Moonglade Music Selections

Of interest to Wiccans and other pagans

I have selected some albums that Wiccans and other pagans may enjoy. I have included music from many cultures. My friends know how eclectic I am, I feel that "all paths lead to the same mountain" so I try to celebrate spirituality wherever I find it. You will find Celtic music, Hindu chants, African drums, Tibetan chants, old English ballads like "John Barleycorn", and modern new age meditative albums. Most of the selections have clips you can hear with RealAudio, so you can hear the sample before you buy. I hope you enjoy these albums as much as I enjoy them in my collection.

Chants and songs for ritual, many have become "pagan hymns"

A Circle Is Cast

by Libana

Great songs and chants for celebrating Sabbat or meditating. This is one of my coven's favorites; we all have learned most of the chants. Libana has become classic in the pagan community.

Some selections are "a circle is cast", "the earth, the air, the fire, the water", "ancient mother". All classics among Wiccans.

Circle Of Women by Phillips/Di Micele/Epstein/Bur

Chants and hymns from different traditions, very eclectic in selection. Music ranges from "We all come from the Goddess" to the Shaker hymn "Simple gifts" .

Instrumentals for inspiration

Earth Songs

Va-Narada Collection

New age instrumentals, a collection of several artist's best work. Haunting melody.

Kiva by Roach/Sterns

Traditional ritual chants and drums from indigenous people combined with

Inspirational Music of Goddesses and Legends

Goddess by Troika

Beautiful instrumentals inspired by the Goddess in her many forms

1. Venus 2. Diana 3. Oya

4. Zorya 5. Kuan Yin 6. Gwenhwyfar

7. Athena 8. Inanna

Legends of the Goddess

by Laura Powers

Good music, full instrument group behind the vocalist. Modern sounding ballads, voice has folk music sound

1. Winter Of Dreams 2. I Surrender All

3. Circle Of Stone 4. Samhain Madrigal

5. Morrighan's Quest 6. The Hunt Is Sweetest

7. Tir Na Nog 8. The Goddess Of The Hunter Moon

9. My Avalon 10. Interlude (Pipes)

11. Song Of One

Medicine Woman by Medwyn Goodall

Instrumentals, for meditation, relaxing, working -Link had clips from all the tracks on real audio.

1. Invocation 2. Talisman

3. Temple Journey 4. Medicine Woman

5. Rejuvenation 6. Sun Drumming

7. Immortality 8. Healing Resurgence

Here are other albums by Medwyn Goodall :

Offered here is a collection of music from many different traditions

Celtic - always popular with most Pagans
Legende by Alan Stivell	Music inspired by the legends of the Celtic Isles. Exciting when I first heard it, you can close your eyes and visualize the Tuatha Danu going ashore in Eire, or Brans crew carrying his head home again or the conflict of Dagda and Morrigan.
Renaissance Of The Celtic Harp By Alan Stivell
Eastern Traditions
Om Namaha Shivery: By Robert Gass Deluxe Tenth Anniversary Edition	Our brothers and sisters of the Hindu traditions have brought us so much spiritual music. This album consists of two Hindu chants; each chant is continued for the whole side of the album. Om Namaha Shivaya and Om (Aum) -Meditate or do hatha yoga to this album, it is an experience.
Tibetan Chants: Buddhist Meditations by Lama Karta	Haunting Tibetan chants.
Chakra Breathing by Kamal	Not traditional music, but rhythmical sounds to facilitate meditation and chakra work. Included here because the term "Chakra" is Eastern in origin. Sound clips
Chakra Sounds by Karunesh	Same as above by a different artist.
African Traditions
Witchcraft & Ritual Music: Kenya & Tanzania by Va-Kenya & Tanzania	Drums, chanting, from Africa. This is true folk music, songs where the celebration of religion is everyday life. Great for trance dancing or meditating
Ancient Egypt - A Tribute Ali Jihad Racy	Musical tribute inspired by (and commissioned for the exhibition of) the Treasures of Tutankhamun's tomb. Composed and performed by Ali Jihad Racy, Lebanese-born ethnomusicologist and master musician. Among the selections are titles "the Lamentations of Isis" , "Hymn to Osiris"
Native American music either by NA artists or inspired by them
Sacred Spirit Drums David & Steve Gordon	With Native American Flute, Sounds of Nature, and Incan Pan Pipes Sound clips in Realaudio of all selections
Between Father Sky And Mother Earth Various Artists	A Native American Collection Artists Include: Douglas Spotted Eagle, R. Carlos Nakai, Perry Silverbird, The Native Flute Ensemble, and many more!

Music for Meditation, healing, or Chakra work
Reiki: The Light Touch Centering Meditation			Both by Merlin's Magic
Meditation - A Practical Survival Kit For The '90s By Allen Holmquist			1. 5-Minute Anti-Stress Meditation 2. 15-Minute Mind-Cleansing 3. 30-Minute Let-Go Meditation 4. New Group Meditation
International sounds for meditation, dancing, or just listening
Planet Drum by Mickey Hart Grateful dead drummer Mickey Hart.		Musicians and music styles from around the world: Sikiru Adepoju, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji and Vikku Vinayakram and vocalist Flora Purim.
Supralingua by Mickey Hart This is the second Planet Drum album produced by Mickey Hart. More Latin than African.		Hart combines compelling production techniques with power players of the drumming world including: Zakir Hussain, master of the North Indian tabla; Giovanni Hidalgo; conguero great from Puerto Rico, Sikiru Adepoju on dundun; bassist Bakithl Kumalo; and David Garibaldi, traps player. Promising to surpass words, ironically the first track, "Angola," features chanting by The Gyüto Monks Tantric Choir.
Global Meditation: Authentic... [BOX SET] Music from spiritual traditions around the world.		Dirty Linen (Apr/May 93) ...carefully compiled, covering no less a territory than music of the world without any jarring transitions. Any of these four CDs provides an eclectic, educational, and soothing musical journey...impressive in its exhaustive breadth...
Modern Folk Music presented with a timeless global flavor. Some songs are traditional, some are new and will become traditional to future generations
The Visit by Loreena McKennitt , Very popular with my Pagan friends All Souls Night, Between The Shadows, The Lady Of Shallot and Greensleeves are some selections	Very popular with my pagan friends, no list would be complete without Loreena
Also by Loreena McKennitt Elemental	This is her first album, from 1985
The Book Of Secrets The Mask And Mirror	Check these out too By Loreena
John Barleycorn Must Die by Traffic	---this album is included because of "John Barleycorn" a traditional English song. It celebrates the growing season and the grain harvest. John Barleycorn is a representation of the pre-Christian agricultural god, sacrificed to make the harvest possible.

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