chat at PAN or BTR before, during and after show with your comments and questions.

Web Sites mentioned during the podcast:
http://www.wicca-spirituality.com/altar-tools.html

Pangaia Metaphysical Store, bringing the metaphysical to life!

PaganSpace.net

BlogTalkRadio

WitchyLiving

Pagan Alliance Network, building and creating community since 1997.

KZUM, community radio

Murphys Magic Mess

Pagan-Musings: Techno Pagan

Techno Pagan on Pagan-Musings

The August 8th episode of Pagan-Musings on Blog Talk Radio was about Techno Pagans and what they do. We had a blast looking back to the early days of the internet and had a visit with besom, a friend who shared many (unfortunately broken) links from her days with AOL's Pagan chat rooms. With some wonderful chat room contributions and a chat visit from our Tradition's founding High Priestess, it was a very fun show and we are looking forward to many more!

Web Sites Discussed During the Show: (This is to the best of our ability and accurate list of links, even if it is not a complete list from show.)
ISCABBS - the Iowa Student Computer Association Bulletin Board System. telnet://whip.isca.uiowa.edu

Pagan Alliance Network - the online home of the Pagan Alliance Network, founded by RevKess and KaliSara in 1997.

PaganSpace.net - a wonderful social networking site owned by Starrfire Price of Labyrinth House Publishing.

WitchyLiving.com - the launch pad address for all of Witchy Living's online resources. Witchy Living is an online occult shop focused on Voudoun and Santeria, owned by Cairelle it is a wonderful resource. Cairelle also hosts her own show on Blog Talk Radio, check her out!

PaganSpace.com - a site that neither of us have checked out much, but it is an option for social networking.

Pangaia Metaphysical Store - an online business owned by KaliSara and RevKess, specializing in unique and one of a kind creations by artists around the world.

U.S. Grand Lodge, Ordo Templi Orientis - the online home of the OTO.

Temple of Set - the official website of the Temple of Set

KZUM - the online home of Lincoln, NE's only community radio station. Here you can listen to Murphy's Magic Mess live every Sunday morning at 9am CST. Murphy's Magic Mess is cohosted by RevKess.

Blog Talk Radio - a resource for MANY Pagan and non-Pagan podcasts. Pagan-Musings is hosted through this site.


PCP, the Pagan Centered Podcast - a great podcast covering all kinds of topics with guests from all walks of l ife and around the globe.

PaganFM - a podcasted music and news radio program in New Hampshire.

That pretty much sums up the show. We hope that you enjoyed listening to us and we are so sorry for the technical difficulties and the lateness of this blog post. Tune in every Saturday at 10pm CST to listen to us live and remember to join us in the chat room! -RevKess and KaliSara

Pagan-Musings: the Quantum Pagan show notes

Greetings and well met, our friends and listeners! Thank you once again for listening to Pagan-Musings on BlogTalkRadio.

This past show, Saturday, August 1, 2009, was about Quantum Paganism. A philosophy or way of thought that has inspired KaliSara in most everything she does in life. You can contact her via email for more information on her personal take on the philosophy.

We would like to extend a special thank you to our live listeners who participated in the chat room and gave us their support during our third broadcast. We sincerely apologize for the echo during the show. We were trying an experiment and it proved not to be very friendly to the recording and broadcast program. /KaliSara thwaps RevKess for forgetting the good microphone and forcing her to have to call into the show via her cell phone/ And HUGE thank you and SNOG to Lizzie from Australia for calling in to the show and letting us know that she was listening.

During the show we discussed in brief several books, movies, and websites. Here is a listing with links when possible:

Books:

The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield

The Tenth Insight by James Redfield

The Secret of Shambala by James Redfield

What the BLEEP Do We Know by Betsy Chasse

The Secret by Rhonda Byrne

Movies:

The Celestine Prophecy

What the BLEEP Do We Know

What the BLEEP Do We Know: Further Down the Rabbit Hole

The Secret

Websites:

What the BLEEP Do We Know – indepth information on the book, movies, and the scientists and other experts involved in the research

Water Secrets Revealed – the official website on the research conducted by scientist and philosopher Dr. Masaru Emoto

The Magic Water Experiment – a YouTube video about an experiment that anyone can conduct at home

Pagan Alliance Network – the home of the Pagan Alliance Network

KZUM – Lincoln's own Community Radio Station, 89.3FM

Murphy's Magic Mess the MySpace page for Murphy's Magic Mess, Sundays at 9am CST on KZUM, hosted by Nadine Murphy and cohosted by Damon and Phil (RevKess)

Pangaia Metaphysical Store – online metaphysical book and supply store owned by RevKess and KaliSara, Pangaia Metpahysical Store: bringing the metaphysical to life

Witchy Living – online new age and Pagan supply store owned by Cairelle of New Orleans, LA

Up Coming Episodes:

Pagan-Musings airs live every Saturday at 10pm CST on BlogTalkRadio.

Saturday, August 8, 2009: Techno Pagan – A discussion of various aspects of the technological and online resources for today's Pagan. Items ranging from websites and online social networking to programs and hardware to help today's Pagan be more technologically savvy and efficient.

Saturday, August 15, 2009: This is My Athame – A discussion of various rituals tools, their history and uses, and what to use in a pinch. Here you will learn a little about the most common ritual tools used by the majority of Pagans and Wiccans as well as suitable substitutes when you are not able to access your own tools.

Pagan-Musings Chat

You can log into the BlogTalkRadio chat room during the broadcast to ask questions or make comments. You can also log into the chat at Pagan Alliance Network at any time to chat with RevKess, KaliSara, other listeners and members of PAN. The chat room is set aside on Saturdays from 9pm-1am CST for chatting about that night's topic. (Membership on the website is required for chatting on PAN. Membership to the website is free.)

Closing Note:

Again, thank you to everyone who listens to our broadcast live and to those who listen to the archived episodes. Remember, you can download each episode for free from BlogTalkRadio and listen to them on your mp3 player or computer whenever you would like. When listening please remember to post a comment, mark us a favorite, or give us some sort of rating. The popularity of our program depends as much on you, the listener, as it does on the content of each episode.

Pagan-Musings: An Introduction

Pagan-Musings: An Introduction

www.BlogTalkRadio.com

Hosted by RevKess and KaliSara

original air date: Saturday, July 18, 2009, 10:00pm CST at www.blogtalkradio.com/Pagan-Musings

Greetings and well met, our friends and listeners! We had a slow start to our first program, due to technical difficulties. We did manage to pull it off, though! Thank you to Aut and Lostrayne on the East Coast for showing their support in the chat room and listening to Kali and I get our wits about us.

The primary purpose of this first episode was to test the waters and see if we could get most of what we were doing figured out. I think we did manage to do so, but only time will tell. Our next episode will hopefully have less technical errors in programming and more success with our conversational continuity.

I would like to apologize for the dead air time towards the end of the show, it would seem that I somehow lost my connection with Skype for a minute and didn't realize until after I had been babbling for a minute or two without anyone able to hear me. I hope to be able to catch that before it happens again. But, for a first time out, I think it was rather successful! KaliSara was such a trooper in putting up with me while I was learning the ropes.

One last note, a correction actually, before going on to specifics about this episode and future shows. I did not have a calendar in front of me so I misspoke about the upcoming show This is My Athame. It is scheduled for Saturday, August 15^th, I had said the 10^th, which is a Tuesday. A little hard to do a Saturday show on Tuesday. My apologies for any confusion.

Topics discussed in our Introduction:

• The Summoning by Nuit on the album Mother Night – http://www.motogrrl.org

• Pagan Alliance Network – http://paganalliancenetwork.ning.com

  • Weekly schedule of events

  • Online presence

• Pangaia Metaphysical Store, bringing the metaphysical to life – http://www.pangaiastore.com

• DolphinMoon Coven

  • DolphinMoon Coven Seeker Class

  • DolphinMoon Coven Open New Moon Meditation and Healing Circle

• Order of the Red Grail, Church for Transformational Wicca

  • Open Full Moon Circle

• Pagan Right Alliance – http://www.yahoogroups.com/PaganRightsAlliance

• Murphy's Magic Mess – http://www.kzum.org and http://www.myspace.com/Murphysmagcikmess

  • Pagan music program on Lincoln's own community radio station, KZUM 89.3FM, Sundays at 9am CST

• Witchy Living with Cairelle – http://www.blogtalkradio.com/WitchyLiving

Future Shows:

1. Saturday, July 25, 2009, 10pm CST: Pagan Alliance Network, history, what it is today, and what it offers.

2. Saturday August 1, 2009, 10pm CST: The Quantum Pagan, how science has proven magic exists and how to use quantum mechanics in every day life.

3. Saturday, August 8, 2009, 10pm CST: The Techno Pagan, use of technology and the internet to reach out to the Pagan community.

4. Saturday, August 15, 2009, 10pm CST: This is My Athame, ritual tools, their uses, and what to use in a pinch.

Special Announcements:

1. The DolphinMoon Coven Seeker Class is schedule for Sunday, July 19^th at 4pm at the home of Phil Kessler. Email him at dorian.nos@gmail.com for directions. Students may arrive as early as 3:30pm for check-in before class. This month's class is comparative religions, giving students an opportunity to discuss their religious backgrounds, how they came to their current path and how they have reconciled their path with their friends and families.

2. The DolphinMoon Coven Open New Moon Meditation and Healing Circle is schedule for Sunday, July 19^th at 7pm at the home of Phil Kessler. Email him at dorian.nos@gmail.com for directions. Attendees may arrive as early as 6:30pm for check-in. These sessions are an opportunity to celebrate the new moon in an open and welcoming atmosphere as well as help to boost one's own energies if in a time of need.

3. The Pagan Alliance Network's Meditation and Divination Night is scheduled for Saturday, July 25^th at 7pm at the home of Phil Kessler. Email him at dorian.nos@gmail.com or contact him on http://paganalliancenetwork.ning.com for directions. Participants may arrive as early as 6:30pm for check-in. The Meditation and Divination night is intended as a means to practice both meditation techniques and divination. Participants are encouraged to bring their favorite divinatory tools.

4. The Pagan Alliance Network is hosting it's Second Annual Yard Sale on Friday, July 31st-Sunday, August 2^nd from 10am-6pm at the home of Julia. Please contact Phil at dorian.nos@gmail.com or on http://paganalliancenetwork.ning.com for more specific details. 10% of all profits are invested into PAN.

5. The Pagan Alliance Network is hosting an Open Lammas Ritual on Saturday, August 1^st at 7pm at the home of Julia. Please contact Phil at dorian.nos@gmail.com or on http://paganalliancenetwork.ning.com for directions. Participants may arrive as early as 6:30pm for check-in. Ritual attire is not required, but is appreciated. Please bring a potluck dish, table service for yourself and any guests, and a non-alcoholic beverage to share.

6. Witchy Living with Cairelle, www.blogtalkradio.com/WitchyLiving is doing a special podcast with guest Rev. Philipp J. Kessler for the Pagan Alliance Network. The show is scheduled for Sunday, August 2^nd at 8pm CST. They will be discussing the Pagan Alliance Network and Rev. Kessler's work with past life insights and regressions. If time allows, and listeners are interested, Rev. Kessler may attempt to do mini-past life insight readings on the air. Visit Witchy Living at www.witchyliving.com for more details and to browse Cairelle's online store.

Again, we would like to thank you for listening to the show and hope you tune again next week!

Blessings,

RevKess and KaliSara

RevKess can be reached at philippk@pangaiastore.com

Read his blogs at http://philonradio.blogspot.com, http://randommishaps.blogspot.com, and

http://www.pangaiastore.com/blog

KaliSara can be reached at sarahb@pangaiastore.com

Read her blogs at http://www.pangaiastore.com/blog

May 31, 2009

Happy June, everyone! Wow! This year is flying by fast. Almost half way through the year and where has all the time gone? We at Murphy's Magic Mess have been bouncing around trying to get somewhat organized with what we are doing. We have lost Lily to the great white north, um, to Omaha; Damon has returned from the late shift (Thunder on the Plains) and I have been steadily with the show for some time now. We have tried a few new things and are looking to try some more. Eventually we will settle on something and then it will be time to change it all up again. We are the mess, after all!

For those of you who were listening this morning, I am sure you noted that I was on and I could hear! Still kinda quiet, but I wanted to make sure that I was actually able to catch everything. Murf and Damon are great and put up with me again.

Next Sunday is the Earth*Spirit Celebration hosted by Here and Back Again in Lincoln. The event is at Catering on the Boulevard.

• Sunday June 7, 2009
• 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
• Catering on the Boulevard
• 2602 Park Boulevard
• Lincoln, NE 68502
• $3 and a can of food to enter. Entry fee is split between the Lincoln Food Bank and Cedars Youth.
  

Our own Murf is going to be story telling at this event. And I am running the Pangaia Metaphysical Store with my friend and business partner Sarah. We hope to see you all there.

I do not have a whole lot to say about today's show, other than it was a lot of fun! So stay tuned for next week. We'll go into a lot more detail.